SC Allows Karti To Travel Abroad But “Cannot Open Or Close Any Bank Account”

He has been allowed to be abroad from tomorrow till May 27. He also cannot enter into any property transactions abroadIn a relief to Karti Chidambaram, son of Congress leader P Chidambaram, the Supreme Court today allowed him to travel to the UK, Germany, and SpainHowever, the conditions imposed by a bench comprising of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y...

Breaking: SC Agrees To Hear Congress& JDS Plea Against Appointment Of BJP’s Bopaiah As Pro Tem Speaker At 10.30 am Tomorrow [Read Application]

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear tomorrow the plea of Congress and JD(S) against appointment of BJP MLA K G Bopaiah as the Pro Tem Speaker for the floor test, also scheduled for tomorrow,  as both parties said they feared replication of “Operation Lotus” of 2008 when Bopaiah as the Speaker of Karnataka Assembly disqualified several MLAs to save B S Yeddyurappa’s government.The...

Breaking: Congress & JD (S) Move SC Against Karnataka Governor Appointing BJP’s Bopaiah As Pro Tem Speaker For Floor Test Tomorrow [Read Application]

The Congress and JD(S) have moved the Supreme Court once again, this time objecting to the appointment of BJP MLA KG Bopaiah as the Pro Tem Speaker of Karnataka Assembly for the floor test to be conducted at 4 PM tomorrow as per the directions of the apex court.The Congress is objecting to the appointment of Bopaiah as the Pro Tem Speaker saying the senior-most MLA is traditionally...

The Legacy of A Contrarian In The Court- Reminiscing Justice Jasti Chelameswar on his retirement

“I am something of a contrarian, I suppose. I feel less comfortable when everybody agrees with me. I say, 'I better re-examine my position!' I probably believe that the worst opinions in my court have been unanimous. Because there's nobody on the other side pointing out all the flaws”- so said the maverick judge of US Supreme Court Justice Anton Scalia. In the Indian context, this...

Prof. Shamnad Basheer Moves Delhi HC Against Aadhaar Data Leak; Demands Exemplary Damages [Read Petition]

IP Academic Prof. Shamnad Basheer has filed a Petition before the Delhi High Court alleging a violation of the fundamental right to privacy as guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution and as affirmed in Justice KS Puttaswamy v Union of India due to Aadhaar data breaches.When the Petition came up before the Delhi High Court on Friday, the Bench comprising Justice Sanjiv Khanna and...

High Voltage Hearing In The Karnataka Assembly Case: Read The Complete Courtroom Exchange [Read Order]

The hearing on Friday commenced with Attorney General K. K. Venugopal submitting before the Supreme Court bench of Justices A. K. Sikri, S. A. Bobde and Ashok Bhushan that the letters addressed by BJP Chief Ministerial candidate B. S. Yeddyurappa to Governor Vajubhai Vala asserting majority have been produced.Senior Counsel Mukul Rohatgi, appearing on behalf of the BJP, submitted, “after...

No Longer Have That Physical Energy But Couldn’t Keep Quiet Seeing What The Karnataka Governor Has Done: Jethmalani To SC

The supreme court must set the law right.This Governor has acted in a manner in which a Governor should not”, Jethmalani saidThe three-judge bench of the Supreme Court hearing a petition filed by the Congress-JD(S) combine in Karnataka against the decision of Governor Vajubhai Vala to invite BJP’s B S Yeddyurappa to form the government was categorical that they will not allow any...

BREAKING: SC Orders Floor Test In Karnataka Assembly At 4pm Tomorrow [Read Order]

Supreme Court on Friday has ordered to conduct the floor test at 4pm Tomorrow.The Bench comprising Justices A.K Sikri, S.A Bobde and Ashok Bhushan was hearing the petitions filed by Dr.G. Paremeshwara, Congress MLA and H.D Kumaraswamy, JD(S) MLA.The Major Directions of The Supreme Court Here1. Floor Test Must Be Conducted At 4pm Tomorrow2. Protem Speaker to decide the mode of test3. Govt...

K’taka Elections: Two More Pleas In SC – One Backing Governor’s Invite To BSY, Other Challenging Govt Decision To Nominate Anglo-Indian Member To Assembly Before Floor Test

With the Supreme Court all set to hear Congress’ plea on government formation in Karnataka today, two applications have been filed in this matter –one by sitting BJP MLA R Ashoka claiming that the Governor had rightly invited B S Yeddyurappa to form the government and another application challenging the government’s decision to nominate one member of Anglo-Indian community to State...

SC Seeks Status Report From HCs About Steps Taken For Speedy Disposal Of Cheque Cases, Procedure Of Dealing Such Matters 'On Line’ [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has directed the Registrar Generals of all the high courts to report about steps taken by high courts for speedy disposal of cheque cases and also about the procedure of dealing such cases online.A bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice Indu Malhotra, while hearing a batch of Special Leave Petitions against judgments by the High Court of Punjab & Haryana in...

Detention Of Daughter In Mental Hospital: SC Partly Stays Delhi HC Order, Directs Parents To Pay 50% Of Compensation To Daughter [Read Order]

Directing the parents to pay 50 percent of the amount directed to be paid to their daughter, the Supreme Court has partly stayed the Delhi High Court order that directed them to pay compensation to their daughter for forcibly picking her up from the residence of her music teachers and detaining her in a mental institution where she was forced to spend one day and one night.Both the parents...

Ayodhya [Day-6] To Offer Namaz Is An Essential Practice, But To Offer It At Mosque May Not Be, Argues K Parasaran

“Under the Muslim Law, a mosque is a place where prayers are offered publicly as a matter of right. It neither requires any structure nor any particular mode of the structure is provided. Even on open place prayers may be offered and it would be a mosque”, Senior Counsel Rajiv Dhawan interjected, “that is the most criticized judgment on religion...let us not go down that road”.As...