SC to decide whether sensitive information can be shared to Accused in Terrorism Cases U/S.207CrPC

If evidence includes sensitive information, should that be shared with the terror accused? Supreme Court is being approached by National Investigation Agency with this question, as the Karnataka High Court has ordered them to furnish all the evidence it had collected on the alleged espionage activity of a Lashkar-e-Toiba terror module, which was busted in 2012 in Bengaluru, to the...

After 24 Years of Imprisonment, Nalini again moves Madras HC seeking remission of her sentence

Press Trust of India (PTI) has reported that Nalini Sriharan who is presently undergoing life imprisonment in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case has again moved the Madras High Court seeking a direction to Tamil Nadu government to consider her representation for remission of her life term as she has already undergone imprisonment for more than 24 years.She was first awarded death sentence,...

Right to Pollution Free Air; Petition comes before Supreme Court Tomorrow

Squarely blaming the diesel subsidy policy of the government for promoting the sale of diesel passenger car and thereby aggravating pollution of Indian cities and causing irremediable harm to the society, Dr. Arvind Gupta, the Founder Trustee of Indian Investors Protection Council (IIPC) has knocked on the doors of the Apex Court seeking a direction to the Union Government to...

Former SC judge P V Reddy to re-evaluate Delhi Judicial Services exam papers [Read Order]

The Supreme Court today appointed former Supreme Court judge Justice P V Reddy to revalue 659 answer sheets of Delhi Judicial Services (Mains) exam 2014 following allegations of several irregularities and discrepancies.A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra said Justice Reddy would be requested to begin evaluation from January 10 and complete the task within six weeks and submit a report to...

Injunction of an unconditional Bank Guarantee cannot be granted except in case of fraud or ‘special equities’, SC [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court traces the law on the subject matter and summarizes the principles for grant or refusal of injunction to restrain enforcement of bank guaranteeResolving the legal nodus as to whether the beneficiary of an unconditional and irrevocable bank guarantee can be injuncted from enforcing the guarantee at the instance of the customer of the bank on whose behalf the guarantee has...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up

Include Acid attack victims in the disability listThe Supreme Court directed all the States and Union Territories to consider the plight of Acid Attack victims and take appropriate steps with regard to inclusion of their names under the disability list. Apex court bench of Justices M.Y. Eqbal and C. Nagappan said that State shall upon itself take full responsibility for the treatment...

Delhi HC directs Centre to bring in legislation to restrict retired SC/HC judges from taking up arbitration while holding constitutional and statutory posts [Read the Order]

Retired Judges appointed as Chairpersons or Members of Statutory Bodies, Tribunals and Commissions discharge judicial / quasi judicial functions and their involvement in any other commercial legal activity or as arbitrators would necessarily require them to interact, in all possibility, with the same set of people / professionals who appear before them in their capacity as Chairperson / Member...

Additional Evidence cannot be produced at Appellate Stage without fulfilling any of the conditions mentioned in Or.41 R 27; SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has held in a recent judgment that parties to a civil litigation are not entitled to produce additional evidence, whether oral or documentary, in the appellate court, but for the three situations contemplated in Order 41 Rule 27 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (for short “the Code”).The Supreme Court also held that it was improper for the High Court in exercise of...

No Proposal to raise the Retirement Age of SC, HC Judges, enhancement of salary under consideration: Centre

The central government today informed the Rajya Sabha that there is no proposal to increase the retirement age of judges of Supreme Court and High Courts under consideration of the government. Replying to a question on raising salaries and allowances of judges, Law Minister DV Sadananda Gowda said, "It will take place once the salary of Secretaries to Government is re-fixed.”On the entry...

Dushyant Dave set to lead Supreme Court Bar again

Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave is set to lead Supreme Court Bar Association again. In the election to select Office Bearers and Members of the Executive Committee of SCBA for the years 2015-16, Dave who got 993 votes is reported to have won by a margin of over 400 votes. Shivaji Jadhav who is also a President of the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association came second to Dave.Dave had won...

Twitter row: SC closes case against Shobaa De

In a relief to author Shobhaa De, the Supreme Court today closed the case pertaining to breach of privilege notice issued to her by Maharashtra Assembly for her tweets against decision to make it mandatory for multiplexes to screen Marathi movies during prime time.A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and P C Pant took the decision after De and Maharashtra government’s counsel informed it that...

ISRO Espionage case: Kerala HC admits Nambi Narayanan’s plea against closing of proceedings against former cops [Read Petition]

The Kerala High Court today admitted to its files, a writ petition filed by former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan challenging the action of the National Human Rights Commission in closing his petition seeking action by the government against 5 former cops including ADGP Siby Mathews, and retired SP’s S. Vijayan and K.K. Joshwa- who had tortured him during the course of the investigation...