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...

‘Trial Court Records Destroyed When Appeal Before High Court Was Pending’: SC Asks HC Registrar General To Verify Allegations [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has directed the Registrar General of the High Court of Karnataka to verify a strange allegation made by the appellant’s counsel during hearing of a Special Leave Petition that the trial court's record was destroyed when the appeal itself was pending before the high court.Justice NV Ramana and Justice S Abdul Nazeer was hearing an SLP filed challenging the Karnataka High...

CJI Says “Will Pass Orders” On PIL For Rules On Constituting SC Benches & Allotment Of Jurisdiction To Different Benches [Read Petition & Order]

“With the press conference of the four senior-most judges of the supreme court, the matter of preparation of the set rules governing the powers of the chief justice with respect to formation of benches and vesting of jurisdiction came in public domain and hence this petition is in national/public interest”, says the petition At a time when the row over assignment of cases in the apex...

Cauvery Contempt Plea: SC Pulls Up Centre For Not Framing The Scheme As Per The Judgment, Directs To Submit Draft Plan By May 3

The Supreme Court on Monday reprimanded the Centre for not having complied with its February 16 verdict in the Cauvery river water dispute for  framing of the scheme under section 6A of the Interstate river disputes act of 1956.The apex court on Monday directed the Centre to file the draft scheme before the court by May 3. The Court also directed the respective Senior Counsel to convey to...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

Two-Decade-Old Crime: Conviction Not To Be Interfered With Merely Because Accused Were Juveniles On The Date Of Commission Of Alleged CrimeUpholding the conviction of two accused who raised their plea of juvenility before the Supreme Court for the first time, the apex court said the validity of the conviction in respect of the incident which occurred almost two decades back ought to be decided...

PNB Scam: CJI Bench To Hear AG, Petitioner On Maintainability Of PIL For SC-Monitored Probe.

The Supreme Court today said it will hear Attorney General K K Venugopal and petitioner on the issue of maintainability of a PIL for a court-monitored probe into PNB Scam and direction to the government to take urgent steps to bring back prime accused Nirav Modi."We would first  like to hear arguments on the maintainability of the petition seeking monitoring of the probe", a bench of...

SC Notice to Adv Arrested For Alleged Illegal Possession Of Call Detail Records Of Bollywood Actors [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra issued notice to advocate Rizwan Alam Siddiqui, who was arrested last week by Mumbai Police for alleged illegal possession of the call detail records (CDRs) of Bollywood actors and later released by the Bombay High Court (HC).The bench also stayed the high court’s order for departmental action against Maharashtra...

West Bengal Panchayat Polls:SC Rejects BJP Plea; Asks Candidates To Approach State Election Commission [Read Order]

In a blow to West Bengal BJP, the Supreme Court today said it will not interfere with the Panchayat Poll process and preparations  but gave all the party candidates to approach  the State Election Commission with their grievances and complaints against the ruling TMC.BJP had complained that ruling TMC activists were not allowing its candidates to file nominations for...

Khap "Rape Order": Deposit 5 Lakh Compensation; Probe Role Of Police Officers In Filing False Cases Against Accused: SC Orders State [Read Order]

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, directed the State to deposit Rs. 5 lakhs with the Court Registry in the matter concerning a Khap Panchayat diktat for rape of two Dalit women. The Panchayat had ordered the two sisters to be raped and paraded naked after blackening their faces as retaliation to her brother eloping with a married girl from the upper-caste Jat community.As per the Petition filed...

Dissecting A Public Conversation: Making Sense Of Justice Chelameswar’s One-To-One Exchange With Karan Thapar

A public conversation between a sitting Judge of the Supreme Court and an articulate journalist, well-known for his questioning skills, is indeed a visual treat.  What makes the Justice Jasti Chelameswar-Karan Thapar conversation on Saturday difficult to unravel is that it leaves many things unsaid for the listeners to guess what Justice Chelameswar might have had in mind, while saying what...

Justice Jasti Chelameswar’s Eloquent Silences And Insightful Musings During His Memorable Conversation With Karan Thapar

The Harvard Club of India hosted an event on Saturday at the Constitution Club of India, New Delhi, with acclaimed journalist Mr. Karan Thapar interviewing Supreme Court Justice J. Chelameswar on the ‘Role of Judiciary in a Democracy’.  As the interview progressed, it was clear that it was the sub-text, that is, the January 12 press conference by the four senior Judges of the...

Marital Rape Is Not A Husband's Privilege But A Violent Act And An Injustice That Must Be Criminalized: Gujarat HC [Read Judgment]

Gujarat High Court has recently observed that the total statutory abolition of the marital rape exemption is the first necessary step in teaching societies that dehumanized treatment of women will not be tolerated and that the marital rape is not a husband’s privilege, but rather a violent act and an injustice that must be criminalized.Justice Pardiwala observed:“A law that does not...