Anti-Sikh Riots: SC Forms Panel Of Ex-Judges To Scrutinize SIT Decision To Close 199 Cases

A supervisory body has been appointed today by the Supreme Court comprising of two former apex court judges to scrutinise the Special Investigation Team’s decision to close 199 cases in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.A Bench headed by justice Dipak Misra also asked the body to examine the SIT's decision to close additional 42 riots- related cases. The top court directed the supervisory body...

Words Like ‘Repay’, ‘Return’ & ‘Subject To This Condition’ Imply Agreement Is Not Of Absolute Sale: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court, in Vithal Tukaram Kadam vs Vamanrao Sawalaram Bhosale, has observed that words like “repay”, “return” and “subject to this condition” in an agreement are not commensurate with a deed of absolute sale.A bench, comprising Justice L Nageswara Rao and Justice Navin Sinha, made this observation while setting aside a high court judgment and holding that the deed...

Breaking: SC Orders NIA Probe In Hadiya Case Under Supervision Of Justice RV Raveendran

Supreme Court of India on Wednesday has ordered NIA investigation in the Hadiya Case under the supervision of former Supreme Court Judge Justice RV Raveendran. The case concerns Hadiya’s conversion to Islam, and her subsequent marriage to a Muslim man Shafin Jahan. In a judgment rendered on 25 May this year, a Division Bench of Kerala High Court had called her marriage a “sham”, and...

Why The kith And Kin Of Judges Being Mostly Considered For Appointments? Asks SCBA President, If A Judge’s Child Has Calibre, He/She Can Become A Judge: CJI

CJI Khehar also denies his son is on any state government panelThe Independence Day ceremony at the Supreme Court lawns today became a venue of some “polite” exchange between Supreme Court Bar Association President R S Suri and Chief Justice J S Khehar regarding children of judges or retired judges becoming judges and “80% of government panels being filled with sons and daughters...

One Should Be Proud Of One’s Religion, Ethnicity: CJI Khehar On Independence Day

Underlining the secular fabric of the Constitution, Chief Justice of India JS Khehar, on the occasion of the 71st Independence Day, has said: “One should be proud to be an Indian, proud of his own religion and for his own ethnicity.”The CJI was addressing a gathering of Supreme Court judges and lawyers at the Supreme Court lawn on Tuesday. Law Minister Sri Ravi Shankar Prasad was on...

Poverty Is A great Insult To The Very Foundation Of Our Constitution: AG KK Venugopal [Read Full Text Of His I Day Speech]

Attorney General Of India KK Venugopal on Tuesday said poverty is a great insult to the very foundation of our Constitution. He was speaking at an Independence Day function organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA).“We have the three wings of government, all of them having vast powers in their allocated fields.  There are dividing lines but these have been dimmed over the period...

Intellectual Dishonesty Is The Biggest Challenge To The Independence Of Judiciary: Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave [Video]

On 15 July, 2017 NALSAR Lecture Series on Constitutionalism hosted its first lecture for the academic year 2017-18 delivered by Mr. Dushyant Dave, Senior Advocate practicing at the Supreme Court of India and former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association. The topic for the lecture was ‘Independence of Judiciary and...

71st Independence Day Address: President Ram Nath Kovind Hails Demonetization, GST; Aims for ‘New India’ by 2022

The President of India, on the eve of the 71st Independence Day, praised the implementation of the GST regime, and called for a continuous synergy between the Government and the citizens of the country, to attain the desired milestones for a ‘New India’ by the year 2022.“I am happy that the transition to the GST system has been smooth. It should be a matter of pride for all of us that...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

Proper Valuation Of Suit Property Stands On Different Footing Than Applicability Of Particular Provision Of Court Fee ActThe Supreme Court, in J Vasanthi vs N Ramani Kanthammal, observed that proper valuation of the suit property stands on a different footing than applicability of a particular provision of an Act under which court fee is payable and the defendant can raise the plea...

Karti Chidambaram Cannot Travel Abroad, Will Have To Participate In CBI Investigation: SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court, on Monday, directed Mr. Karti Chidambaram to appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the INX media case, staying a Madras High Court order which had allowed him to travel abroad.The High Court had stayed the look-out circulars issued by the CBI against Mr. Chidambaram, who is former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram’s son.In response to his submission that...

Chargesheet In Siwan Scribe Murder Case In Two Weeks: CBI To SC

The CBI today told the Supreme Court that the chargesheet in the murder of journalist Rajdeo Ranjan of Siwan will be filed in two weeks.The investigative agency told a bench of justices Dipak Misra and A M Khanwilkar: “The investigation in the case is at an advanced stage. A final report will be filed before the trial court within two weeks”.When the bench then asked the...

SC Stays Rajasthan HC Order Denying Relief To India Today For Disclosing German Rape Survivor’s Name

The Supreme Court has stayed the Rajasthan High Court judgment which had refused to quash charges levied against India Today for disclosure of the name of a German rape survivor.A Bench comprising Justice J. Chelameswar and Justice Abdul Nazeer, on Friday, issued notice in the matter and stayed the operation of the judgment.Disclosure of Rape Victim’s Identity In Judgment Doesn’t...