SC Refuses Urgent Hearing Of SGPC's Plea Seeking Stay On Release of Hindi Film Nanak Shah Fakir

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and Delhi Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking vacation of its earlier order for release of the controversial Hindi film Nanak Shah Fakir.Appearing for the SGPC, advocate Satyender Singh Gulati mentioned before Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra-led bench for urgent hearing of matter since the movie...

Transfer Petitions: Convenience Of One Party Can’t Override That Of Prosecution, Other Accused, Witnesses And Larger Interest Of Society: SC [Read Judgment]

The convenience of the parties does not mean the convenience of the petitioner alone who approaches the court on misconceived notions of apprehension, the bench said.The Supreme Court has made an important observation with regard to transfer petition seeking transfer of criminal cases that ‘convenience of the parties’ does not mean the convenience of the petitioner alone who approaches...

Only Two Judges In Manipur HC: SC Transfers Intra Court Appeal To Gauhati HC [Read Order]

‘In view of the fact that there are only two Judges in the Manipur High Court and the order under challenge has been passed by one of the learned Judges, it is submitted that a Division Bench cannot be constituted to hear the intra court appeal.’An interesting transfer petition came up before the Supreme Court filed by the State of Manipur.The state had sought for transfer of a case...

"I Don't Want Another Reversal Of My Order In 24hrs" Justice Chelameswar Refuses To Hear Shanti Bhushan's PIL Against CJI's Powers As Master Of Roster

Senior Supreme Court Judge Justice Chelameswar refused to hear  a PIL filed on behalf of former Union Law Minister and Senior Counsel Shanti Bhushan seeking clarification on the administrative authority of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) as the master of the roster and for laying down the principles and procedure to be followed in preparing it for allocation of cases.Advocate Prashant...

Centre's Inaction On Elevation Of Justice KM Joseph And Indu Malhotra: Justice Kurian Joseph Writes To CJI To Form Seven Judge Bench To Consider The Matter

Much similar to the concerns raised by Justice Chelameswar in his letter last month, Justice Kurian Joseph has now stepped forth censuring the Government for sitting on the collegium’s recommendation to elevate Senior Advocate Indu Malhotra and Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court, Justice K.M. Joseph.In a letter addressed to Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice Joseph has...

Kathua Rape Case: Lawyers' Organizations Condemn Blocking Of Charge-Sheet By Kathua Lawyers

The Lawyers Forum for Democracy and Justice has issued a press statement condemning the act of a few lawyers who tried to prevent the filing of the charge sheet in the matter of rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir."We condemn the obstruction of the filing of charge sheet in the said matter, as inhuman, illegal, unethical and shameful.  We hope that better...

Aadhaar Hearing [Day-27] Reasonable Restrictions Can Be Imposed On Right To Privacy In Favour Of Larger State Interests: ASG Tushar Mehta

On Day 27 of the Aadhaar final hearing, ASG Tushar Mehta addressed the concerns regarding the alleged infringement, under the Aadhaar scheme, of the right to privacy, upheld as a Fundamental Right in the 2017 nine-judge bench judgment in Justice K. S. Puttaswamy, in the light of the Aadhaar-PAN linkage mandated by section 139AA of the Income Tax Act of 1961.The ASG advanced that Justices A....

SC Bench Settles Long Pending Dispute Between Two Wives Of Deceased Police Constable [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice Kurian Joseph is known for prompting fighting litigants to put an end to disputes. This time, the bench made two wives of a deceased police constable to settle a decade-long dispute regarding the death benefit and claim for compassionate appointment.The DisputeAll started after death of police constable Javara Naika, one lady, Chamundamma, approached...

Panchayat Polls: SC Refuses To Hear W Bengal BJP’s Plea Against State Election Commission

A bench of justices R K Agrawal and A M Sapre asked BJP to approach the Calcutta High Court. The only partial relief for the party is that the SC bench directed the HC to hear the matter tomorrow “in accordance with the law”.The West Bengal BJP suffered the second setback from the Supreme Court in last three days when the judges today refused to hear its plea against the West Bengal...

SC Refuses To Examine The Challenge Against Constitutional Validity Of Sections 5(ii) And 7 Of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 [Read Order]

The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice D. Y. Chandrachud and Justice A. M. Khanwilkar on Wednesday refused to extend the scope of a writ petition filed by a Karnataka based 26 year old girl, allegedly married without her consent, to accord an express interpretation that the Hindu Marriage Act of 1955 mandates prior consent of both parties to marriage as a prerequisite for...

Seniority In Terms Of Appointment Has No Bearing On Which Cases A Judge Should Hear: SC [Read Judgment]

Reaffirming the superiority of the Chief Justice of India, the Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a Petition which questioned the unilateral power of the CJI to constitute benches “arbitrarily” and allocate work to different benches.In doing so, the Bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud also emphasized on the fact that seniority...

SC Agrees To Hear Plea For CBI Probe Into Unnao Rape Case & Custodial Death Of Victim’s Father

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear next week a petition seeking a CBI probe into the rape of a 16-year-old woman in Unnao, UP last year allegedly by a BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar and the custodial death of her father after allegedly assaulted by the rape accused's brother.The MLA’s brother Atul Singh Sengar has already been arrested by the UP police yesterday.The state government has...