SC Dismisses Plea Seeking Deletion Of Some Scenes Of 'Padmaavat'.

The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition which sought deletion of some of the scenes of controversial film "Padmaavat" which was released on January 25 by noting that censor board has already granted certificate and the court will not go into the issue again." We had ordered deletion of some paragraphs from your pleading and that does not affect the movie which has now been cleared by...

2008 Malegaon Blast Case: SC Notice To NIA, M’rashtra Govt On Col. Purohit’s Plea To Quash Charges Under UAPA

 The Supreme Court Bench of Justice RK Agrawal and Justice AM Sapre has issued notice to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Maharashtra government within 4 weeks seeking response on a plea by Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Prasad Purohit seeking quashing of charges under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.Lt. Col. Purohit has challenged...

Plea For SIT Probe In To Sunanda Puhskar's Death : SC Asks Subramanian Swamy To Argue On The Question Of Maintainability First

The Supreme Court bench of Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Amitava Roy, on Monday, while hearing the Special Leave Petition (SLP) preferred by BJP Leader Dr. Subramanian Swamy against the Delhi High Court order dismissing the plea for multidisciplinary SIT or CBI probe in the death of Sunanda Pushkar, terming it as 'Political Interest Litigation'“I was arguing the PIL regarding the mode...

Offences Relating To Theft Of Electricity Compoundable :SC [Read Order]

Recently, the Supreme Court bench of Justice Rohinton Nariman and Justice Navin Sinha, setting aside a judgment dated March 30, 2017 of the Bombay High Court, held that the offence of ‘interference with meters or works of licensee’ under section 138 of the Electricity Act of 2003 also relates to the theft of electricity and hence, is compoundable under section 152 of the Act.In the...

Odisha-Chhattisgarh Row Over Mahanadi Waters: SC Directs Centre To Constitute Water Disputes Tribunal In 4 Weeks [Read Order]

In a step towards resolving the long-pending dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh over water of river Mahanadi, the Supreme Court has directed the Centre to constitute within a month a tribunal for its adjudication.A bench of Justice SA Bobde and Justice L Nageswara Rao ordered that the tribunal be constituted under Section 4(1) of the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956.With this,...

Proper Implementation Of ‘Rights Of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016’: SC Grants Three Months’ Time For States And UTs

The Supreme Court Bench of justices Arun Mishra and S Abdul Nazeer today granted three months’ time to all States and Union Territories to implement The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016, the amended statute which has conferred more rights to the differently abled persons.The bench, which asked them to file the compliance report in three months, passed the order after Advocate...

Preventing Honour Killing And Interference By Khaps In Inter-Caste Marriages : Amicus Raju Ramachandran Submits His Suggestion To SC [Read Suggestions]

“This note contains some suggestions which may be considered by this Hon’ble Court (till appropriate legislation is put in place) with a view to address the problem of honour killings which take place perhaps at the instance, instigation or encouragement of some khap panchayats”, amicus curiae Raju RamachandranSenior advocate Raju Ramachandran,  amicus curiae appointed by the Supreme...

Why Concerned Only About Delhi/NCR’s Air Quality? There Are More Polluted Cities: SC [Read Order]

Why are you confining you efforts to improve air quality only to Delhi and National Capital Region? There are more polluted cities in the country like Raipur and Patna, the Supreme Court told the Environment Ministry.“Look into the issue on a nationwide basis”, a bench of justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta said asking about the plan for the entire country.“Why should special...

Advocates Should Be Given Absolute Protection From Criminal Defamation: Abhinav Chandrachud, Pinky Anand [Video]

Advocating to make ‘sedition’ a non-cognizable, bailable offence and reducing the term of imprisonment while seeking statutory backing for the definition of ‘sedition’ as envisaged in the 1962 judgment, Bombay High Court Lawyer Abhinav Chandrachud has said advocates should be given absolute protection from criminal defamation.He was speaking at a debate held at the ongoing Zee...

SC Rejects Challenge Of Live Band Restaurants Against Regulations Under Karnataka Police Act [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of ‘The Licensing and Controlling of Places of Public Entertainment (Bangalore City) Order 2005’ issued under the Karantaka Police Act, meant to regulate and license places of public entertainment like live band restaurants, discotheques, cabarets halls etc. This was done while dismissing the appeal made by Karnataka Live Band...

A Legal Consultant Of A Corporation Eligible For Enrolment As A Lawyer ? SC To Decide [Read Order]

The Supreme Court is set to consider the question whether the legal consultant of a Corporation is eligible to be enrolled as an Advocate.The Petition before the Court challenges an order passed by the division bench of the Gujarat High Court, which had upheld a single bench ruling that a law graduate working as a legal consultant with a corporation with a contract in the nature of a...

Bungalow Case: Opposing Amicus Report, UP Tells SC Ex-CMs Are Entitled To Govt Houses [Read Written Submissions]

Uttar Pradesh has strongly opposed before Supreme Court the report of amicus curiae senior advocate Gopal Subramanium that its former Chief Ministers are not entitled to government bungalows and that a person after he demits public office should not be allowed to occupy any public premises for personal use.“The grant of such a benefit to a former chief minister under the amended rules is...