Breaking: Victim Can File Appeal Against Acquittal Without Seeking Leave To Appeal: SC, Justice Gupta Dissents

In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court has held that a victim can file an appeal in the High Court against the acquittal without seeking leave to appeal.A three Judge Bench comprising  Justice Madan B. Lokur ,Justice S. Abdul Nazeer and Dipak Gupta was considering the following questions;1.Whether a ‘victim’ as defined in the Cr.P.C. has a right of appeal in view of the proviso to...

SC Stays Uttarakhand HC Order Banning Fatwas [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Uttarakhand High Court order banning Fatwas and barring religious outfits/bodies and statutory panchayats/local panchayats/group of people in the state from issuing such diktats. The order was passed by a Bench comprising Justice MB Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta on an appeal filed by leading Islamic organisation, Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind. Senior Advocate...

SC Refuses To Stay WB Government's Funding Of Durga Puja Celebrations

The Supreme Court bench of Justices Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta on Friday issued notice on the plea against the refusal of the Calcutta High Court to interfere with the West Bengal state government’s decision to assign Rs. 10, 000 each to the 28000 Durga Puja organising committees. According to the State Government, the fund is meant for community policing activities like assisting...

SC Issues Notice To MP HC Registrar On A Plea For Reinstatement By Former Ad. District Judge Who Resigned After Alleged Sexual Harassment By HC Judge

The Supreme Court bench of Justices A. K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan on Friday issued notice to the Registrar General of the MP High court and others on the plea for reinstatement of the Former Additional District and Sessions Judge who had levelled sexual harassment allegations against the High Court judge, Justice S.K. Gangele, back in 2014.Allowing Dasti service, the bench will hear the...

SC Dismisses Kamal Nath's Plea For Random Verification Of VVPAT In MP Polls

The Supreme Court has dismissed the petition filed by Congress leader Kamal Nath for random verification of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail(VVPAT) machines in the upcoming Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh.The SC did not find any loopholes in the existing mechanism of Election Commission of India, and declined interference.Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath had moved the Supreme...

SC Initiates Contempt Action Against Amrapali Directors [Read Order]

In another blow to the three directors of the Amrapali Group sent to police custody, the Supreme Court on Thursday issued formal notice and directed the Registry to register a separate cause as “Suo Motu Contempt” against them for violating the court’s orders and interfering with the course of justice.It may be noted that on Tuesday, the court had required the Chairman and Managing...

SC Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Man Accused Of Harassing His Sister-In-Law As His Passport Papers Showed He Was Not In India At That Time [Read Order]

“In an appropriate case where the document relied upon is a public document or where veracity thereof is not disputed by the complainant, the same can be considered.”The Supreme Court recently quashed criminal proceedings against a man based on the complaint by his brother’s wife alleging torture and harassment by him, after it found from his passport papers that he was not in India at...

SC Dismisses Review Petition Filed Against Judgment Laying Down Guidelines For Senior Designation [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has dismissed review petition filed by National Lawyers' Campaign For Judicial Transparency & Reforms against the judgment laying down guidelines for designation of Senior Advocates.On October 12,2017, the SC had laid down elaborate guidelines for senior designation in the petition filed by Senior Advocate Indira Jaising.The review petition against the said judgment...

Meritorious Physically Handicapped Students “Illegally Deprived” Of MBBS Seats Be Admitted Next Year: SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that the physically handicapped students before it, who had been denied admissions this year despite being meritorious, should be admitted in the MBBS course in a government medical college next year.In doing so, the Bench comprising Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Vineet Saran directed that as the seats for physically handicapped students were handed over...

By Mentioning Non-urgent Matters Lawyers Will Lose The Privilege Of Mentioning: CJI Ranjan Gogoi

Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi asked lawyers again on Thursday not to seek urgent hearing of cases which are not "so urgent", and said that otherwise Bar's privilege to mention such cases would lose relevance.Justice Gogoi, who took oath as 46th CJI on October 3, has been saying that he would not allow mentioning of cases for urgent hearing till parameters are laid and only cases of real urgency...

Award-Debtor Cannot Be Subjected To A Penal Rate Of Interest; SC Lists Out Factors To Be Considered By Arbitrator While Awarding Interest [Read Judgment]

“On the one hand, the rate of Interest must be compensatory as it is a form of reparation granted to the award-holder; while on the other it must not be punitive, unconscionable or usurious in nature.”Observing that the discretion of the arbitrator to award interest must be exercised reasonably, the Supreme Court has listed factors that must be taken into consideration by the arbitrator...

Breaking: SC Collegium Recommends Three Advocates And Two District Judges For Elevation To Kerala HC

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended Advocates V.G.Arun, N. Nagaresh, and P.V.Kunhikrishnan and Judicial officers T.V.Anilkumar and  N. Anil Kumar as Kerala High court Judges.As of now, the collegium comprising of CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Kurian Joseph did not recommend the name of Advocate P.Gopal,  as his average net professional annual income for...