Aadhaar [Day-6] Centre's Claims Of Savings Through Aadhaar Either Incorrect Or Highly Exaggerated: Petitioners [Read Written Submissions]

On Day 6 of the Aadhaar hearing before the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, the Petitioners highlighted the "inaccurate claims" made by the Centre and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) in their affidavits.Firstly, the Petitioners negated the claim that "millions of Indians had no method of acceptable identification and were disadvantaged because of their inability...

Breaking: Collegium Recommendations For Two Supreme Court Judges And HC Chief Justices Published in SC Website [Read The Full List]

Finally the Supreme Court has published the collegium recommendations regarding the appointment of two Supreme Court Judges and High Court Chief Justices have been published in the Supreme Court website.All the recommendations were made on January-10, 2018. It include the names of Uttarakhand Chief Justice KM Joseph and Senior Advocate Indu Malhotra. Indu Malhotra, if appointed, will be the...

Judge Loya's Two Confidants Faced Mysterious Death: Congress Alleges and Demands Independent Probe

At a press conference held on Wednesday, Congress leaders and Senior Advocates  Kapil Sibal, Salman Khurshid and Vivek Tankha demanded an independent probe into the death of special CBI Judge B.H. Loya, raising suspicions regarding the death of two of Judge Loya's associates as well.Asserting that the "truth is to be investigated… Loya talked of pressure and right now democracy is...

New Roster In SC: CJI Misra To Hear All PILs

In what seems like an effort to address the grievances raised by four Supreme Court Judges in their press conference, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra has introduced a subject-wise roster system in the Supreme Court.The Roster, which will come into effect from 5 February, endows CJI Misra with the responsibility to hear all Letter Petitions and PIL matters, along with matters relating...

Breaking: New Subject-wise Roster System In SC From February 5 [Read The Roster]

As per the new roster the bench headed by Chief Justice of India will hear all PILs and letter petition.Chief Justice Dipak Misra has introduced a subject-wise roster system in the Supreme Court. As per the notification it will come into effect from February 5.One of the main issues raised by the four senior Judges in their press conference was relating to allotment of important cases to...

8-Month-Old Rape Survivor Shifted To AIIMS, Health Stable After Surgery: Centre Tells SC

An 8-month-old baby girl, who was raped by her cousin in Delhi recently, has been shifted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). She is now under the complete care of AIIMS doctors. This was informed by Additional Solicitor General (ASG) PS Narasimha to the Supreme Court on Thursday.Filing two status reports - one by the Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DLSA) and other...

SC To Hear Sreesanth's Plea Against Life Ban On Feb 5 [Read Order]

Cricketer S Sreesanth has preferred special leave petition before the Supreme Court against the Kerala High Court judgment that restored the life ban imposed on him on charges of indulging in spot-fixing during IPL matches.Upon mentioning, the Chief Justice bench ordered the petition to be listed on February 5 before an appropriate bench, as per roster, subject to ‘removal of defects,...

Exclusive: In-House Committee To Resume Inquiry Against Two Sitting Orissa HC Judges Tomorrow

The three-member in-house committee headed by Justice S.J. Vazifdar, Chief Justice of Punjab & Haryana High Court is set to resume its probe into the allegations of abuse of power leveled against two sitting Judges of Odisha High Court – Justice Indrajit Mohanty and Sangam Kumar Sahoo. Other members of the enquiry committee are Justice T. Vaiphei, Chief Justice of Tripura High Court...

Petitioner In Bofors Case Seeks Recusal Of CJI Dipak Misra From Hearing The Case

An application has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking recusal of Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra from hearing the multi-crore Bofors scam case. The application filed by the petitioner and BJP leader  Ajay K Agrawal seeking recusal of the CJI alleging that his conduct during the proceedings in the case had raised doubts in the mind of advocates and media persons that he is "committed...

Judge Loya Case: Admiral Ramdas And Youth Bar Association Of India File Intervention Applications In SC

Two more Intervention Applications have been filed before the Supreme Court seeking independent probe into CBI Special Judge Brijgopal Harkishan Loya’s death. One Application has been filed by Former Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Ramdas and the other by the Youth Bar Association of India (YBAI).Admiral Ramdas had already sent letters addressed to Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and...

If We Bar Foreign Law Firms And Lawyers, Would That Not Stop India From Becoming The Hub Of Activities? Asks SC

“If we bar the foreign law firms and lawyers, would that not stop India from becoming the hub of activity? Even the Madras High Court has taken exception to the Bombay High Court judgment in respect of international commercial arbitration and advisory services on a fly-in and fly-out basis”, asked the Bench.As the hearing in the foreign law firms case resumed on Wednesday before the...

SC Reserves Judgment In PIL On Chhattisgarh's VIP Chopper Deal

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, concluded the hearing and reserved judgment in a PIL seeking CBI investigation in the purchase of a VIP Helicopter manufactured by AgustaWestland by the Chhattisgarh Government.The judgment was reserved by a Bench comprising Justice A.K. Goel and Justice U.U. Lalit on Petitions filed by Swaraj Abhiyan and a few others, alleging that a VIP helicopter was...