SC Transfers Shahabuddin From Siwan Jail To Tihar Jail; Orders Trial By Video Conferencing [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the transfer of Mohammad Shahabuddin from Siwan Jail, district Siwan in Bihar, to Tihar Jail, Delhi.The apex court also ordered that pending trials shall be conducted by video conferencing by the trial court concerned.A bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Amitava Roy directed the State of Bihar to transfer the prisoner to the competent officer of...

Kejriwal Vs Centre Row: SC Refers All Petitions To Constitution Bench [Read Order]

In a significant move, after hearing the matter for more than five months, a two judge bench of the Supreme Court today referred to a constitution bench all petitions pertaining to power tussle between Delhi’s Arvind Kejriwal government and the Centre.Through an SLP, the government had challenged the August 4, 2016 judgment of the Delhi High Court that declared Lt Governor as...

Did Tamil Nadu Acting Governor Err in Accepting O. Paneerselvam’s resignation?

The Union Law Minister, Ravishankar Prasad, indicated the Times Now television channel on Tuesday evening that the Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister, O.Paneersevlam’s resignation was not valid, as the resignation letter was not personally given to the Acting Governor, CH. Vidyasagar Rao.The Acting Governor accepted O.Paneerselvam’s resignation on February 6, and asked him and his council...

It Is Official: President Appoints Five New Judges To SC [Read Notifications]

President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed five new Judges to Supreme Court of India.Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice Naveen Sinha, Madras High Court Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Chhattisgarh High Court Chief Justice Dipak Gupta, Kerala High Court Chief Justice Mohan M Shantanagouder and Karnataka High Court judge Justice S Abdul Nazeer have been appointed to the Apex Court by the...

Why Are Pvt FM Stations Refused Permission To Air News? SC Asks Centre

Supreme Court has questioned the Centre’s refusal to allow private FM stations and community radio service operators to air news and current affairs programme.A bench headed by chief justice J S Khehar yesterday asked the government to consider permitting them to broadcast news and current affairs programme based on the information already available in public domain.The bench however...

Surrender Immediately: SC to Sasikala

The Supreme Court today ordered Jayalalithaa aide Sasikala Natarajan whose conviction in the disproportionate assets case was restored yesterday, to surrender immediately after rejecting her plea for more time on health grounds. "We don't intend to change a word of that order, We intend to pass no further orders after directing her to surrender immediately. Hope you understand the meaning...

Assessment Of Child’s Welfare For Custody Possible Only After Level Playing Field Is Given To Both Parents: SC [Read Judgment]

It observed that presumption in favour of maternal custody as sound child welfare policy is rebuttable and in a given case, it can be shown that father is better suited to have the custody of the child. The Supreme Court in Vivek Singh vs. Romani Singh, has held that assessment that which of the either parent is better suited to have the custody of the child can be done only after level...

Law Minister And Attorney General Disagree On Composite Floor Test As A Solution In Tamil Nadu

According to reports, the Attorney General, Mukul Rohatgi has suggested to the Acting Governor of Tamil Nadu, CH.Vidyasagar  Rao that he should consider directing the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly to call a special session, to conduct a composite floor test, for both the Chief Minister, O.Paneer Selvam, and his rival claimant, who till yesterday, was V.K.Sasikala.Following the...

SC Dismisses Centre's Last-ditch Attempt To Reverse 2014 Judgment On Commutation Of Death Sentence [Read Order]

The Supreme Court's four Judges bench comprising the Chief Justice, J.S.Khehar, and justices Dipak Misra, J.Chelameswar, and Ranjan Gogoi, on Friday dismissed the Central Government's last legal remedy of Curative Petition in seeking the reversal of the Court's landmark judgment in Shatrughan Chauan v Union of India.The judgment, delivered by a three-Judge bench in January 2014, secured...

SC To Frame Issues On Triple Talaq; Will Not Touch UCC

Taking ahead its hearing on batch of petitions, one of them taken suo motu by it on the contentious issue and recurring complaints of gender discrimination suffered by muslim women arising out of several rules in its personal laws, the Supreme Court today said it would decide issues pertaining to legal aspects of the practices of triple talaq, 'nikah halala' and polygamy among Muslims and...

Common Cause Seeks SIT Probe Against Ex- CJI KG Balakrishnan [Read Petition]

NGO Common Cause has moved an application in the Supreme Court seeking an SIT investigation against former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan for "possession of disproportionate assets".Advocate Prashant Bhushan had filed a writ petition for Common Cause in 2013, with a prayer for direction to the Union of India for initiating steps for the removal of Justice Balakrishnan as the...

No Need To Stand Up When Anthem Played In A Movie: SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court today clarified that one need not or no one can be compelled to stand up in attention position if the national anthem is played in a movie or a documentary.“When national anthem is played during film or documentary nobody is compelled to stand. On my question the Attorney General himself said the interim order does not deal with such a situation”, Justice Dipak Misra...