Breaking: Judge Loya Case- Dushyant Dave Files Application For Examining 11 Persons Including 2 Judges Before SC  [Read Application]

In an unprecedented move Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave, who is appearing for the Bombay Lawyers Association has moved an application for and on behalf of the Association, before the Supreme Court for examining 11 persons in connection with Judge Loya’s death.Dave filed the application under Order XI of Supreme Court Rules 2013 for Cross Examination of the following persons;Mr. Sanjeev...

Judge Loya Case: Senior Advocate V. Giri Points Out Inconsistencies In Official Version Before SC [Read Written Submissions]

Senior advocate, V. Giri, appearing for Mr. Tehseen Poonawalla on Monday highlighted several discrepancies in the official account of CBI Special Judge B.H. Loya's death. The submissions were made before a three Judge Bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, in order to bolster the plea for an independent probe into the...

SC Notice To BCCI On Sreesanth's Plea To Lift Life Ban

The Supreme Court today issued notice to BCCI on a special leave petition filed by cricketer S Sreesanth against the judgment of a division bench of Kerala High Court that restored the life ban imposed on him by the Board in the wake of the 2013 IPL spot fixing scandal.A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud sought the response of the BCCI within...

When Two Consenting Adults Decide To Marry No One Can Interfere: Strict Warning For Khaps From SC

Hearing 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 shall interfere therein or harass the couple”.The Advocate,...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

Non-Mentioning Of Accused’s Name In FIR Not A Ground To Doubt Its ContentsThe Supreme Court, in Latesh @ Dadu Baburao Karlekar v The State of Maharashtra, reiterated that merely because the names of the accused are not stated and their names are not specified in the FIR, that may not be a ground to doubt the contents of the FIR and the case of the prosecution cannot be thrown out on...

BCI Directs Inquiry Into Misconduct Allegations Against Prashant Bhushan And Dushyant Dave On RP Luthra's Complaint

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has referred to Bar Council of Delhi (Special Committee) a complaint filed by Advocate R.P. Luthra demanding immediate disciplinary action against Mr. Prashant Bhushan and suspension of his certificate of practice for "gross professional and other misconduct". This Committee has been directed to constitute a sub-committee comprising any High Court Judge, a...

BCI Sub-Committee (3:1) Says MPs, MLAs Should Be Allowed To Practice; Final Decision On Ban Deferred To Next Week

Three out of the four  members of the BCI sub-committee-B.C. Thakur, R.G. Shah, D.P. Dhal- were of the view that legislators- MPs, MLAs and MLCs -can be allowed to practice.   One member S Prabhakaran said they should be debarred on the grounds of conflict of interest and office of profitThree of the four members of a sub-committee constituted by the Bar Council of India have concluded in...

Collegium Recommendations Of Justice KM Joseph And Indu Malhotra: A Litmus Test On Independence Of Judiciary

It is learnt that the four senior-most judges of the Supreme Court—Justice Chelameswar, Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Madan.B.Lokur, and Justice Kurian Joseph—are seriously aggrieved by the Central Government’s inaction about the Collegium recommendations. Sources revealed to Live Law that these judges, being a part of the Collegium, had taken up the issue with the Chief Justice of...

Daughters Have Equal Rights In Ancestral Property, Even If They Were Born Before Enactment Of Hindu Succession Act, Holds Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has held that daughters who were born before the enactment of Hindu Succession Act 1956 are entitled to equal shares as son in ancestral property.  The ruling was rendered in an appeal filed by daughters challenging a decree in a partition suit, which excluded them from partition. The partition suit was filed by the grandson of the deceased propositus of a joint family...

Mediation Brings Us From I To We Or Me To We: Justice A.K. Sikri

Supreme Court Judge, Justice A.K. Sikri, on Friday, addressed the Alternate Dispute Resolution Summit, 2018 organised by Maadhyam, Council for Conflict Resolution.With the main theme of the summit being ‘Building Bridges through Innovative Justice’, Justice Sikri described the presence of mediation in India through various examples and said, “Mediation helps in removing the dust from...

Wife Of Afzarul Moves SC Seeking SIT Probe In To Her Husband's Murder, Seeks Direction To Stop Circulation Of Hate Videos alleging “Love Jihad”

According to the petitioner, the spread of myth of Love-jihad is discriminatory against members of the minority community and the Union of India and Rajasthan Government are duty bound to counter through public messaging that such myth should not be spread.Supreme Court of India has agreed to hear a petition filed by Gulbahar, wife of Mohammad Afrazul who was hacked and burnt in...

Majority Of Executive Committee Members Request SCBA President To Change "Style Of Functioning" [Read Letter]

In a letter addressed to Mr. Vikas Singh, President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), 11 out of 21 members of the SCBA Executive Committee have called him out for several decisions allegedly taken by him unilaterally without first consulting the committee.The letter asserts that Mr. Singh's "style of functioning... has left much to be desired" and has left several eminent members...