Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

Award Of Lok Adalat Can Be Challenged Only By Filing Writ Petition And Not By Way Of Separate Suit Upholding the order of rejection of plaint, the Supreme Court held that the award of Lok Adalat can be challenged only by filing writ petition under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India, and that civil suit seeking such remedy was not maintianable. The suit in question was filed seeking...

Delhi Judicial Service Exam: SC Issues Notice On Top Scorer Sitting Civil Judge’s Plea [Read Petition]

In yet another challenge to the Delhi Judicial Service Examination (DJSE), an aspirant, who secured the highest aggregate marks in the Mains, has approached the Supreme Court challenging the selection process and evaluation method adopted in the Main (Written) Examination of DJS, 2016.The petitioner, a civil judge (junior division) in Uttar Pradesh, had appeared in DJSE-2016 and scored...

SC To Hear Slain Forest Brigand Veerappan’s Elder Brother, Mathaiyan’s Plea For Remission Of Life Sentence Today

SC To Hear Slain Forest Brigand Veerappan’s Elder Brother, Mathaiyan’s Plea For Remission Of Life SentenceA Supreme Court bench of the Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra, and Justices A.M.Khanwilkar and D.Y.Chandrachud will hear as the first item [Diary No.27345] on Monday, September 11, the plea of Mathaiyan, a life convict prisoner of Central Prison, Salem, Tamil Nadu, seeking remission...

Govt Begins Scrutinising Track Record Of Candidates Recommended For HC Judgeship

In a move which could trigger yet another round of friction between the executive and the judiciary, the government has started a detailed scrutiny of professional track record of advocates and judicial officers recommended by high court collegiums for appointment as judges, reports PTI.A Ministry of Law and Justice document said now the process of detailed scrutiny of proposals received...

SC Has Doubts Over Maintainability of Petitions Challenging Formation Of Telengana [Read Order]

Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul of the Supreme Court, while sitting as a Single Judge in Chambers on September 4, expressed doubts whether the slew of petitions pending since 2014, against the formation of Telengana by splitting Andhra Pradesh, are maintainable.There are 23 writ petitions which have been pending since 2014 raising the common prayer that the formation of Telengana be...

There Is No Vested Right Of Renewal Of Lease Of Shops In Defence Shopping Complexes-Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

Dismissing the plea of lessees holding shops seeking renewal of their leases, the Supreme Court held that there was no vested right of renewal. The shops were allotted on lease to ex-service men who got injured in combat and also to dependents of deceased defence personnel. When their leases were not renewed after a period of five years, they approached the Delhi High Court, which rejected...

SC Accepts Proposal For Mining At Dibru-Saikhowa National Park, Subject To Conditions [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has accepted the proposal of the Oil ndia Liited (OIL) to extract hydrocarbon beneath 3900-4000 meters of Dibru Saikhowa National Park, Assam, subject to certain conditions, mentioned in the minutes of the 44th meeting of the Standing Committee of National Board for Wildlife held on July 29.The bench of Justices Madan B.Lokur and Deepak Gupta, on September 7, made it clear...

Breaking: Legendary Lawyer Ram Jethmalani Announces Retirement From Legal Practice

Jethmalani, who will turn 95 years on September 14, made the announcement at a function held by the Bar Council of India to felicitate Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.We call him the ‘Devil’s advocate’, the ‘maverick lawyer’, the ‘rebel’, the ‘genius’ and the ‘flamboyant’. Every word adorns Mr. Ram Boolchand Jethmalani like a badge of honor. After 76 years of standing...

Expanding Ambit of Asaram Case, SC Seeks Reply Of Centre, States On Witness Protection Programme

Emphasizing on witness protection programme, the Supreme Court has asked the Centre and state governments about the steps being taken to ensure that witnesses in sensitive and high-profile cases are not harmed.Expanding the ambit of a public interest litigation seeking protection for witnesses in rape cases involving self-styled preacher Asaram Bapu, a bench of justices AK Sikri and...

Delhi Judicial Services Exam Comes Under Challenge Again Before The Supreme Court [Read Petition]

Twenty-three law graduates, many serving as judicial officers in various states, have moved the Supreme Court challenging the entire scheme of the Delhi Judicial Service Examination. The Supreme Court has admitted the petition and asked Delhi High Court to file its reply.The petitioners are DJS aspirants represented by senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi and advocate Nachiketa Joshi.The...

SC Dismisses Accused’s Petition Seeking Narco Analysis Test

An accused facing prosecution for sexual assault of a child under Sections 377 and 511 of Indian Penal Code and Section 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, filed an application under Section 173 (8) of Cr.P.C. 1973 praying that investigating agency be directed to conduct Polygraph/Narco Analysis/Brain Mapping test on him.   Both the trial court and the Delhi high...

SC Permits Peaceful Protests In Tamil Nadu Against NEET, But Warns Against Disruption Of Normal Life [Read Order]

The Supreme Court, while hearing a petition seeking directions to Tamil Nadu Government to maintain law and order during the protests against the NEET Examination, sought to distinguish between peaceful protests from breakdown of law and order.The petitioner, G.S.Mani, an advocate practising in the Suprreme Court, brought to the attention of the bench of the Chief Justice Dipak Misra,...