Indian born Srikanth Srinivasan being vetted for US Supreme Court Judgeship

Chandigarh born Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan is being vetted by President Obama as a potential nominee for a Supreme Court vacancy, along with few other candidates. Judge Merrick B. Garland and Judge Srinivasan are undergoing background checks by the FBI, The New York Times reported. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and Judge Jane L. Kelly have also been reported as being potential candidates for...

Delhi Judicial Services -2015 Prelims result declared amidst clouds on final outcome of DJS 2014

Amidst controversies surrounding the Delhi Judicial Service (DJS) 2014 examination, result of prelims of DJS- 2015 has been declared with 849 candidates successful for writing the next stage.For 80 vacancies in the Delhi subordinate judiciary, more than 9,033 candidates had appeared in the preliminary examination in DJS-2014. At least 614 had appeared for the main examination out of 659 who...

Sales Tax; Time for assessment cannot be extended when the assessment has already become time barred: SC [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court, in State of Punjab Vs. M/s. Shreyans Indus Ltd., has held that power of the Sales Tax Commissioner to extend the time to pass an order on assessment is to be exercised before the normal period of assessment expires.Three Judge Bench of the Apex Court comprising of Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur, Justices A.K.Sikri and R. Banumati dismissed the appeals by Revenue challenging...

'Test of Prejudice to the Accused' has to be kept in mind while adding or altering a charge against him; SC [Read Judgment]

It is the duty of the trial court to bear in mind that no prejudice is caused to the accused as that has the potentiality to affect a fair trial, the Bench said.Supreme Court in Anant Prakash Sinha @ Anant Sinha vs State of Haryana, has observed that while adding or altering a charge under Section 216 CrPC, the trial court has to keep in view, the test of prejudice to the accused. Apex...

“History has not forgiven the judges who wrote the ADM Jabalpur majority judgment” Indira Jaising’s Open Letter to Judges.

"To those of you who grant bail, and before a song from Bollywood becomes our national anthem, read the dissenting judgement of the late Justice H. R. Khanna. Then decide what is anti-national”.In an open letter to India’s Judges, former Additional Solicitor General of India Indira Jaising has reminded the Judges that there can be no anticipatory restraint on free speech. Through the...

Breaking; Section 36 CrPC does not debar State Police Chief to appoint a Superior Officer to investigate a Case beyond his local Jurisdiction; SC reversed Kerala HC Jt in Sourabhan

A two Judge Bench of the Supreme Court Today reversed a Kerala High Court Judgment [Saurabhan vs. State 2012(3)KLT 583] which held that “a Superior Police Officer of a different Sub Division, by an executive order of the Police Chief, cannot exercise the powers of the Officer in charge of the Police Station if that station does not fall within the local area to which he has...

Breaking; SC worried at falling standard of lawyers; Refers AIBE case to constitution bench; appoints K K Venugopal as amicus

“What has happened to the noble profession and the lawyers? Fall in standards is visible. It is time we introspect, raise the standard, look what is happening around us..Some advocates are agitating, some are stoning, some are firing and very few are arguing”, Chief Justice T S ThakurContinuing to express serious concern over the falling standard of lawyers, a Chief Justice T S...

Tamil Nadu Govt’s letter to Centre on release of Rajiv Gandhi convicts, a political masterstroke

The letter sent by the Tamil Nadu Government’s Chief Secretary to the Secretary, Union Ministry of Home Affairs on 2 March seeking the latter’s views on the release of seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case is considered a political masterstroke by the Tamil Nadu chief minister, J Jayalalithaa on the eve of the state assembly elections.Analysts point out that there were...

Data on Pendency; 48,418 Civil and 11,050 Criminal Cases pending before SC as on 19.2.2016

Data on pendency of cases is maintained by the Supreme Court and High Courts.  As per the information made available by the Supreme Court of India, details of civil and criminal cases pending in the Supreme Court of India; and civil and criminal cases pending for more than 10 years in the Supreme Court of India; and number of cases disposed of by the Supreme Court of India during the last...

Centre moves Supreme Court seeking clarity on Transgender Judgment

Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot said today that the Centre has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking clarity on issues arising out of a 2014 judgement pertaining to the rights and status of transgenders.The matter, according to the minister is posted for hearing tomorrow.“The apex court, in its April 2014 judgement, had said transgenders should be...

SC warns BCCI against prolonging implementation of Lodha panel report

The Supreme Court today warned the BCCI against attempts to “filibuster” or prolong the implementation of Lodha panel report that recommended sweeping changes in the structure, management and functioning of the Board by raising several objections and made it clear that only few of the recommendations may be referred back the panel for reconsiderationThe bench was angry that the BCCI...

Delhi High Court seeks response of Election Commission in a Plea to de-register CPI(M).

The Delhi High Court Bench consisting of Chief Justice G.Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath has the sought the response of Election Commission in a Public Interest Petition filed by an Advocate, who is also a BJP leader to de-register the Communist Party of India ( Marxist ), a National Political Party. The Court observed that, irrespective of the merits of the matter, the Election Commission...