Non-Compliance By Accused To Give Footprints Can’t Be Sole Basis Of Conviction: SC [Read Judgment]

Trial court had sentenced the accused to deathThe Supreme Court, in State of UP vs. Sunil, has held that non-compliance by the accused of direction of the court to give his footprints for corroboration of evidence cannot be entertained as the sole basis of conviction, though it may lead to adverse inference.Compelling an accused to provide footprint specimen is not in violation of the...

No Limitation Period For Execution Of Preliminary Decree For Partition: SC [Read Judgment]

Lis continues till preliminary decree culminates into final decree, it said.The Supreme Court, in Venu vs Ponnusamy Reddiar, has held that there is no limitation period for the execution of preliminary decree for partition.In 1989, an application for execution of the decree was filed after 30 years of the preliminary decree for partition, which was passed in 1959. It prayed for the appointment...

“You Have No Absolute Control Over Your Body”, Attorney General Answers Aadhaar’s Critics In SC

In the ongoing hearing of challenges before the Supreme Court bench of justices A.K.Sikri and Ashok Bhushan, to Section 139AA of Income Tax Act, making enrolment of Aadhaar mandatory for filing Income Tax returns, the Attorney General, Mukul Rohatgi, cited a number of instances, to show that there is no absolute right to bodily integrity.Making a distinction between fingerprints and...

SC Rejects Plea To Stay Designation Of Senior Advocates

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an application that sought an order to stay the process of designating senior advocates in the apex court.A bench of Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Navin Sinha was was hearing senior advocate Indira Jaising's plea to stay the process for designation of senior advocates in the apex court and also seeking guidelines for the same.Jaising sought the bench...

Before SC, Centre Strongly Defends Aadhaar-PAN, IT Returns Linkage

As the Supreme Court continued hearing on a batch of pleas challenging the constitutionality of Section 139AA inserted in the Income Tax Act by the Finance Act, 2017 which made Aadhaar mandatory for obtaining a PAN and filing IT returns,  the Central government stoutly defended the biometric identification system.Appearing for the Centre, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi said Aadhaar was...

LLB Certificates Verification: Complete Verification Within 8 Weeks Or Face Contempt: SC To University VCs

The bench also said the election of Delhi Bar Council to be conducted by August 31. Taking a tough stand against the universities for not complying with its earlier order, the Supreme Court warned them to complete the verification of LLB certificates within 8 weeks or else the Vice Chancellor will have to appear in court to face contempt charge.The Bench of Justice P C Ghose and...

‘Politician’ Mother Disowns 3rd Child To Escape Disqualification, But DNA Test Nails Her [Read Judgment]

Strange as it may seem, the facts of this case show to what extent ‘politicians’ stoop to save their ‘posts’.A bench comprising Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice R Banumathi encountered an appeal wherein a mother contended before the court that the third child, which is the reason for her disqualification for the post of panchayat member, is not hers.The bench then directed the lady...

Right To Reject Medical Treatment: SC Asks Govt. To Consider [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court on Monday has refused to entertain a PIL as to whether a patient has right to reject medical treatment and pharmaceuticals but referred it to health ministry for taking a view on it .The bench headed by Chief Justice of India J S Khehar said it is a sensitive matter and the Government has to take a decision. The Court asked the petitioners to give the representation to...

Who Is The Supreme Court To Check My Mental Condition: Asks Justice Karnan

Hours after the Supreme Court ordered his medical examination to ascertain his mental condition, Calcutta High Court judge Justice CS Karnan termed it “ridiculous and unusual”.Instead, he directed the Delhi DGP to take the seven judges, led by Chief Justice JS Khehar, before a psychiatric medical board of AIIMS for a check-up.“Am I mentally unstable? Who is the Supreme Court to judge that...

India’s First Female Supreme Court Judge, Justice Fathima Beevi, Turns 90

“The Supreme Court and the Government should appoint more women in the High Courts because the proportion of lady Judges in High Courts is very low. It has to be raised”, she said. Justice M. Fathima Beevi, the first female Judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court of India, turned 90 on April 30. It is, however, not only her stint as an Apex Court Judge that has functioned as a...

Exclusive: Two Orissa HC Judges Facing Allegations Appear Before SC In-house Committee

Two sitting judges of Odisha High Court – Justice Indrajit Mohanty and Sangam Kumar Sahoo – on Monday appeared before the in-house inquiry committee set up by the Supreme Court to probe into the allegations of abuse of their power and positions.A three-member inquiry committee headed by Justice SJ Vazifdar, Chief Justice of Punjab & Haryana High Court, has also recorded the statement...

High Level Panel To Decide On Minority Commission For J & K: Centre To SC

The Centre today informed the Supreme Court that a high level committee comprising of senior officials of the state and central government has been constituted take a considered decision on formation of a minority commission for Jammu and Kashmir.It is headed by Union Secretary, Minority Affairs, Chief Secretary J&K and other members has been constituted pursuant to the last Supreme...