Delhi HC Denies Relief To Himachal CM Virbhadra Singh, Says Those In Public Life Expected To Be Open To Probity [Read Judgment]

 “Those in public life are expected to be open to probity”, said the Delhi High Court on Monday as it denied any relief to Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, his wife and son seeking quashing of cases of money laundering registered against them by the Enforcement Directorate.The high court went on to add that, “Endeavours to stall investigation into their affairs by the...

Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple Case: SC Starts Hearing On Amicus Report

The Supreme Court Bench  headed by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar has started hearing on Amicu Curiae Gopal Subrahmanyam's latest report in the Padmanabha Swamy Temple. The Bench asked the parties, including the Royal family of Travancore, to respond to the submissions made by the amicus.The Court will pass an order on a report submitted by senior advocate Gopal Subramaniam, the amicus in...

SC’s New Courtroom Set-Up Creates Chaos On Reopening Day

The Supreme Court on Monday witnessed a chaotic situation on its reopening day after the long summer vacation, as lawyers and litigants were utterly confused because of new arrangements of courtrooms.The apex court is yet to be completely paperless as in most of the courtrooms, the terminals for the judges were not yet operational.The judges had to depend on bulky files to conduct...

CJI Refuses To Entertain Justice Karnan's Plea To Recall Contempt Order

“In any part of the world can a judgment be overturned on the basis of oral submissions or request? We will not admit your plea”, CJI Khehar told his lawyer Mathew Nedumpara adding we also feel that your aim and objective in making the request  has nothing to do with the case and it is something else.Former Calcutta High Court judge C S Karnan, sentenced to six months imprisonment...

A Woman Has A Sacrosanct Right To Her Bodily Integrity: SC Allows Woman To Abort 26-week-Old Fetus

“A woman has a sacrosanct right to her bodily integrity and its her choice”, the Supreme Court today observed allowing a Kolkata-based woman to abort her 26-week-old fetus with grave abnormalities. She had approached the Court when her fetus was 23 weeks old.The bench of Justice Dipak Misra and M Khanwilkar ruled in favour of the woman and said that the abortion should be carried...

MoP Unlikely To Be Finalised In CJI Khehar’s tenure

The sharp differences between the government and the judiciary over a document to guide future appointment of judges to higher courts are unlikely to be settled during the tenure of Chief Justice of India J S Khehar who demits office next month.News agency PTI quoted sources in the government as saying that the Centre is unlikely to respond soon to the objections raised by the collegium...

8 Diamonds Missing From Padmanabha Swamy Temple: Amicus Tells SC [Read Report]

Ten months after a special audit report by Vinod Rai committee revealed that Gold worth Rs 186 crores has mysteriously gone missing from Kerala's Sree Padmanabha swamy temple, now the amicus curiae Gopal Subramaniam’s report says that eight diamonds are also missing from the famous temple.A bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar will hear the amicus curiae’s report tomorrow. The...

SC Reopens Tomorrow: 10 Big Things To Watch Out

Supreme Court reopens Tomorrow- on July 3, Monday- after a 45 day summer break to a packed schedule. Following are the main issues of public interest coming up in the immediate future: NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL : Cases in which Senior advocate and constitutional expert K K Venugopal , who was appointed the 15th Attorney General for India on Friday, appears for the Government of India will be...

Existing Provisions Insufficient to Combat Menace of Witnesses Turning Hostile: HC Orders Retrial of RTI Activist’s Murder Case

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday ordered a retrial in the murder case of RTI Activist Amit Jethva, and also directed transfer of the case to a new Judge to conduct the retrial. The order comes as a major blow to the accused, including former BJP Junagadh MP Dinu Bogha Solanki, who is a key accused in the case.The fresh trial has been directed to be held on a day-to-day basis, with...

SC Asks AORs To Register For E-filing On New Website. Column For Aadhaar Too, Though Not Mandatory

Supreme Court Registry has issued a notice on Saturday requesting Advocates-On-Record (AORs) to register themselves on the new Website of Supreme Court of India for accessing the case management system and for availing various facilities available in the programme, including e-filing.The notice reads as follows;“All Advocates-on-Record are to register themselves in the new Website of...

No Salaries For Officers If Schools Are Not Given Basic Amenities: Uttarakhand HC

A week after restraining the State Government from purchasing luxury items for failing to equip government-run schools with minimum facilities, the Uttarakhand High Court on Friday vacated the order, but permitted luxury cars to be bought only by the approval of the Chief Secretary to the State. The Chief Secretary has been directed to record the necessity for buying luxury cars in the State...

SC Issues Notice On Petition Challenging Award of Bonus Marks For Wrong Questions In IIT JEE (A) Entrance Exam [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court’s Vacation Bench of Justices Abhay Manohar Sapre and Sanjay Kishan Kaul, on Friday, June 30, issued notices to respondents on a petition challenging award of bonus marks by the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras to candidates who appeared for Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) 2017.   The respondents are the Ministry of Human Resource and Development, Union of...