SC Stays HC Order That Convicted A Lawyer For Contempt For Criticizing HC Judge In His Facebook Post [Read Order]

“Big lawyers appear in media and give several statements against the judges of superior courts but they are not held guilty of contempt but Vashishta is a small lawyer, he can’t be punished without verifying the contents,” Senior Advocate Vikas Singh Argued For Vashishta.A Supreme Court Bench on Monday stayed the Punjab and Haryana High Court order that sentenced an advocate to...

SC Dismisses PIL Seeking To Make Bribery & Other Election Offences Cognizable, Punishable With Min 2-Yr Jail Term

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking a minimum punishment of two years for electoral offences, including bribery, false statement, undue influence.The plea, filed by BJP leader and Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, was dismissed by a bench comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice DY Chandrachud.Mr. Upadhyay’s petition had...

Malegaon Blast: Lt Col Purohit Moves SC For SIT Probe Into Alleged Conspiracy Against Him, Justice Lalit Recuses Himself [Read Petition]

Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit, one of the accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, has moved the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored SIT probe into his alleged abduction, illegal detention and “brutal torture” by Maharashtra ATS coercing him into making a confessional statement of his involvement in the blast.Purohit has also sought compensation for the illegal detention and...

SC Allows Girl To Stay With Her Parents While Hearing "Husband’s" Habeas Corpus Plea

In an inter-faith marriage case, the Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra on Monday while hearing the habeas corpus plea of a man, who claimed to have converted his religion from Islamism to Hinduism to marry a Hindu girl, allowed the 22-year-old Hindu woman to stay with her parents after she expressed her desire not to stay with her husband.To a court’s...

CJI Accepts Apology Of NGO Office Bearer Who Cast Aspersions On Him

The bench has considerably softened its stand as on August 20 it threatened heavy fine up to Rs 25 lakh on Wadhawan saying “the trend of targeting, maligning judges must stop” and "we want to send across a message"The bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra on Monday accepted the unconditional apology tendered by an office bearer of an NGO who cast “contemptuous aspersions” on the...

WhatsApp Payment Service: SC Issues Notice On Plea Demanding Its Compliance With Indian Tax And IT Laws [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to WhatsApp Inc as well as the Union Ministries of Law, Finance, and Electronics and Information Technology on a petition concerning its Payments Service.The notice was issued by a Bench comprising Justice Rohinton Nariman and Justice Indu Malhotra on a petition filed by Delhi based think tank Centre For Accountability and Systemic Change (CASC)...

One Nation One Education Board: SC Defers Hearing On PIL After Centre Says Similar Plea Dismissed Earlier

Bench has now summoned the records of the "identical dismissed PIL" and fixed hearing for next FridayThe Supreme Court today deferred the hearing on a PIL seeking a direction to introduce 'One nation One Education Board' instead of present multi-board system and a value-based education system to verify the claim of the Centre that an identical PIL on same issue was earlier dismissed by the...

Delhi HC Suggests Digital Recording Of Witness Statements And Recoveries In Addition To Existing Mechanism Under CrPC [Read Order]

Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre and the Delhi Government, while suggesting digital recording of witness statements and effecting recovery by the Delhi Police.The suggestion was given by a Bench comprising Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice IS Mehta after considering an action taken report filed on behalf of the Delhi Police. As per the report, from July, 2017 to June, 2018,...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

Principle Of ‘Moulding Of Relief’ Can’t Be Invoked At Interlocutory StageThe Supreme Court observed that principle of moulding of relief could at best be resorted to at the time of consideration of final relief in the main suit and not at an interlocutory stage.Appointment Of Surveyor By Insurer Per Se Isn’t Waiver Of Condition Relating To Delay In Intimation In an important judgment...

Kerala MP Challenges Centre's Policy To Refuse Foreign Aid For Kerala Flood Relief

It is contended that the refusal of foreign aid even before the estimation of losses and without making consultation with the state government is unreasonable and inconsistent with lawA writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Central Government's policy to refuse foreign aid for Kerala flood relief. The petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India has...

Second Challenge to SC/ST Amendment Reaches Supreme Court [Read Petition]

Claiming that the 2018 amendment to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act of 1989 has become an “instrument to blackmail” innocent citizens and public servants, Advocate Sandeep Lamba has approached the apex court for the amendment to be declared unconstitutional.It may be noted that earlier this week, lawyers Prithviraj Chauhan and Priya Sharma had...

This Kerala Judge Overcame Personal Tragedy In Floods To Dedicate Himself To Relief Work

The story of a Kerala judicial officer's selfless service during flood crisis is inspiring and poignant. Jomon John, Judicial First Class Magistrate of Irinjalakuda, Thrissur District, had to suffer personal bereavements in the torrential rains which wreaked havoc all over the state. However,undaunted by personal tragedies,he dedicated himself to relief operations in Irinjalakuda, which...