Will Reduce The Water Level In Mullaperiyar Feet-By-Feet: Sub Committee Under Disaster Management Act Informs SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Friday required the National Crisis Management Committee to consider reducing the water level in the Mullaperiyar dam below the 139 feet mark.In the wake of the floods in Kerala, the bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu to adhere to the said committee’s recommendations for Full Reservoir Level(FRL) management...

We Were Told Governance Is For Govt, Not For Courts”, SC Justice Lokur’s Dig At Centre

“Look, the whip is broken. We have been told that governance is for the government and not for the courts. It essentially means if there is no governance, we cannot do anything”, Justice Madan B Lokur to Prashant Bhushan.The Supreme Court hearing in a PIL pertaining to urban homeless today saw Justice Madan B Lokur making a veiled dig at the statement made by Law Minister Ravi Shankar...

NRC Row: SC Asks Assam Coordinator To Submit District-Wise Percentage Data Of Those Excluded [Read Order]

Taking ahead measures for close monitoring of the National Register of  Citizens, the Supreme Court today asked the Assam NRC coordinator to file in a sealed cover the data of district-wise percentage of the population excluded from the NRC draft in the state."The State Coordinator, Shri Prateek Hajela, is directed to make available copies of the final draft NRC in all Panchayat offices and...

Accused Entitled To Acquittal If Informant And Investigating Officer Is The Same Person: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

Update:[Breaking] Merely Because The Investigation Officer Is The Complainant Himself The Trial In NDPS Cases Will Not Be Vitiated And Accused Cannot Be Acquitted On That Ground : SC Constitution Benchhttps://t.co/lhmQkU1HIb— Live Law (@LiveLawIndia) August 31, 2020In a significant pronouncement, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court has categorically held that the informant and...

Light Blue Sticker For Petrol/CNG, Orange For Diesel Vehicles In NCR By Oct 2, Orders SC [Read Order]

Rs 15 cr to IOC to study mix of hydrogen-CNG as cleaner fuelWorried about the air pollution situation in Delhi, the Supreme Court has directed that hologram-based colour code stickers be put on vehicles for identification of type of fuel being used—light blue for petrol/CNG and orange for diesel vehicles.The court also suggested considering green stickers for hybrid vehicles which will now...

Kerala Floods: Consider To Bring Down The Water Level To 139 ft In Mullaperiyar Dam: SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Thursday required the Committee under section 9 of the Disaster Management Act to urgently meet with the Kerala and Tamil Nadu state authorities over the management of the Mullaperiyar reservoir water, directing a report to be submitted by Friday morning.The bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra urged that the water level be tried to be maintained at 139 feet in the...

[Reservation In Promotion] [Day2] : No Concept of Creamy Layer In SC/STs, Submits AG While Pressing For Reference Of 'Nagaraj Judgment' To Larger Bench

“There is no judgment to the effect that the ‘creamy layer’ concept will apply to SC/ST”, affirmed the AG.As the hearing on the question of reconsideration of the 2006 M. Nagaraj judgment resumed before the Supreme Court five-judge bench on Thursday, Attorney General K. K. Venugopal pressed for a reference to a larger bench in view of the seven and nine judge bench decisions in N....

Kerala Floods: Plea In SC To Monitor Water Level Of Mullaperiyar Dam, Announcement Of Disaster Management Plan [Read Application]

The petitioner’s lawyer mentioned before a bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi who directed him to appear mention it before the bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra at 2 PM.In view of the raging floods in Kerala and level of water in Mullaperiyar dam rising menacingly, a resident of Mullaperiyar in Kerala Russel Joy has knocked the doors of the Supreme Court seeking announcement...

Conviction Based On Confession Statement Of Accused: Experts Demand Reconsideration Of Supreme Court Judgment

Legal experts demanded re-consideration of a recent Supreme Court Judgment whereby a two-Judge bench of the Court upheld the concurrent conviction and sentence of an accused in a case of dacoity with murder (S.396 IPC) based on a confession statement of accused produced by police to prove recovery of some incriminating articles under Section 27 of Indian Evidence Act.The Bench of Justice...

“We Have Stopped Being A Civilized Nation And Accepted Barbarism. I Dissent”: SCOTUS Justice Sotamayor Refuses To Join ‘Rush To Execute’ A Rape-Murder Convict

“I cannot in good conscience join in this “rush to execute” without first seeking every assurance that our precedent permits such a result... If the law permits this execution to go forward in spite of the horrific final minutes that Irick may well experience, then we have stopped being a civilized nation and accepted barbarism. I dissent.”Billy Ray Irick, who was convicted for 1985...

SC Upholds Conviction Of Man Whose Extramarital Affair Abetted Wife’s Suicide [Read Judgment]

‘It cannot be said that the appellant’s act of having illicit relationship with another woman would not have affected to negate the ingredients of Section 306 I.P.C.’The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of a man whose illicit relationship with another woman allegedly ‘abetted’ his wife’s suicide.Kavita had committed suicide by jumping into well within four months of her...

“Some Elements Endeavouring To Weaken Institution”: CJI Dipak Misra

Chief Justice Dipak Misra has made an indirect reference to several issues which resulted in crisis within the judiciary.Speaking at the Independence Day function at the Supreme Court he said “to criticize, attack and destroy the system is quite easy what is difficult and challenging is to transform it into a performing one. For that one has to transcend one’s personal ambitions or...