Legal Heirs Of Deceased Complainant Can Prosecute Complaint: SC [Read Judgment]

In Chand Devi Daga vs Manju K Humatani, the Supreme Court has upheld a high court judgment that allowed legal heirs of the complainant to prosecute the petition before the high court.In the instant case, the Chhattisgarh High court was considering a plea challenging dismissal of revision plea by the session’s court. During the pendency of the petition, the original complainant died and...

Satyam Ltd-Venture Global Arbitration Dispute Referred To Larger Bench Due To Divergence Of Opinion [Read Order]

The high profile arbitration dispute between the erstwhile Satyam Computer Services Ltd (now Tech Mahindra Ltd, after acquisition) and Venture Global Engineering LLC has been referred to a larger bench of the Supreme Court in view of divergent opinions expressed by Justice Jasti Chelameswar and Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre.The two-member bench of the Supreme Court was dealing with the legality...

SC Declares Maharashtra Forest Dept. Rule Mandating Graduation To Be Prerequisite Of Examination For Promotion As Unconstitutional [Read Judgment]

A division bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice R Banumathi on Friday examined the question of whether an education qualification, set as a prerequisite for a candidate to be deemed eligible to take part in an examination intended to serve as a benchmark for the grant of promotion, could be said to be in contravention of Article 14 and 16 of...

Jayalalithaa Death: SC Dismisses Plea Against One-Man Probe Panel

Before dismissing his plea, Chief Justice Dipak Misra told Joseph's lawyer: “The High Court has accepted your challenge. Now do you wish for the inquiry to continue or not? We do not intend to interfere with the order of the High Court”The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea against the decision of Madras High Court which upheld the validity of an inquiry commission set up by Tamil...

Professional Competence Of Candidates For Judgeship Can Be Best Tested By Judiciary, Not By The IB: Collegium

The Collegium has recommended three names for the elevation to the Jharkhand High Court and one name for Tripura High CourtThe Three member Collegium has made it clear that professional competence, of candidates for appointment as Judges, can best be determined by the members of the higher judiciary who have the opportunity to observe his performance on a daily basis, and not by the...

SC Suspends All Engineering Degrees Obtained Between 2001 & 2005 Through Distance Courses From 3 Universities; Those After 2005 Cancelled [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has suspended the Engineering degrees granted between 2001 and 2005 to all graduates through distance learning by JRN Rajasthan Vidyapeeth, Rajasthan (JRN), Institute of Advanced Studies in Education, Rajasthan (IASE) and Allahabad Agricultural Institute, Allahabad (AAI).The Bench comprising Justice A.K. Goel and Justice U.U. Lalit ruled that the degrees would remain...

Deemed Universities Are Not Justified In Introducing Engineering Courses Through Distance Mode In The Absence Of AICTE Guidelines:SC [Read Judgment]

"We restrain all Deemed to be Universities to carry on any courses in distance education mode from the Academic Session 2018- 2019 onwards unless and until it is permissible to conduct such courses in distance education mode and specific permissions are granted by the concerned statutory/regulatory authorities in respect of each of those courses and unless the off-campus Centres/Study Centres...

Specify Deadline For Aadhaar Linking To Bank A/C & Mobile Number In SMSs To Avoid Panic: SC; Related Pleas Referred To Constitution Bench

Justice Sikri also quipped  “Initially I did not want to say because the Press is here. But I'm also receiving messages to link bank account and mobile number”.The Supreme Court court today ordered banks and mobile service providers to specify the deadline of December 31, 2017 and February 8, 2018 for linking their bank account and mobile number with Aadhaar respectively in their messages...

SC Refers 14 Petitions Relating To ‘Demonetisation’ To Constitution Bench

Supreme Court of India on Friday has referred 14 petitions relating to ‘demonetisation’ for the consideration of the Constitution Bench.While some petitions challenged constitutional validity of ‘demonetisation’, others have sought more time to deposit the demonetized notesThe petitioners who filed the petitions seeking further time to deposit old notes had submitted that if the...

NGO Common Cause Challenges Rakesh Asthana's Elevation As CBI Special Director Before SC

A Petition has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the elevation of Indian Police Service (IPS) Officer Rakesh Asthana as the Special Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).The Petition, filed by the NGO Common Cause, contends that Mr. Asthana has been appointed in violation of the principles of “impeccable integrity” and “institutional integrity”.It...

LG Vs Kejriwal Govt.- Delhi HC Judgment Was The Result Of Misreading Of Art.239AA, Gopal Subramanium Argues For Delhi Govt

The Kejriwal government today assailed the Delhi High Court judgment of August last year which declared the Lt Governor as the “administrative head” of Delhi and ruled that he is not bound by the aid and advice of the council of ministers.Commencing arguments for the Delhi government which has filed a batch of petitions challenging the HC order, senior advocate Gopal Subramanium...

Arbitration Proceedings After The Imposition Of Moratorium Under S.14 Of Insolvency And Bankruptcy Code Is Non Est In Law: SC [Read Order]

In Alchemist Asset Reconstruction Company Limited v. M/s Hotel Gaudavan Private Limited, the Supreme Court bench comprising of Justices Rohinton Fali Nariman and Sanjay Kishan Kaul held that arbitration proceedings instituted after the imposition of moratorium under Section 14 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 is non est in law.In the instant case, NCLT had admitted a petition...