One year limitation period applicable for suo-motu contempt proceedings as well: SC [Read Judgment]

SC has set aside the Allahabad High Court's suo motu Contempt proceedings against Outlook MagazineThe Supreme Court in MAHESHWAR PERI VS. HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD has held that one year limitation period as provided in Section 20 of the Contempt of Courts Act also applies for Suo motu initiation of contempt proceedings by Supreme Court or High Court.The Outlook Magazine, in...

Sanction is mandatory prerequisite even when an additional Accused is added under Section 319CrPC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court in SURINDERJIT SINGH MAND VS. STATE OF PUNJAB has held that protection of ‘sanction’under Section 197 of the Criminal Procedure Code is not available to police officers accused of illegal detention and offences committed during the period before the formal-arrest is recorded.Reiterating the settled law that Courts cannot take cognizance of the complaints against the...

SC rules Railways must pay for roof travel deaths; orders Rs 1 crore compensation [Read Judgment]

Railways will have to compensate for the death or injury sustained on account of travelling on the roof of a train even if the act of the person was illegal, the Supreme Court has ruled.A Bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice U U Lalit made it clear while ordering the Central government to pay a compensation of Rs five lakh each to 19 youths who fatally hit a foot-over bridge...

Urgent need to review regulatory mechanism for the legal profession: SC [Read Judgment]

Legal profession being the most important component of justice delivery system, it must continue to perform its significant role and regulatory mechanism and should not be seen to be wanting in taking prompt action against any malpractice, the Bench observed.The Supreme Court in Mahipal Singh Rana vs. State of Uttar Pradesh,has observed that there is an urgent need to review the provisions of...

SC directs Central Pollution Control Board to submit ATR in the Gujarat silicosis matter [Read Order]

The Supreme Court bench,  comprising Justices Kurian Joseph and Rohintan Fali Nariman, directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to submit its Action Taken Report on the suggestions to prevent the diseases due to pollution from stone crushing industries in Godhra, Gujarat within six weeks from June 30.The bench had on May 30 withdrawn its bailable warrant against the CPCB...

Akshardham Attack: SC refuses compensation to acquitted persons [Read Order]

The six acquitted persons in the 2002 Akshardham terror attack case will not get compensation for their “wrongful arrest”.The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea of six persons as a bench of comprising Justices Dipak Misra and R Banumathi said it would set a “dangerous precedent if the acquitted persons are allowed to seek compensation for their wrongful arrest”K T S...

Madras High Court resurrects Writer Perumal Murugan and his book Madhorubagan [Read Judgment]

If you do not like a book, throw it away. There is no compulsion to read a book. Literary tastes may vary – what is right and acceptable to one may not be so to others, said the Bench.In a landmark Judgment a Division Bench of Madars High Court comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana has dismissed all the Petitions against the Author Perumal Murugan and...

CJI rejects Govt. proposal for panel of retd. Judges to evaluate applications for judicial appointments

Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur on Wednesday expressed his reservations over the Government’s decision to establish a committee of retired Judges to evaluate the applications of candidates before forwarding them to the collegium to decide whether to recommend their names for elevation or appointment as Judges. One such committee was reportedly proposed at the Supreme Court level and...

Kejri Vs LG hearing a non-starter as Justice Rao also recuses; Will now go to a 4th bench

The much-awaited hearing of the petition filed by Arvind Kejriwal government seeking demarcation of powers of the state government and Lt Governor Najeeb Jung who have been engaged in a prolonged battle of wits seems to be a non-starter.After Justice  J S Khehar recused from hearing the plea yesterday, today it was the turn of justice L Nageswara Rao to withdraw from the case. Apparently...

PIL on Clinical trial of anti-diarrhea vaccine Rotavac: SC issues Notice to Centre, DBT and CMC Vellore [Read Petition]

Supreme Court today issued notice to the Centre, Department of Bio-Technology (DBT) and Christian Medical College, Vellore in a PIL filed by S. Srinivasan seeking complete centre-wise results of the clinical trial of anti-diarrhea vaccine Rotavac. Advocate Prashant Bhushan appeared for the Petitioner.On 26th March 2016, the Ministry of Health officially launched Rotavirus vaccine to combat...

SC admits appeal against acquittal of Salman Khan in 2002 hit and run case

In a big relief to Maharashtra government, the supreme court today admitted its appeal against the acquittal of Bollywood star Salman Khan in the 2002 hit and run case in December last year.“Leave granted”, a bench headed by justice J S Khehar said after admitting the appealed filed by state government in February this year. The AG fervently urged the bench to fix an early date for...

Attachment proceedings against an accused who died during pendency of trial impossible: SC [Read Judgment]

It is incomprehensible, therefore, that such an application could have been made in regard to a dead person who obviously cannot be said to be ordinarily resident or carrying on business anywhere, the Court observed.The Supreme Court of India in U. SUBHADRAMMA VS. STATE OF A.P has observed that property of a person who was accused of an offence of misappropriation but who died during...