Child Porn & Rape Videos: SC Slaps Rs.1-Lakh Fine Each On Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Microsoft, Whatsapp [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has imposed costs of Rs. 1 lakh each on Yahoo, Facebook Ireland, Facebook India, Google India, Google Inc., Microsoft and Whats App for failing to abide by the directions given by it in the matter of videos of sexual violence and child pornography.A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur had, in an earlier order, required the social media giants and Microsoft to brief it...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

Second Appeal- Additional ‘Substantial Questions Of Law’ Can Only Be Framed At The Time Of Hearing, Not In Judgment ItselfThe Supreme Court, in Vijay Arjun Bhagat vs. Nana Laxman Tapkire, while setting aside a high court judgment, observed that the high court can frame additional substantial questions of law in the second appeal only during the hearing and not in the judgment.Navjot...

SC Approves Centre’s Cauvery Water Management Scheme [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Thursday approved the Cauvery Water Management Scheme, 2018 framed under Section 6A of the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act of 1956 by the Central government for the establishment of the Cauvery Management Board and the Regulation Committee, in pursuance of the court’s February 16 verdict.The apex court had on February 16 required the Centre to put in place...

Murder Case Witness Apprehends Threat To Life; SC Directs Witness Examination Through Video Conferencing [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has allowed a witness in a murder case to be examined by video conferencing, as he submitted that there is a threat to his life and it may not be possible for him to go to the trial court and depose.The Madhya Pradesh High Court had upheld the order issuing warrant of arrest against one Anwar Khan by the trial court. He is said to be an eye witness in the murder case of...

Merely Assigning Some Work To Junior Officer And Taking Actions Against Him Like Stopping Of Salary Doesn’t Amount To Abetment Of Suicide: SC [Read Judgment]

As a superior officer, if some work was assigned by the applicant to the deceased, merely on that count it cannot be said that there was any guilty mind or criminal intent. The exigencies of work and the situation may call for certain action on part of a superior including stopping of salary of a junior officer for a month. That action simplicitor cannot be considered to be a pointer against...

Non-Maintenance Of General Diary Per Se Won’t Render Whole Prosecution Illegal: SC [Read Judgment]

 If the Officer has not recorded, then it is for the trial court to weigh the effect of the same for reasons provided therein, the bench said.The Supreme Court has held that non-maintenance of General Diary per se will not render the whole prosecution illegal, though it may have consequences on the merits of the case, which is a matter of trial.A bench of Justice NV Ramana and Justice S...

I Was Advised To Go With The System & Not Invite Criticism But I Felt There Is A Larger Duty Towards This Country: Chelameswar.J On Judges Press Conference

Justice Chelameswar on his favourite Judgments- " NJAC dissent is my personal favourite" and added,  “Right to Privacy case is also close to my heart” he said.Justice Chelameswar may have refused a formal farewell on behalf of the Supreme Court Bar Association, but there was no stopping well-wishers and lawyers from meeting him personally at his official residence in Central...

Supreme Court Closes For 44-Day Summer Break After A Tumultuous Week; Reopens On July 2. Vacation Benches Assigned

A happening final week in the Supreme Court witnessed two rare events- a midnight to day break hearing and a sitting on a Saturday (today), both relating to urgently ordered proceedings to hear pleas related to the ongoing Karnataka government formation drama.It also saw a rather quiet exit of Justice Chelameswar who otherwise made a lot of noise in past four months and raised a lot of hue...

SC Hearing On Karnataka Pro Tem Speaker: Who Said What

Apologising to the Supreme Court bench of Justices A. K. Sikri, S. A. Bobde and Ashok Bhushan for seeking an urgent hearing of the Interim Application, Senior Counsel Kapil Sibal, appearing on behalf of JD (S) leader H. D. Kumaraswamy, contended that the appointment of the Pro Tem Speaker by the Karnataka Governor for the purpose of the floor test at 4 PM on Saturday is “inconsistent...

NCLAT Has No Jurisdiction To Dismiss Main Appeal Against CCI Orders For Non-Compliance Of Condition For Grant Of Stay: SC [Read Judgment]

Right to file the appeal and have the said appeal decided on merits, if it is filed within the period of limitation, is conferred by the statute and that cannot be taken away by imposing the condition of deposit of an amount leading to dismissal of the main appeal itself if the said condition is not satisfied, the bench said.The Supreme Court in M/S. B. Himmatlal Agrawal vs. CCI, has held...

Breaking: SC Refuses To Interfere With Appointment Of Karnataka Pro Tem Speaker, Orders Live Telecasting Of Floor Test [Read Order]

The Supreme Court bench of Justices A. K. Sikri, S. A. Bobde and Ashok Bhushan on Saturday refused to entertain the prayers on behalf of INC and JD (S) leaders G. Parmeshwara and H. D. Kumaraswamy respectively for setting aside the appointment of K. G. Bopaiah as the Pro Tem Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly tor the purpose of the floor test at 4 PM, in view of the  statement of...

Its The Younger Generation That Has Stood By Me, Established Lawyers And Jurists Attacked Me From Every Side: Chelameswar J. In Lawyers Collective Event [Video]

While several members of the Bar stayed away from Courtroom no. 1 where Justice Chelameswar presided on his last working day, Lawyers Collective organized a reception for the outgoing Judge the same evening.Addressing the gathering, Justice Chelameswar began by acknowledging the support that he received from the younger generation, while light-heartedly censuring "one crore a day lawyers", who...