Any Law Violated By Advancing General Budget To Feb 1? SC Seeks To Know

“Tentatively we do not find any justification in what you are saying. Any ways we will give you one more opportunity. Come well prepared. You say that the preponement is illegal. We would like to know which law or provision of the constitution is violated?’ a bench of chief justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud asked advocate M L Sharma, the petitioner in the PIL.The Supreme...

CJI Khehar Brings In Changes: No More NMDs, Social Justice Bench Reconstituted [Read Circular]

As averred by Adv. Namit Saxena in his article published in LiveLaw immediately after appointment of Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar as the Chief Justice of India, Justice Khehar has inserted few procedural changes in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court from next week onwards will not observe the concept of ‘Non-Miscellaneous Day’, popularly termed as NMD in lawyer’s corridors. The...

Trial Court Awards Death, HC Gives Lifer, SC Sets Him Free [Read Order]

Life has come full circle for Debapriya Pal, a murder accused, as the Supreme Court acquitted him on Thursday after about seven years of a trial court sentencing him to death penalty.Debapriya Pal and Subhankar Sarkar were accused of murdering a housewife and her daughter.Both were tried and the trial court imposed capital sentence on both of them. The high court, partly allowing their...

SC Rejects ‘Spectrum Auction’ Challenge By Reliance, Airtel, Idea [Read Judgment]

It is a prudent decision once there is increase of revenue and expansion of the range of service, the court observed upholding 2015 spectrum auction.The Supreme Court dismissed a plea by Reliance Communications, Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular against the government’s 2015 auction of spectrum, observing that it could not perceive any arbitrariness or favouritism or exercise of power for...

Notification Issued Under The Old Criminal Law Amendment Act Still Valid: SC [Read Order]

Merely because 1898 Code has been repealed and replaced by 1973 CrPC, could not affect the situation, the bench said.The Supreme Court in Aires Rodrigues vs. Vishwajeet P Rane, has held that a notification issued under Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1932, is still relevant and the notification with reference to old Code of Criminal Procedure of 1898 should be read as having been issued...

Praising CJI Khehar, Law Minister Sees A Great Working Relationship

"I can tell you now that with the leadership of Justice Khehar as the new Chief Justice, we will be able to work together in a very meaningful way to address the concerns in judiciary, to expedite appointments, to ensure people of merit are appointed and also overall reinforce infrastructure needed for justice delivery,” Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.The tenure of justice T S Thakur...

SC Refuses To Extend Roy’s Deadline; Warns To Jail Him Again [Read Order]

“This court has given so much indulgence to you which no other litigant gets. Even then you say you are not being heard. This is just not done.This is the worst. If you don't pay the amount, you will have to go back to jail” : The terse message to Sahara Chief Subrata Roy from a new bench of Justices Dipak Misra, Ranjan Gogoi and A K Sikri. The Supreme Court today took a serious note...

CIC Sridhar Divested Of HRD Charge After Direction To disclose PM Modi’s DU Degree Records [Updated]

Information commissioner M Sridhar Acharyulu has reportedly been divested of Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry charge, days after he directed the Delhi University to facilitate inspection of records related to all the BA students of 1978, the year Prime Minister Narendra Modi secured his degree, as per the University.“Having examined the case, the synonymous legislations and...

SC Orders Rs.5-Lakh Relief Each To Endosulfan Victims [Read Order]

Provide medical facilities/treatment for lifelong health issues, arising out of the effects of endosulfan, the court told the stateOn a petition filed by the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), the Supreme Court has directed the Kerala government to release Rs.5 lakh each as compensation to all endosulfan victims, within three months.The DYFI, the youth wing of Communist Party of...

Law Commission Denies Hiring Of Law Firm's Service In BCCI Matter, Issues Clarification

The Law Commission of India has vide a release in the Press Information Bureau denied hiring of Law Firm for assisting it in the BCCI/RTI matter.  The notification said that the Law Commission has noted that it was being reported that the commission is ‘hiring’ law firms to pursue the work assigned to it. The Commission clarified that several advocates, research associates,...

Two Days Before Pongal, SC Again Disallows Jallikattu

“Though the draft of the judgment is ready, it’s not possible to pass the verdict before Saturday when it is to be held. We also want to say that it is unfair of the petitioner to ask the bench to pass an order” A Bench of justices Dipak Misra and R Banumathi.The chances of people in Tamil Nadu celebrating the century old traditional jallikattu (bull fighting) sport on Pongal which falls...

SC Refuses To Stay Madras HC Judgment Quashing TN PSC Appointments [Read Order]

Though it granted Leave to Appeal, the Supreme Court has refused to stay the Madras High Court judgment which had quashed the appointment of 11 members to the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar said the state can enter a fresh selection process for members of Public Service commission.What has been stayed?In its judgment,...