Manipur Encounter: SC Directs CBI To Appoint A Senior Officer To Monitor Investigation And Not To Change Members Without Leave Of The Court

In a follow-up order issued on August 22, the Supreme Court bench of Justices Madan B.Lokur and Uday Umesh Lalit, took note of the composition of a team of five officers by the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe the fake encounter deaths in Manipur, in terms of its judgment dated July 14.  More important, the bench emphasized that the CBI should appoint a Senior Officer at least of...

SC Agrees To Hear Centre's Plea To Transfer All Petitions Challenging RERA To SC

The Supreme Court has decided to hear on Monday the Centre's plea for transfer of  cases , challenging the validity of the RERA, pending in various high courts to the Apex court.The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act , 2016 came into force from May 1 this year. However the validity of the Act has been challenged in various high courts by the builders and promoters.Appearing for...

Public Authorities Cannot Act Arbitrarily While Allotting Public Land To Private Entities : Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

While affirming the Madhya Pradesh High Court judgment cancelling the allotment of leasehold rights by Ujjain Development Authority(UDA) to a private entity, viz, M/s Ajar Enterprises Ltd., the Supreme Court stated that public authorities have to act fairly without arbitrariness while parting with public resources.In this case, the UDA had initially granted leasehold rights for thirty years...

Hadiya Case: Justice Raveendran Declines SC's Request To Oversee NIA Probe

Former Judge of Supreme Court of India Justice RV Raveendran has declined the Supreme Court’s request to oversee the NIA probe in connection with the Hadiya Case, reports Indian ExpressIt was on August 16, Supreme Court ordered NIA investigation in the Hadiya Case under the supervision of Justice RV Raveendran.Though the bench of Chief Justice Khehar and Justice DY Chandrachud...

SC Extends Deadline For Final Round Of NEET Counseling For Deemed Varsities [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has extended the deadline for the mop-up round of counseling, which is the final round, for NEET examination to September 7 for admission to MBBS and BDS courses in deemed universities.The earlier deadline was August 31. The order comes as a big relief to students who had cleared the NEET examination, but could not get through in first two rounds. The order of the apex...

Senior Designation Does Not Violate Article 14, Says AG, SC Reserves Judgment

Lively arguments continued in the Supreme Court in the senior designation row with Attorney General K K Venugopal arguing that designation of senior advocates cannot be termed 'bad in law' and it does not violate Article 14 of Constitution “Classification between lawyers is being done on the basis of various parameters. The classification between lawyers does not violate Article 14...

Would Read Privacy Verdict Before Hearing Jairam Ramesh Plea: CJI

The Chief Justice Dipak Misra led bench today said it will first go through the crucial judgement on privacy before taking a call on Congress leader Jairam Ramesh's challenge to the Lok Sabha Speaker's decision to certify a bill to amend the Aadhaar law as a money bill.A nine judge constitution bench had declared privacy a fundamental right.The plea was mentioned before a bench comprising...

“Gender-Discriminatory” Hostel Rules Of BHU Under SC Lens

The Supreme Court has agreed to look into the validity of certain “gender discriminatory” rules and regulations framed by the Mahila Maha Vidyalaya women’s hostel under the Banaras Hindu University.Noted advocate and rights activist Prashant Bhushan assisted by lawyer Neha Rathi who appeared for some students brought the issue to the attention of the bench headed by Chief Justice...

SC Sets Aside HC Order Asking Gujarat Govt To Compensate And Fund Rebuilding Of Shrines Damaged During 2002 Gujarat Riots [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court today set aside the Gujarat High Court order asking the state government to  compensate or fund the restoration of places of worship, mostly mosques, damaged due to its alleged failure to maintain law and order during the 2002 Gujarat riots.Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said the bench set aside the HC order after accepting the government scheme that the same...

Criminalising Marital Rape May Destabilise Institution Of Marriage: Centre Tells Delhi HC [Read Written Submissions]

Citing Misuse of Section 498A of IPC, the Centre has submitted before the Delhi High Court that criminalizing marital rape, as sought by some petitioners, may destabilize the institution of marriage apart from being an easy tool for harassing the husbands.The Centre has submitted that there can be no lasting evidence in case of sexual acts between a man and his own wife.The Centre has claimed...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

SC Declares Triple Talaq Unconstitutional By 3:2 MajoritySupreme Court of India on Tuesday declared the practice of Triple Talaq as unconstitutional by 3:2 majority. Justices Kurian Joseph, UU Lalit and RF Nariman delivered the majority Judgment. Chief Justice Khehar and Justice Abdul Nazeer dissented.Right To Privacy Is A Fundamental Right: SC Constitution Bench Supreme Court of India held...

SC Dsimisses Plea For Scrapping e-Auction Of Iron-Ore And Manganese By SC Monitoring Committee [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the plea of Federation of Indian Mineral Industries(FIMI), Southern Region to stop the e-auction of iron-ore and manganese ore by the monitoring of Court appointed Central Empowered Committee in Karnataka.  The Monitoring Committee was set up by the Supreme Court as per order dated 02.09.2011, taking into account the unauthorized and indiscriminate mining...