It Is Inexcusable That Women In India Do Not Feel As Secure And Safe As They Should: President

“It is inexcusable that women in India do not feel as secure and safe as they should. Gender biases have no place in modern India where inclusive development is a key objective. A greater emphasis on early sensitization of children and youth in schools and institutions of higher learning would help inculcate due respect for the female gender. This should be taken up through appropriate...

A Trust Can’t File Complaint Before Consumer Forum: SC [Read Judgment]

Trust cannot invoke the provisions of the Act in respect of any allegation on the basis of which a complaint could be made, the bench held.The Supreme Court, in Pratibha Pratisthan vs Manager, Canara Bank, has observed that a Trust cannot file a consumer dispute under the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act.“It is clear that a Trust is not a person and therefore not a...

SC Seeks Centre’s Reply On Appointment Of SC Commission’s Office Bearers [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to respond on a PIL for alleged delay in the appointment of chairperson, vice-chairperson and other members of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes.The PIL, filed through Manoj Gorkela, was submitted before the bench of Chief Justice (CJI) J S Khehar and sought a direction to appoint members of the commission.The commission consists of...

Don’t Keep Review Petitions Pending For Long: SC Tells High Courts [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed high courts to dispose of review petitions as expeditiously as possible.“We request the High Courts not to keep the applications for review pending as that is likely to delay the matter in every court and also embolden the likes of the petitioner to take a stand intelligently depicting the same in the application for condonation of delay,” said...

Single Parent And Surrogacy: SC Asks Petitioner To Submit Representation To Govt [Read Order]

The issue of a single parent going for surrogacy was raised before the Supreme Court on Tuesday after the Centre told the court that the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016, was referred to the parliamentary standing committee on January 12, 2017.The petitioner, who has been opposing commercialisation of surrogacy, asked the court to direct the government to include a clause pertaining to...

[Day 2] Clash Of The Titans: Jaitley Vs Jethmalani [Read The Transcript]

In a courtroom that was packed ten times in its capacity, lawyers, interns and journalists on Tuesday watched the second round of Ram Jethmalani’s cross-examination of Union Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley.The court was hearing a civil defamation suit filed by Jaitley against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the Delhi High Court.Of course, with the events of day 1 going viral (senior...

Activists Slam Government For Making Aadhaar Mandatory In Contempt Of Supreme Court’s Interim Order

At a press conference held in New Delhi today, activists from different walks of life, condemned the Government’s move to deny legitimate benefits to people, if they do not procure the Aadhaar identity. The speakers included Bezwada Wilson of Safai Karmachari Andolan, Dipa Sinha of the Right to Food Campaign, Anjali Bhardwaj of Satark Nagrik Sangathan, Amrita Johri of Sathark Nagrik...

Uphaar: Victims' Kin Moves SC Against Order Setting Free Sushil Ansal [Read Petition]

With the Supreme Court tomorrow set to hear the plea filed by Uphaar Cinema co-owner Gopal Ansal seeking withdrawal of the order asking him to spend a year in jail, the Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT) on their part filed a petition today seeking modification of the order setting free his elder brother Sushil Ansal after considering his sentence as the period already undergone...

Panama Leak: SC Seeks Report From Multi-Agency Probe Team

The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to file within four weeks in a sealed cover the report of the Multi Agency Investigation Team set up in April last year to probe the panama paper leak caseWith 500 Indians being named in leaked 'Panama Papers' for alleged offshore holdings, government had in April last year formed the group to monitor exposes in this regard and vowed to take action...

Ram Jethmalani Cross-Examines Arun Jaitley - Clash Of The Titans [Read The Transcript]

It is not a regular cross-examination at the registrar’s court at the Delhi High Court when scores of young lawyers flock to catch a glimpse of the proceedings.Eminent jurists Ram Jethmalani and Arun Jaitley took on each other for four hours on Monday as the former had set at least 50 potent questions to be hurled at the Union Minister. The spectacle is set to continue on Tuesday.The...

Nirbhaya: SC Asks Tihar Jail To File Report On Conduct Of Four Death Row Convicts [Read Order]

The Supreme Court which is re-examining and re-assesing the capital punishment awarded by the trial court and upheld by the Delhi High Court to the four convicts in the sensational Nirbhaya case today sought a report from the Tihar jail superintendent on their conduct of -Mukesh (24), Pawan (20), Vinay (22) and Akshay (29.As per the direction of the Supreme Court the lawyers for accused...

BCCI Contempt Case: Anurag Thakur Apologises To SC

Two months after he was issued a contempt notice for filing some false statements and affidavit in the Lodha panel Vs BCCI case, former BCCI President Anurag Thakur today appeared personally before the Supreme Court bench and tendered an unconditional and unqualified apology.Thakur told a bench headed by justice Dipak Misra that he had never intended to file any false information before the...