Release 6000 Cusecs Of Water For Two Days To TN: SC To Karnataka [Read Order]

“We just cannot imagine how in a federal structure like India a state can say it will not obey the SC order and pick up a fight with another state. It is not permissible” : SCContinuing with its efforts to resolve the water dispute between the two southern states, the Supreme Court today asked Karnataka to release 6000 cusecs of water for two days to Tamil Nadu and made it clear that...

Bulandshahr Rape Case: SC Asks CBI To Serve Notice On Azam Khan For Offending Remarks

The Supreme Court today directed the CBI to serve a notice on Uttar Pradesh minister  and Samajwadi party leader Azam Khan to explain his alleged comments that the Bulandshahr gang rape incident in which a minor girl and her mother were victims was a “political conspiracy” to malign his party-led government in the state.A bench of justices Dipak Misra and U U Lalit expressed anger that...

Rape & Murder Of 7Yr Old Girl: SC Acquits Accused Of Murder Charges And Quashes Death Penalty; Upholds Lifer For Rape [Read Order]

It was nowhere alleged by the prosecution, at any point of time, that death of the victim had occurred in the manner in which it has been found by the learned trial judge and the high court, the Bench observed.Live Law has accessed an order (Rajesh vs. State of Madhya Pradesh dated 8th September 2016) of the Supreme Court wherein it acquitted a rape-cum-murder accused of murder charges...

SC Asks Expelled AIADMK MP Sasikala To Cooperate With Investigation [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has directed Sasikala Pushpa, expelled AIADMK MP, to cooperate with the investigation into two criminal cases of alleged sexual harassment of her family maids and forging of documents in her anticipatory bail petition lodged by the Tamil Nadu Police.The Bench comprising Chief Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice A.M. Khanwilkar asked her to appear before the investigating officer...

Karnataka, Tamil Nadu Continue To Battle It Out For Cauvery Water Before SC [Read Application]

On Monday, Karnataka moved the Supreme Court seeking a modification of the September 20th order, requiring the state to release 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu every day from September 21st to 26th.The state claimed that it could not release any water to Tamil Nadu because it has to secure drinking water for its own needs. In its affidavit, Karnataka said,“The Cauvery...

SC Directs Strict Compliance With Gutkha, Pan Masala Ban [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has directed the Centre and state governments to strictly enforce regulations banning gutkha and pan masala.The two-judge Bench comprising Justice Gopal Gowda and Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel was hearing a batch of petitions relating to the issue.The Bench agreed with amicus curiae Senior Advocate Gopal Subramanium and made it clear that has not granted any stay of Regulation...

PIL In Bombay HC Questions BCI Age Bar For Studying Law [Read Petition]

A public interest litigation has been filed in the Bombay High Court challenging the Bar Council of India resolution and circular to revive Rule 28 of Schedule III of Part IV of the Bar Council of India Rules prescribing age limit for studying three-year and five-year LLB courses.The petition is filed by Yasmin E Tavaria, an honorary part-time professor at the Government Law College,...

Recording Reasons Is Fundamental To Transparency, Justice Chelameswar Justified In Asking For It: Justice Ruma Pal

Former Supreme Court judge Justice Ruma Pal recently expressed agreement with Justice Chelameswar’s insistence on the collegium making public its reasons for appointment of judges.“Justice Chelameswar is asking for nothing more than what was laid down in the Second Judges' Case (1993) that reasons for decisions to appoint need to be recorded. One reason the collegium was set up was to...

Jethmalani Wants To Study Case; SC Defers Shahabuddin Hearing To Wednesday

The Supreme Court today adjourned to Wednesday the hearing on petition filed by activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan and the Bihar state government challenging the bail given to Mohammad Shahabuddin by the Patna High Court as a lawyer representing the Bihar’s gangster-turned politician said they had engaged legendary criminal lawyer Ram Jethmalani and he required time to study the case...

SC Notice To Delhi Govt, Civic Bodies On Dengue, Chikungunya

The Supreme Court today issued notices to Delhi government all three Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the NDMC on a plea seeking effective steps to control the widespread outbreak of diseases like chikungunya and dengue in DelhiA bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and D Y Chandrachud converted a public interest litigation filed by a doctor Anil Mittal into a suo motu matter and sought...

Exclusive: SC Commutes Another Death Penalty, This Time In Triple Murder Case [Read Order]

A Supreme Court order dated 1st September, 2016, which escaped the scrutiny of proponents and opponents of death penalty, has been accessed by Live Law. Vide this order, a three-judge Bench of the apex court comprising Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Prafulla C Pant and Justice Uday Umesh Lalit has commuted the death penalty awarded to one Shyam Singh from Madhya Pradesh after he was found...

Absence Of Active Participation In Multiple Murders, A Factor To Not Award Death Penalty; SC Commutes Death Penalty In Yet Another Case

We are of the view that so far as the sentence is concerned, the aforesaid fact i.e. absence of any active participation should go into the judicial determination of the question of appropriate punishment, the Bench observed.The Supreme Court Bench comprising Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Prafulla C. Pant and Justice Uday Umesh Lalit might have made a unique record in awarding maximum number...