BCI Calls The Judges' Conference An "Unfortunate Step"; Forms 7 Member Delegation To Meet The Judges [Read Press Release]

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has called the press conference called by the four Judges of the Supreme Court an "unfortunate step", the sort which "may shake the faith of our people".Justice J. Chelameswar, who has been the rebel within the collegium for a while now, had addressed the press conference, flanked by Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice M.B. Lokur and Justice Kurian Joseph. During...

Would Delay In Informing Insurer About Vehicle Theft Debar The Insured From Getting Insurance Claim: SC Refers Question To 3-Judge Bench [Read Order]

The Supreme Court, in Gurshinder Singh vs Sriram General Insurance Co Ltd., has referred to a three-judge bench the question whether delay in informing the insurance company about the theft of vehicle would debar the insured from getting the insurance claim.The Bench of Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta noticed the conflicting views taken by earlier two judge benches after...

PIL Matters Should Be Either Taken up By CJI Or Should Be Assigned To Collegium Judges: SCBA [Read Resolution]

Addressing the media at a press conference in the evening on Saturday, following a Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) meeting convened in the light of events that took place on Friday, senior counsel Vikas Singh, SCBA president, said, “We had called an emergency meeting of the SCBA in view of the situation that has arisen by virtue of the press conference called by the four senior judges...

SLP In SC Challenges Chhattisgarh HC Order Making Aadhaar Mandatory For Bail [Read Petition]

A Special Leave Petition has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging an order passed by the Chhattisgarh High Court which made it mandatory to obtain Aadhaar Cards of accused persons and sureties before issuing release warrant of a prisoner/accused in the State of Chhattisgarh.The High Court had last week directed, "While examining the surety papers, the trial court shall...

Gandhi assassination Case: SC Asks Pointed Questions To Petitioner; Gives 4 Weeks To Respond

The Supreme Court today posed pointed questions to a petitioner seeking re- opening of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, and asked him to satisfy it on aspects of delay and his locus to raise this issue.“You please do not to get carried away by the greatness of the person involved as the issue was whether there was any evidence available in the matter. You (petitioner) have to answer...

CJAR Lauds The 4 SC Judges For Exposing CJI's "Abuse Of Power As Master Of Roster" [Read Press Release]

The Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR) has lauded the four sitting Judges of the Supreme Court- Justice J. Chelameswar, Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice M.B. Lokur and Justice Kurian Joseph- who held a press conference today."While some have suggested that this will lower the prestige of the judiciary and undermine public trust, CJAR believes that on the contrary, it was...

Cluster Counting Of Votes: SC To Decide On Introduction Of ‘Totaliser’ On Feb 12 [Read Order]

The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice AM Khanwilkar on Friday heard a string of writ petitions praying for the substitution of the prevailing system of ward-wise revelation of election results with a regime of cluster counting.The counsels appearing on behalf of the petitioners submitted, “The method of ‘totaliser’ should be employed...

Meet The "Whistle-Blower" And The "Rebel" Of The Supreme Court- Justice J. Chelameswar

Justice J. Chelameswar, along with Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice M.B. Lokur and Justice Kurian Joseph sent shockwaves through the country today with an unprecedented press conference. While he is only now being touted as the "whistle-blower" and the "rebel" Judge of the Apex Court of the country, this is not the first time that he has spoken against the decisions of the Supreme...

Writ Of Mandamus Can’t Be Issued To Legislature To Amend Law: SC

“The writ of mandamus cannot be issued to the legislature to bring about an amendment in a legislation,” remarked the Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice AM Khanwilkar on Friday.The bench was hearing the application for early hearing in respect of a writ petition filed in 2012, wherein one of the prayers was “issue an appropriate writ,...

Cooperative Society Employee Can Choose Any Forum Under Kerala Cooperative Societies Act Or Industrial Disputes Act: SC [Read Judgment]

Overruling a Kerala High Court full bench judgment, the Supreme Court in KA Annamma v The Secretary, Cochin Co-operative Hospital Society Ltd, has held that the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act and the Industrial Disputes Act both possess and enjoy the concurrent jurisdiction to decide any service dispute arising between the Co-operative Society’s employee and his/her employer.A bench...

Being "Master Of The Roster" Is Not Recognition Of Any Superior Authority Over Colleagues: 4 SC Judges Write To The CJI

In an unprecedented move, four sitting Judges of the Supreme Court held a press conference today, asserting that the administration of the Apex Court is "not in order" and that many "things less than desirable" have been happening in the last few months.Justice Jasti Chelameswar, who has been the rebel within the collegium for a while now, addressed the press conference, flanked by Justice...

Judge Loya’s Death: SC To Hear Plea For Independent Probe On Monday

The Supreme Court bench of Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Mohan M Shantanagoudar on Friday, while directing the counsel for the State of Maharashtra to obtain instructions in the matter, listed for hearing the pleas seeking an independent probe into the death of CBI special judge BH Loya on Monday.The two writ petitions, seeking independent probe into the mysterious death of CBI special...