Collegium System Needs Some Tweaking [Justice Madan Lokur In Conversation With Rajdeep-Full Video]

Former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B. Lokur on Wednesday conceded that he is "disappointed" that the December 12, 2018 resolution of the Collegium, which comprised him, to elevate Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Delhi High Court Chief Justice Rajendra Menon was subsequently "overruled with complete opaqueness". In conversation with senior journalist...

SC Refuses To Extend Deadline To Finalize Assam NRC Beyond July 31 [Read Order]

The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Rohinton Nariman on Thursday refused to extend the deadline for the publication of the final NRC for the state of Assam beyond July 31. State Coordinator Prateek Hajela had submitted that in view of the Parliamentary Elections that are likely to be held this year, the publication of the final NRC may stretch to the end...

PIL In SC Seeks Fresh Investigation Of Murder Of Haren Pandya [Read Petition]

Almost sixteen years after the murder of Haren Pandya, who was a BJP leader and Home Minister in Gujarat cabinet, a PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court by Centre for Public Interest Litigation(CPIL), seeking court-monitored fresh investigation of the caseThe petition states that need for fresh investigation of the case has arisen in the light of the recent revelations made by Azam Khan,...

Undivided Share In Joint Family Can Be Disposed By Will As Per Sec.30 Hindu Succession Act : SC [Read Judgment]

"Section 30 of the Act, permits the disposition by way of Will of the interest of a male Hindu in a Mitakshara coparcenary property

SC Refuses To Stay Amendments Made To SC/ST Act

The Supreme Court today refused to stay the amendments made to the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act which restored the no anticipatory bail provision for the accused. A bench headed by Justice A K Sikri said the pending review petition filed by the Centre against the apex court's March 20, 2018 verdict and the pleas challenging the new amendments made in the SC/ST verdict will be...

"You Understand My Position": Justice Sikri To Dave [Courtroom Exchange In Nageswara Rao Case]

"You understand my position", requested Justice A. K. Sikri on Thursday at the outset of the hearing on the PIL by NGO Common Cause seeking quashing of M. Nageshwar Rao's appointment as the interim CBI Director, conveying his decision to recuse himself from the matter. "I agree, but you understand our position. We wanted the matter to be heard early but that was not allowed. Finally, when...

Special Fee For Enrolment Of Retired Employees By Bar Council Illegal: SC Upholds Kerala HC Judgment

"Once the legislature has prescribed enrolment fee, another fee, be it called a special fee or anything else, can legitimately be prescribed by a State Bar Council or any other authority only if there is an express legislative sanction therefor." (Kerala HC Judgment)

Justice Sikri Recuses From Hearing Plea Against Appointment Of Nageshwar Rao As Interim CBI Director

After CJI Gogoi, Justice Sikri today recused from hearing the petition against appointment of Nageshwar Rao as interim CBI Director.The matter will be listed tomorrow before another bench.On Monday, CJI Gogoi had recused from hearing the matter, citing that he was a part of the committee which will decided on the next CBI Director on January 24. The matter was therefore assigned to the...

Promotion To Be In Accordance With The Rules As They Exist During Its Consideration: SC [Read Judgment]

"The entire basis of the decision of the High Court was that those who were recruited prior to the restructuring exercise and were holding the post of Havildars had acquired a vested right of promotion to the post of Naib Subedar. This does not reflect the correct position in law."

Mere Delay In Passing The Award By Itself Cannot Be The Ground To Appoint Another Arbitrator: SC [Read Judgment]

“Mere neglect of an arbitrator to act or delay in passing the award by itself cannot be the ground to appoint another arbitrator in deviation from the terms agreed to by the parties.”

Disappointed That December 12 Collegium Decision Was Not Published, Says Justice Lokur

Justice Madan B Lokur, former Supreme Court judge, today said that he was disappointed that the collegium decisions of December 12 were not uploaded."Once we take certain decisions, they have to be uploaded. I'm disappointed that they were not", he said, while speaking to journalist Rajdeep Sardesai at an event organized by "The Leaflet" the Constitutional Club of India, New DelhiHis...

SC Upholds Allahabad HC Direction To Apply Subject-Wise Reservation In Teaching Posts In Universities.

The HC observed that if university is taken as the unit, it could result in some departments having all the reservations, and some departments having only unreserved candidates.