Medical Council(MCI) Can't Interfere In NRI Admission Quota: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has held that the direction issued by the Medical Council of India to Manipal University not to make admissions to the extent of 103 NRI seats for the years 2005 to 2008 was ultra vires and without jurisdiction.“There is no express power conferred on the MCI in the Medical Council of India Act to interfere in allocation of quotas for sub categories,” a bench...

Subramanian Swamy Moves Delhi HC For Time-Bound SIT Probe Into Sunanda Pushkar Murder Case [Read Petition]

BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Thursday moved the Delhi High Court by way of a Public Interest Litigation seeking a time-bound court-monitored multi-disciplinary probe into the murder of Sunanda Pushkar, the wife of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances at a five-star hotel suite on January 17, 2014.Dr Subramanian Swamy through advocate and...

SC Seeks Election Commission's Reply In Petition For VVPAT Use In Upcoming Gujarat Polls [Read Petition]

In yet another plea involving the issue of electronic voting machine (EVM), the Supreme Court has sought response from the Election Commission on a PIL seeking to conduct the upcoming Gujarat assembly election through voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPT) machine.The Chief Justice of India JS Khehar-led bench asked the Election Commission to file an affidavit as to how much VVPAT machines...

One Year Needed To Implement Farmers’ Schemes: Centre Tells SC, SC Grants Six Months

Observing that the line of action adopted by the Central government for farmers across the country is a long-term strategy that needs time for implementation, the Supreme Court has granted six months to take care of farmers’ issue.A bench led by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar accepted Attorney General KK Venugopal's request to grant more time for implementation of various Central...

Indian Media Rode the Karnan Wave, While Foreign Media had Its Dig At the Indian Judiciary: SC Justifies Its Media Gag

Observing that Justice Karnan  shielded himself from actions, by trumpeting his position, as belonging to an under-privileged caste, the seven-Judge SC bench indicted  him for contempt thus:“None of the allegations levelled by Justice Karnan were supported by any material. His allegations were malicious and defamatory, and pointedly by name, against many of the concerned Judges. He...

Roy Deposits Rs 710.22 Cr More; Rohatgi Appears For Sahara [Read Order]

Sahara group and its chief Subrata Roy deposited Rs 710.22 crore more to the SEBI-Sahara account and the Supreme Court took note of it today.The bench however warned that its cheque of Rs 552.21 crore must be realised within the July 15 deadline.The apex court rejected the plea made by Senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Mukul Rohatgi for extension of time beyond July 15 for realisation of...

Karnan Judgment: Two Of The Seven Judges Call For Debate On Proper Selection Of Judges & Action Short Of Removal To Punish Erring Judges

Supreme Court of India on Wednesday released the much awaited detailed Judgment of Seven Judge Bench  in Justice Karnan's contempt case. The Judges unanimously found him guilty for Contempt of Court and sentenced him for Six months imprisonment.Justices J. Chelameswar and Ranjan Gogoi have, in their separate judgment, while agreeing with the other five Judges that Justice Karnan left no...

Breaking: SC Releases Its Judgment Dated May 9 Convicting And Sentencing Justice Karnan To Imprisonment [Read Judgment]

In a detailed unanimous judgment released today, the Supreme Court bench of seven Judges including Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose who retired on May 27, has given detailed sequence of events and the reasons why it  found Justice Karnan of Calcutta High Court guilty of contempt of court, and sentenced him to six months imprisonment.  The bench concluded that his actions constituted grossest...

SC Agrees To Hear Legality Of Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswamy’s Trust Vote [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear the legality of trust vote won by K Palaniswamy in Tamil Nadu assembly in February this year.A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra has asked Attorney General KK Venugopal to assist the court on this question on July 11, the next date of hearing of the case."Is there any provision for conducting a secret ballot vote during the trust vote in...

Why No Transparent Procedure For Appointing CEC & Election Commissioners? SC to Centre

The Supreme Court today posed several pointed questions to the Centre regarding the lack of proper procedure for appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners.A bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud was hearing a plea filed by one Anoop Baranwal and argued by noted lawyer Prashant Bhushan seeking a direction to the Centre to constitute a...

Can HC Nullify Marriage Between Two Adults In A Habeas Petition by Girl’s Father? Akhila Case To SC [Read Petition]

A special leave petition has been filed in the Supreme Court of India challenging the Kerala High Court Judgment [Akhila/Hadiya Case] which nullified the marriage of an adult woman converted to Islam with a Muslim man, in a habeas corpus petition filed by her father.The Petition filed by Shefin Jehan alleges that High Court allowed the writ of habeas corpus filed by the Ashokan (father...

Writ Of Habeas Corpus Can’t Be Used For Mere Enforcement Of A Foreign Court’s Order: SC [Read Judgment]

A pre-existing order of a foreign court can be reckoned only as one of the factor to be taken into consideration, the Bench observed.While reversing an order of the Delhi High Court, which directed a mother to comply with the direction of a court in the United Kingdom to produce her child before it, the Supreme Court, in Nithya Anand Raghavan vs State of NCT of Delhi, has observed that the...