Kejriwal Govt Moves SC Again After Spat With LG On Control Over 'Services'; Hearing Next Week

Delhi's AAP government today moved Supreme Court seeking an early hearing on pending issues relating to turf war with Lt Governor Anil Baijal including Services.The plea was mentioned by Delhi Government Standing counsel Rahul Mehra before a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud.In the pending litigation, which a constitution bench said, will...

Taj Mahal Needs To Be Protected: SC Rejects Plea Challenging Ban On Namaz By Outsiders In Monument’s Mosque

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to overturn a ban on outsiders entering the Taj Mahal complex in Agra for namaz or Friday prayers, asserting that the monument is among the seven wonders of the world and hence, needs to be protected.According to a PTI report, the Bench comprising Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan opined that there are several other mosques in Agra where those...

SC Orders Transfer of Accused in Kathua Case to Gurdaspur Jail,Punjab [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has ordered that the accused persons in Kathua rape-murder case should be shifted from Kathua Jail, Jammu and Kashmir to Gurdaspur District Jail, Punjab.The order was issued on the basis of submission made by Indira Jaising, Senior Advocate appearing for the victim's family, that a lot of time is lost in commuting the accused from Kathua to Pathankhot, Punjab, to where the...

“Like Lok Sabha And Rajya Sabha, Supreme Court May Have Its own Channel”- Interesting Court Room Exchange In 'Live Streaming' Hearing

The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A. M. Khanwilkar and D. Y. Chandrachud on Monday observed that live streaming of court proceedings will help litigant instantaneously know what happened to his case and how his lawyer performed his case before the Court.Attorney General KK Venugopal submitted that all court proceedings should be streamed live not only...

Centre, BCI Say Legislators Can Be Allowed To Practice As Advocates; SC Reserves Judgment

The Supreme Court today reserved orders on a petition to declare that a person should not be permitted to perform the dual role of a lawyer and a legislator(MP/MLA).The Centre did not accept the proposition that lawyers should be banned from being legislators.  When his view was sought, Attorney General K K Venugopal said such a ban is not correct or justifiable as being an MP/MLA is not a...

Bodily Integrity of a Woman Cannot be Infringed, SC Observes In PIL Seeking Ban on Female Genital Mutilation

Hearing a PIL seeking a ban on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) practiced within the Dawoodi Bohra Community in India, the Supreme Court on Monday remarked that the bodily integrity of a woman could not be infringed without her consent.According to the petitioner, the practise amounts to an offence under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) 2012 and the Indian...

Loya Case Judgment : SC Reserves Orders On Indira Jaising's Plea to Expunge Adverse Remarks Against Her

Over 2 months after it dismissed a string of writ petitions seeking an independent probe into the death of CBI special judge B. H. Loya, the Supreme Court on Monday heard Senior Counsel Indira Jaising’s application for the removal of certain adverse remarks recorded against her in the judgment pronounced on April 19.In the main matter, Ms. Jaising had appeared on behalf of...

Breaking: SC Dismisses Review Petitions Of Nirbhaya Convicts, Upholds Death Penalty [Read Judgment]

A Three-Judge Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices R Banumati and Ashok Bhushan has dismissed the review petitions filed by death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape case and upheld the death penalty awarded to them."there is no error apparent upon the face of the record", said the bench. Sitting in appeal, the Supreme Court had in May, 2017 refused to attach any weight to...

Breaking: Litigants have The Right To Know- SC, AG Favours Live Streaming Of Court Proceedings

In a significant step towards transparency and accountability, the Supreme Court on Monday favoured the live streaming of court proceedings in all matters, except where the hearing is held in camera, in rape cases and matrimonial disputes.The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A. M. Khanwilkar and D. Y. Chandrachud, hearing two PILs by Senior Advocate Indira Jaising and law...

SC Rejects Centre's Plea To Adjourn Hearing On Petitions Seeking Scrapping Of Sec 377 IPC'

The Supreme Court today rejected Centre's request to defer the Constitution bench hearing on petitions seeking scrapping of  Sec 377 IPC which is scheduled to commence tomorrow.Centre requested that it should be allowed to file a proper response before the hearing commenced."We wanted to file a detailed affidavit stating our stand", Advocate R Balasubramanium representing the Centre told...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

Delhi Vs LG- LG Is Bound By ‘Aid And Advice’ Of Elected Govt. He Can’t Interfere In Each And Every Decisions Of GovtThe Supreme Court delineated the boundaries of power between the Lieutenant-Governor and Delhi Government by stating that the LG cannot interfere in each and every decision of the Delhi Government, and that the LG is bound by the aid and advise of  the council of ministers...

Merely Because Certain Municipal Functions Are Performed By Industrial Development Authority, It Can’t Be Treated As ‘Municipality’: SC Dismisses Noida’s Claim For I-T Exemption [Read Judgment]

‘Proviso to Article 243(Q) does not contemplate constitution of an industrial establishment as a Municipality rather clarifies an exception where Municipality under clause 22 (1) of Article 243Q may not be constituted in an urban area.’The Supreme Court has held that the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida) cannot be a treated as a ‘municipality’ to exempt it from payment...