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...

Justice B.N. Srikrishna Committee Discloses Minutes Of Meetings; Reveals Circulation Of Draft Data Protection Bill By MeiTY

After initially refusing to disclose the minutes and agenda papers of meetings of Justice B.N. Srikrishna Committee for a data protection framework for India, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) has now disclosed under the RTI Act, 2005 the minutes and agenda papers of two of its meetings dated 8 September, 2017 and 3 October, 2017. The minutes were revealed on an...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

When Two Consenting Adults Decide To Marry No One Can InterfereHearing the writ petition by NGO Shakti Vahini regarding the offence of honour killings, the Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice D. Y. Chandrachud and Justice A. M. Khanwilkar reaffirmed, “Where two consenting adults agree to enter into matrimony, no individual rights, group rights or collective rights...

Want Power To De-Register Parties: ECI To SC [Read Affidavit]

In an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, Election Commission of India (ECI) has supported de-criminalization of politics, but refrained from making any further assertions on the issue of barring convicted politicians from forming political parties. The submissions were made in response to a Petition filed by BJP leader and Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, who has also sought...

SC Agrees To Hear Plea By Law Student Challenging ‘Miscellaneous Days’ Entry Ban On Law Interns

“Prohibition of law interns on miscellaneous days hampers the scope of learning expected out of  litigation internships as most of the important arguments and leading cases are listed and heard on these two days only, therefore denying interns entry on those specific days, defeats the very objective of a legal internship and the provision. Further, such a denial vide the notification...

Post-Sale Discounts Can Be Deducted From Taxable Turnover- Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

By allowing the appeal filed by Preethi Kitchen Appliances Ltd, the Supreme Court has held that discount allowed by the seller subsequent to original sale can be deducted from taxable turnover for reckoning Value Added Tax liability. The decision was rendered by a three judges’ bench presided by Chief Justice Dipak Misra.The appellant, a manufacturer of mixies, grinders etc, used to follow...

SC Issues Contempt Notice Against BJP MLA & Councillor For Obstructing Sealing

“Provide security to the monitoring committee so that they are in a position to carry out their duties even if the statutory authorities do not deem it appropriate to carry out their duty in accordance with law,” said Justice Madan B Lokur in a hard-hitting order.Directing the Delhi Police to take action against violators without fear and being influenced in any manner even if the culprit...

114 Opposition MPs Petition President For SIT Probe Into Judge Loya's Death

A delegation of MPs from Congress, CPM and 13 other opposition parties, on Friday, submitted a memorandum to President Ram Nath Kovind demanding a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into CBI Special Judge Brijgopal Harkishan Loya’s death.The memorandum, signed by 114 Parliamentarians, drew the President's attention to the "Government's constant assault on out democratic values...

Judge Loya: Enough Reasons To Believe That A Cognizable Offence Committed : Indira Jaising [Read Written Submissions]

As the hearing in the two writ petitions seeking independent probe in the death of CBI Special Judge Loya resumed before the Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice D. Y. Chandrachud and Justice A. M. Khanwilkar on Friday, Senior Counsel Indira Jaising advanced submissions on an intervention application.“There are two sets of submissions, one, on the basis of law, and...

SC Issues Interim Directions On Appointments In Tribunals; Orders Forming Search-Cum-Selection Panel On Judicial/Admin Members [Read Order]

The Supreme Court, in an important order, accepted suggestions made by the Central Administrative Tribunal Bar Association with regard to appointments of chairpersons and judicial/administrative/technical/expert members for all tribunals.As per the interim order, during the pendency, an interim search-cum-selection committee will be constituted in respect of both...

SC Notice To Centre, States In PIL Which Said Acid Attacks On Rise As Orders Not Being Complied With

The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Centre and states on a public interest litigation which alleged that its orders issued in 2013 and 2015 pertaining to curbing acid attacks and timely grant of relief and compensation were not being followed“We are issuing notice”, a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra told petitioner and lawyer Anuja Kapoor.Quoting some statistics,...

Former CBI Special Judge Moves SC To Expunge Adverse Remarks Against Him In Judgment Acquitting Talwars In Aarushi-Hemraj Case

A Supreme Court bench of Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice R Banumathi has issued notice to the CBI, UP government and Registrar-General of Allahabad High Court on the plea of former CBI special judge Shyam Lal, who had convicted and sentenced Dr Rajesh and Dr Nupur Talwar in the death of their daughter Aarushi and their domestic help Hemraj’s murder case, seeking expunction of...