SC dismisses appeals by Chautalas : Former CM to spend 10 years in Jail

Om Prakash Chautala, former Chief Minister of Haryana will now have to spend a decade in prison as Supreme Court has confirmed yesterday, the conviction and punishment by the Delhi High Court for his involvement in a scam that involved illegal recruitment of thousands of junior teachers in the state's government schools. He is not alone, his son Ajay Chautala and 53 others, whose conviction...

Justice Katju’s remarks against Gandhi and Bose: SC appoints F.S. Nariman as amicus curiae; says resolution prima facie does not violate Katju’s rights

A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice T.S. Thakur today refused to scrap a Parliament resolution that slammed former Press Council Chairman Markandey Katju for his comments against Mahatma Gandhi and Subhash Chandra Bose, while agreeing to further hear the matter.The Court observed that prima facie, the resolution did not violate his freedom of speech and expression. It observed, "Justice...

Accused added under Section 319 of the Cr.P.C cannot avail of the remedy of discharge, rules the Supreme Court

In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court of India has held that the accused who has been added under Section 319 of the Cr.P.C cannot avail of the remedy of discharge under Section 227 of the Code of Criminal Procedure as it does not stand to reason that a person who is summoned as an accused to stand trial and added as such to the proceedings on the basis of a stricter standard of...

Adoptions made simpler : New guidelines in place

Adoption procedure is supposed to become simpler as  the new simplified “Guidelines Governing Adoption of Children 2015” notified by the Central Government on 17th July 2015 have come into effect from today. The press release by the Government through PIB states that the new Guidelines are intended to provide for more effective regulation for adoption of orphan, abandoned and...

Bombay High Court acquits man who was sentenced to death by Trial Court for raping a minor

A man who was convicted by trial court for raping and killing a 13-year-old minor girl was acquitted by the Bombay High Court as it found the prosecution evidence not satisfactory enough to sustain the conviction. The division bench of Bombay High Court held that the prosecution failed to prove the chain of circumstances since there were no medical or forensic evidence, or eyewitnesses,...

Prof.Anup Surendranath’s Resignation: SC Registry raises serious objections to the Media Reports

A note dated August 2, 2015 has been released by the Registry of the Supreme Court of India taking ‘serious objection’ to the news reports regarding resignation of Dr. Anup Surendranath as the Deputy Registrar (Research) of the Supreme Court.According to the Registry of the Court,   the news reports, claiming that Prof. Anup resigned in protest of Yakub Memon's execution are “not...

Judges should not make unnecessary comments and aim at breaking news: Justice Kurian Joseph

A judge should administer justice and never try to be the administrator of the State, opined Supreme Court Judge Justice Kurian Joseph. “Judges shall not cross the ‘lakshman rekha’ of their role, otherwise it would be a disrespect to the Constitution and the system”, he said.He was addressing the valedictory function of the National Seminar on ‘Current issues before the legal...

Insufficient materials to prove charge of sexual harassment against sitting MP High Court Judge

The three-judge committee has found  that there was “insufficient” material to establish the charges of sexual harassment alleged against Justice S K Gangele of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. The committee was probing allegations of sexual harassment levelled by a former Additional District and Sessions judge of Gwalior against the High Court judge. Indian Express has accessed the...

Italian Marines Case: International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to hear case next month

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea has agreed to hear an appeal seeking to stop criminal proceedings against two Italian marines charged with shooting dead two fishermen in February, 2012.The appeal filed by Italy says, “India shall refrain from taking or enforcing any judicial or administrative measures against Sergeant Massimiliano Latorre and Sergeant Salvatore Girone...

Prof. Anup Surendranath resigns as Deputy Registrar (Research) in the Supreme Court of India

Portraying great conviction, NLU Delhi faculty and Director of Death Penalty Research Project has resigned from the post of Deputy Registrar (Research) in the Supreme Court of India. According to his Facebook post, the recent execution of Yakub Memon, the lone death row convict in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case was the ‘final nail’.His post says,“I have been contemplating this for a while...

Serving Supreme Court Complex for decades, displaced now in the name of Security [Read the Judgment]

A Supreme Court of India bench of Justice M.Y. Iqbal and Justice C. Nagappan finally dashed the hopes of five  hawkers who lived on Supreme Court Complex for more than four decades by dismissing an appeal filed by one of the tea vendors  Sri. Dharam Chand. He was given hawker’s license (Teh Bazari ) by New Delhi Municipal Council, and was recoginsed as a  street vendor, but due to...

Doctor approaches Supreme Court against striking Lawyers

An  NRI doctor, Kunal Saha approached the Apex Court raising the issue of  ongoing lawyer strike in Calcutta High Court contending that  the advocates have no right to strike or boycott court proceedings to settle their personal grievances. A three-judge bench of Justices T S Thakur and V Gopala Gowda and R Banumath has agreed to hear his plea.The Doctor in his petition claims that he...