No Superior Court Can Command Subordinate Court To Pass A Particular Order: SC [Read Judgment]

High Court had no jurisdiction to direct the Sessions Judge to "allow" the application for grant of bail, said the Bench.No superior court in hierarchical jurisdiction can issue direction/mandamus to any subordinate court commanding them to pass a particular order on any application filed by any party, the Supreme Court said Thursday while reiterating that the judicial independence of a...

SC Directs Bar Council Of India [BCI] To Start Elections From February 2, 2018

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday directed the Bar Council of India [BCI] to start elections from 15.02.2018 and to complete it within a period of six weeks. A bench of Justices RK Agarwal and AM Sapre was hearing an application filed by Bar Council of India  seeking modification of its November 24 order in which the court directed all bar councils to hold elections and complete...

SC Tells States To Ensure Special Courts For MP, MLA Cases Are Functional By March 2018 [Read Order]

List the matter on 7th March, 2018 by which time the Special Courts (12 in number) will be expected to be get functional in the light of the directions aforementioned. On the said date the main issue arising in the proceedings will also be taken upGiving a go ahead to the Centre in setting up special courts to deal with cases against MPs and MLAs, the Supreme Court has ordered all 12...

SC To Pronounce Interim Order On Mandatory Aadhar Linkage Tomorrow, Final Hearing From Jan 10

The Supreme Court five-judge Constitutional bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra shall pronounce its interim order on the requirement for mandatory linking of the Unique Identification Number with bank accounts, mobile numbers and other schemes and services at 10:30 AM on Friday. Further, the bench has scheduled the matter for final hearing on January 10, 2018.Senior Counsel Shyam Diwan...

Kerala Seeks Clarification From SC As To Whether Judgement In Anvar Case[65B Evidence Act] Has Retrospective Application Or Not

A two Judge Bench asked the petitioner to place the application Chief Justice of India for posting the matter before an appropriate Bench.The Supreme Court has referred an intervening application by State of Kerala seeking clarification as to whether the judgment in Anvar PV vs PK Basheer is applicable retrospectively or not before an appropriate bench to be constituted by the Chief Justice...

SC To Examine CJM’s Power To Entertain Applications Under Sec. 14 Of SARFAESI Act

The Supreme Court will examine the jurisdiction of Chief Judicial Magistrate to entertain the application filed under Section 14 of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (SARFAESI) Act, 2002, in PM Kelukutty & Others vs Young Men’s Christian Association.While considering the special leave petition against the Kerala High Court...

Sr. Advocate Dushyant Dave Seeks Independent Probe Into Kalikho Pul, Medical Scam, Justice Loya's Case

Supreme Court senior advocate Dushyant Dave on Saturday said the judiciary must order independent investigation in the Kalikho Pul, medical admission college case and the Loya case, particularly when courts are taking suo motu notices in trivial matters.He was speaking as the key note speaker at the round-table panel discussion titled ‘Institutional Integrity: Judiciary In Light Of...

Direct All MPs & MLAs To Inform ECI About Criminal Cases Pending Against Them: Plea Before SC [Read Application]

Lawyer and BJP leader, Mr. Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, has now sought a direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to ask all legislators to intimate it of the status of all criminal cases pending against them. Such intimation, he contended, should be submitted within 90 days, failing which their elections should be rendered null and void.The plea has been made in a rejoinder filed...

[UPDATE] Govt. Notifies March 31, 2018 As Deadline For Linking Aadhaar,PAN With Bank Accounts [Read Notification]

Finance Ministry has notified that 31st March, 2018 or six months from the date of commencement of account based relationship with Banks by the client, whichever is later, as the date of submission of the Aadhaar number, and Permanent Account Number or Form 60 to the banks."After considering various representations received and inputs received from Banks, it has been decided to notify...

SC Relaxes Ban On Petcoke, Furnace Oil For Cement Industry

The Supreme Court bench of Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta on Wednesday permitted the use of petcoke as feedstock by cement industrial units in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. Thus, it has made an exception from its earlier order dated October 24 banning w.e.f. November 1, the use of petcoke and furnace oil as fuel by any industry, process or operation in the 3...

Centre Extends Indefinitely The Deadline To Link Bank Accounts To Aadhaar [Read Notification]

The Centre has issued a notification extending the date for linking bank accounts to Aadhaar indefinitely. The earlier deadline was set at 31 December, 2017.The notification, issued by the Finance Ministry's Revenue Department on Tuesday, states that the new deadline would be notified by the Central government after due consultations.[UPDATE] Govt. Notifies March 31, 2018 As Deadline For...

Framing Of Charges: In Some Cases, Trial Court Can Summon Or Rely Upon Documents Not Part Of Charge Sheet: SC [Read Order]

To exercise this power, the court is to be satisfied that the material available with the investigator, not made part of the charge sheet, has crucial bearing on the issue of framing of charge, the bench observed.The Supreme Court, in Nitya Dharmananda @ K. Lenin Vs. Sri Gopal Sheelum Reddy @ Nithya Bhaktananda, has observed that if the trial court is satisfied that there is some material...