SC Stays Gauhati HC Direction To Place Security Guards 24X7 At All ATMs

The Supreme Court has stayed the Gauhati High Court direction to banks to place security guards round the clock at all ATMs.The ad-interim stay is on the Special Leave Petition filed by the State Bank of India against the high court order, wherein it contended that it was not feasible to place security guards in all booths.A bench comprising Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y....

61 MPs Move Impeachment Petition Against Justice CV Nagarjuna Reddy

The petition alleges atrocities by Justice Reddy against a judicial officer, who happens to be a DalitAs many as 61 Rajya Sabha members have reportedly moved a petition for impeachment proceedings against Justice CV Nagarjuna Reddy of the Andhra Pradesh/Telangana High Court.The petition alleged atrocities by Justice Reddy against a judicial officer, who happens to be a Dalit.CJAR Demands...

Death Sentence In Nirbhaya Case Must Be Revisited: Amicus Sanjay Hegde

Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde, one of the two amicus curiae appointed by the Supreme Court in the Nirbhaya case, has submitted before the Court that there is no evidence to prove conspiracy in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case.He was arguing before a three-judge bench comprising Justice Dipak Misra, Justice R Banumathi and Justice Ashok Bhushan hearing the case.He submitted that in the absence...

Gang Rape Videos : SC Notice To Face Book, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft

The Supreme Court today issued notice to internet majors Facebook,Google, Microsoft and Yahoo seeking their view on blocking explicit sexual clips including gang rape videos.A bench of justice Madan B Lokur and justice U U Lalit wanted to know their view on how to end rampant circulation of such clips on the internet, if they could block them and immediately report it to the...

NGO Common Cause Approaches SC On CBI Director’s Appointment

The NGO, Common Cause, has approached the Supreme Court for a direction to the government for appointing a regular Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) forthwith by following the procedure laid down in Section 4A of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946, as amended by the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013.The petition filed by activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan also...

Uphaar: SC Likely To Hear Review Plea On Dec 8; Victims Tell Court Ansals May "flee country"

Kindling hopes in the minds of the kin of 59 persons who perished in the tragic 1997 Uphaar Cinema, the Supreme Court is likely to hear on December 8 petitions filed by victims association and CBI seeking a review of the decision to let off theatre owners Gopal and Sushil Ansal, after considering the period they had already undergone in the prison as their sentence and imposing a fine of Rs...

SC Demonetization Hearing Deferred Again As CJI Not Working Today

The detailed Supreme Court hearing on a batch of petitions and public interest litigations challenging demonetization continues to be a non-starter as Chief Justice T S Thakur is not sitting today.This is the third adjournment in the case. A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud informed about CJI Thakur’s non-availability at 10:30 AM and said the hearing has been rescheduled...

SC Orders De-Novo Trial On Decade-Long Sexual Abuse Case

Upon a plea by a rape victim who alleged decade-long sexual harassment by her uncles, the Supreme Court has ordered de-novo trial in a Delhi court.The girl had alleged before a trial court that her two uncles sexually harassed her since 2003 and her aunt had abetted the crime.The Delhi High Court had upheld the trial court order discharging the aunt and one of her uncles. The second accused...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

National Anthem Must Before Movies In TheatresThe Supreme Court on Wednesday  made it mandatory for all cinema theatres to play the national anthem before a movie begins during which the national flag is to be shown on the screen. A bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Amitava Roy also said that everyone present in cinema hall should rise up and pay respect to the anthem when it...

Counsels Unveil Radical Suggestions At The Election Commission’s Conference

A dedicated para-military force for the Election Commission is one of the suggestions made by its counsel at the day-long conference convened by the E.C. on December 3 in New Delhi.Senior advocate and former Advocate General of Punjab and Haryana, M.L.Sarin, suggested the creation of such a force, for the exclusive purposes of the Election Commission, to ensure level playing field at the time...

“States Withdraw Election Cases Because Of Political Pressure Without Election Commission’s Consent”, Says Chief Election Commissioner, Dr.Nasim Zaidi

The Chief Election Commissioner, Dr.Nasim Zaidi, on December 3, deplored the practice of some State Governments withdrawing election-related cases because of political pressure. “State Governments cannot withdraw such cases without prior consent of the Election Commission, because the election cases are registered in the name of the Election Commission”, Dr.Zaidi said, while delivering...

Co-Op Banks Barred From Post-Demonetisation Exercise As They Can’t Detect Fake Notes : Centre To SC

Strongly defending its decision to exclude District Central Cooperative Banks from post-demonetisation exercise of exchanging scrapped Rs 500 and 1000 currency notes for new ones and accepting deposits, Centre has told the Supreme Court that it was a “conscious decision” as their “capability to detect fake currency is low” due to “poor level of automation” and “low...