Demonetisation: People Are Frantic. Speed Up Relief Measures, SC To Centre [Read Order]

"People are frantic..from newspaper reports we know the inconvenience they face..  public is in some difficulty... Please dont dispute it." CJI Thakur to AG Mukul Rohatgi.The Supreme Court today said public seemed to be frantic due to the currency crunch following the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes and asked centre to take all measures to alleviate the sufferings of people.A...

Subsequent Adoption Can’t Divest Any Person Of Estate Vested In Him Or Her Prior To Adoption: SC [Read Judgment]

Adopted son would not divest any person in whom the property had been vested prior to adoption, the bench said.The Supreme Court in Saheb Reddy vs. Sharanappa, has reiterated the legal position that an adopted child cannot divest any person of any estate which was vested in him or her before the adoption.In the instant case, the property of one Sharnappa, upon his death in 1957, was vested in...

SC May Refer The 1978 Bangalore Water Supply Judgment For Reconsideration By A Nine-Judge Bench

The Supreme Court’s seven-Judge Constitution bench, which today heard arguments on whether to refer Justice Krishna Iyer’s landmark judgment in Bangalore Water Supply case for reconsideration by a nine-Judge bench, has reserved its decision.But the trend of arguments before the bench, and its observations, suggested that the bench may be inclined in favour of reference to a nine-Judge...

Not Placing An Ordinance In The Legislature Is Fraudulent, Says SC Constitution Bench

The Supreme Court today reserved its judgment in the case of Krishna Kumar Singh v State of Bihar, after grilling the counsel on both the sides on the propriety of promulgating an ordinance, and not placing it in the legislature to seek its approval, within the prescribed period.Under Article 123(2)(a), an ordinance shall cease to operate at the expiration of six weeks from the reassembly...

SC Slams Kerala Vigilante Groups For Encouraging Killing Of Stray Dogs; State Asked To File Criminal Cases [Read Order]

“We restrain such organizations to impart training to the children or to distribute subsidized airguns for people to kill stray dogs or to publically propagate that there is war against the stray dogs or strangulate the stray dogs or for that matter offer prizes or incentives to those who kill the stray dogs”: A BENCH OF JUSTICE DIPAK MISRA AND JUSTICE AMITAVA ROY SAID IN THE 11-PAGE...

Bulandshahr Rape Remarks: Azam Ready To Apologise; Nariman Wants Law To Be Laid Down [Read Order]

Justice Dipak Misra-led bench seeks assistance of legendary Fali S Nariman and AG Rohatgi in laying down a law to make ministers answerable for their public statements if it were hurting public sentiments.Uttar Pradesh Minister and Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan today submitted before the Supreme Court that he is ready to tender an unconditional apology for terming the sensational...

Restrain HCs From Hearing Demonetisation PILs: Centre To SC; Decision Tomorrow

The Centre today urged the Supreme Court to bar the High Courts from entertaining public interest litigations pertaining to demonetization of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currencies and wanted a stay on all pending proceedings before High Courts across the country.Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi mentioned the matter before a bench headed by justice A R Dave as Chief Justice T S Thakur was presiding over...

Pendency Of Liquidation Case Against Credit Society Doesn’t Bar Its Committee Members From Other Duties: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court in Vineshkumar Mavjibhai Parmar Vs. Dethali Gopalak Vividh Karyakari Sahakari Mandali Ltd, has held that Managing Committee members of Credit Societies, against which there is an ‘interim order’ of winding up, cannot be debarred from participating in the election process of an agricultural produce marketing committee constituted under the Gujarat Agricultural Produce...

Subsequent Bequest In Will Void If Absolute Bequest Has Been Made In Same Will: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court in Madhuri Ghosh vs. Debobroto Dutta, has reiterated the legal position that where an absolute bequest has been made in respect of certain property to certain persons in a Will, then a subsequent bequest made qua the same property later in the same Will to other persons will be of no effect.In his Will, the testator had bequeathed the property in favour of the widow and...

Indian Justice System: Thoughts For Progressive Orientation [Text Of Dr.LM Singhvi Memorial Lecture By Justice Dipak Misra]

Hon’ble Smt. Sumitra Mahajan, Speaker, Lok Sabha and the Chief Guest of today’s function, Mr. Soli Sorabjee, Senior Advocate and former Attorney General for India, Dr. Abhishek Singhvi, Member of Parliament and Senior Advocate, learned members of the Bar, friends from the electronic media, ladies and gentlemen,Dr. Abhishek Singhvi, after obtaining my consent to deliver Dr. L.M....

SC To Revisit Justice Krishna Iyer’s Landmark Judgment In Bangalore Water Supply Case On Thursday

The Supreme Court’s seven-Judge Constitution bench will hear on Thursday arguments on whether it or a nine-Judge bench should review the definition of “industry” as interpreted by Justice Krishna Iyer, as part of another seven Judge Bench, way back in 1978.The seven Judge bench comprises the Chief Justice T.S.Thakur, and Justices Madan B.Lokur, S.A.Bobde, Adarsh Kumar Goel, Uday...

SC Directs Microsoft, Google And Yahoo To Drop Foetal Sex Test Advertisements Immediately [Read Order]

“Whether one is going to have a boy or a girl, that kind of information is not necessary in India. The sex ratio is going down in the country and we are concerned about that. Whether you are making money or not we are not concerned with that”: SC TO SEARCH ENGINESSupreme Court today directed Microsoft, Google and Yahoo to block all pre-natal sex determination advertisements hosted by them...