SC Orders Release Of 99-Yr-Old Convict In Dowry Death Case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed an appeal filed by a 99-year-old convict against his conviction and sentence in a dowry death case.A division bench comprising Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Amtava Roy reduced the sentence to that of already undergone and directed the authorities to release him forthwith.Appellant Bhan Singh was convicted for commission of offence under Section 304B,...

No Stay On Procedure To Designate Senior Advocates, SC Refers Petition To Larger Bench [Read Order]

A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi, has referred to a larger bench the petition filed by Senior Advocate Indira Jaising challenging the alleged non-transparent and arbitrary method followed by the apex court in designating senior advocates.Accepting submissions from the Supreme Court Bar Association, Central government and some other high court...

Babri Demolition Case: Justices P C Ghose and Rohinton Nariman To Hear the Case Tomorrow

The Supreme court today adjourned the hearing of the criminal case pertaining to demolition of Babri Masjid to tomorrow as the original bench of the part-heard matter was not available today.The matter was being heard by Justices P C Ghose and Rohinton Nariman.Today surprisingly the matter was listed before the bench of Justice Ghose and new judge Justice Deepak Gupta."We cannot hear the...

Can BCI’s Disciplinary Panel Members Analyse Documents In An Unfamiliar Language, Asks SC [Read Judgment]

How the Disciplinary Committee consisting of members, who were not familiar with the vernacular script, could analyse and appreciate the documentary evidence which is in a language not known to them, the Supreme Court has asked while setting aside a disciplinary proceedings against a lawyer.On a complaint by the brother of a lawyer in 1997, the Bar Council of India had found the lawyer guilty...

SC To Hear Plea Seeking Probe Into Tampering Of EVMs

On Friday, the Supreme Court will hear a plea seeking a probe into allegations of alleged tampering of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during polls, including the recent assembly elections in five states.A bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar posted for hearing on March 24 the PIL filed by advocate Manohar Lal Sharma which has sought a direction to the Election Commission and the Centre...

Babri Criminal Case In SC Tomorrow: Justice Nariman Not On The Bench

Tomorrow, Justices PC Ghose and Deepak Gupta will be hearing the case because of the change in roaster.The criminal case pertaining to Babri demolition is coming up again tomorrow before the Supreme Court.On March 6 the matter was heard by a bench of justices P C Ghose and Rohinton Fali Nariman. Tomorrow, Justices PC Ghose and Deepak Gupta will be hearing the case because of the change...

Intra-Court Appeal In Criminal Matters Not Maintainable, Even If Order Passed Under Art 226 of Constitution: SC [Read Judgment]

In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court on Tuesday held that an appeal to the division bench of high court is not maintainable against an order or judgment passed by a single judge in a criminal matter, irrespective of whether the order has been passed in exercise of extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution or inherent jurisdiction under Section 482 of...

Pay Rs 5,000 Cr By Apr 17 Or We Auction Aamby Valley: SC To Subrata Roy [Read Order]

We will auction your (Sahara) Aamby Valley project if the money is not deposited within the stipulated time period as promised”, SC Bench to Sahara Group.The Supreme Court today issued a fresh and last warning to the Sahara Group that it would auction its prime property worth Rs 39,000 crore at Aamby Valley in Pune if Rs 5092.6 crore is not paid by the company by April 17 as promised.It was...

Narada Sting: SC Upholds Calcutta HC Order For CBI Probe

Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal suffered a huge setback with the Supreme Court today refusing to interfere with a Calcutta High Court order asking CBI to probe the Narada sting case in which several ruling party leaders of state were allegedly caught on camera taking money.The court also termed as most unfortunate the grounds raised in a separate appeal filed by the Mamata...

SC Seeks Centre’s Explanation For Closing Window To Deposit Old Notes After Dec 31

The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to explain reasons for which the government chose to close the window allowing all categories of people to deposit old notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 after December 31, 2016, under some special circumstances.Chief Justice of India (CJI) JS Khehar’s bench asked Attorney-General Mukul Rohatgi to file an affidavit within two weeks explaining if the...

SC Suggests Out-Of-Court Settlement Of Ayodhya Temple Issue

The Supreme Court today asked why there cannot be an out-of-court settlement to the vexed Ayodhya Ram temple issue saying these were matters of religion and faith.The bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar was hearing a mentioning by BJP leader Subramaniam Swamy who sought an expeditious day-to-day hearing of the appeals filed against the Allahabad High Court order and said they have...

CJI To Pass Detailed Order On Ex-Meghalaya CJ's Judicial Order On Security Cover For Himself

Chief Justice of India JS Khehar’s bench has hinted to pass a detailed order on a plea questioning former Meghalaya High Court Chief Justice Umanath Singh’s suo motu order providing security cover for himself and other judges for post-retirement period.By way of letter, Justice Singh defended his retirement eve order directing the state to provide him 'Z' category security...