Reasons Given By Vice President Venkaiah Naidu For Rejecting The Motion For CJI's Impeachment [Read Order]

Vice President of India Mr. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday rejected the impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, opining that the Members of Parliament (MPs) who had signed the motion were "unsure of their own case". No "proved misbehavior"At the outset, Mr. Naidu referred to the judgment in the case of M. Krishna Swami v. Union of India to examine whether the allegations...

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu Rejects Impeachment Motion Against CJI Misra [Read Order]

Vice President of India Mr. Venkaiah Naidu has reportedly rejected the impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.Sources were quoted as saying that the motion, which had been signed by more than 60 Rajya Sabha Members belonging to seven political parties, did not list sufficient grounds warranting impeachment.The motion was rejected after Mr. Naidu held consultations...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

Petitions Seeking Probe Into The Death Of Judge Loya DismissedSupreme Court of India dismissed the petitions seeking independent probe into Judge Loya’s death. The Three Judge bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice D. Y. Chandrachud and Justice A. M. Khanwilkar, was pronouncing the verdict in the string of writ petitions seeking an independent probe into the death of CBI special judge...

Death For Child Rape- The Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, 2018 Promulgated :Read The Salient Features [Read The Ordinance]

An ordinance providing the death penalty for rapists of girls below 12 years of age and other stringent penal provisions for rape has been promulgated yesterday.The ordinance viz. The Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, 2018, amends Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, Indian Evidence Act and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.Salient Features of the Ordinance...

Three-Year Experience As Lecturer For Promotion To Post Of Assistant Professor Need Not Be After Completion Of PG Degree: SC [Read Judgment]

 “There is no requirement of three years experience after a person acquires Post-Graduation Degree,” the bench said.The Supreme Court, interpreting the provisions of the Karnataka Health & Family Planning services (Collegiate Branch) Recruitment Rules, 1967, observed that three years’ experience as lecturer for promotion to the post of Assistant Professor (Ophthalmology) need not...

SC Dismisses Two Appeals Against Forfeiture Of Dawood Ibrahim’s Properties [Read Judgment]

A Supreme Court bench of Justice RK Agrawal and Justice AM Sapre on Friday dismissed two appeals against a 2012 judgment of the Delhi High Court directing forfeiture of properties under the Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act (SAFEMA) of 1976, preferred on behalf of Amina Bi Kaskar and Hasina Ibrahim Parkar, the (now deceased) mother and...

Hotelier Keshav Suri Moves SC For ‘Right To Choice Of Sexual Orientation’

He has sought removal of Sec 377 IPC from the statute bookKeshav Suri, executive director at The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group, has moved the Supreme Court seeking a declaration that right to choice of sexual orientation is embedded in Article 21 of the Constitution and that criminalization of sexual intercourse between two consenting adults of same sex is violative of Article 14 of...

SC Allows 10 Students To Pursue MBBS Course In Malabar Medical College [Read Judgment]

In a relief to 10 MBBS students, whose admissions were canceled, the Supreme Court allowed them to pursue the course, by setting aside the orders of Kerala High Court and Admission Supervisory Committee (ASC).The students, who had successfully cleared NEET, although obtained the demand drafts from banks pertaining to the fee for admission prior to 09.09.2016 (last date of submitting...

SC Asks 10 States, One UT To Expedite Lokayukta Appointment Process; Affidavits Explaining Delay Filed [Read Order]

Governments of ten states and one union territory to whom the Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi had on March 23 asked pointed questions regarding the delay in appointment of Lokayukta explained the progress made in this direction by filing affidavits.While Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Manipur, Telengana and Arunachal Pradesh were asked by the bench to expedite...

Union Cabinet Approves Ordinance Prescribing Death Penalty For Rape Of Girls Under 12 Years

The Union Cabinet has reportedly approved an Ordinance to be promulgated to provide the death penalty for rapists of girls below 12 years of age.The Ordinance also provides for stringent punishment for perpetrators of rape particularly of girls below 16 years age and below 12 years of age. In case of rape of a girl under 16 years, minimum punishment increased from 10 years to 20 years,...

Handing Over CLAT To BCI Would Be Like Forcing Thousands Of Students To Jump From Frying Pan Into Fire: Prof. Shamnad Basheer Tells SC [Read Rejoinder]

In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Friday asked Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to address the Court on the question whether National Law Schools can be considered and declared as institutes of national importance, while hearing a Petition filed by Prof. Shamnad Basheer.During the above mentioned hearing, Counsel for BCI Mr. Ardhendumouli Kumar Prasad reiterated...

Unilateral Withdrawal Of Temporary Enhancement Of Age Of Superannuation Illegal: SC [Read Judgment]

At the very moment when the order of enhancement of superannuation of the employees came into force though temporary in nature, it would amount to privilege to employees since it is a special right granted to them. Hence, any unilateral withdrawal of such privilege amounts to the contravention of Section 9A of the Act and such act of the employer is bad in the eyes of law, the bench...