Will ensure Nirbhaya convicts get fair hearing: Ramachandran, Hegde

“I cannot get swayed by the gravity of the incident once I get a call of duty from the court. The judges have entrusted me with a duty to satisfy its judicial conscience. The court felt that everything should be done to give a fair hearing to the convicts on the merit of the case and also on the point of sentence. I will ensure that" Senior lawyer Raju Ramachandran who will represent...

SC collegium rejects 38 recommendations by HC collegiums

The Supreme Court collegium has reportedly rejected at least 38 recommendations made by several High Court collegiums, for appointment of High Court Judges.Earlier this month, the Government had put on hold appointment of 110 Additional Judges in 10 High Courts, till the Supreme Court ratifies the revised draft of the Memorandum of Procedure. The recommendations had been made by Chief Justices...

Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms demands public consultation on draft MoP

The Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms has sent a letter to Finance Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley, demanding public consultation on the appointment procedure for Supreme Court and High Court Judges, which is being revamped by drafting a fresh Memorandum of Procedure.In the letter, CJAR explains that various organizations, functioning as judicial accountability watchdogs, have...

No benefits can be granted to LIC employees in absence of Rules framed: SC [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court in Krishna LIC of India vs. Murari Lal Asthana has held that no benefits can be granted to the employees Life Insurance Corporation of India only on the basis of the resolution passed by the corporation in the absence of a Rule framed in that regard. Apex Court bench comprising of Justices Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh remanded the matter to respective High Courts.The...

Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court declines plea to disqualify a Minister, who lost the Governor’s pleasure [Read Order]

Under Article 164, the Chief Minister and the Ministers shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor. If the Governor expresses, in his discretion, his displeasure in writing to the Speaker about the conduct of a Minister inside the Legislature, does that Minister stand disqualified?The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court comprising Justices Amreshwar Pratap Sahi and Attau...

Nirbhaya Case: SC appoints Raju Ramachandran, Sanjay Hegde to argue appeals of convicts

Four days after it began hearing the appeals filed by four death row convicts in the sensational Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, the Supreme Court in a surprising move today appointed two senior lawyers- Raju Ramachandran and Sanjay Hegde- to represent them to ensure that there were no “inadequacies” and the convicts are ensured a "full and fair" hearing“Considering the gravity of...

SC slams BCCI for resisting reforms suggested by Lodha panel

The BCCI today again came under fire from Supreme Court for maintaining that any judicial interference in its functioning would compromise its autonomy with the Supreme Court sternly asking it why it was stonewalling attempts to include CAG within its governing council but was pleading for permitting politicians and government officials within its fold“You say a CAG nominee in BCCI is...

Supreme Court Judges plan three-day retreat in Madhya Pradesh

Supreme Court Judges have reportedly decided to take a three-day retreat in Madhya Pradesh and “reflect on issues that directly or indirectly come during the delivery of justice”. The retreat is being overseen by a committee formed by Chief Justice T.S. Thakur. The Committee comprises of four senior Judges of the Court- Justice J.S. Khehar, Justice M.B. Lokur, Justice Kurien Koseph...

New Judges appointed in Madras and Rajasthan High Courts

The President of India has appointed the following Judges in the Madras High Court;(i) V. Bharathidasan (ii) D. Krishnakumar (iii) S. S. Sundar(iv) M. V. Muralidaran(v) Ponnusamy Kalaiyarasan and(vi) B. GokuldasThe above judges were sworn in on Thursday by Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul.The President of India has appointed the following Judges as additional judges in Rajasthan...

SC dismisses PIL that alleged corruption in grant of 4G licenses [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL filed by Centre for Public Interest Litigation alleging irregularities in grant of 4G licenses to Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (RJIL)Prashant Bhushan, who represented the CPIL in the apex court had alleged that there was large scale corruption in the grant of the license.But upholding Centre’s argument that there no wrongdoing involved,...

Of the 2,296 Constitution Bench Jts, only about 1% have been overruled, which is considerably less than the number of Const. Amendments;President

"Constitutionalism is the primary edifice on which Indian democracy stands", says PresidentThe President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee received today (April 7, 2016) the first copy of a book ‘Statement of Indian Law: Supreme Court through its Constitution Bench Decisions since 1950’ written by Shri Govind Goel, Advocate, Supreme Court of India. The book was released by Justice TS...

Banks reject Mallya's Rs 4000 Cr payback proposal ; SC asks him to disclose all his assets

In a huge setback to business tycoon Vijay Mallya, consortium of banks led by State Bank of India today rejected his proposal to pay Rs 4,000 crore by September 15 following which the Supreme Court in a significant order directed him to declare all assets including  of his wife and children to ascertain how much can be recovered. 'The assets are to be updated as on March 31, 2016', the...