Not Higher, Basic Qualification Needed For Selection? SC Issues Notice To J&K & State Service Selection Board [Read Order]

The Supreme Court, on Friday, issued notice to the State of Jammu and Kashmir and the Service Selection Board for the Power Development Department, seeking their response on a Petition challenging a High Court ruling, wherein it was held that a candidate with a higher qualification cannot be considered eligible for a post for which he does not have the basic qualification.The Bench...

SC Expunges Strictures Passed Against Sitting District Judge By Allahabad HC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court in VN Singh vs Neelam Mishra & Ors. has expunged certain remarks made by the Allahabad High Court against a sitting district judge in the impugned judgment.The sitting district judge, who had retired since then, was aggrieved by the observations made in the impugned order in respect of his handling of an appeal against an interim order where a status quo order was granted...

Law Day: Chief Justice, Law Minister Lock Horns Over ‘Judicial Overreach’

At the Law Day function held by the Law Commission of India on Sunday, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra got into a spat over judicial overreach and ‘repeated crossing over of the constitutional boundaries by the courts’.When Prasad raised the issue of uncalled-for judicial interference under the garb of PILs, CJI Misra, in his sharp...

Constitution Day Celebration Is An Occasion For Reminding Ourselves About The High Constitutional Values And Philosophy Underlying It: Justice Chelameswar

Senior Supreme Court Judge, Justice Jasti Chelameswar Today said the Constitution Day Celebration is an occasion for reminding ourselves about the high constitutional values and philosophy underlying it. He was giving the welcome address on the occasion of Constitution Day Celebrations. President of India Ram nath Kovind, Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad were...

Hearings In Court Have To Be In The Language Understandable To Ordinary Litigant: President Ramnath Kovind

President of India Ramnath Kovind has suggested that the hearings in court, if possible, have to be in a language that is understandable to the ordinary litigant. He re-iterated that High Courts need to take up the task of quickly providing certified translated copies of judgments in local and regional languages. He was speaking on the occasion of inauguration of Constitution...

A Judge Should Never Forget That He Is Under Constant Public Gaze; When He Sits On Trial, He Himself Is On Trial:Ex-CJI RC Lahoti [Read Full Text Of Constitution Day Speech]

‘Socialism’ and ‘Secularism’ are two concepts which were introduced into the original philosophy of Constitution. Their impact on Constitutional Values needs consideration, he said.Former Chief Justice of India RC Lahoti, while delivering a lecture on constitutional values, has said A judge should never forget that he is under constant public gaze; a Judge when he sits on trial,...

Constitution Day Celebrations At SC: ‘Bar And Bench Must Collectively March Ahead To Tackle Delays, Pendency’, Says CJ Dipak Misra

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Sunday hosted an event in commemoration of the 68th Constitution Day. The celebrations, conducted at the premises of the apex court in New Delhi, were graced by the presence of Chief Justice Dipak Misra as the chief guest and Union Minister for Law and Justice, Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad, as the guest of honour....

Search Engines Have The Expertise To Stop Ads For Sex Selection Tests, Sanjay Parikh Tells Supreme Court

Advocate Sanjay Parikh, representing the public interest petitioner, Sabu Mathew George, told the Supreme Court on Friday, that the nodal agency, set up by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the in-house mechanisms set up by the search engines, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, have not been effective in removing advertisements found to violate the Pre-Conception and...

Initiate "High Level Judicial Inquiry" Into Judge Loya's Death: Former Navy Chief Writes To CJI

In a letter addressed to Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Former Navy Chief Admiral L. Ramdas has requested that a "high level judicial inquiry" be immediately initiated, to inquire into allegations of foul play in the death of Brijgopal Harkishan Loya, the Special CBI Judge presiding over the trial of BJP President Amit Shah and several Gujarat Police Officers in the Sohrabuddin...

SC Approves Changes In SIT On Manipur Encounter Deaths [Read Order]

The Supreme Court bench of Justices Madan B.Lokur and Uday Umesh Lalit, on Thursday, November 23, approved changes of personnel in the Special Investigation Team (SIT), constituted by the CBI under the directions of the Court.   The changes were requested by the CBI for administrative reasons.Thus V.P.S.Maan, Deputy Superintendent of Police, CBI, New Delhi, was permitted to be appointed...

Judiciary Doesn’t Intend To Enter Into Policy-Making Process: CJI Dipak Misra

Defending the judiciary’s role guaranteed under the Constitution, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra on Saturday said the judiciary does not intend to enter into the policy-making areas, but interprets the policies made by executive.The CJI also said the court is obliged to stand by the citizens, if their fundamental rights are encroached by any of the government entities while terming...

SC Directs Appellants To Deposit Rs.2 Crores With Registry Within Four Weeks To Ensure Next Listing Of The SLP [Read Order]

The Supreme Court bench of justices Madan B.Lokur and Deepak Gupta, on Friday, directed appellants in a case involving unauthorised construction of high-rise residential-cum-commercial complex in Vododara, Gujarat, to deposit an amount of Rs.2 crores within four weeks in the registry of the court, to ensure that the matter is listed again.In the impugned judgment, the High Court had held...