Press Conference, Impeachment Motion & More : Major SC Events Of 2018

Drama, high-suspense, unprecedented events, unexpected twists- the year 2018 took the Supreme Court through a roller coaster ride of events.With the dawn of the new year, it is worthwhile to have a retrospect of major SC events of 2018.Judges Press ConferenceJanuary 12 began as an otherwise slow news day for the legal correspondents. Then suddenly this news broke that four senior SC...

Triple Talaq Bill: Discussion In Rajya Sabha Stalled Amid Opposition Demands For Reference To Select Committee

The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2018, commonly known as the Triple Talaq Bill, could not be taken up for discussion in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, amid demands from the opposition that it be first referred to a select committee. Before the session, the opposition party leaders reportedly met in the parliament building to finalise their strategy for the day....

SC Collegium Composition Changes In New Year

Come new year, we will see a new composition of SC collegium.Justice Arun Mishra has now become the part of of 5 member collegium for appointment of judges to Supreme Court, with the retirement of Justice Madan B Lokur yesterday. The present composition of Collegium, in the order of seniority, is as follows :CJI Ranjan Gogoi Justice A K Sikri Justice S A Bobde Justice N V Ramana Justice...

President Clears Appointment Of Four Information Commissioners In CIC

The Centre, on Saturday, appointed four new Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission (CIC), which has been functioning with only three Information Commissioners as against a sanctioned strength of eleven.As per a communication, President Ram Nath Kovind has approved the appointment of Yashwardhan Kumar Sinha, Vanaja N Sarna, Neeraj Kumar Gupta and Suresh Chandra...

Rajya Sabha To Consider Triple Talaq Bill Tomorrow

The Rajya Sabha will consider the "Muslim Women(Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2018", commonly known as Triple Talaq Bill, for passing tomorrow.The Bill was cleared by Lok Sabha on Thursday.It declares pronouncement of talaq, including in written or electronic form,a punishable offence which can lead to imprisonment up to three years and fine. Talaq for the purposes of the Bill...

Motor Accident Claims : 2018 Annual Round Up

This is a compilation of major judgments of 2018 in the field of motor accident claims compensation.Owner as per RTO records liable for accident, if transfer is not recordedIn  Naveen Kumar vs Vijay Kumar and others, the SC reiterated the legal position that it is the registered owner of the vehicle as per RTO records who is liable for accident caused by the vehicle. Therefore, even if...

Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code - 2018 Annual Round Up

The year 2018 also witnessed major changes in the field of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code(IBC).While the year 2017 witnessed SC explaining the basic concepts of the nascent legislation, the year 2018 saw SC addressing more complex issues in relation to it.The significant decisions of 2017 were Innoventive Industries v ICICI Ltd and Mobilox Innovations Pvt Ltd v Kirusa Software...

Cabinet Approves Death Penalty For Aggravated Sexual Assault Of Children, Plus Other Amendments To POCSO Act

The Union Cabinet, on Friday, approved amendments to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.The changes prescribe stringent punishment, including death penalty for aggravated penetrative sexual assault of children. Further, hefty fine would be imposed for not deleting, not destroying child pornographic material or not reporting child pornography.Additionally,...

Insulting By Using Abusive Language Will Not, By Itself, Constitute Abetment Of Suicide: SC [Read Judgment]

“There should be evidence capable of suggesting that the accused intended by such act to instigate the deceased to commit suicide.”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 Banumathi...

Lok Sabha Passes Bill Making Triple Talaq Punishable Offence [Read Bill]

After intense debates over three hours, the Lok Sabha today passed the "Muslim Women(Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, commonly known as Triple Talaq Bill.The motion to adopt the Bil was supported by 245 members and opposed by 11 members.The Lok Sabha had passed the Triple Talaq Bill in last year's winter session during December 2017.  After the Bill got blocked in Rajya Sabha in...

Karnataka Stamp Act: Courts Have No Discretion To Impose Lesser Penalty While Admitting Insufficiently Stamped Documents: SC [Read Judgment]

“This provision is for purpose of maintaining a uniformity in imposing a fixed   penalty   of   10   times   without   adverting   to   any adjudicatory process regarding quantifying the quantum of   penalty.”The Supreme Court, interpreting a provision in the Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957, observed that, while admitting insufficiently stamped documents, trial courts have...

High Court Of Andhra Pradesh Notified To Function From Jan 1 2019 At Amaravati [Read Notification]

The President has issued notification today constituting High Court of Andhra Pradesh seated at Amaravati to function with effect from January 1, 2019.The Supreme Court had observed on October 29 that there was no legal impediment in bifurcating the the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad into the High Court of Telangana and the High Court of Andhra Pradesh. The SC said that it expects...