SC Declines Urgent Hearing Of PIL Against Centre's Order On Monitoring Of Computers

The SC said it will hear petitioner M L Sharma only after he shows receipt of paying cost of Rs.50,000 imposed on him earlier

"We Are Not Satisfied, It Is A Question Of Life And Death": SC On Rescue Operations in Meghalaya Mine Incident [Read Order]

The Supreme Court Thursday told the Meghalaya government that it was not satisfied with the steps taken so far for the rescue of 15 people who are trapped in an illegal coal mine in the state since December 13. A bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and S Abdul Nazeer asked the Meghalaya government as to why it was not successful in rescuing these people. The counsel, appearing for...

Sabarimala Purification Row : CJI Declines Early Hearing Of Contempt Action Against Chief Priest Of Temple

According to petitioner "purification ritual" and the closing down of temple amounted to violation of SC verdict.

SC Refuse To Entertain Plea Against Bifurcation Of AP High Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea of Andhra Pradesh High Court Advocates Association (APHCAA) seeking to defer the bifurcation of High Court at Hyderabad.There are no proper facilities at the makeshift structure and the new building for the High Court at Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh is yet to be completed, APHCAA counsel told a bench of Justice A K Sikri and Justice...

If The Promise To Marry Was Not Made With Sole Intention To Seduce A Woman To Indulge In Sex, It Is Not Rape: SC [Read Judgment]

"There may be a case where the prosecutrix agrees to have sexual intercourse on account of her love and passion for the accused and not solely on account of the misconception created by accused, or where an accused, on account of circumstances which he could not have foreseen or which were beyond his control, was unable to marry her despite having every intention to do."

Regularization By Management Does Not Give Any Right To Retrenched Employee For Claiming Re-Employment: SC [Read Judgment]

"The expression 'employment' signifies a fresh employment to fill the vacancies whereas the expression 'regularization of the service' signifies that the employee, who is already in service, his services are regularized as per service regulations."Highlighting the difference between expressions 'employment' and 'regularization of the service', the Supreme CourtSupreme Court observed...

Engage Indian Navy, Army & Air Force To Rescue 15 Trapped Meghalaya Miners: Plea In SC

As operation to rescue 15 trapped miners continue at the 370-foot-deep illegal coal mine in Meghalaya, a petition has now been filed in the Supreme Court demanding engagement of expert/technical teams of the Indian Army, Navy and Airforce in the rescue operationsThe miners have been trapped in the mine in the Ksan area of Lumthari village in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district since...

In A First After The Historic Verdict Two Women Below 50 Enter Sabarimala Temple

It was on the wee hours of today that two women, both aged below 50 years, entered the temple.

Rafale Judgement Contains "Patent Factual & Legal Errors": Sinha, Shourie, Bhushan File Review Petition In SC [Read Petition]

After dismissal of their petitions seeking an independent probe into the 2015 Rafale deal, former ministers Arun Shourie and Yashwant Sinha along with activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan have once again moved the ,Supreme Court seeking review of its December 14 judgment.The petition inter alia points out the following errors apparent on the face of the record of the impugned judgment:• It...

Telangana, Andhra Pradesh High Courts Come Into Being

Justice Thottathil B Radhakrishnan took over as the first Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court in Hyderabad, while C Praveen Kumar took oath as the Acting Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court at Vijayawada.

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

Insulting By Using Abusive Language Will Not, By Itself, Constitute Abetment Of Suicide [M Arjunan V. The State Rep. by its Inspector of Police] The Supreme Court observed that an act of insulting a person by using abusive language will not, by itself, constitute the abetment of suicide. Allowing the appeal filed by a man convicted for abetting suicide, the bench comprising of Justice R...

Powerful Dissents By Supreme Court Judges That Rippled 2018

"A dissent in a court of last resort… is an appeal to the brooding spirit of the law, to the intelligence of a future day, when a later decision may possibly correct the error into which the dissenting judge believes the court to have been betrayed," said Justice HR Khanna while dissenting with the majority in ADM Jabalpur v Shivakant Shukla.Last year witnessed a rare instance when Justice DY...