SC releases a Murder Convict who has been in Jail for 10 years finding that he was a Juvenile at the time of offence

Supreme Court of India has set free a man, who has been in prison for 10 years, for committing a murder in 1976, when he was a juvenile. Bench of Justices Pinaki Chandra Ghose and R.K. Agrawal held that Ram Narain vs. State of U.P.(Criminal Misc. Petition No. 7526 Of 2015), the petitioner,should get the benefit under Juvenile Justice Act since he was a juvenile on the date of commission of...

Parliament should bring new Law to regulate Social Media; Supreme Court

The current practice of multiple criminal cases being filed in different parts of the country against a person for allegedly making a defamatory statement must be put to an end as it would lead to anarchy and the accused would himself end up being a victim, the Supreme Court observed on Thursday.Further, expressing concern over the misuse of social media and internet, particularly after...

Family Court can hear proceedings initiated under Domestic Violence Act: Bombay HC [Read the Judgment]

Justice Mridula Bhatkar of the Bombay High Court has ruled that a Family Court can hear proceedings seeking to annul a marriage alongside grievances raised under the Domestic Violence Act against the husband and his relatives.The Court noted that the intention of the Legislature to allow claiming reliefs which are available under the D.V. Act in the proceedings pending under the Family Courts...

IPL Spot Fixing: SC dismisses plea to hand over Mudgal Committee report to Lodha Committee

A three-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice T.S. Thakur has dismissed petition to disclose the names of 13 individual submitted by Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee. The Court also extended the tenure of Justice Lodha committee till December 31, 2015.The plea filed by the Cricket Association of Bihar sought a direction to the Supreme Court Registry to hand over to Justice...

Filing of more than one Mercy Petition is permissible both under Cr.P.C and Constitution ; State of TN to Constitution Bench [Summary of Arguments in Sriharan Day-7]

The arguments today (5th August 2015) were continued by the State of Tamil Nadu through Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Senior Advocate.Continuing on the second question referred to the constitution bench, Mr. Dwivedi argued to counter the argument of the Solicitor General that the power of mercy could not be exercised repeatedly. He submitted that the CrPC and the Constitution permitted filing of more...

“Cheque reported lost”: Offence under Section 138 NI Act not attracted, holds the Kerala High Court

Resolving the legal nodus, whether a cheque returned by the bank on the ground “cheque reported lost” will come within the purview of Section 138 of the N.I.Act, the High Court of Kerala speaking through Justice P.D. Rajan has held in a recent judgment [K. Sadanandan Vs. V.S. Satheesh Kumar] that refusal on the part of the bank to honour the cheque on the ground of “cheque reported...

Bombay High Court amends rules governing PILs ; PILs to turn costly

The Bombay High Court has made an amendment to The Bombay High Court Public Interest Litigation Rules, 2010  which empowers the court, at its discretion, direct the petitioner to deposit a sum, by way of security deposit, in the court, which shall be subject to final or interim order of the court. The notification dated July 10 amended Rule 4, introduced a new rule 7A and added a clause (b)...

Breaking ; Maintainability of Writ under Article 32; Conflicting Judgments of Two SC Benches of Co-equal Strength in two weeks time [Read the Judgment]

In a judgment apparently contradictory to the view taken by another bench of co-equal strength in DM Wayanad Institute of medical sciences vs. Union of India and Another (wherein it was held that the Supreme Court under Article 32 will not interfere with an administrative order where the constitutionality of the statute or the order made thereunder is not challenged on the ground of...

SC to hear a plea in the IPL spot-fixing case on Friday

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a plea in the IPL spot-fixing case seeking handing over of Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee's report, which contains names of some players allegedly involved in the scandal, to the Justice R M Lodha panel considering administrative reforms in BCCI. The Lodha Committee is now examining reforms in the working of the Board of Control for Cricket in...

India hires Foreign Lawyers to represent the Country in ITLOS in Enrica Lexie case

India has hired two famous foreign lawyers, Alain Pellet and R Bundy, to represent her in the International tribunal in Hamburg, Germany, to which Italy has moved the issue of two of its marines, accused of killing fishermen off Kerala coast. The Tribunal will hear the case on August 10-11. Additional Solicitor General P L Narasimha and officials from Ministries of External Affairs and...

SC permits Toshiba to directly supply “Green Power”

The Supreme Court of India has upheld an order issued by the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) that had allowed Japanese firm Toshiba to directly supply “green power” to over 1,000 units in the city, along the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), via a ‘shared’ dedicated transmission line.Toshiba’s counsel Vishal Gupta told Financial Express that his client...

Lok Sabha passes Negotiable Instruments (amendment) Bill, 2015

Lok Sabha has passed the Negotiable Instruments (amendment) Bill, 2015, which provides for filing of cheque bounce cases at the place where a cheque is presented for clearance and not the place of issue.The Bill seeks to replace an ordinance which was re-promulgated earlier, as the Bill could not be approved by Rajya Sabha. While piloting the Bill, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha...