New SC Bench To Hear Bofors Case On March 28 After Justice Khanwilkar Recuses

The petition filed by BJP leader Ajay Agrawal and the CBI's appeal in the Supreme Court against discharged all accused including Europe-based industrialists Hinduja brothers in the Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-off case will be heard by a new bench after Justice A M Khanwilkar who is sitting with Chief Justice Dipak Misra recused from the matter.Chief Justice Misra said the matter will be listed...

After SC Rap, Centre Files Status Report On Installation Of CCTV Cameras In Tribunals, Shows Substantial Work Done [Read Order]

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, expressed satisfaction with the progress made by the Centre on the installation of CCTV cameras in Tribunals.On a perusal of the status report filed by the Centre, the Bench comprising Justice A.K. Goel and Justice U.U. Lalit noted that the report showed that "substantial work has been done in this regard". It, however, directed the High Courts and the Centre...

Aadhaar [Day-10 Session 2]Decision In This Case Is Going To Decide The Future Of India: Kapil Sibal Concludes His Arguments

"This is the most important case since independence. This is more important than ADM Jabalpur case. This assumes even more significance than the ADM Jabalpur matter in view of the all-encompassing character of the Aadhaar project. ADM Jabalpur was a case related to emergency only. It was for a limited period of time. The issues in this case are relevant for an unlimited period. The decision...

Aadhaar[ Day-10 Session-I]One’s Right To Livelihood Cannot Be Curtailed For Want Of Aadhaar: Kapil Sibal Says Aadhaar Project Does Not Pass The Tests Of Art.14 And 21

As the Aadhaar hearing resumed on Tuesday before the five-judges Constitutional bench of the Supreme Court, Senior Counsel Kapil Sibal, appearing on behalf of two petitioners, proceeded to compare the Biometric Database Law of Israel with the Aadhaar Act of 2016.“The Israel law intends the ID cards to be voluntary, unlike the Aadhaar scheme. Further, the concept of consent in the former is...

Conviction For Causing Disappearance Of Evidence Merely Because Of Failure To Inform Police About Crime Not Justified: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court, in Dinesh Kumar Kalidas Patel v State of Gujarat, has held that a person cannot be convicted for causing disappearance of evidence merely because he failed to inform the police about the crime.The trial court had convicted a person for offences under Sections 498A and 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The high court acquitted him of the offence under Section 498A of the...

SC Dismisses Plea Seeking SIT Probe On Chhattisgarh Govt's VIP Chopper Deal [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, dismissed the petitions seeking a probe into the alleged irregularities in the purchase of a VIP Helicopter manufactured by AgustaWestland by the Chhattisgarh Government."It cannot be disputed that the State Government was entitled to make a choice to purchase the Helicopter in question. There is nothing on record to show that the Helicopter could have been...

Lawyers Lucky,Get Their Tea-Coffee Break, We Don’t : Justice Chandrachud

“You are lucky…you can go on a coffee break but we cannot.In Bombay High Court in one of the courtroom the aroma of tea and coffee wafts through the air and it was very difficult for us to resist it”, Justice D Y Chandrachud---------Sudden 10 minute break by judges in the midst of high-voltage judge Loya case hearing and some courtroom banter that followed----------Senior Advocate...

Judge Loya’s Death: Mukul Rohatgi Questions The Credentials Of The Petitioners And 'Public Interest', Technicalities Do Not Matter In PILs, Says Dave

As the hearing in the string of writ petitions seeking an independent probe into the death of CBI special judge Loya resumed before the Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice AM Khanwilkar on Monday, senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi, appearing on behalf of the state of Maharashtra, advanced his submissions.“Before I deal with the merits of...

SC Gives UP Govt Two Weeks To Clarify Stand On CrPC (UP) Amendment On Anticipatory Bail

On the issue of inclusion of anticipatory bail provision in Uttar Pradesh (UP), the Supreme Court bench of Justice SA Bobde and L Nageswara Rao on Monday pulled up the state government for not placing the Criminal Procedure (UP) Amendment Bill 2010 before the Assembly after the same was sent back by the President of India on some technical grounds in September 2011.Directing the state...

If A Convict Can't Contest In Election, How Can He Head A Political Party? Asks SC

“A convicted person can’t contest election. Then how can he form a political party and select candidates? What you cannot do individually, can you do collectively  through some agents? That is our question”“ A criminal deciding who the people should vote for by itself goes against the basic tenet of democracy”: Chief Justice Dipak Misra:The Supreme Court today said it was of...

DA Case: Virbhadra Singh Gets 4-week Time To Respond To SC On CBI Plea Regarding Consent Of State Issue

A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice RK Agrawal granted 4-week time to former chief minister of Himachal Pradesh Virbhadra Singh on the CBI’s plea seeking clarification on the nature of sanction needed from a state government for conducting any inquiry or investigation into an offence in the state.Appearing for Singh, who is facing a disproportionate assets (DA) case, senior advocate...

Shopian- No Coercive Action Shall Be Taken Against Him: SC Directs J&K Govt, Issues Notice On A Plea To Quash FIR Against Major Aditya Kumar [Read Order]

The Supreme Court today issued notice to Jammu and Kashmir government and Centre on a petition which sought quashing of FIR against  Major Aditya Kumar in connection  with the killing of two civilians in Shopian.Seeking their response within two weeks, a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed that "no coercive action shall be taken" against Major Kumar till then.On issues...