Kathua Rape Case: Neither Threatened Advocate Deepika Rajawat Nor Obstructed Filing Of Chargesheet: J&K HC Bar Association Submits Before SC [Read Affidavit]

In an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association has vehemently asserted that it did not threaten Ms. Deepika Singh Rajawat, the Counsel appearing before the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on behalf of the victim's family.The Affidavit begins by tracing the history of the Association and asserts that it is not just a body of lawyers, but a body...

Gorakhpur Tragedy: Allahabad HC Grants Bail To Dr Kafeel Khan

Dr Kafeel Khan, who was arrested by UP police in connection with the Gorakhpur BRD medical college tragedy where 64 children died in four days due to lack of oxygen, was on Wednesday granted bail by the Allahabad High Court.Even as he was hailed as a hero for arranging cylinder as children gasped for breath in the hospital, khan was made an accused.His bail closely follows his letter...

HC Can’t Refuse Quashing of Proceedings Merely on the Ground That Trial has Already Begun: SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court recently set aside a Madras High Court order that refused to entertain a plea seeking quashing of charge sheet on the ground that the trial has already begun and prosecution witness has been examined.A lady, in a complaint against husband and relatives alleging demand of dowry, had implicated her sister-in-law and her husband. The charge sheet against her sister-in-law and...

Breaking: Asaram Bapu Gets Life Term In The 2013 Rape Case [Read Judgment]

Self-styled godman Asaram was on Wednesday sentenced to imprisonment for life by a Jodhpur court which found him guilty of raping and illegally confining a minor in his ashram in Manai on the outskirts of Jodhpur, Rajasthan in year 2013.Judge Madhusudan Sharma sentenced Asaram to life imprisonment while his associates -- hostel warden Sharatchandra and  Shilpi, who was the hostel warden...

Mere Change Of Opinion Of Assessing Officer Not A Ground For Reassessment: SC [Read Judgment]

Section 147 confers the power to re-assess and not the power to review, the bench said.The Supreme Court has held that Section 147 of the Income Tax Act does not allow re-assessment of an income merely because of the fact that the assessing officer has change of opinion on the same facts and circumstances which were already in his knowledge even during the original assessment proceedings.A...

Arbitration Award Directing Transmission Of Shares Can Be 'Enforced' Through NCLT: SC [Read Judgment]

The award postulates a transmission of shares to the claimant. The directions contained in the award can be enforced only by moving the tribunal for rectification in the manner contemplated by law, the bench observed.A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, in Cheran Properties Limited Vs. Kasturi And Sons Limited, has upheld proceedings...

Breaking: Asaram Bapu , Associates Guilty Of Raping Minor Girl In Jodhpur Ashram

A Jodhpur court on Wednesday held self-styled godman Asaram guilty of raping and illegally confining a minor in his ashram in Manai on the outskirts of Jodhpur in year 2013.The court also held his associates –  hostel warden Sharatchandra and Shilpi, who was the hostel warden in Chhindwara ashram where the victim was studying in a gurukul  - as guilty.Asaram’s cook Prakash and...

Call Full Court To Discuss Institutional Issues And Future Of Supreme Court: Justices Gogoi And Lokur Writes To CJI

In the aftermath of the Vice President's rejection of impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice M.B. Lokur have now demanded that the CJI call a "full court" on the judicial side to discuss "institutional issues" and the "future" of the court, according to an Indian Express report.The letter follows two similar calls for action by...

SC Constitution Bench Says No To State Reservation For In-Service Candidates To Medical PG Courses [Read Order]

Any attempt at this stage to read into Regulation 9(IV), a separate source of entry or a reservation for in-service candidates in degree courses would impinge upon Entry 66 of List I and the exercise of regulatory powers under the central statute, the Bench said.The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court has refused to grant interim relief of separate source of entry or a reservation...

Aadhaar [Day 32]: Rakesh Dwivedi Cites US Judgments To Back ‘Reasonableness Of Laws Abridging Constitutional Rights’

On Day 32 of the Aadhaar final hearing, senior counsel Rakesh Dwivedi resumed his submissions on behalf of the state of Gujarat and the UIDAI before the Supreme Court five-judge bench, reiterating that there is no reasonable expectation of privacy in respect of the demographic information and the facial photographs collected under the Aadhaar scheme.He continued that in view of there being...

“There Can’t Be Any Area Without Rule Of Law”, SC Stays All Constructions In Delhi’s 1,797 Unauthorised Colonies

Questioning the intent of authoritites in regularizing colonies with illegal constructions, the Supreme Court today stopped all constructions in 1,797 unauthorised colonies in Delhi.A bench of justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta also asked the central government to set up a special task force for removing encroachments on public land and roads in the city.SC while observing that...

PhD Not Required For Promotion To Post Of Professor In Medical College Under AMU: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has held that PhD is not required for promotion to the post of Professor in a medical college under Aligarh Muslim University.The Allahabad High Court, interpreting Clause 12 (19) of the Ordinances (Executive) as amended by the University provides for prescription of the minimum qualifications for candidates from the faculty of medicine by the Medical Council of India...