Pay Rs 600 Cr By Feb 6 To Remain Out Of Jail: SC To Roy

Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy was asked by the Supreme Court today to deposit Rs 600 crore more by February 6 next year in the SEBI-Sahara refund account to remain out of jailA special bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur significantly cautioned him that in case of failure, he would have to return to prison.“We are also considering appointing a receiver of properties if the group...

When Will Maharashtra Have An Advocate General? Bombay HC Askes The State

The Bombay High Court has asked the state government to submit it’s reply detailing the outer limit for the appointment of an Advocate General. These directions came when the bench of Justices AS Oka and Anuja Prabhu dessai were hearing a petition filed by a Member of the Legislative Council, Sanjay Dutt.The petition has sought for a writ of mandamus directing the Maharashtra government...

Kejriwal Vs Jung: AAP Govt Asks SC To Restrain LG From Acting On Shunglu Report

The AAP government today urged the Supreme Court to direct Lt Governor Najeeb Jung not to take any precipitative action on the basis of report of the Shunglu committee, appointed by him which was asked to examine over 400 files on wich decisions were taken by Kejriwal government, till the apex court adjudicated the AAP government Vs Centre row.Senior Advocate Gopal Subramanium made the...

Declare ‘Sardar Jokes As “Racial Slur” And Treat It As Ragging: SGPC To SC [Read Suggestions]

“Suitable amendments be made in the purview/definition of ragging so as to include racial slurs, racial profiling, objectification on the basis of belonging to a particular community”: SGPC “Increasing number of youngsters belonging to the community are now either cutting their hair or tonsuring in order to be accepted in their peer group or to escape from ridicule”: SGPCThe Shiromani...

Recording Of FIR Not A Condition Precedent For Starting Criminal Investigation: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court in Anjan Dasgupta vs. The State of West Bengal, has held that the receipt and recording of First Information Report is not a condition precedent for setting in motion a criminal investigation and the police are duty bound to start investigation when it gets information with regard to commission of crime.A trial court had acquitted an accused observing that the FIR was...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

Elected Representatives Have A Vital Role In Democracy: UP VidhayakNidhi Scheme UpheldThe Supreme Court on Monday upheld the validity of VidhayakNidhi Scheme in Uttar Pradesh, which provides for annual budgetary grants to Members of the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council for facilitating development work in their constituencies. Banks Can Sell Tribal Land to Non-Tribal Even...

Set Up A Mechanism To Pay No-Fault Liability Immediately To Legal Heirs Of The Motor Accident Victims: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has sought assistance from the Central and state governments to set up a mechanism whereby no-fault liability is to be paid immediately to the legal heirs of the deceased victims of road accidents and the source from which the payment is to be made and how it is to be collected.A Bench comprising Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel opined thus while hearing...

Banks Can Sell Tribal Land To Non-Tribal Even If Prohibited By State Law: SC [Read Judgment]

Article 31-B of the Constitution would not confer immunity to a legislation from being overridden by the provisions of a Parliamentary statute, the court saidIn an important pronouncement which would have a serious impact on states with significant tribal population, the Supreme Court has held that banks can sell tribal land to non-tribals, even if prohibited by state law.The Supreme Court in...

Not Yet Received Any Proposal From SC To Fill Its 7 Vacancies: Govt

In reply to a query in the Rajya Sabha, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has stated that there were seven vacancies in the Supreme Court and the government had not received any proposal from the apex court to fill up these existing vacancies.The minister was answering to the query by Basawaraj Patil, MP, in regard to details of vacancies of Judges and other staff in the Supreme Court, the...

Appointment Of Judges: Balancing Transparency, Accountability And Independence [Full Text Of Justice VR Krishna Iyer Memorial Lecture 2016 By Justice AP Shah]

A very good morning to all of you. I am extremely honoured to be here for the Justice Krishna Iyer memorial lecture of 2016, and I would like to thank Justice Ramakrishnan and Mr Sahasranaman for having invited me on behalf of the memorial trust. Justice Krishna Iyer is so familiar to all of you, that I am quite sure that anything I might have to say about him has been heard by you already. So,...

CJI Raises Delay In Judges Appointments Again; Law Minister Disagrees

In Constitution Day comments, Chief Justice of India T S Thakur today once again expressed his concern over increasing vacancies at various courts, including the vacancy of 500 judges in HCs and urged the Centre to intervene at the earliest in the interest of the judiciary.“What do I tell now on the issue. I have been telling again and again and repeated it various times. 500 Judges posts...

HC Judges’ Appointment: 43 Recommendations Rejected Due To Adverse IB Inputs, Serious Complaints: Government

Out of 77 proposals submitted by the Supreme Court Collegium (SCC), the Government has appointed 34 Judges in various High Courts and sent the names of 43 recommendees to the SCC for reconsideration. The SCC reiterated the names of 37 recommendees; the proposal of three recommendees has been deferred and the proposal of other three recommendees are with SCMinister of State for Law PP...