Sabarimala: SC Declines Urgent Hearing On Kerala Govt.'s Plea For Transfer Of Pending Petitions Before HC To SC

The Supreme Court on Friday turned down the request for an early hearing on Kerala government’s application seeking the transfer to the apex court of the petitions pending in the High Court of Kerala in relation to Sabarimala temple.Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi observed that the matter shall come up on the docket in the normal course, not on an urgent basis.The Government has specified...

SC Directs Uttarakhand Govt To Take Over Pvt Medical College After Students Complain Of Shortcomings [Read Order]

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, directed the state government to take over privately owned Shridev Suman Subharti Medical College in Uttarakhand within 24 hours, after its students complained of lack of infrastructure and teaching faculty therein.The order was passed by a bench comprising Justice RF Nariman and Justice MR Shah on a petition filed by the students who were admitted to the...

SC To Consider Curative Petition Against Judgment Upholding Rakesh Asthana's Appointment On Dec 11 [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court has agreed to consider on December 11 in chamber a curative plea challenging its decision by which it had dismissed a PIL filed by NGO Common Cause against appointment of Gujarat cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana as special director of CBI.This was made clear by the Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi when Prashant Bhushan, lawyer for Common Cause, made an oral mentioning today...

Child Porn Videos: It Will Not Be Possible To Remove The Contents Due To End-To-End Encryption Technology, Whatsapp Tells SC

Whatsapp has submitted before the Supreme Court that it will not be possible to remove the contents as they have an end-to-end encryption technology.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal made this submission before the Apex Court when it was discussing the suggestions given by Union of India to curb child pornography, rape and gang rape videos.The Centre had suggested following actions to be taken...

SC Repels Challenge Against Centre's Nomination Of 3 MLAs To Puducherry Assembly [Read Judgment]

The Court held that the Centre was not legally bound to consult Puducherry Government before nominating members to the AssemblyToday, the Supreme Court repelled the challenge made at the instance of  Congress against the nomination of three BJP members to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly by the Central Government. The  Bench of  Justices A K Sikri, Ashok Bhushan  and Abdul Nazeer...

High Courts, Being Constitutional Courts Of Record, Has Inherent Jurisdiction To Recall Their Own Orders: SC [Read Judgment]

“It is clear that these constitutional courts, being courts of record, the jurisdiction to recall their own orders is inherent by virtue of the fact that they are superior courts of record.”The Supreme Court has observed that the High Courts, being courts of record, has inherent jurisdiction to recall their own orders.In Municipal Corporation Of Greater Mumbai vs. Pratibha Industries...

High Courts Must Remain Vigilant Of Attempts To Misuse PILs: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court recently reminded the high courts of staying watchful of attempts to misuse public interest litigations for promotion of personal agenda.A Bench comprising Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice MR Shah asserted, “The High Courts must remain vigilant to the attempts to misuse PILs to subserve extraneous and motivated purposes. Such efforts must be dealt with firmly....

CBI Vs CBI: What Prompted The Overnight Decision Against Alok Verma, Asks CJI?, SC Reserves Order

“The factors that prompted the CVC to take the decision ON CBI Director Alok Verma did not happen overnight. If you had tolerated them since July, then what the reason for this immediate action suddenly without which the institution would have crumbled and fallen?”, Asked CJI to SGResuming his submissions on behalf of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), Solicitor General Tushar...

Higher Qualification Does Not Always Presuppose Having The Basic Qualification For A Post : SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has held that a candidate with higher qualification cannot claim right to apply for posts with lower qualification, unless the relevant statutory recruitment rules permit the inference that higher qualification presupposes the acquisition of lower qualification."Absent such a rule, it would not be permissible to draw an inference that a higher qualification...

14,926 People Killed In Road Accidents Due To Potholes In Last 5 Yrs, Probably More Than Those Killed On Border Or By The Terrorists: SC

The Supreme Court Thursday expressed concern over 14,926 people being killed in road accidents due to potholes in last five years and termed it "unacceptable".A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur said the large number of deaths caused due to potholes across the country was "probably more than those killed on border or by the terrorists".The bench, also comprising justices Deepak Gupta...

SC Relief To Ex-IAF Officer Who Had Married A Foreign National Without Requisite Permission [Read Judgment]

“If an officer after his release or retirement could, therefore, validly contract the marriage with a foreign national and the spouse would therefore be entitled to all the benefits including medical or hospital facilities or club membership or canteen facilities etc., it does not stand to reason why the appellant, at least after his release from the Indian Air Force, should be disentitled...

‘Administrative Difficulties’ Not A Valid Reason To Condone Delay In Filing Application To Set Aside Arbitral Award: SC [Read Judgment]

‘Administrative difficulties would not be a valid reason to condone a delay above and beyond the statutory prescribed period under Section 34 of the 1996 Act.’The Supreme Court held that administrative difficulties would not be a valid reason to condone a delay above and beyond the statutory prescribed period under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 to file...