Did ex-CBI chief Ranjit Sinha help coal scam accused? Probe report submitted to SC

The panel headed by ex-CBI Special Director M L Sharma today filed before the Supreme Court a report after probing if former CBI Director Ranjit Sinha had scuttled the coal scam probe by shielding some accused and constantly meeting people allegedly involved in the investigations at his residence as “reflected” from a visitors entry register at his residence.The register was handed over...

It is Official: High Court Judges including Justice Rajiv Shakdher transferred

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 222 of the Constitution of India, the President of India has transferred the following Judges of various High Courts;Justice Suresh Kumar Kait, Judge of the Delhi High Court is transferred to High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.Justice Rajiv Shakdher, Judge of the Delhi High Court...

Can accused be tried under POCSO if mental age of adult victim was “child-like”? SC to examine

In a first of its kind case, the Supreme Court has decided to examine whether a man who rapes or sexually abuses a mentally challenged adult victim can be tried under the stringent provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 2012 if such a victim has an under-developed brain like that of a child.The occasion for the bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh...

Supreme Court goes pro active on child rights [Read Order]

On the question of promoting and protecting the rights of children, Justice Madan B Lokur of the Supreme Court brooks no delay on the part of the authorities. In two cases, heard by Justice Lokur recently, satisfactory outcome led him to dispose of one, and in another, he warned the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), that any further delay on its part to complete an assigned task,...

Supreme Court imposes costs of Rs.25000 on 26 States and 7 UTs for failure to file responses in prison reform case [Read Order]

In an unprecedented order, the Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and NV Ramana, on 4 April, imposed costs of Rs.25000 each on all the States and Union Territories except Bihar, Maharashtra and Jammu and Kashmir. The States, which were fined for their failure to file responses in a case dealing with prison reform, were asked to deposit the amount within a period of three...

SC directs centre to formulate a ‘National Plan’ for disaster management [Read Order]

Supreme Court has directed the Centre to formulate a concrete National Plan to deal with the post disaster situation that has social and economic impact, especially in respect of the people who belong to socially extremely vulnerable sections including agriculturists.This order was issued by Apex Court bench comprising of Justices Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh while hearing a Public...

Supreme Court slams BCCI over fund allocations to State Associations

The Supreme Court today slammed the BCCI for making “one excuse or other” to prolong implementation of the recommendations of the panel headed by justice R M Lodha on bringing reforms in the functioning and composition of the Board and also for objecting to most of its suggestions.“You please do not keep saying this is perverse and that is perverse. These recommendations were...

SC forms panel headed by Ex-HC judge to look into complaints of dog bites in Kerala [Read Order]

A three-member panel headed by former Kerala High Court judge justice Siri Jagan will look into complaints of dog bite victims in Kerala and also oversee availability of necessary medical treatment to the injured.The panel headed by Justice Jagan and also comprising of Secretary of the State's Law Department and its Director of Health Services was constituted today by a bench of justices...

Madras High Court DB quashes Dress Code for Temple Entry [Read Judgment]

Courts are not entitled to create a controversy and adjudicate upon the same, said the DBA Division Bench of Madras High Court has set aside the Single Judge’s Order prescribing dress Code for devotees to enter Temples in Tamil Nadu. The Bench comprising of Justices V. Ramasubramanian and K. Ravichandrabaabu held that“Courts are not expected to adjudicate any matter academically in...

Leases of Mining Companies will not be lapsed automatically; SC issues Guidelines [Read Jt]

Supreme Court, in Common Cause vs. Union of India has held that that lapse of mining lease as contemplated under Section 4A(4) of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 is not automatic, and that, for a lease to lapse, express order needs to be passed.Apex Court Bench comprising of Justices J.S. Kehar and C. Nagappan observed that Rule 28(4) of the Mineral Concession...

Supreme Court starts hearing in Nirbhaya Case

After a delay of more than two years, the Supreme Court yesterday finally began hearing the appeal filed by the four adult convicts in the gruesome Nirbhaya gang rape and murder against the death sentence handed down by the trial court and Delhi High Court.The juvenile convict already walked free after serving three years at a reformatory home while another accused- Mukesh’s brother Ram...

SC grants bail to former DU Professor GN Saibaba in Sedition Case [Read Order]

Supreme Court of India has granted Bail to former Delhi University Professor G.N.Saibaba in a Sedition Case.The Counsel for State of Maharashtra submitted that in compliance with the directions issued by the Court in the last posting , all material witnesses have been examined, and also cross-examined. He further stated that eight formal witnesses are still to be examined. He also submitted...