SC Orders Attachment Of Roy’s Amby Valley; Seeks List Of Other Properties [Read Order]

In a huge setback to Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy, the Supreme Court today ordered the attachment of the company’s prime Amby Valley property in Pune,  It is approximately worth Rs 39,000 crore.A special bench headed by justice Dipak Misra said the drastic step was needed to force Sahara and Roy to expedite the payment of balance Rs 14,779 crore.The apex court also asked Sahara to...

SC Set To Hear WhatsApp Case From May 12 [Read Order]

The Supreme Court bench of the Chief Justice of India, J.S.Khehar and Justice N.V.Ramana, today prepared the road map for the hearing of the Special Leave Petition, seeking to protect the privacy of WhatsApp users from May 12, during the summer vacation.The SLP, filed by Karmanya Singh and Shreya Sethi, against the Delhi High Court’s September 2016 order alleged that WhatsApp illegally...

100 % Verification Of Cell Phone Subscribers Within A Year: Centre To SC [Read Order]

The petition, filed by Lokniti, an NGO, seeking verification of identity and address of every mobile phone subscriber, was heard by the Supreme Court bench of the Chief Justice of India, J.S.Khehar and Justice N.V.Ramana.The Attorney General, Mukul Rohatgi, began saying that about 90 per cent of mobile connections in the country are pre-paid, and that the Government will put a mechanism in...

Law Student’s Suicide: SC Seeks An Affidavit From Amity Head Chauhan [Read Order]

The Supreme Court today sought an affidavit from Ashok Chauhan, Founder and President of Amity group of institutions regarding the suicide of an Amity Law School student Sushant Rohilla in August last year.On a petition filed by his friend, a bench headed by justice A K Goel is examining whether there was an “element of suspicion” that “harassment” by the instituti8on prompted Rohilla...

SC Doubles Fine Imposed On The Centre For Not Responding To A PIL On J & K Minorities Commission [Read Order]

Ankur Sharma, a petitioner-in-person, sought setting up of a State Minorities Commission in Jammu and Kashmir, to identify the minorities, because he alleged that funds meant for the welfare of the minorities are being spent on non-minorities. The Centre’s and the Jammu and Kashmir Government’s failure to file counter-affidavits in the case resulted in the Supreme Court imposing costs...

BCI’s Age Bar Becomes Roadblock To Struggling IDIA Scholar Michael’s Dream To Join Law School; Files Impleading Petition- Misra.J Recuses From Hearing

Justice Dipak Misra has recused himself from the Supreme Court bench hearing the challenge against the age limit clause introduced by Bar Council of India. It was Justice Misra’s bench which issued notice in the petition challenging the validity of Clause 28, Schedule III, Rule 11 of the Rules of Legal Education, 2008 (‘BCI Rules’) which prescribe an arbitrary age limit of 20 years and...

Jayalalithaa Assets Case: SC Likely To Pronounce Verdict Within A Week

Two months after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s death, the Supreme Court is likely to deliver the judgment in the Disproportionate Assets case against her within a week. Ms. Jayalalithaa was booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act in 1996, for allegedly amassing unaccounted wealth.Subsequently, in September, 2014, the Trial Court had convicted and sentenced Ms. Jayalalithaa...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

Magistrate Can’t Order Further Investigation At Post Cognizance StageA two Judge bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday held that Magistrate cannot order further investigation after the cognizance has been taken, process has been issued and accused has entered appearance in response thereto.Right To Private Defence Is Available Even When There Is Reasonable Apprehension Of Danger To...

SC Responds To The Plea Of 21-Week Pregnant Woman To Let Her Terminate On Medical Grounds [Read Order]

The Supreme Court bench of justices S.A.Bobde and L.Nageswara Rao has responded to the plea of a married woman from Mumbai, aged 22 years, and who is in the middle of her 21st week of pregnancy, to terminate her pregnancy, on the ground that the foetus is not viable, because there has been no development of kidney.In Mrs X and Others v Union of India and others, [Writ Petition...

SC Reduces Compensation Ordered By Himachal HC To Teenager For Getting Electrocuted [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court has reduced the amount of compensation awarded to a teenager by the Himachal Pradesh High Court by 35 lakhs. The boy was fully paralysed after getting electrocuted by a high tension live wire.The said incident occurred on March 18, 2012 when eight-year-old Rohit Kumar went to the fields with his mother to collect “Saag”. Rohit received severe burn injuries and...

Exclusive: Two Sitting Judges Of Odisha HC Face In-House Inquiry

Two sitting  judges of Odisha High Court - Justice Indrajit Mohanty and Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo, who were embroiled into controversy for alleged misuse of their power and positions, now face the in-house inquiry set up by the Supreme Court.A three member inquiry committee headed by Justice S J Vazifdar, Chief Justice of Punjab & Haryana High Court, in a recent meeting held at New...

Justice Thottathil Radhakrishnan Likely To Be Next Chhattisgarh CJ, Justice Navaniti Prasad Singh Kerala CJ

Kerala High Court judge Justice Thottathil B Radhakrishnan is likely to be appointed as the next Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court and Patna High Court judge Justice Navaniti Prasad Singh may be the next Chief Justice of Kerala High Court.As per reports, present Chief Justice of Kerala High Court Justice Mohan M Shantanagouder and Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court Justice...