Justice Goel & Lalit's Visit Set To Improve Condition In Faridabad Jail, Observation Home

The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud of the Supreme Court today directed immediate measures to improve the condition in Faridabad Jail and Observation Home.Invited by the Haryana Legal Services Authority to a function earlier this year, Justices U U Lalit and Adarsh Kumar Goal had on their own also visited the jail and Observation Home and found...

Law Ministry To Forward 120 Names For Judicial Appointments To SC Collegium By This Week: Report

The Law Ministry is reportedly set to forward nearly 120 names shortlisted for appointment as High Court Judges to the Supreme Court collegium.The names were sent by the High Court collegium to the Centre, which is now working on carrying out background checks on these candidates with support from the Intelligence Bureau (IB). The names would finally be sent to the SC collegium by the end...

Delhi LG says “I Have All The Power, I Am Superman But Not Addressing Even Garbage Crisis”: SC

“Despite LG convening 25 meetings on the issue and making certain field visits, nothing has happened and it could be anybody's guess about what happened in these deliberations. In spite of these meetings, there are mountains of garbage in Delhi” Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court has slammed Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal for doing precious little to deal with Delhi’s worsening garbage...

“Why No States Are Listening To Govt Of India?, It Is A Crisis Situation” SC On Elephant Corridor

“It is a crisis situation. If state governments will say we will do whatever we want and let the Government of India say anything, there will be a complete breakdown of the system”: Supreme Court“Why the states are not responding to Union Of India’s orders on creating elephant corridors. How come you are so helpless”, the Supreme Court has asked the Centre.The comments from a bench...

Sometimes We Need Independent Journalists And Noisy Judges : [Read Full Text Of Justice Ranjan Gogoi’s Speech At RNG Memorial Lecture]

I express my most heartfelt gratitude to The Express Group for extending this opportunity to me to deliver the lecture which has been organised in the memory of a man who was an institution in his own right: Ramnath Goenka Ji.While unlike some of you present here, I had not had the occasion to ever meet him, but, fortunately, I have not been untouched by his proud legacy. Which gleams...

Judiciary Today Is Not A Poor Workman Who Blames His Tools, But It Is A Workman With No Tools- Justice Ranjan Gogoi

If it(judiciary) wishes to preserve its moral and institutional leverage, it must remain uncontaminated, independent and fierce”. Speaking at the Ram Nath Goenka Lecture, Justice Ranjan Gogoi, the second senior judge of Supreme Court, said “judiciary today is not a poor workman who blames his tools, but it is a workman with no tools. He was speaking in the context of the...

States Resisting Social Audits By NCPCR Appear To Be “Hiding Something”: SC

The Supreme Court on Wednesday rapped the States for non-utilisation of funds under the Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS).Condemning the trend, the Bench comprising Justice M.B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta observed, “This is extremely unfortunate. Since funds are made available for the benefit of children, if the State Governments do not utilise them, the loss is that of children...

It Is Not Possible To Put Any Good Sense In His Mind; SC Declines To Take Contempt Against Litigant Who Made Reckless Allegations Against Judges, SC Registry [Read Order]

Supreme Court has declined to take contempt against a litigant who made reckless allegations against judges and Registry, observing that ‘his conduct is hopeless’ and that ‘it is not possible to put any good sense in his mind’.Biswa Nath Banik, who was sentenced to jail in a contempt case, had approached the apex court, preferring a miscellaneous application.Perusing the application,...

[Section 377][ Day 3] Homosexuality Not Unsoundness, But A Variation Of Sexuality- Justice Indu Malhotra [Also Read Written Submissions]

Shyam Divan, Senior Advocate, began the arguments on Day 3 of the hearing in the challenge to the constitutionality of section 377 of the IPC.  He urged before the Supreme Court five judge bench that Article 14 envisages a positive act on the part of the State to secure equality to the LGBT community.The argument was developed by referring to  2017 ‘Triple Talaq’ judgment (Shayara Bano...

Breaking: High Caste Priests Cannot Refuse to Perform Religious Ceremonies On Behalf Of Lower Caste People: Uttarakhand HC [Read Order]

The Uttarakhand High Court recently warned high caste priests against refusing to perform religious ceremonies on behalf of lower castes pilgrims, taking a stern view of the still existing practice of exclusion of the SC/ST community in Haridwar.The bench comprising Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Lokpal Singh directed, “The High caste priests throughout the State of Uttarakhand shall...

Second Complaint Maintainable If There Is Discovery Of New Fact After Disposal Of First Complaint: SC [Read Judgment]

‘The complainant/appellant came to know certain facts relating to the replacement of parts of the machine after the disposal of the first complaint, that too after getting a service report from Key Pharma Limited, Delhi, and, therefore, there is no bar for the appellant to lodge second complaint.’The Supreme Court in Om Prakash Singh v. State of Bihar has reiterated that a...

[Section 377] [Day-2, Session 2] ‘Sex’ Shall Be Interpreted As ‘Sexual Orientation’ For The Purpose Of Article 15 To Remove Discrimination Against LGBTQ Community: Anand Grover, Shyam Divan

As the hearing in the challenge to the constitutionality of section 377 of the IPC resumed post lunch, Advocate Maneka Guruswamy advanced that the provision could not be said to be a reasonable restriction for the purpose of Article 19.In this behalf, she cited the 2010 apex court judgment in S. Khushboo v. Kanniammal, where the freedom of speech and expression of the appellant, having voiced...