SC Adjourns Hearing Of Petitions Against Removal Of CBI Director Alok Verma To Friday

The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S. K. Kaul adjourned to Friday the hearing in the plea of CBI Director Alok Verma against the October 23 orders of the CVC and the Central government divesting him of all powers and functions and giving charge to M. Nageshwara Rao in the meantime.Also listed was a PIL by NGO Common Cause challenging the aforesaid decisions of...

'Can't Dismiss Petitions Like This': AG KK Venugopal To CJI, 'We Take Your Remark In Proper Spirit':CJI Gogoi

Attorney General K. K. Venugopal on Monday expressed his dissatisfaction with the approach of the Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi of peremptorily dismissing petitions without according an adequate opportunity of hearing.“Clients come from far away, from thousands of miles away. They stand at the back and look at this court....as their counsel stands and you...

"If Your Client File One More Improper PIL , We Will Ban Him" :SC Dismisses Plea For Imposing Rs. 2,000 Upper Limit On Cash Donations To Political Parties

The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S. K. Kaul on Monday dismissed Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay’s plea seeking a direction to the Central Government to impose an upper limit of Rs. 2,000 per person per year on political donations in cash.He had also prayed that the exemption under Section 13A of the Income Tax Act of 1961 be given only to those political parties...

Plea To Make Rape Law [Section 375IPC] Gender Neutral: SC Refuses To Interfere

Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul on Monday refused to interfere in a petition filed by Criminal Justice Society of India assailing Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 on the ground that the Section is not gender-neutral.The bench observed that though there is merit in the present petition, at this stage the legislature is the...

Centre Notifies Transfer Of Justices Alok Aradhe, Rajesh Bindal And Vineet Kothari [Read Notifications]

The Central Government has notified the transfer of three high court judges.Justice Alok Aradhe has been transferred to Karnataka High Court from Jammu and Kashmir High Court. As per the resolution passed by the Supreme Court collegium for his transfer, this was done at his request.Justice Rajesh Bindal has been transferred from Punjab and Haryana High Court to Jammu and Kashmir...

CJI Holds 6 Collegium Meeting In 30 Days For Filling 29 Vacancies In High Courts

Since assuming office a little over a month ago, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has held six crucial collegium meetings for filling up of 29 vacancies in high courts and four in the Supreme Court to tackle the huge backlog of pendency in the higher judiciary.The collegium also did not shy away from invoking provisions of Memorandum of Procedure to appoint a judge of the same high court...

CBI Vs CBI: Crucial Hearing Tomorrow

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday the version of the Central Vigilance Commission, which was directed to complete within two weeks its preliminary inquiry against CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma, who has been divested of his duties and sent on leave by the Centre.The hearing assumes significance as Verma, who has a running feud with Special CBI Director Rakesh Asthana, has...

Refrain From Filing Status Reports In A “Casual And Cavalier” Manner: Delhi HC To Delhi Police [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court recently absolved Station House Officer PS Mayur Vihar, Inspector Manoj Kumar Sharma of contempt charges, while directing the Delhi Police to refrain from filing status reports in a “casual” and “cavalier” manner.A Bench comprising Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal ordered, “…officials of the Delhi Police are required to be held to...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Chief Justices For Four High Courts [Read Notifications]

The Central Government on Friday notified the appointment of Chief Justices for four high courts of the country.The following appointments were notified: Justice Govind Mathur has been appointed as the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court.Justice Mathur practiced in the Rajasthan High Court at Jodhpur in Constitutional, Service and Labour matters after this enrolment. He has also served as...

Centre And States Should Imbibe The Spirit Of Cooperative Federalism: Justice KM Joseph [Video]

Supreme Court judge, Justice KM Joseph recently emphasized on the need for “cooperative Federalism” for India to become a “naturally indestructible formation”.“Both the Centre and the States must imbibe a genuine spirit of co-operative Federalism, if not collaborative Federalism. There can be no Centre without States. The States are integrated into one nation, both based on...

“Free Legal Aid And Advice Is Your Right And NALSA Wants You To Have It": Justice Madan Lokur Addresses The Nation On Legal Services Day

On the occasion of the National Legal Services Day, Supreme Court judge and Executive Chairman of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) Justice Madan B. Lokur identified illiteracy as one of the main challenges in the materialization of the “constitutional vision” of equal justice and equality in access to justice as envisaged in Article 39A.Speaking on national radio, he...

Centre Notifies Transfer Of Seven High Court Judges [Read Notifications]

The Centre has notified the transfer of seven High Court judges to the High Courts of Hyderabad, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab & Haryana, Orissa, and Jharkhand.Justice Rajiv Sharma has been transferred from the Uttarakhand High Court to the Punjab & Haryana High Court. He had initially been proposed to be transferred to the Allahabad High Court. However, the Collegium acceded to...