MCI Scam: SC To Pronounce Order Tomorrow On Maintainability And Propriety Of Jaiswal's Plea For SIT Probe

After a Stormy hearing spanning one-and-half hours, a three judge bench of the Supreme Court today reserved it's order on maintainability and propriety of Advocate Kamini Jaiswal's plea for SIT probe under the supervision of a retired Chief Justice of India, in a matter relating to permission to a debarred  medical college to function. The Bench will pronounce the order tomorrow.The...

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SC Upholds Denial Of Anticipatory Bail To Army Doctor Who Allegedly Gave Fake Fitness CertificatesThe Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a Special Leave Petition challenging an order passed by Punjab and Haryana High Court, wherein the latter had refused the application for anticipatory bail filed by Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Gaurav Relhan, an accused under sections 7, 8 and 9 of the Prevention...

SC Denies Relief To Muslim Man Claiming Conversion To Hinduism For Marriage [Read Order]

While the High Courts of Kerala and Rajasthan have already been confronted with cases involving inter-faith marriages, it was the Supreme Court that was recently approached with a similar issue.The Court had been petitioned by a Muslim man who claimed to have converted to Hinduism and married a Hindu girl at an Arya Samaj temple. The girl's family had, however, filed an FIR alleging that the...

Post-Demonetization Money Laundering Case: SC Rejects Advocate Rohit Tandon's Bail Plea [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court, on Friday, upheld the Delhi High Court order denying bail to Advocate Rohit Tandon who was arrested in connection with an alleged money laundering case post demonetization.The Bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud ruled, "...we find no difficulty in upholding the opinion recorded by the Sessions Court as well as...

Chief Justice Of Bangladesh Resigns Following Conflict With Government

In a controversial move, the Chief Justice of Bangladesh Justice Surendra Kmar Sinha, the first Hindu to be appointed as Chief Justice of the Muslim majority nation, tendered his resignation papers on Saturday. He had assumed office on 17 January 2015. The Chief Justice had been on leave for past one month, and had gone oversees, reportedly staying in Singapore and Australia. There...

SC Appoints SY Quraishi And Bhaskar Ganguly As Administrators As Committee Of Administrators of AIFF [Read Order]

Even before the Delhi High Court's order quashing the election of office-bearers of the All-India Football Federation (AIFF), including its president Praful Patel, could come into operation; it has been stayed by the Supreme Court which has now appointed former Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi and former Indian football team captain Bhaskar Ganguly as a committee of administrators...

SC To Hear Review Plea Filed By Nirbhaya Case Death Row Convicts Tomorrow

A three judge bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra will hear the review petition filed by death row convicts in the sensational Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case tomorrow at 3:30PM.Besides the CJI, the bench comprises of justices R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan who had confirmed on May 5 this year the death sentence awarded to Mukesh, Pawan,Vinay and Akshay by the trial court and Delhi...

Matters Not Yet Assigned Can Only Be Mentioned Before The CJI: SC [Read Circular]

In what seems to be an offshoot of the unprecedented drama that transpired at the Supreme Court on Friday, the Apex Court has now issued a circular barring oral mentioning of cases before anybody else except for the Chief Justice of India.This restriction has, however, been placed only on matters which are not yet assigned/ listed before any other Bench.The Circular seems to have been...

After Yesterday's Action Packed Hearing, CJI Constitutes 3-Judge Bench To Hear Kamini Jaiswal's Petition

After the unprecedented drama at the Supreme Court on Friday, Chief Justice Dipak Misra has now constituted a three-Judge Bench to hear the Petition filed by Advocate Kamini Jaiswal, praying that the Court look into allegations of bribery against members of the higher judiciary in a matter regarding the opening of a medical college.The newly constituted Bench comprises of Justice R.K....

10/11 [Friday] [3pm To 4.35pm] –Supreme Court Of India- Court No:1

The events that unfolded in the Supreme Court of India on Friday, the 10th of November 2017, were unbecoming of it. While some would call it a ‘constitutional crisis’, it was in reality, a public display of loss of faith amongst brother Judges.The constitution of an extraordinary Constitution Bench took the lawyers by surprise as the proceedings were unprecedented in the history of...

Ensure That Benefits Of Construction Worker Welfare Cess Are Passed On To Them: SC To Centre [Read Order]

The Supreme Court, on Friday, directed the Centre to ensure that the cess collected under the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 is properly utilized for the welfare of such workers.The Court is hearing a PIL filed by an NGO, ‘National Campaign Committee for Central Legislation on Construction Labour’, which has alleged...

Cabinet Approves Appointment Of Second National Judicial Pay Commission For Subordinate Judiciary

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved appointment of Second National Judicial Pay Commission (SNJPC) for Subordinate Judiciary in the country.The Commission is to be headed by Shri Justice (Retd.J P.Venkatrama Reddi, former Judge of Supreme Court of India. Shri R. Basant, Senior Advocate and former Judge of the Kerala High Court is the Member of...