Breaking: Aarushi Talwar-Hemraj Double Murder: Talwars Acquitted, Mystery Continues [Read Judgment]

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday acquitted Rajesh and Nupur Talwar in the 2008 Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case.A bench of Justice BK Narayana and AK Mishra granted the Talwar couple benefit of doubt while pointing out various loopholes in the probe conducted in the double murder which has seen numerous conspiracy theories from the start when Aarushi Talwar was found murdered in...

“Secrecy Goes. Now Only The Best Can Make It”, ‘Petitioner’ Jaising Hails New Senior Designation Rules

Senior lawyer and former Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising on whose petition the Supreme Court brought out the new point-based ‘senior’ designation rules with emphasis on experience and capability, is happy and satisfied.“The secrecy which prevailed till now in the whole process goes.Now only the best can make It”, she said. “The biggest element is that there will be...

Read The Supreme Court Guidelines On Senior Designation [Read Judgment]

In a major effort to streamline and bring in transparency into the process of designating advocates as “seniors”, the Supreme Court today said henceforth all matters relating to it will be dealt preliminarily by a committee headed by the Chief Justice .The Supreme Court has issued the following guidelines in the matter;I. All matters relating to designation of Senior Advocates in the...

Breaking: SC Introduces New System For Senior Designation, CJI-Headed Panel To Vet Applications [Read Judgment]

In a major effort to streamline and bring in transparency into the process of designating advocates as "seniors", the Supreme Court today said henceforth all matters relating to it will be dealt preliminarily by a committee headed by the Chief Justice .The two senior most judges and the Attorney General will be part of the committee which will choose a fifth member --from the Bar.Justice...

SC Grapples With Relevance of Euthanasia In The Era Of Medical Progress, Reserves Judgment [Read Written Submission]

The Supreme Court Constitution bench, on Wednesday, concluded its hearing on the Living Will and Euthanasia, by taking note of the submissions by the counsel, that medical science is a growing discipline, and therefore, the possibility of revival of a person, who  is considered terminally ill, cannot be ruled out.The Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra, who headed the bench, made...

"Legal Immunity To Impunity: Colonial Continuities In Contemporary Conflicts" Talk by Adv. Vrinda Grover [Video]

Ms. Vrinda Grover, leading Advocate at the Supreme Court and prominent Human Rights activist, discussed Legal immunities and the colonial continuities of such provisions in her guest talk at NALSAR University of Law, held On 7th October, 2017 as a part of the NALSAR Lecture Series on Constitutionalism.She began by underscoring the constant tussle in democracies: that between the sovereign...

Traders Approach SC Seeking Modification Of Cracker Ban Order In Delhi/NCR

A group of fire cracker traders today knocked the doors of the Supreme Court seeking modification of the October 9 order as per which sale of crackers were banned in Delhi/NCR till November 1.Making an urgent mentioning before a bench of justices Ranjan Gogoi, A M Sapre and Navin Sihna, they said that a huge amount of money has been invested by them after their licences were revived and...

Just Because Accused Didn’t Confess, It Doesn’t Mean He Isn’t Cooperating With Probe: SC [Read Judgment]

The purpose of custodial interrogation is not just for the purpose of confession, the bench observed.The Supreme Court, in Santosh vs The State Of Maharashtra, has made an observation that merely because the accused did not confess, it cannot be said that he was not cooperating with the investigation.The allegation against the accused was that he received misappropriated foodgrain meant...

Breaking: Sex With Minor Wife Is Rape, SC Reads Down Exception-2 To S.375 IPC [Updated] [Read Judgment]

A two Judge Bench of Supreme Court held that sexual intercourse with minor (below 18 years)  wife is rape."we are left with absolutely no other option but to harmonize the system of laws relating to children and require Exception 2 to Section 375 of the IPC to now be meaningfully read as: “Sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under eighteen years...

SC Agrees To Look Into CBI Findings On Karti's Foreign Accounts While Chidambaram Seeks End To Vindictive Actions [Read Affidavit]

The Supreme Court will look into the documents placed before it by the CBI pertaining to the foreign bank accounts and properties of Karti Chidambaram, son of former union minister P Chidambaram, while justifying the lookout circular issued against him.A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra on Tuesday agreed to peruse the documents as the CBI said there was money trail involved in the...

Godhra Train Carnage: Gujarat HC Commutes Death Penalty Of 11 Convicts; Awards 10 Lakh Compensation To Victims’ Kin [Read Judgment]

The Gujarat High Court, on Monday, commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence awarded to 11 convicts in the case of the burning of Sabarmati Express in Godhra in 2002, which had triggered massive communal riots across the State of Gujarat, claiming the lives of more than 1,000 people.The Bench comprising Justice Anant S. Dave and Justice G.R. Udhwani also ordered payment of compensation...

SC Expresses Shock Over Non-Release Of Undertrials Despite Recommendations [Read Order]

The Supreme Court bench of Justices Madan B.Lokur and Deepak Gupta, on Tuesday, expressed its shock and dismay over the revelation that a very large number of under trial prisoners are still languishing in prisons across the country, in complete violation of their rights under Article 21 of the Constitution.The bench was shown figures of such under trial prisoners, from the affidavit filed...