Mother Of PILs, Kapila Hingorani, To Become First Woman To Get A Portrait In The SC Library

Ms. Kapila Hingorani is set to become the first woman lawyer whose portrait will adorn the walls of the Supreme Court library for the first time in its 67-year history.The portrait was unveiled on Tuesday by Chief Justice Deepak Misra, who rightly said that "this was long overdue". Popularly known as the 'Mother of PILs', Ms. Hingorani was born in 1927 in Nairobi and grew up idolizing...

SC Sets Aside HC Order That Quashed Defamation Case Against Kannada Daily Newspaper Owner [Read Judgment]

Where defamatory matter is printed (in a newspaper or a book etc.) and sold or offered for sale, whether the owner thereof can be heard to say that he cannot be made vicariously liable for the defamatory material carried by his newspaper etc. requires a critical examination, the bench said.The Supreme Court has set aside a Karnataka High Court order that had quashed defamation case filed...

SC Stays Execution Of 1993 Mumbai Bomb Blasts Case Convict Tahir Merchant

The Supreme Court, today, has stayed execution of death sentence awarded to Tahir Merchant, one of the convicts in 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case.The Three Judge Bench headed by the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra was considering his appeal against the Special Terrorism and Disruptive Activities Act (TADA) court Judgment which convicted and sentenced Firoz Abdul Rashid Khan and Tahir Merchant...

SC Tells SIT To Submit Status Report On Ex-CBI Director Ranjit Sinha’s Complicity In ‘Coalgate’

The Supreme Court bench of Justice Madan B Lokur, Justice AK Sikri and Justice Kurien Joseph on Monday directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT), constituted under the apex court’s order dated January 23 to probe the prima facie involvement of former CBI director Ranjit Sinha in the coal block allocation scam, to submit its status report to the Court within four weeks.Advocate...

SC Forms Advocates’ Panel To Inspect Special Schools In UP [Read Affidavit & Order]

The Bench nominated Advocates Rishi Malhotra and Gopal Sankaranarayanan as members of the CommitteeThe Uttar Pradesh (UP) government on Monday informed the Supreme Court that it has set up 16 special schools to impart education to disabled children in the state.The bench of Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachhud said that it is appropriate to get...

SC Issues Notice On Petition Challenging Haj Guidelines, 2018 [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court, on Monday, issued notice on a Petition filed by the Kerala State Haj Committee challenging certain provisions of the Haj guidelines 2018-2022.The Petition, drawn by Advocate Haris Beeran and filed through Advocate Pallavi Pratap, assails the provisions as being contrary to the judgment passed by the Supreme Court in the case of Union of India and Others v. Rafique...

SC Issues Notice To Centre On Plea Challenging Delhi Police’s Blanket Ban On Right To Protest U/S 144, CrPC [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court bench of Justice AK Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan on Monday admitted and issued notice to the Centre and the Commissioner of Police of Delhi on a writ petition filed by the NGO Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan challenging the arbitrary and repeated imposition of police orders under section 144, CrPC by which, virtually, the entire Central Delhi area is declared a prohibited...

SC Issues Notice On Vidhi's Petition Challenging Provisions From 119 Statutes Which Discriminate Against Persons Affected By Leprosy [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Mishra has issued notice to Centre and states on a PIL filed by Vidhi Centre of Policy, seeking a direction to strike down 119 central and state legislation as they are discriminatory to people suffering from leprosy.Appearing for petitioner Senior Advocate Raju Ramachandran submitted there are 119 statutes which are discriminatory...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

Defendant Can’t Object To Mere Withdrawal Of Suit By PlaintiffThe Supreme Court, in Anil Kumar Singh vs Vijay Pal Singh, held that defendant has no right to compel the plaintiff to prosecute the suit by opposing the withdrawal of suit sought by the plaintiff except to claim the cost for filing a suit against him. Insufficient Evidence: SC ‘Acquits’ Man Who Has Been In Custody For 17...

SC To Look Into Procedural Safeguards Against Abuse Of SC/ST Act [Read Order]

Whether any unilateral allegation of mala fide can be ground to prosecute officers who dealt with the matter in official capacity and if such allegation is falsely made what is protection available against such abuse, the bench observed.The Supreme Court will look into the question whether there can be procedural safeguards so that provisions of Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled...

Aggrieved Over UP Police’s ‘Inaction & Dishonest’ Probe, Gang rape Victim Moves SC

A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court by a gang rape victim for the enforcement of her fundamental rights under Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution in respect of the grave offence committed against her and the dishonest investigation conducted by the Uttar Pradesh state police.The petitioner, a resident of a village in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, is aggrieved of inaction on the...

Contention Of The Counsel Misread As Observation Of The Court;SC Sets Aside Bail Order Granted To Man Accused In 32 Criminal Cases [Read Order]

It is not only litigants and lawyers who misread court orders, but judges also.Recently, the Supreme Court set aside a bail order granted by a single bench of Allahabad High Court apparently misreading order of another bench of the high court.The single bench of Allahabad High Court had granted bail to a man accused in 32 criminal cases apparently observing thus: “It appears that...