Extra-judicial Confession Of Accused Need Not Be Corroborated In All Cases: SC Reiterates [Read Judgment]

Extra-judicial Confession Of Accused Need Not In All Cases Be Corroborated: SC‘Rule of Prudence does not require that each and every circumstance mentioned in the confession with regard to the participation of the accused must be separately and independently corroborated.’The Supreme Court, while affirming the conviction of a bank’s peon accused of corruption, has observed...

Nativity Can’t Be Sole Basis: SC Upholds Guidelines Issued By HC For Allocation Of Subordinate Judicial Officers In Telangana [Read Judgment]

“It is true that Judicial Officers belonging to Telangana territorial area may have desired or expectation to choose or to opt for their cadre in Telangana area, which is a legitimate aspiration, but giving pre-dominance to nativity only is not spelled from any statutory provision or scheme.”The Supreme Court, while upholding the modified guidelines issued by the high court for an...

Date Of Joining Irrelevant In Fixing Seniority Of Direct Recruits; SC Recasts Seniority List Of Punjab Judicial Officers [Read Judgment]

It was held that the date of joining would not be a relevant factor for determining seniority of direct recruits. It would suffice if action has been initiated for direct recruit vacancies, within the recruitment year in which the vacancies had become availableThe Supreme Court has recast the seniority list of Punjab Superior Judicial Officers by acting on an appeal filed by...

My Colleagues And I Are Attempting To Put In Place A Better System In Supreme Court: CJI Justice Ranjan Gogoi

“We are working in the direction that ‘mentioning’ dies a natural death and not where the Chief Justice puts an end to the practice”, announced freshly-sworn in Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi at the felicitation ceremony hosted by the Supreme Court Bar Association in his honour.To the surprise of the long que of Advocates-on-Record and other junior counsel assembled to ‘mention’...

Rehabilitation Homes For Mentally Ill Persons: SC Seeks Status Report From States And UTs

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought reports within two weeks from state governments and Union Territories on the status of setting up rehabilitation homes for people with mental illness.Ten states and a UT have filed their response on the compliance of the Centre's guidelines for setting up of rehabilitation homes for persons living with mental illness (who have been cured, or who do not...

Breaking: SC Upholds Constitutional Validity Of Goods And Services Tax (Compensation To States) Act, 2017 [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the Constitutional validity of Goods And Services Tax (Compensation To States) Act, 2017, as well as the Goods and Services Tax Compensation Cess Rules, 2017, as framed under the Act.The verdict was delivered by a Bench comprising Justice AK Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan.Here is a summary of the issues dealt with by the court and the court’s response...

New SC Roster Introduced: PILs To Be Heard By CJI & Justice Lokur (On CJI's Directions)

On the day of assuming charge as the Chief Justice of India, Justice Ranjan Gogoi has notified changes in the roster.While Public Interest Litigations will still be heard by the CJI, some PILs can be listed before Justice MB Lokur as well, on directions by CJI Gogoi.The bench headed by him will also deal with the matters relating to social justice, elections, company law, Monopoly and...

Child Marriage Prohibition Act Is A Secular Law,Personal Law Can’t Stand In The Way Of It’s Implementation: Observes SC

The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice K. M. Joseph on Wednesday directed to implead the States in a PIL by NGO Independent Thought regarding the implementation of the Prevention of Child Marriage Act of 2006.Advocate Gaurav Agarwal, appearing on behalf of the petitioner, drew the attention of the bench to the 2017 decision rendered...

Maharashtra Govt Moves SC Against HC Order Quashing Navlakha's Remand [Read Petition]

It is contended that as per Section 167(1) of CrPC, case diary need be produced only if the accused is produced before the jurisdictional Magistrate.The Maharashtra government on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court order allowing Gautam Navlakha, one of the five activists arrested in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima case, to be freed from house arrest.The Delhi...

Breaking: No Mentioning Except In Extremely Urgent Cases, Says New CJI Ranjan Gogoi

On his very first day as the ‘first among the equals’, Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi did away with the morning ritual of ‘mentioning’ before Court 1 by Advocates-on-record and other junior counsel of urgent matters and fresh pleas, appeals and interim applications for listing.Since the CJI is the administrative head of Supreme Court, mentioning for inter alia early listing, tagging,...

Important Judgments Of Justice Dipak Misra

Tuesday Justice Dipak Misra turns 65 and it was his last day as a Supreme Court judge. The nephew of former CJI Justice Ranganath Misra, Justice Dipak Misra started his practice in Orissa High Court and later became its judge in 1996. After serving as judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court for a long time, he was appointed as Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, and later as Chief Justice of...

Breaking: Justice Ranjan Gogoi Sworn In As 46th Chief Justice Of India

Justice Ranjan Gogoi was sworn in as the 46th Chief Justice of India.President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath to Justice Gogoi at a brief ceremony held in the Darbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.He has a tenure of just 13 months, till November 17, 2019.He is the first Chief Justice from the Northeast.-n3acBorn on November 18, 1954, Gogoi did his schooling in Don Bosco School...