Examine The Possibility Of Law For Relief To Those Wrongly Prosecuted And Jailed: Delhi HC Requests Law Commission [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court, on Thursday, requested the Law Commission of India to examine the possibility of a legislation for providing relief and rehabilitation to victims of wrongful prosecution and incarceration in India.The Bench comprising Justice S. Muralidhar and Justice I.S. Mehta highlighted the "urgent need" for a framework, observing, "There is an urgent need, therefore, for a...

“We Are Trying To Find Fault With Individuals; Let Us Do Something About The System”: Justice J.Chelameswar

As the proceedings in the last item heard by him came to a close at Court No.2 on Friday, Justice J.Chelameswar, shared a personal episode from his life, with the counsel, who drew his attention to the need for training Judges in the lower judiciary, and make them sensitive to the letter and spirit of the Juvenile Justice Act.  “Many of them treat minors as accused”, the counsel,...

Nandurbar Sex Trafficking Case: SC Places 18 Minor Girls In Interim Custody Of NGO Rescue Foundation

The Supreme Court bench of Justice J Chelameswar and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul on Friday, hearing a special leave petition arising out of the judgment dated August 24 of Bombay High Court where-under minor victims of Nandurbar sex trafficking were handed over to the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act of 2015, directed that the...

Eight High Courts Functioning With Acting Chief Justices

Besides, Justice V.K. Tahilramani is to take over as the Acting Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court on 5 December, as Justice Manjula Chellur, who has been in charge since August, 2016 will attain superannuation a day before.Despite the ever-mounting pendency of cases, eight High Courts in the country are functioning without regular Chief Justices.The Acting Chief Justices in the eight...

Uniform Medical Allowance To Retired HC Judges: SC To Pass An Order In February

The Supreme Court bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R.Banumathi, on December 1, took note of the fact that all the High Courts have communicated the requisite information with regard to grant of medical allowances to their retired Chief Justices and Judges, to senior advocate, P.H.Parekh, who represents the petitioner, Justice V.S.Dave, President of the Association of Retired Judges of...

Refrain From Deciding Babri Masjid/Ram Janmabhoomi Case In Favor Of Any Particular Community: Activists File Intervention Application In SC

Human rights and legal resource platform, Citizens for Justice and Peace, has filed an Intervention Application before the Supreme Court in the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi land dispute case.The Application names several social activists and intellectuals, including Shyam Benegal, Aparna Sen, Teesta Setalvad, Aruna Roy, Medha Patkar, Kumar Ketkar and Anand Patwardhan as the impleaders hoping...

Woman Files Plea In SC Seeking Directions To Centre, Railways To Ensure Rail Passengers’ Safety [Read Petition]

She also sought a direction for CBI investigation into her husband’s death, as there is no headway by the railway police after registration of FIR.  Jyoti Singh, whose husband was allegedly thrown off the moving train when he tried to film Railway Protection Force (RPF) constables allegedly indulging in extorting money from vendors in the train, has approached the Supreme Court seeking...

PIL Regarding Pension Of Judicial Officers At Bombay HC Transferred To SC

A public interest litigation filed by activist Vihar Dhurve regarding pensionary benefits to judicial officers has been transferred to the Supreme Court.A bench of Justice J Chelameswar and Justice SK Kaul issued notice to the Registrar General of the Bombay High Court as well as the petitioner while hearing a special leave petition filed by Maharashtra following a judgment of high court...

Air India Purchase Row: CBI Asks For 2 Yrs To Finish Probe, SC Gives 6 Months

The CBI was on Friday pulled up by the Supreme Court when it asked for two years to complete the probe into allegations of irregularities in purchase or hiring of 111 aircraft for Air India for a whopping Rs70,000 crore when Praful Patel was the civil aviation minister in the UPA regime and gave the agency only six months to finish the investigation. “It’s around one year since the...

SC Seeks Attorney General KK Venugopal’s Help In PIL On Autonomy To Election Commission of India

Seeking assistance of Attorney General KK Venugopal in a PIL for complete autonomy to the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Supreme Court has asked petitioner-advocate Ashwini Upadhyay to serve a copy of his petition to the government’s senior-most law officer.The three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra has posted the matter after three weeks.The PIL has been...

SC Issues Notice On Petition Challenging "Jury System" Under Parsi Marriage And Divorce Act [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court, on Friday, issued notice to the Centre on a Petition challenging several provisions of the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936.A Bench comprising Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice Dipak Gupta was hearing a Petition filed by Ms. Naomi Sam Irani, who has challenged the Constitutional validity of Sections 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 30, 32(a), 46, 47(b) and 50 of the Act. The...

“Is It Before Us Or Not”, Justice N.V.Ramana Asks The SC Registry, Before Hearing A 32-Year-Old Partition Dispute, Deleted & Shifted From Court No.2

As item 48 came up before Court No.8 in the Supreme Court on Friday, the justices on the bench were unsure whether they were supposed to hear the matter. Deleted and Shifted from court No.2, the matter, and its sudden listing, initially seemed to confound Justice N.V. Ramana, who was sitting with Justice S.Abdul Nazeer.“Is it before us or not? You tell us clearly”, Justice Ramana was...