SC Stays Uttarakhand HC ‘Eviction’ Order Against ‘Encroachers’ Of Railway Land [Read Order]

Permits aggrieved parties to approach HC against eviction notices.The Supreme Court has stayed the Uttarakhand High Court order which directed removal of all encroachments and assumption of possession by the railway authorities on a land located in Haldwani, Nainital. The apex court permitted the aggrieved parties to raise their grievance before a division bench of the high court.A...

Law Commission Recommends Life Imprisonment For Food Adulteration [Read Report]

The Law Commission of India, in its Report No. 264, has recommended life imprisonment for those convicted of manufacturing and selling adulterated food. It has, in this regard, presented the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2017, proposing to amend Sections 272 and 273 of the Indian Penal Code, and bringing it in line with the Food Act as well as the punishments prescribed by the IPC...

SC Forms Panel To Recruit Subordinate Court Judges

The CJI-led bench said the committee would deal with issues like fixing the date on which advertisements for filling up the vacancies would be issued, dates of examination, interviews, issuance of the appointment letter and the joining date.Chief Justice J S Khehar today informed that the Supreme Court has set up a committee of judges to look into the issue of bringing uniformity in the...

Bail To Saradha Group Chief In Chitfund Scam: SC Questions CBI For Not Filing Appeal

With the strongly worded observation that “you are favouring one accused, the name best known to you,” the Supreme Court on Tuesday took the premier investigating agency CBI to task for remaining silent and not challenging the bail granted to Saradha Group chief Sudipto Sen in the multi-crore chitfund scam.“Have you questioned the bail order? You have been telling the court that a...

SYL Canal Issue: SC Gives Punjab More Time To File Reply

The Supreme Court today adjourned the Sutlej Yamuna Canal issue for detailed hearing on February 15 after Punjab government asked for more time to file detailed reply.The bench then asked the state and the Centre to file their replies within three weeksIt is to be noted that on November 30 the SC had sought a report on the present status of land and other properties on the Sutlej-Yamuna...

Unfortunate That State Authorities Don’t Execute Our Orders, Says SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has said it is unfortunate that the Uttar Pradesh state authorities were not able to execute the non-bailable warrant of arrest issued by the court against a person who repeatedly violated the court orders.Live Law had reported about the instance of Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi seeking explanation from the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police...

SC Closes Plea Seeking Whistleblowers’ Protection [Read Order]

Challenge against proposed amendment allegedly diluting provisions of Whistleblowers’ Protection Act ‘premature’, it says.The Supreme Court recently closed a writ petition preferred by NGO Parivarthan, seeking the establishment of an independent authority to receive complaints of whistleblowers, in view of the fact that the Whistleblowers’ Protection Act has already been enacted...

Samajwadi Party-Akhilesh Fraction Files Caveat In SC [Read Petition]

A day after the Election Commission of India's finding on Samajwadi Party's symbol- Bicycle, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav led faction of the Party has filed a caveat in the Supreme Court to pre-empt any attempt by the group led by his father Mulayam Singh Yadav to get an ex-parte order by challenging the Election Commission's decision to grant the symbol in his favour.The...

Stray Dogs Too Have A Right To Life: SC

“Though culling of stray dogs was permissible, there has to be a balance and a proper method for this”: SCThe Supreme Court, during a hearing on the stray dog menace, today expressed shock at a submission that such canines should be completely destroyed across the country and said the strays too have a right to live, and there cannot be any blanket order for culling“Look, there cannot...

You Are Nation’s Conscience Keepers: Justice Chelameswar At NUALS Convocation Ceremony [Full Text Of Convocation Address]

Hon’ble Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, distinguished personalities on and off the dais, members of the faculty, the stars of today’s celebration—young graduates—ladies and gentlemen:My association with this scenic state, God’s Own Country, has begun almost a decade ago. And it continues. I always look forward to being here on one occasion or another: this place with its pristine...

Sports Persons Ask SC To Extend Justice Lodha Panel Recommendations To All Sports Bodies

Eminent sportspersons have approached the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Union Government to extend the recommendations of Justice Lodha Committee on cricket reforms to all sports bodies.The petitioners, 28 in number, including Arjuna awardees, Dhrona awardees, and Olympians, contended that incorporating such recommendations within the body of the National Sports Development Code...

SC Seeks Status Report On Ganga Cleanup

The hearing on a 32 year old PIL which urged urgent steps to clean up the Ganga resumed today with the bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar seeking a status report from the centre on the steps taken to set up sewage treatment plants along the banks of the holy river.The bench which also comprises of Justice D Y Chandrachud asked the Centre to file the report by next Tuesday when it...