SC stays NCLT Order Allowing Centre To Take Over Unitech Management 

Attorney General K. K. Venugopal admitted that the Ministry of Corporate Affairs had committed an error in filing a petition before the NCLT.The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice D. Y. Chandrachud and Justice A. M. Khanwilkar on Wednesday granted stay on the interim order dated December 8 of the NCLT, suspending 8 directors of Unitech Ltd., further restraining them...

Aadhaar: SC Constitution Bench To Hear Pleas For Interim Relief Tomorrow

Chief Justice of India Justice Dipak Misra on Wednesday said the applications for interim relief in the Aadhaar matter will be heard by a Five Judge Constitution Bench at 2pm tomorrow.Petitioner’s counsel Vipin Nair, who is an AOR for two of the petitioners-Shanta Sinha and Kalyani Menon, mentioned before the Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra as the court had...

SC Tells Centre To Get Portal For Filing Complaints On Child Sexual Abuse, Related Crimes Ready By Jan 10 [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has directed the Union of India to have the portal for making complaints by citizens with regard to issues pertaining to child sexual abuse, child pornography and rape/ gangrape videos, ready on or before January 10, 2018. A bench of Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice UU Lalit made this observation during in-camera proceedings held in the matter of RE: Prajwala Letter...

Pleas Against Allowing Jallikattu To Be Referred To Constitution Bench

The batch of pleas challenging Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra laws allowing bull-taming sport 'Jallikattu' and bullock cart races will be referred to a constitution bench, the Supreme Court said today.“A larger bench would decide whether states have the legislative competence to make such laws on grounds, including that 'Jallikattu' and bullock cart racing fell under the cultural rights...

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination: SC Suggests Perarivalan To File Review Petition In The Light Of New Developments

After perusal of the Centre’s affidavit and the affidavit of former CBI officer V Thiagarajan, who had interrogated Perarivalan in connection with the case, the bench suggested Perarivalan’s counsel to file a review against his conviction as the case has attained its finality.The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the government cannot take a decision on the plea of AG...

PIL Against Ex-CJI KG Balakrishnan Dismissed As Withdrawn

The Supreme Court bench of Justice Arun Mishra and Justice M Shantanagoudar on Tuesday disposed of a writ petition filed by NGO Common Cause seeking inquiry into the disproportionate assets case against former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan, treating it as withdrawn with liberty to seek appropriate remedy.The PIL sought a writ of mandamus to the Union of India to comply with the...

Nirbhaya Case: SC Pulls Up Mukesh's Lawyer For Irrelevant Arguments

A three judge special bench of the Supreme Court today began detailed hearing of the review petition filed by four death row convicts in the sensational 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case.The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan reserved judgment pertaining to convict Mukesh's case  after his lawyer M L Sharma concluded arguments and Special...

SC Raps States, UGC For Not Checking Compliance With Schemes On Enhancing Access To Higher Education Of Persons With Disabilities

A Supreme Court bench of Justice AK Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan on Tuesday rapped state governments and the UGC for not checking compliance by higher educational institutions with schemes for enhancing access of disabled persons to higher education, stipulating guidelines on physical environment, transportation and information and communications technology within the premises, as...

Special Courts For Speedy Disposal Of Cases Against Legislators : Centre Submits A Scheme For Setting Up Of 12 Courts

The Centre has submitted a scheme for setting up of Special Courts for exclusively  dealing with criminal cases involving Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) before the Supreme Court of India.In an Additional Affidavit, the Centre has submitted that the scheme envisages setting up of 12 Special Courts at an expenditure of Rs. 7.80 crores. It further...

Open Prisons: SC Asks Centre To Hold Meeting With All States To Study Rajasthan Model And Adopt Uniform Guidelines [Read Order]

In a significant development in the ongoing prison reforms case before the bench of Justices Madan B.Lokur and Deepak Gupta, the  Amicus Curiae, Gaurav Agrawal, filed an application seeking adoption of the Rajasthan model of open prisons, by starting at least one open prison in every district of the country.The bench took note of the recent report on the open prisons in Rajasthan, submitted...

SC Upholds Delhi HC Order Refusing Legal Protection To ‘Vande Mataram’ On Par With ‘Jana Gana Mana’ [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has dismissed a special leave petition against Delhi High Court order refusing the plea seeking legal protection to Vande Mataram at par with Jana Gana Mana.The three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, along with Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice DY Chandrachud, after hearing senior counsel Pravin H Parekh in the matter, dismissed in limine the...

Use Mics, Allow Live-tweeting- Journalists Bring To CJI’s Notice Difficulties Being Faced In Reporting Court Matters

In his first meeting with Supreme Court correspondents after he took over the office as the CJI in August this year, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra on Monday evening assured them that he would look into the difficulties being faced by them in day-to-day affairs.Justice Misra clarified at the beginning that: “This is not a press conference, but my purpose of meeting with you is to...