CVC, VC Appointments: Centre Submits Records To SC

The Centre today defended before Supreme Court the appointment of Central Vigilance Commissioner K V Chaudhary and Vigilance Commissioner T M Bhasin.On the direction of the bench, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi brought to the court entire records pertaining to the appointments.But a bench of justices Arun Kumar Mishra and Amitava Roy said we will go into them later.Originally the SC had...

Karnataka Law Providing ‘Consequential Seniority’ To SC/STs On Promotion Unconstitutional: SC [Read Judgment]

Mere fact that there is no proportionate representation in promotional posts for the population of SCs and STs is not by itself enough to grant consequential seniority to promotees, the bench said.The Supreme Court, in BK Pavitra vs. Union of India, has declared that the provisions of the Karnataka Determination of Seniority of the Government Servants Promoted on the Basis of Reservation (To...

PIL Seeks National Policy To Promote National Anthem, Song, Flag [Read Petition]

A fresh PIL seeking direction to the Central government to frame a national policy to promote and propagate the national anthem, national song and national flag has been filed in the Supreme Court.Petitioner Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, a practicing advocate in the Supreme Court, said India is a Union of States and not an association or confederation of States.There is only one nationality...

SC’s Order In Uphaar Review Case Exposes Sentencing Anomalies

Seventy four-year old Zaibunnisa Anwar Kazi and actor Sanjay Dutt were convicted for the same offence of hoarding ammunition. Both were sentenced to five years imprisonment. Yet, when Sanjay Dutt’s sentence was remitted last year, Zaibunnisa’s sentence was not remitted despite her age. Zaibunnisa, who exhausted all her remedies including the curative petition in the Supreme Court, was...

Justice Karnan Issue Raises Question Mark On Selection Of Judges: Legal Experts

A day after the Supreme Court issued contempt notice to Calcutta High Court judge CS Karnan for writing a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging corruption charges against 20 sitting and retired judges of the apex court and high courts, legal experts have opined that the whole episode raises a question mark on the selection of judges.The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) welcomed...

Breaking: Split Verdict From Delhi HC In Murder Appeal: Justice RK Gauba Upholds Conviction, Justice Gita Mittal Acquits Accused [Read Judgment]

In a rare decision, the Criminal Appellate Division Bench of Delhi High Court has delivered a split verdict in five criminal appeals preferred by the accused who stood convicted by a trial court for allegedly having committed murder in a road rage incident in Chanakyapuri in 2009.The case related to the murder of Ankit 23-yr old son of property dealer Rajiv Minocha near Chanakyapuri in...

Uphaar: SC Gives Gopal Ansal One year Jail; Brother Sushil Walks Free [Read Order]

In a 2:1 verdict, the Supreme Court today sentenced Uphaar cinema co-owner 69-year-old Gopal Ansal to one year imprisonment in the 1997 Uphaar cinema tragedy which killed 59 cine-goers while it kept intact the earlier order that his brother Sushil Ansal’s punishment will remain the five months jail term which he already underwent.While Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Kurian Joseph agreed...

SC To Consider Installation Of CCTV Cameras In Courts [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has said it is considering direct installation of CCTV cameras in one district Court in every state, on experimental basis.A bench comprising Justice AK Goel and Justice UU Lalit was considering a writ petition filed by Pradyuman Bisht, seeking a direction from the court for audio-video recording of the proceedings of a trial court to ensure fair trial. However, the bench...

SC Dismisses TN Government & Rajiv Killers' Review Plea In Remission Of Sentences Case [Read Order]

A five-Judge bench of Supreme Court, comprising the Chief Justice of India J.S.Khehar, and Justices Pinaki Chandra Ghose, S.A. Bobde, A.M.Sapre, and U.U.Lalit, dismissed on February 7, the review petition filed by the Tamil Nadu Government and the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case to review the December 2, 2015 judgment of the Constitution bench holding that state Governments do...

SC Orders Rs 60 Lakh Compensation To Narmada Project Oustees [Read Order]

Clearing the decks for monetary compensation for the oustees of the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) on river Narmada in Madhya Pradesh, the Supreme Court has ordered Rs 60 lakh for each of the nearly 700 families likely to be displaced.The apex court, which passed a slew of directions yesterday to address the grievances of 681 such families, also withdrew its proposal to set up a...

Courts Shouldn’t Usurp Law-Making Power Entrusted To Legislature: SC [Read Order]

It is wise to remind us of these limits and wiser still to enforce them without exception, the bench said.The Supreme Court, in State Of Himachal Pradesh vs. Satpal Saini, has set aside certain directions to amend a tenancy law, issued by Himachal Pradesh High Court to the state, reiterating that the court in its judicial review cannot encroach upon the basic constitutional function which...

Landlady’s Marriage Can’t End Her Bona Fide Need Of Tenanted Premises: SC [Read Judgment]

The court observed that for the purpose of coming to the conclusion on bona fide need of the landlord, comparative hardship to the parties will have to be taken into consideration. The Supreme Court, in Nidhi Vs. Ram Kripal Sharma, has held that the marriage of a landlady as subsequent event cannot extinguish the bona fide requirement of a landlady urged in a release application filed prior...