After Drama Over 'Letter For Adjournment', SC Defers Hearing On Plea Seeking Stay On Rafale Deal To Oct 10

The Supreme Court bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi, Navin Sinha and KM Joseph today adjourned the plea seeking a stay on controversial Rafale deal between India and France noting that petitioner and lawyer M L Sharma had circulated a letter seeking adjournment saying he was "unwell".But there was high drama as "unwell" Sharma appeared and said he is seeking adjournment as he, in fact, wanted...

Sharad Yadav’s Disqualification As RS Member: SC Agrees To Hear Plea Against Delhi HC’s Interim Order [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a petition challenging an interim order passed by the Delhi High Court in the case concerning the disqualification of Janata Dal (United) Party, Sharad Yadav as a member of the Rajya Sabha in December last year.The plea, filed by leader of JD(U) in the Rajya Sabha Ram Chandra Prasad Singh through Advocate Gopal Singh, was mentioned by Advocate...

SC Temorarily Lifts Ban On Sale Of Saridon, 2 Other Drugs

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed for now sale of Saridon, Piriton Expectorant and Dart which were in the list of 328 fixed-dose combination (FDC) drugs banned by the Centre on the ground that there was “no therapeutic justification” for the ingredients contained in them and that they “may involve risk to human beings”.A bench of Justice Rohinton Nariman and Justice Indu...

Litigant, Who Refused Services Of Senior Lawyer And Insisted To Argue In Person In Tamil, Finally Loses Legal Battle In SC [Read Judgment]

The bench passed reasoned judgment dismissing the appeal after considering the written submissions filed by her.Ponnayal and her mother had approached the Supreme Court by filing Special Leave Petitions against the high court order that had affirmed the dismissal of their suit for partition by the trial court.This SLP was filed through an Advocate-on-Record. After some time, they requested...

SC Upholds Conviction Of Officials Who Were Caught Accepting Bribe Of Rs 800 In Year 1994 [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court recently dismissed appeals filed by officials who were accused of receiving bribe of Rs 800 from a shop owner.The prosecution case was that the commercial tax officer inspected a grocery shop and seized the accounts book, and when the shop owner requested for return of accounts book, a bribe of Rs 2,000 was demanded.  He reiterated this demand, when the owner later...

"If It Shocks Your Lordship's Conscience, There Is Perversity On The Face Of It": The Gripping Courtroom Exchange In Bhima Koregaon Hearing

“If it shocks Your Lordships’ conscience, then there is perversity on the face of it...if, on a feel of the case, Your Lordships do not think this case deserves such(SIT) investigation, I will go elsewhere”. Argued Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi.The PIL by historian Romila Thapar and four other eminent persons over the arrest of five activists in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon...

SC Extends House Arrest Of Rights Activists In Koregaon-Bhima Case

The Supreme Court Monday said it will examine two days later whether there is material supporting the arrest of five rights activists in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case.A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra extended till September 19 the house arrest of the five rights activists--Varavara Rao, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, Sudha Bharadwaj and Gautam Navlakha-- at...

SC Orders Protection For Petitioner In 'Nikah-Halala' Matter Allegedly Attacked With Acid [Read Order]

A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra today ordered the UP police to provide protection to Shabnam Rani, a petitioner before the Supreme Court against Nikah-halala who was allegedly attacked with acid by her brother-in-law and his friend.“Senior Superintendent of police of Bulandshahr shall provide adequate security to the petitioner. She may also be escorted with...

Delhi Odd-Even Scheme: SC Stays NGT Order Refusing Exemption To Two-Wheelers

The Supreme Court Monday stayed the operation of the National Green Tribunal's 2017 order which had directed that odd-even vehicle rotation scheme be made applicable to two-wheelers also in Delhi.A bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Dipak Gupta was told by Additional Solicitor General (ASG) A N S Nadkarni, appearing for Delhi government that it would be impossible to accommodate...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

Mere Ownership Of Vehicle In Which Prohibited Ammunitions Are Found Won’t Attract Conviction Under Arms ActWhile acquitting an owner of a car in which prohibited ammunition was found, the Supreme Court observed that it is necessary to prove that the accused was in conscious possession at some point in time before the discovery and retained control of the objects at the time of...

SC Directs All States/UTs To Frame Rules To Pay Compensation To Accident Victims By Auctioning Uninsured Motor Vehicles [Read Order]

“We direct the Chief Secretaries of each of the States to bring out necessary notification, if not already done, on the lines of the notification issued by the Govt. of NCT of Delhi keeping in view the decision in Jai Prakash (supra). The said exercise shall be completed within twelve weeks hence.”The Supreme Court has directed each state and union territories to frame appropriate rules...

SC Designates 25 Former HC Chief Justices And Judges As Senior Advocates

The Supreme Court has designated 25 former Chief Justices and judges of High Courts as Senior Advocates.As per a communication issued by Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Additional Registrar and Secretary of the Committee for Designation of Senior Advocates, Supreme Court judges in a Full Court meeting held on September 6 designated them as Senior Advocates.The Apex Court had last month on the...