SC Has Given A Dynamic Shape To The Concept Of Social Justice: Vice President Hamid Ansari

Vice-President Hamid Ansari has said the Supreme Court has given a dynamic shape to the concept of social justice and expanded the envelope of social justice by adjudicating on diverse social matters concerning education, livelihood, gender and environment.He also said the judiciary is the guardian of the Constitution and its role as the protector of civil rights has reposed the faith of...

Breaking: Maharashtra Cabinet Decides To Appoint Rohit Deo As Advocate General, Deo Says No Clue

Nine months after Shreehari Aney resigned from the post of Advocate General of Maharashtra, the Maharashta Cabinet, has on Tuesday decided to appoint Acting Advocate General Rohit Deo  to the top post. Deo had been functioning as an Acting AG after Aney’s resignation in March this year. Although an official notification is not out yet, this decision was taken by the state cabinet, sources...

Gopalkrishna Gandhi’s New Book Assails President Mukherjee’s `Robotic’ Use Of His Powers To Reject Mercy Petitions

The President, Pranab Mukherjee, has so far, under Article 72 of the Constitution, rejected mercy petitions from 36 death row convicts, commuted the death sentences of three convicts, and has three mercy petitions pending for his decision since August 8 this year.Of the 36 convicts whose mercy petitions were rejected by him, three have been hanged, 17 have been successful in getting the...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

Ex-Army Officer’s Acquittal In Murder Case UpheldThe Supreme Court upheld the acquittal of an ex-Army officer in the murder of a businessman. Lt. Col. SJ Chaudhary was accused of sending a bobby trap bomb as parcel to a prominent businessman in Delhi, Kishan Sikand, which when opened by him, exploded resulting in his instantaneous death. The CBI investigated the case and he was tried...

SC Upholds Conviction Of Four For Elderly Couple’s Murder On X’mas Eve 25 Yrs Ago [Read Judgment]

Plea of remission of the convicts who ‘have already suffered incarceration for more than 25 years’ was also rejected.The Supreme Court has confirmed the guilt of four persons accused of murdering an elderly couple in their flat in Calcutta on a Christmas Eve 25 years ago.The convicts, who had appealed before the apex court against the high court dismissal of their appeal, have been in...

Unaided Minority Institutions Cannot Admit Students Of Their Choice By Adopting A Mechanism Of Their Own: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

The State or the University could require private unaided institution including minority institution to provide for merit based selection, the Court held.The Allahabad High Court in Sankalp Institute of Education vs. State of UP, has held that minority self-financed institutions imparting professional or technical education cannot admit students of their choice by adopting a mechanism of...

No Provision For Temporary Enrollment As Advocates: Gujarat HC [Read Judgment]

The Gujarat High Court has held that there is no provision for grant of temporary certificate by the Bar Council for practising as an advocate. The Division Bench of Gujarat High Court headed by the Chief Justice R. Subhash Reddy made this observation while setting aside a Single Bench direction to Bar Council of Gujarat wherein it was directed to grant temporary enrollment number to...

Land Belonging To Religious Bodies Can Be Acquired To Serve Larger Public Purpose: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

In a recent judgment, the Allahabad High Court has held that land belonging to religious bodies can be acquired by the government for achieving a larger public purpose.A division bench of Justice V K Shukla and Justice MC Tripathi has dismissed a petition filed by the Church of North India Association challenging a notification by which its land was acquired for construction of a bypass...

SC Junks PIL Against Justice Khehar’s Elevation As CJI

The vacation bench of the Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea which sought staying of the move to elevate Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, the second senior most SC judge, as Chief Justice of India.The judges reminded that Justice Khehar has already been appointed by the President and so the petition had become infructuous.There is nothing left in the petition as the President...

Porn Menace: Centre Suggests Internet Jammers In School Buses

In a PIL in apex court, Supreme Court Woman Lawyers Association had pointed to rising instances of school bus crew molesting children after showing porn  “it may not be feasible to install jammers inside the school premises since jammers in school will block internet access to computers used by children. However in order to prevent access of pornographic sites on cell phones by these...

SC Forfeits Rs.86 Lakh From Petitioner For Violation Of Undertaking [Read Order]

Taking a stern view over violation of undertaking by the petitioner, the Supreme Court forfeited the deposit of Rs.86 lakh towards penalty for the defiance. The court slapped Ritika Awasthy with the penalty amount as she failed to return to India from London, despite the undertaking.Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar and Justice Arun Mishra ordered that the amount be forfeited from the amount...

More Than 85% Delhites Continue To Drink In Public Despite Govt’s Crackdown: CADD Survey

The survey revealed that 48.1 % male always drink alcohol in public place and 42.6% female respondents indulged in it occasionally. 42.1% men and 33% women admitted to drinking in cars and not being caught.More than 85% of Delhites continued to drink in public place even after crack down by Delhi Government against public drinking, reveals a survey Community Against Drunken Driving, a...