Tribunals And Commissions May Not Remain Headless, SC Allows Appointment Of Former HC Judges In Tribunals If No Suitable Former HC CJ/SC Judge Is Available [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has issued an important directive that wherever qualification required for appointment to a tribunal/commission is of a former Chief Justice or a former Supreme Court judge and no suitable person of that category is available, it will be open to make appointment of any suitable former judge of a high court till any legislative amendment in that regard is...

Cauvery Dispute: SC Turns Down Karnataka’s Plea To Adjourn Matter Till July First Week

The states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, and the UT of Pudducherry submitted before the Supreme Court on Wednesday their responses to the draft scheme framed by the Centre under Section 6A of the Inter-State Water Disputes Act of 1956 in pursuance of the February 16 verdict in the appeals against the 2007 award of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal (CWDT).Regarding the nomenclature of the...

“Decide Fast As It Involves Drinking Water And Not Irrigation”, SC To Yamuna Board In Delhi Vs Haryana Water Dispute Case

Bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur directs Upper Yamuna River Board to settle the dispute and asked both states –Delhi and Haryana-to approach itThe Supreme Court today directed Delhi and Haryana to approach the Upper Yamuna River Board to settle their dispute regarding Yamuna water sharing.The court is hearing a petition filed by Delhi’s Kejriwal government seeking its intervention...

Supreme Court Vacation Benches Notified

The Supreme Court on Tuesday notified the following six Vacation Benches that would be hearing matters during the Court's summer vacation, which starts on May 21: May 21 to May 27: Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice Navin Sinha May 28 to June 3: Justice L. Nageswara Rao and Justice Mohan M. Shantanagoudar June 4 to June 10: Justice A.K. Goel and Justice Ashok Bhushan June 11 to June...

All Courts Should Function At Least 6 Hours Per Day And 225 Days Per Year: Petition Filed Before SC [Read Petition]

A Petition has been filed before the Supreme Court demanding that Court vacations be cut short in order to reduce the ever-mounting pendency of cases.The Petition, filed by BJP leader and Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay contends, "There is a need to reduce the vacations of Judges and Subordinate staff i.e. summer vacation, winter vacation, puja vacation etc. and the judges should sit for...

It Is Official: On The Last Working Day, Justice Jasti Chelameswar Will Indeed Sit With The CJI

It is now official.  Justice Jasti Chelameswar, the No.2 Judge in the Supreme Court,  who will retire on June 22, will sit with the Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra, at Court No.1 on May 18, the last working day, before the Court rises for summer vacation, in keeping with the long-standing tradition of the Court.The Supreme Court cause list for May 18 shows Justice Chelameswar sitting...

SC Modifies Order Staying Amendment Of Delhi Master Plan

“There is a garbage dump of around 68 metres high and you are not able to do anything about it. Wherever you want to take the garbage, people are objecting. The situation is irreversible. There is no water, so people cannot drink water. There is pollution, so people cannot breath and there is garbage. Where is the city going?”, Justice Madan B Lokur to civic authoritiesIn a huge relief...

Ayodhya [Day-5] The Matter Should Be Considered by A Five/Seven Judge Constitution Bench :Rajeev Dhavan [Read the Written Submissions]

Rajeev Dhavan, on Tuesday, warned of contempt proceedings on the ground of certain remarks pertaining to the Ayodhya matter which is sub judice, “while this case is being argued, people should restrain themselves like we have...we have considered contempt...I would caution all not to muddy the waters”.As the hearing in the string of appeals against the 2010 judgment of the Allahabad...

Breaking: Should Anticipatory Bail Be Granted For Limited Period Of Time: Issue Referred To Constitution Bench [Read Order]

We are of the prima facie view that the Constitution Bench in Sibbia has not laid down the law that once an anticipatory bail, it is an anticipatory bail forever, the bench observed.A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court has referred to a larger bench the following two questions in the matter of pre-arrest bail: Whether the protection granted to a person under Section 438 CrPC should be...

Second Appeal- Additional ‘Substantial Questions Of Law’ Can Only Be Framed At The Time Of Hearing, Not In Judgment Itself: SC [Read Judgment]

First "such questions should arise in the appeal", second, "assign the reasons for framing the additional questions" and third, "frame the questions at the time of hearing the appeal", the bench said.The 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...

Senior Advocate Indira Jaising Demands Removal Of Adverse Remarks Against Her In Judge Loya Case Judgment [Read Application]

Through an application filed before the Supreme Court, Former Additional Solicitor General for India and Senior Counsel Ms. Indira Jaising has demanded the removal of certain adverse remarks made against her by the Court in its judgment denying independent probe into CBI Special Judge Brijgopal Harkishan Loya's death.The Court had rejected the Petitions and Intervention Applications (IAs) in...

SC Dismisses Challenge To Recruitment To Punjab Superior Judicial Service Way Back In 2008 [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the appeals challenging the advertisement and process of recruitment to the Punjab Superior Judicial Service conducted way back in the year 2008 while holding that a seat that fell vacant on the elevation of a judge after the publication of advertisement cannot be included in the recruitment.The apex court also observed that the advertisement cannot...