SC Upholds Bihar Notification Authorising Cops Below DySP Rank To Probe SC/ST Act Offences [Read Judgment]

Provision made under a rule (SC/ST Rules), cannot negate a right extended through the parent legislation (SC/ST Act), the bench observed.The Supreme Court, in State of Bihar vs Anil Kumar, has upheld a notification issued by the Bihar Government, authorising all the officers of the rank of police inspector, sub-inspector of police and assistant sub-inspector of police to investigate cases...

SC Constitution Bench Hearing On Whatsapp Privacy Issue Crosses The First Hurdle [Read Today's Order]

The Supreme Court’s Five-Judge Constitution Bench today began hearing the challenge to WhatsApp’s ‘data-sharing’ policy, amidst reservations expressed by the Attorney-General and WhatsApp, about the nature and scope of the hearing itself.At the outset, senior advocate, Harish Salve, counsel for the petitioner, Karmanya Singh Sareen, began to explain the nature of the challenge posed...

Anthem: SC Extends Exemption To Several Categories Of Disabled; Order Recall Plea Admitted [Read Order]

“This court should not have interfered in this issue and how can a court compel playing of the anthem at a particular time? We have parliament to lay down rules in this regard if at all..The PIL is being used for the Supreme Court to assume the power of legislature”, lawyers representing Kodungallur Film Society which has sought recall of the November 30 order which made it mandatory for...

SC Asks Centre If Separate SIT Be Set Up To Probe Into Panama Papers Case

The Supreme Court asked Centre to obtain instructions on whether a separate SIT can be set up for investigation in a matter relating to investigation in panama papers.A bench of Justice Dipak Misra asked Additional Solicitor General (ASG) PS Narasimha to seek instruction from the government and inform the court.ASG submitted 6 reports in sealed cover prepared by the Multi Group Agency of...

SC Ponders On The Need To Set Up Special Courts To Try MP/MLAs

The Supreme Court today wondered if there was a need to order setting up of special courts to decide criminal cases related to People Representatives Public Servants and Members of Judiciary within one year."How many such cases are pending? Are there many or few? Does the fugure justify setting up of the courts? Is there enough volume of work? Justice Ranjan Gogoi asked Ashwini Upadhyaya,...

Fresh PIL In Supreme Court For Uniform Civil Code [Read Petition]

Advocate Farah Faiz, has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking the Centre to enact the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) to bring all communities on the common platform in the light of diverse personal laws in different religions.Filing the PIL, the petitioner lawyer said the Uniform Civil Code is the urgent need of the day “to abolish the discrimination among citizens on the basis of...

SC Forms Constitution Bench To hear The WhatsApp Case

On Tuesday, April 18, the Supreme Court’s five-Judge Constitution bench will hear from 3 p.m. the appeal against the Delhi High Court verdict in the WhatsApp case, Karmanya Singh Sareen & Anr v Union of India and Ors.  The bench comprises Justices Dipak Misra, A.K.Sikri, Amitava Roy, A.M.Khanwilkar, and Mohan M.Shantannagoudar.Today, as the bench is likely to spend only an hour to hear...

Does Amar Singh Deserve Interim Protection From Disqualification As A Result of His Expulsion From Samajwadi Party, SC Set To Examine

Matter referred for consideration of larger bench. The question whether a Member of Parliament or a state assembly, if expelled from the party on whose ticket he or she was elected, could continue as an unattached member or be considered as the member of that party, came back to haunt the Supreme Court today, with Amar Singh filing a fresh writ petition to reopen the case closed by the...

Prosecution Case Can’t Be Negated Only On The Ground That It Was A Case Of ‘Group Rivalry’: SC [Read Judgment]

Group rivalry is double-edged sword, the bench said.The Supreme Court has, in Sudha Renukaiah vs State Of AP, held when there are eyewitnesses, including injured witness who fully support the prosecution case and proved the roles of different accused, prosecution case cannot be negated only on the ground that it was a case of group rivalry.A bench comprising Justice AK Sikri and...

If A Lawyer Insults The Court, You All Support Him; But Why Don’t You Ever Do That For Us: CJI Asks Bar

The support of the Supreme Court Bar Association and a group of senior advocates to a lawyer facing contempt of court for accusing the court registry for not listing his case before a bench has irked Chief Justice of India (CJI) JS Khehar.Chaudhary had alleged that the registry had not listed his case before an appropriate bench. He also mentioned this before the CJI bench and accused...

SC Disallows Srinivasan From Representing BCCI At ICC Meet [Read Order]

In a huge setback to BCCI President N Srinivasan, the Supreme Court today ruled that he cannot represent the Board at the ICC meeting next week as he had been earlier held guilty of conflict of interest.A bench of justices Dipak Misra, A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud allowed BCCI's Acting Secretary Amitabh Chaudhary to represent the cricket board at the ICC meeting on April 24 and...

SC Issues Notice Chhattisgarh Govt. In A Plea For Transfer Of Alleged Extra Judicial Killings Matters To Top Court [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court on Monday has issued notice on a petition seeking transfer of a matter pending before the Chhattisgarh High Court s in which it was sought for court-monitored investigation in instances of extra-judicial killings in the State .The writ petition- W.P (PIL) No. 82 of 2016, titled Suneeta Pottam vs. State of Chhattisgarh is pending before the High Court of Chhattisgarh...