Former AG Mukul Rohatgi Appointed As "Eminent Jurist" In Lokpal Selection Committee: Centre Tells SC [Read Order]

Former Attorney General of India and Senior Counsel Mr. Mukul Rohatgi has been appointed as the "eminent jurist" in the Lokpal selection committee, the Centre informed the Supreme Court today.Attorney General K.K. Venugopal informed a Bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi that the decision  was taken on 11 May, making Mr. Rohatgi a part of the selection committee, which is chaired by the...

Breaking: Navjot Singh Sidhu Not Guilty Of Culpable Homicide Not Amounting To Murder (304-Part2] In The 1988 Road Rage Case: SC Convicts Him U/S 323 IPC [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu from the charge of Culpable Homicide not amounting to murder (U/S304) in the 1998 road rage Case. But the Bench found him guilty for S.323 IPC  (voluntarily causing hurt) and sentenced him with am fine of Rs. 1000 only. His co-accused Rupinder Singh Sandhu has been acquitted of all the charges.A bench...

SC Notice To Centre, States On Plea By Law Student Against Fleecing By Hospital Pharmacies [Read Petition]

PIL seeks ban on hospitals across the country forcing patients to buy medicines from their in-house pharmacies often at inflated rates or at MRP when they have option to buy them from drugstores in open markets which give discounts.The Supreme Court today issued notice to Union Health Ministry, all states and union territories on a Public interest litigation filed by a law student and...

SC Directs 3 Member Committee To Examine Objections To Delhi Bar Council Elections [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Monday directed a three-member committee to examine the objections to the Delhi Bar Council elections held in April this year.During the hearing, the Bench comprising Justice R.F. Nariman and Justice A.M. Sapre was informed that while 25 candidates were elected to the Delhi Bar Council in April, several complaints and objections have since been raised.It then directed...

SC To Hear Writ Petitions Challenging Article 35A In Aug

Amidst furore between counsels, a Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice AM Khanwilkar on Monday scheduled the hearing in a string of writ petitions challenging the vires of Article 35A of the Constitution for August.Article 35A immunizes any law of the state of Jammu & Kashmir which defines a class of persons as ‘permanent residents’ of...

SC Refuses Urgent Hearing On Contempt Plea Against Cong Leader Divya Spandana For Her Tweet Against CJI

The Supreme Court has refused an urgent hearing of a contempt petition against Congress leader Divya Spandana for her tweet against the Chief Justice of India in relation to the impeachment motion moved against him by the Congress and other parties.The petition filed by a retired Army Officer Anil Kabotra was mentioned by Advocate and BJP leader Ashwini Updadhyaya before the Chief Justice...

Cauvery: Centre Submits Draft Scheme, SC Tells Affected States To Respond By Wednesday

The Supreme Court on Monday granted time until Wednesday to Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and the UT of Puducherry to respond to the Cauvery draft scheme under Section 6A of the Inter-State River Disputes Act of 1956 filed by the Centre, in pursuance of the court judgment dated February 16.In compliance of its order dated May 8, UP Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources,...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

Courts Can Place Reliance On Parliamentary Standing Committee Reports: SC Constitution Bench A Five Judge Constitution Bench on Wednesday held that the Courts can rely on Parliamentary Standing Committee Reports. The  Constitution Bench comprising the Chief Justice Dipak Misra, and Justices A.K.Sikri, A.M.Khanwilkar, D.Y.Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan unanimously held that placing reliance...

PCs Malfunctioning & Shutting Down; Exam Starting Hours Late; Students Losing Out 10-15 Minutes: CLAT 2018 Sees It All!

It has been less than 24 hours since thousands of students across the country appeared for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)- 2018 with hopes of their hard-work finally paying off. Little did they know that the only thing consistent about CLAT so far has been its inconsistencies and repeated mismanagement.Almost all students who LiveLaw got in touch with faced terrible technical snags,...

SC Bench Refers PIL Seeking Ban On Hoisting Of "Pak Muslim League-Like" Flags In India To Another Bench

A Supreme Court Bench today said "another bench will hear" the petition filed by Syed Waseem Rizvi, Chairman of Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board seeking a ban on hoisting of green flags with crescent and star, akin to that of Pakistan Muslim League atop buildings and religious places in the country.The petition was listed before a bench of justices N V Ramana and Abdul Nazeer .Justice...

Supreme Court Vacancies: Who Will Be The Next Six?

The Supreme Court collegium of five senior Judges, which met on Friday, agreed “in principle”  that it would reiterate its previous recommendation – returned by the Centre for reconsideration – on appointing the chief justice of the Uttarakhand high court, Justice K.M.Joseph, as a judge of the apex court. But it has decided to do so only while recommending – presumably on May 16...

All Petitions Challenging Karnataka HC Order Quashing 85% Pictorial Warning On Tobacco Packets To Come Up In August [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice on Petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court judgment striking down the 2014 amendment rules that mandated pictorial health warnings to cover 85% of tobacco product packaging space.The notice was issued by a Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, which directed all such petitions...