MoP For Judicial Appointments May Be Finalized In Two Weeks: CJI Khehar

Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar on Wednesday said that the Memorandum of Procedure is expected to be finalized in two weeks. The CJI also shed light on recent judicial appointments. “We made recommendations for appointment of judges to SC and that has come through. We’ve also made recommendations for filling up eight vacancies of Chief Justices of HCs,” he was quoted as...

Observe Judicial Restraint While Quashing Non-Compoundable Offences: SC [Read Judgment]

Encroaching into the right of the other organ of the government would tantamount to clear violation of the rule of law, which is one of the basic structures of the Constitution of India, the Bench said.The Supreme Court, in CBI vs. Sadhu Ram Singla, has observed that judicial restraint need to be observed while quashing criminal cases of non-compoundable nature on the basis of settlement...

Calcutta HC ‘Hopes’ That Parliament Will Introduce Minimum Educational Criteria For Contesting Elections

Voters do not want cheer brigades or persons who stall proceedings in Parliament or in the Assembly due to the lack of education and vision, the bench said.The Calcutta High Court has expressed the ‘hope’ that parliamentarians would consider amending the Representation of People Act to ensure that individuals contesting elections to state Assemblies or Parliament have a minimum...

SC Relief To Widow Of ‘Schizophrenic’ Army Personnel [Read Judgment]

There was no note of such disease or disability available in the service record of the appellant at the time of entering military service, the bench said.In a relief to the widow of a ‘schizophrenic’ Army personnel, the Supreme Court has ordered to pay the disability pension to her and other substituted legal heirs of Ex. Gnr. Laxmanram Poonia.The Supreme Court set aside the Armed...

CJI Asks Finance Ministry To Give Details Of Major Tax Cases

Chief Justice of India Justice J S Khehar has written to the Finance Ministry to provide details of major tax cases pending with the Supreme Court, so that the decision in one case could have a cascading effect in disposing of several others.News agency PTI reported that listing out initiatives taken by the apex court in reducing the pendency of cases, the CJI said “so far initiatives that...

Kalilkho Pul Suicide Note: Wife Withdraws Letter To SC Objecting To Hearing On Judicial Side And Choice Of Bench [Read Order]

In a surprise development just before the Supreme Court was set to hear a petition filed by late Arunachal Pradesh Kalikho Pul's wife seeking a CBI probe into bribe allegations leveled in his suicide note, including against Supreme Court judges, the wife withdrew the letter.Dushyant Dave, the senior lawyer who appeared for the wife objected to the court taking up the matter on the judicial...

Salve To File Appeal Against Singapore SC’s Order Denying Permission To Argue In Daiichi Vs Ranbaxy Matter

Days after the Supreme Court of Singapore rejected a plea for appearance of noted senior advocate Harish Salve in the Ranbaxy’s arbitration dispute with Daiichi, the sellers of former have decided to file an appeal against the February 17 order.Talking to LiveLaw, senior advocate Salve said from London: “There is another legal option left with my client to file an appeal within the...

SC To Hear Letter Petition By Ex-Arunachal CM Kalikho Pul's Wife Tomorrow [Read Letter]

Taking everyone by surprise, the Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to give an open hearing to the wife of former Chief Minister Kalikho Pul, who had committed suicide in August last year, on Thursday.Pul had left a 60 page suicide note alleging the nexus among the politicians, lawyers and also the judges of higher judiciary.Earlier this month, his wife had written a letter to  Chief Justice...

Water Pollution: SC Orders Closure Of Industrial Units Without Effluent Treatment Plants

In a major step to bring down pollution of water bodies including major rivers, the Supreme Court today directed state pollution control boards not to allow industrial units to operate if they do not have effluent treatment plants.The governments have been permitted to shut those units after giving them proper notice.Significantly the pollution control boards have also been asked to direct...

Frame Policy For Rehabilitation Of Cured Inmates In Mental Asylums: SC

The Supreme Court today gave eight weeks time to the Centre to frame a policy on rehabilitation of inmates in mental asylums who have completely recovered from the disease and said it was wrong and inhuman to make them live with those suffering the mental ailment.“It is a very sensitive issue we cannot let those persons cured of mental disease to continue to live with those who are...

Post-Acquisition Allottee Has No Locus To Contest Claim For Enhancement Of Compensation: SC [Read Judgment]

Mere fact that the Government chooses to determine the allotment price with reference to compensation price determined by the Court does not provide any locus to an allottee to contest the claim for enhancement of compensation, the bench said.The Supreme Court in Satish Kumar Gupta vs. State of Haryana, has held that the mere fact that the government chooses to determine the allotment price...

SC Rejects Challenge Against Allahabad HC Ruling Upholding 25% Quota For Minorities In UP Pension Scheme [Read Judgment]

Dismissing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) preferred by the Hindu Front for Justice, the Supreme Court has upheld the Allahabad High Court ruling which had held that blocking 25 per cent of benefits in a pension scheme in favour of minorities is not invalid.The Hindu Front for Justice had filed a public interest litigation questioning the validity of the decision of the Uttar Pradesh...