Disclosing Names Of Rape Victims In Affidavits: SC Accepts Apology On Behalf Of States [Read Order]

It has been impressed upon them that they have committed a very serious lapse and they are required to be far more circumspect in future, the bench said.The Supreme Court has accepted apologies tendered on behalf of the states of West Bengal and Uttarakhand for disclosing names of rape victims in the affidavit they filed before the court, observing that they have committed a very serious...

Mentioning Before Registrar Only: CJI Dipak Misra

Directing Advocates-on-record and other junior counsel to mention urgent matters and fresh pleas, appeals and IAs before the court of the Registrar (Judicial), Chief Justice (CJI) Dipak Misra on Thursday brought to an end the twenty minute long ritual of mentioning matters for early listing before the bench headed by himself everyday at 10:30 AM.Conferring the Authority on the Registrar to...

SC Women Lawyers Association (SCWLA) Seeks Castration Of Child Rapists;PMO Forwards Plea To Woman & Child Ministry For “Appropriate Action”

“Apart from the death penalty, a specific legislation providing for additional punishments like chemical castration of the offenders in the rarest of rare cases is the need of hour in such cases”, Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association representation to PMO At a time when anger over rape of minors across the across the country is at its peak, accentuated by the incidents in Kathua...

March 20 Judgment Is A Judicial Amendment To SC/ST Act, It Affected The Morale And Confidence Of SC/ST Community : AG KK Venugopal

“These people (the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) have been suppressed for years...this judgment has affected their morale and confidence...this matter needs to settled finally by a larger bench...”, Submitted AGThe Supreme Court Bench of Justices AK Goel and UU Lalit on Thursday rejected Centre's plea to stay the March 20 Judgment by which the bench issued many directions to...

World Press Freedom Day: Glance At Recent Court Orders On Press Freedom

As World Press Freedom Day is being observed on May 3, things are not looking very bright for Indian media. India is reported to have slipped by two ranks to 138 in the World Press Freedom Index, one rank above Pakistan. The Reuters reports that threats faced by Indian journalists have intensified over past few years, with the threats not just limited to physical threats, but manifesting in...

Breaking: Centre Can’t Pick And Choose From Collegium Recommendations, PIL In SC Challenging Govt’s Decision On Justice KM Joseph’s Elevation To SC

A retired District Judge has filed a PIL in the Supreme Court praying for setting aside of the action of the Centre in returning the recommendation for Justice Joseph’s elevation while submitting that the government cannot pick and choose names of judges from the recommendations of the collegium.The PIL filed by G D Inamdar, a retired district judge from Solapur, Maharashtra, also prays...

Parties Working Towards Single Commercial Project Through Several Agreements Referable To Arbitration;SC Dismisses Appeal By Proprietorship Concern Of Abhishek Singhvi [Read Judgment]

Only in cases where serious questions of fraud are involved, can the arbitration be refused, the Supreme Court on Thursday held while observing that where several parties are involved in a single commercial project executed through several agreements/contracts, all parties can be covered by the arbitration clause in the main agreement even as the other subsequent contracts do not have...

Not Interfering With Religious Rituals, But Ensure No Damage Is Caused to Jyotirlingam of Ujjain Mahakaleshwar Temple, Do Not Misreport This Order : SC [Read Judgment]

Lingam is known as ‘Mrityunjaya Mahadev’, who prevents from destruction, it cannot be permitted to be destructed. Lingam cannot be permitted to be exploited in a manner it is destroyed. If one believes in the concept of real pooja, such Pooja is to be performed by pure materials as purest of thoughts., the bench said.While refusing to prescribe or restrain the religious practices and Pujas...

“Now It’s like Kill Official Who comes To Implement SC Order.Where Is Rule Of Law?”, SC Slams HP Govt Over Kasauli Murder

 “Unless you take things seriously you are only encouraging people to break law. These things have to be nipped in the bud. A totally illegal building. You don’t even get to know even after the whole building has been constructed”, SC to Advocate General of Himachal PradeshSC seeks affidavit and status report by May 9.A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta of the Supreme...

Live Streaming Of Court Reporting- Practice Of Leveling Allegations, Then Withdrawing Them And Proceeding With Main Petition Needs To Be Stopped: Justice Chandrachud To Nedumpara [Read Order]

Hearing a string of PILs seeking video recording and live straeming of the proceedings of the apex court, the Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice D. Y. Chandrachud and Justice A. M. Khanwilkar reprimanded petitioner-in-person Mathews J. Nedumpara for certain contentions leveled in his writ petition, proceeding to dismiss the petition.“Look at your petition...you...

Cauvery: SC Reprimands Centre For Asking More Time To Submit Scheme On The Ground That PM And Ministers Busy With Election Campaign [Read Order]

Supreme Court of India Today reprimanded the Centre for not having complied with the Court’s direction dated April 9 to frame the scheme under section 6A of the Interstate river disputes act of 1956 by May 3  pursuant to its February 16 verdict in the Cauvery river water dispute.On Thursday, Attorney General K. K. Venugopal sought 10 more days’ time to frame the scheme- “the draft of...

No Court Can Extend Statutory Period To Prefer Election Petition: SC [Read Judgment]

No court, whether the high court under Article 226 or this court under Article 32, 136 or 142 of the Constitution can extend the period in election matters, the bench said.The Supreme Court, in Reji Thomas vs. State of Kerala, has observed that once the mechanism provided under the Statute provides for a time schedule for preferring an election petition, in the absence of a provision in...