Can Report of Child-Counsellor Be Relied to Determine Custody/Guardianship Issues? SC Answers [Read Judgment]

“Statements made by the parents during the course of mediation may not be relied upon on the ground of confidentiality but natural responses and statements made by the minor to the Counsellor would certainly afford a chance to decide what is in the best interest of the child”

Use Of Unconstitutional '66A': SC Directs To Provide Copies Of Shreya Singhal Judgment To All Courts And DGPs

"Copies of this Court's judgment in 'Shreya Singhal v. Union of India' [(2015) 5 SCC 1] will be made available by every High Court in this country to all the District Courts."

Section 482 CrPC: HC Should Examine Whether The Complaint Is A Civil Dispute Cloaked With Criminal Nature: SC [Read Judgment]

"Where the ingredients required to constitute a criminal offence are not made out from a bare reading of the complaint, the continuation of the criminal proceeding will constitute an abuse of the process of the court."

J&K Govt Moves SC Seeking Transfer Of LeT Terrorist From Jammu Jail Saying He 'Indoctrinates' Inmates

A day after the Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were martyred, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking that Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Zahid Farooq be shifted from Jammu jail to Tihar in the national capital, saying he is "indoctrinating" Indian inmates. A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and M R Shah, agreed to examine the...

AMU Minority Status: Why and What Did SC Refer To Seven Judge Bench?

"When the precise question was already referred to a Seven Judges Bench and was, however, not answered, we are of the view that the present question, set out above, should be referred to a Bench of Hon'ble Seven Judges."

Pulwama: Sr. Advocate Yatin Oza Offers To Bear Expenses Of Girl Child Of One CRPF Martyr

Paying his homage to CRPF Jawans martyred in Pulwama attack, Senior Advocate Yatin N.Oza offered to bear expenses of a girl child of one CRPF Martyr. At least 37 CRPF personnel were killed and five injured on Thursday in one of the deadliest terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir when a Jaish suicide bomber rammed a vehicle carrying over 100 kg of explosives into their bus...

Magistrate Shall Specify Whether Sentences Awarded Would Run Concurrently Or Consecutively in The Order: SC [Read Judgment]

“It was necessary for the Magistrate to have specified in the order by taking recourse to Section 31 of the Code as to whether the punishment of sentence of imprisonment so awarded by her for each offence would run concurrently or consecutively.”

Hindurashtra Comments In Judgment: SC Declines To Withdraw Judicial Works From Meghalaya HC Judge

The Supreme Court Friday refused to withdraw judicial work from Meghalaya High Court judge Justice Sudip Ranjan Sen who had created controversy by his remarks that India should have been declared a Hindu country at the time of partition in 1947. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna asked the petitioner, who has sought withdrawal of judicial work...

Evidence Of Police Officials Can't Be Disregarded Merely Because It Was Not Supported By Independent Witnesses:SC

“There is no such legal proposition that the evidence of police officials unless supported by independent witness is unworthy of acceptance or the evidence of police officials can be outrightly disregarded.”

SC Issues Notice On Plea To Restrain Delhi Govt From Buying Public Buses Which Are Not Disabled Friendly

The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has issued notice to Delhi government on the petition filed by wheel chair- bound Disability Rights activist, Nipun Malhotra seeking directions to restraint the state from acquiring 2000 public transport buses which are not disabled friendly. The bench, also comprising Justice Sanjiv Khanna, however, declined to grant a...

SC Stays Death Warrant Against Teacher Convicted For Rape Of 4 Year Old Student

A Special Bench of Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi on Friday stayed the execution of death penalty against a school teacher for raping a 4 year-old girl in June last year in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh. The bench, also comprising justices L Nageswar Rao and Sanjiv Khanna stayed the "death warrant" issued by a Satna court on February 4 against...

Chennai Lawyer Moves SC Against Life Ban By BCI

Hearing the plea of Chennai-based advocate Manikandan Chettiar, the first lawyer to receive a life ban at the instance of the Bar Council of India (the first after Mahatma Gandhi in 1922), Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on Friday observed, "What's the point of the allegations against judges? Impleading the judges as parties to proceedings? What interest does a judge have? You implead the...