SC Upholds Conviction Of Man Accused Of Brutal Murder Of A Person Who Ventured to Depose Against Him, Acquits Co-Accused [Read Judgment]

“It is no doubt true that one man alone could not have committed such a ghastly crime by separating the dead body into two pieces.”, the Bench said.The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a man accused of the brutal murder of a person allegedly to prevent him from deposing against him in a railway property theft case.The bench of Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Mohan M...

SC Re-affirms Superiority Of CJI, Dismisses Plea Against "Arbitrary" Allocation Of Work To Benches & Constitution Of Benches [Read Judgment]

Reaffirming the superiority of the Chief Justice, the Supreme Court today dismissed a petition which questioned the unilateral power of the CJI to constitute benches "arbitrarily" and allocate work to different benches and which sought framing of proper rules for it.You Can Read the detailed story based on the Judgment HereSeniority In Terms Of Appointment Has No Bearing On Which Cases A...

SC Grants Bail to RTI Activist Jayant Kumar Das Who Complained Against Two Orissa HC Judges [Read Order]

After spending more than eight months in jail, RTI activist Jayant Kumar Das, on whose complaint two sitting judges of Orissa High Court are facing in-house inquiry for committing irregularities, is set to come out as the Supreme Court has granted bail to him.This is the second case in which he was arrested by the Lalbagh police in Cuttack on 8 August last year for allegedly posting...

SC Protects Woman, Child From Coercive Step By Law Enforcement Agencies As Women Rights Body Petitions Against Powerful In-Laws’ Harassment

The Supreme Court has ordered that no coercive steps be taken against a woman and her minor son who are purportedly being harassed by her estranged husband and her father-in-law, former chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee who is said to have used all law enforcement agencies to unleash terror on her.A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice DY...

Aadhaar Final Hearing [Day 26]: Aadhaar-PAN Linking Will Check Duplication, Will Make Citizens More Tax-Compliant, Says ASG

On Day 26 of the Aadhaar final hearing, ASG Tushar Mehta commenced his submissions on the mandate of Aadhaar-PAN linkage under Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act, in the light of the tests prescribed in the 2017 Justice KS Puttaswamy judgment which any state action seeking to curtail the right to privacy must clear- test of statutory backing; of legitimate state aim; and of...

Can Investigating Agencies Be Permitted To Take Voice Sample Of The Accused? SC To Decide [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has issued a notice in a Special Leave Petition filed by the National Investigation Agency against a Kerala High Court order that refused to permit the investigating agency to take the voice sample of the accused for the purpose of comparing his voice with the voice in a video clipping collected during the investigation.Against the NIA court allowing such permission, the...

Won't Take Up Any Post-Retirement Jobs: Justices J. Chelameswar And Kurian Joseph

Justice J. Chelameswar and Justice Kurian Joseph- two of the five senior-most Judges of the Supreme Court- have vowed to not take up any post-retirement jobs.Justice Chelameswar had, while being interviewed by acclaimed journalist Mr. Karan Thapar at the recent Harvard Club of India event, announced that he shall not seek employment under any government. He is set to retire on 22...

SC Allows Nation-Wide Screening Of Hindi Film 'Nanak Shah Fakir' On April 13 [Read Order]

Putting an end to the long wait for the release of controversial Hindi film Nanak Shah Fakir since April 2015, the Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed for the release of the film in theaters across the country on April 13.The court’s decision came hours after the apex body of Sikh religion Akal Takht took a decision banning the release of the film.A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI)...

Dr Ambedkar Wouldn't Have Imagined SC Hearing Bail Pleas, It Was Intended To Decide Only Constitutional Matters: Justice Chelameswar

The Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy on Monday hosted an event to commemorate the launch of the book ‘Appointment of Judges to the Supreme Court of India: Transparency, Accountability, and Independence’ edited by Arghya Sengupta and Ritwika Sharma.The event, held at the India International Center, New Delhi, witnessed Supreme Court Justice Jasti Chelameswar participating in a...

'Right To Change Of Faith Is Part Of Fundamental Right Of Choice': Read The Reasons For SC's Decision In The Hadiya Case [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Monday delivered a detailed judgment in the Hadiya case, almost a month after it set aside the Kerala High Court judgment calling Hadiya's marriage to Shafin Jahan a “sham”, and annulling it, while directing her return to the protective custody of her Hindu parents.In the judgment, the Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar...

Unless Planning To Shift Capital Like Tughlaq, Act Now To Save Delhi: SC In Sealing Case

You will not get another chance to revive the country's national capital, from the kind of mess it is in now due to rampant unauthorized constructions, unless you decide to shift the capital like Muhammad bin Tughlaq, the Supreme Court today told the Centre and other civic authorities in the sealing case slamming it once again for ruining Delhi.The bench headed by justices Madan B Lokur...

Rohingya Case: SC Asks Haryana, Delhi Govts To File Detailed Report On Living Conditions In Refugee Settlements Within 4 Weeks

A Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice AM Khanwilkar on Monday directed the governments of Haryana and the NCT of Delhi to file a comprehensive report on the living conditions in the Rohingya settlements in the said regions within four weeks.The petitions had been listed for final disposal on Monday, however, the bench refused to...