Income Of Claimants From Compassionate Appointment Not To Be Deducted From MACT Compensation Payable: SC [Read Judgment]

The financial benefit of the compassionate employment is not liable to be deducted at all from the compensation amount, the Bench said.The Supreme Court in National Insurance Co. Ltd. Vs. Rekhaben, has held that the income from compassionate employment granted to the claimant is not liable to be deducted from the compensation amount which is liable to be paid either by the owner/ the driver...

President, PM Condole Demise Of Justice Leila Seth

President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari ,Prime Minister Narendra Modie and people  across the spectrum condole the death of India's first woman High Court Chief Justice Leila Seth.President Pranab MukherjeeIn a message Justice Leila Seth's husband, Shri Prem Nath Seth, the President has said, “I am sad to learn about the passing away of Smt. Justice Leila Seth, who was...

SC Lists Triple Talaq Matters For Hearing From May 11, No Mention About The Bench.

The Supreme Court has put out a circular regarding the commencement of hearing of petitions challenging practices like triple talaq, polygamy and nikah halala from May 11 but has surprisingly not mentioned the name of the judges who will be part of the constitution bench.The circular dated May 5, 2017 uploaded on the Supreme Court website merely says “take notice that the matter shown...

After A Long Legal Battle, TP Senkumar Takes Charge As Kerala Police Chief

Kerala Government on Friday night reinstated Mr. T.P. Senkumar as the Police Chief, hours after the Supreme Court refused to admit a plea filed by the State for a modification/clarification, and imposed a cost of Rs 25,000.Mr. Senkumar had moved the Supreme Court in February this year, challenging the Kerala High Court judgment which had upheld his removal from the post of State Police Chief...

Cheque Bounce: ‘Compensation’ Recoverable From Accused Even If ‘Default Sentence’ Has Been Suffered: SC [Read Judgment]

 ‘No special reasons need to be recorded for issuing distress warrant’The Supreme Court, has held that compensation ordered by the court would be recoverable even though a default sentence has been suffered.A bench comprising Justice RF Nariman and Justice Navin Sinha upheld a Kerala High Court decision that had approved the order of magistrate by invoking Section 421 CrPC issuing...

Justice Leila Seth, First Woman High Court Chief Justice, Passes Away

Justice Leila Seth, the first woman Judge of Delhi High Court passed away on Saturday. She breathed her last at her residence in Noida.Justice Seth, who became the first woman to top the London Bar Exam in 1958, was also an IAS Officer. In 1978, she became the first woman Judge of the Delhi High Court, and in 1991, she was appointed as the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court,...

Benefits Of Beneficial Legislations On Child/Juvenile Care & Protection Shall Be Extended To All Categories Of Children: SC [Read Judgment]

SC said the definition of the expression “child in need of care and protection” under Section 2(14) of the JJ Act should not be interpreted as exhaustive.In significant stride, the Supreme Court on Thursday issued guidelines to protect and augment the rights and welfare of children and for the proper implementation of beneficial legislations like The Commissions for Protection of Child...

India Is A Secular State With No State Religion, Citizens’ Freedoms Are Well-Protected: AG Mukul Rohatgi Tells UNHRC [Read Full Text]

India, on Thursday, reiterated at the United Nations Human Rights Council, that it is a secular state with no state religion, and that safeguarding the rights of minorities forms an essential core of its polity, as it came under criticism from Pakistan over treatment of minorities.Speaking at the 27th session of the Universal Periodic Review Working Group in Geneva, Attorney General...

Vacancies To Posts Of Appellate Tribunal For Foreign Exchange Must Be Advertised: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has held that the vacancies of chairperson and members of the Appellate Tribunal for Foreign Exchange (ATFE) require to be mandatorily advertised before those are filled up.Vadakara V Menon had approached the apex court seeking declaration that sub-rule (2) of Rule 3 of the Appellate Tribunal for Foreign Exchange (Recruitment, Salary and Allowances and other conditions...

Only Wakf Tribunal Can Decide Whether A Property Is Wakf Or Not: SC [Read Judgment]

Matters falling under Sections 51 and 52 of the Wakf Act are also required to be decided by the tribunal and not by the civil court, the bench held.When the main question involved in the suit is whether the suit land is a Wakf property or not, it can be decided only by the Wakf Tribunal, and not by the civil court, the Supreme Court has held in Rajasthan Wakf Board vs Devki Nandan Pathak.A...

BREAKING: SC Upholds Death Penalty For Nirbhaya Convicts [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court of India on Friday has upheld the Death penalty of convicts in Nirbhaya Rape and Death Case. The Judgment was passed unanimously by Justices Dipak Misra, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan. Justice Banumati wrote a separate but concurring Judgment.The Three Judge Bench dismissed their appeal against the Delhi High Court, which has confirmed the capital punishment awarded to them by...

SC Slams Kerala Govt For Delay In Re-Appointing Senkumar As ĐGP: Imposes 25k Cost For Seeking Modification Of Order

Pulling up Kerala government for the delay in re-appointing T P Senkumar as DGP despite its order on April 24, the Supreme Court today refused to admit a plea filed by the state for a modification/clarification and imposed a cost of Rs 25,000."We can impose cost even if you are withdrawing the petition", a bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur told senior lawyer Sidharth Luthra who appeared...