After 15-Long-Years, Dera Chief Ram Rahim Gets 20 Years In Jail For Rape [Read Order]

He was sentenced to 10 years each in two cases and the sentence shall run consecutivelyBringing an end to the 15-year-long wait, the special CBI judge handed down twenty year jail term to self-proclaimed  'messenger of God' and Dera sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for rape. He was convicted in two cases and sentenced to 10 years each. The sentence shall be consecutive.Special CBI...

SC Orders 10 Lakh Compensation, Free Medical Facilities For 10-Yr-Old Rape Survivor Who Delivered A Baby [Read Order]

The Supreme Court, on Friday, directed the Chandigarh administration to pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to a 10-year-old rape victim who recently delivered a baby girl after her plea to abort the unwanted pregnancy was turned down.The Bench comprising Justice M.B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta directed disbursement of an amount of Rs. 1 lakh immediately by the Chandigarh State Legal...

Justice Chelameswar Says Collegium Meetings Follow No Principles Of Law

A crisis looms large over the Supreme Court collegiums with Justice Jasti Chelameswar, the senior most SC judge now saying informal, coffee table meetings were passed off as collegium meetings by CJI J S Khehar, brushing aside norms governing meetings for selection of judges for constitutional courts, the Times Of India reports.Justice J Chelameswar, the second senior-most SC judge, who was...

Breaking: Justice Dipak Misra Sworn in As 45th Chief Justice Of India

Justice Dipak Misra, the senior most judge of India was sworn in as 45th Chief Justice of India. President of India Ram Nath Kovind has administered oath of office to Justice Misra at Rashtra63-year-old Justice Dipak Misra, led the bench that awarded death sentence to Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon and Nirbhaya case accused .The causelist uploaded on the Supreme Court website shows...

Bombay CJ Manjula Chellur Reconstitutes Bench, Full Bench Headed By Justice Oka To Hear All Noise Pollution Matters

With both the Bombay Bar Association (BBA) and the Advocate Association of Western India (AAWI) standing behind Justice AS Oka against the state government’s allegation of bias, Bombay High Court Chief Justice Manjula Chellur has now re-constituted the earlier bench that was to hear the noise pollution matters.A full bench headed by Justice AS Oka, comprising Justice Anoop Mohta and...

Justice Misra To Hear SIMI Ban Case On Day 1 As CJI; To Share Bench With Justices Chandrachud & Khanwilkar

The causelist uploaded on the Supreme Court website shows that Chief Justice Misra will be sharing  the bench with justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud. The bench headed by CJI Misra will be hearing 72 cases on Monday, including the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) ban case.63-year-old Justice Dipak Misra, who had led the bench that awarded death sentence to Mumbai...

SC Dismisses Plea Against Justice Misra For Non-Prosecution [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition mentioned before it for urgent hearing seeking a declaration that Justice Dipak Misra be disqualified from being appointed as the next Chief Justice of India.A bench of Justice A K Sikri and Justice DY Chandrachud dismissed the petition filed by the National Lawyers' Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms, as no one from the...

CJI JS Khehar Bids Adieu, Says His Sons Faced Great Hardship Due To His Position

Outgoing Chief Justice of India JS Khehar has said his children suffered hardships when they started their legal practice on account of his position as judge of high court and subsequently the Supreme Court.Justice Khehar, who has three sons - Tarunveer, Karanveer and Birender, all practicing as lawyers, said they were outstanding members of his family and stood by him in all odds.They had...

Farewell To CJI Khehar- Dignity Of Judiciary Comes Down When Senior Lawyers Attack Judges: AG K K Venugopal

“It is reprehensible. Lawyers can throw bricks at judges. But judges, sitting in their position cannot throw them back. It is wrong to use intemperate language against judges. It is reprehensible and brings down the confidence of the general public in the justice delivery system. It is a great disservice to the judiciary”, Attorney General K K VenugopalThe function held at the Supreme...

15 Yrs After Sadhavi’s Complaint, Dera Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Held Guilty Of Rape

A CBI court in Panchkula, Haryana on Friday held self-proclaimed  'Messenger of God' and Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh held guilty of raping a ‘sadhavi’.The conviction comes 15 years after the woman, a dera sadhavi, spoke out about Gurmeet raping her repeatedly.She had written an anonymous letter to then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee narrating her...

Indira Jaising Seeks 9-Judge Bench To Re-consider 7 Judge Bench Verdict On Beef Ban

Senior advocate Indira Jaising has urged the Supreme Court to tag all petitions relating to beef ban in Maharashtra and refer it to a nine judge for hearing.Representing 30 Maharashtra-based social activists, she is challenging the May 6, 2016 order of the Bombay High Court which upheld the ban on cow slaughter in the state under the amended Maharashtra Animals Preservation (Amendment)...

Expedite Trial In Gulberg Society, Naroda Gaon Cases: SC To Trial Court And Juvenile Court [Read Order]

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, directed the Trial Court as well as the Juvenile Court to expedite disposal of the cases in the Naroda Gaon case and the Gulberg society case respectively. Both these cases pertain to the 2002 Gujarat riots.The Bench comprising Chief Justice J.S. Khehar, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud was hearing a Petition filed by the National Human...