SC rejects plea seeking transfer of Salman Khan’s appeal out of the Bombay HC; Bombay HC to hear it on July 30th

A plea seeking transfer of  Bollywood Actor Salman Khan's appeal against his conviction and five-year jail term in the 2002 hit-and-run case, out of the Bombay High Court, was dismissed by the Supreme Court yesterday.  "We are sorry,"  said the three-judge bench which heard the petition.The transfer petition was filed by Sushila Bai H R Patil through lawyer M L Sharma. The grounds urged in...

Petitions filed seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against Minister K C Joseph for his “disparaging” remarks at Justice Alexander Thomas

A petition has been filed seeking sanction of Advocate General of Kerala for initiation of contempt of court proceedings against Kerala Culture Minister KC Joseph for his remarks against Justice Alexander Thomas. The petition has been preferred by Advocate J S Ajith Kumar. K.C. Joseph had taken to his face book page to express his displeasure at the remarks made by Justice Alexander Thomas...

IPAB: SC dismisses Govt’s SLP against Madras HC decision striking down key provisions as unconstitutional

In a major development for the Indian IP law, a Supreme Court bench comprising Justice Gogoi and Justice Ramana has dismissed the Governments’ appeal against the Madras High Court decision that had rendered certain provisions of the IPAB unconstitutional.The Apex Court dismissed the Special Leave Petition saying that the there was no reason to interfere with the ruling since the law was...

SC not followed ‘Supreme Court Rules’ on hearing Yakub Memon’s Curative Petition ; Justice Kurian Joseph

A Two Judge Bench of the Supreme Court Today has started the arguments in a Petition filed by death row prisoner Yakub Memon challenging the death warrant issued against him, along with an intervention Application by The Centre on the Death Penalty at National Law University, Delhi. Justice Anil R Dave and Justice Kurian Joseph are the members of the Bench. While Attorney General Mukul...

Union Govt mulls legislative changes to introduce audio-video recording of court proceedings & disclosure of case statistics

The Union Government may consider legislative proposals to introduce audio-video recording of court proceedings, besides making it mandatory for high courts to disclose judicial statistics to bring in more transparency in the functioning of the judiciary.The proposal to bring in relevant amendments in law was discussed at  meeting of the Advisory Council of the National Mission for...

Appeal against Jayalalithaa’s acquittal: SC issues notices; refuses to stay HC order

A Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice P.C. Ghose on Monday issued a notice to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on a batch of petitions challenging her acquittal in the disproportionate assets case. The Court however refused to stay the High Court order.The Karnataka Government had, in the petition, said that Ms. Jayalalithaa's acquittal by the state High Court was a "farce."...

Trial of Public Servant with Invalid Sanction is Null and void and Non-est; Second Trial is permissible with Valid Sanction: SC

A Supreme Court Bench comprising Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice Amitava Roy, in a recent decision in the case of Nanjappa v. State of Karnataka has held that a Trial of Public Servant with Invalid Sanction is Null and void and Non-est. In such cases, second Trial is permissible with Valid Sanction.The Court was hearing an Appeal filed against a judgment passed by the Karnataka High Court...

Executing Memon; Gross Travesty of justice; Former Judges and Jurists [Read the Petition]

Yakub Memon is scheduled to be hanged on July 30 at Nagpur Central Prison after his curative petition was dismissed by the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The apex court would hear on Monday his plea for a stay on his execution. Read the LiveLaw story here.Justice Dave had led the Bench which in April dismissed Memon’s petition for a review of his death penalty. It was after this that he had...

30% of the lawyers in India are fake; such lawyers organize strikes and boycotts: BCI Chairman

In an appalling exposure, Bar Council of India (BCI) chairman Manan Kumar Mishra has said 30 per cent of all lawyers in India are fake, holding fraudulent law degrees, degrading the quality of the profession. Mr. Mishra was addressing the crowd at the Lawyers Meet, 2015, organized by the Bar Council of India in Chennai on Saturday.The Lawyers Meet-2015 was organized by BCI to discuss...

Govt. Pleaders protest “uncharitable” criticism of their functioning by Justice Alexander Thomas; submit complaint to Kerala CJ

Following Justice Alexander Thomas’s trenchant criticism of the functioning of the government pleaders and the office of the Advocate General, senior government law officers of the Kerala High Court met Chief Justice Ashok Bhushan and conveyed their strong protest over the “hostile attitude” entertained by Justice Alexander Thomas against the State Government, the Chief Minister,...

IPL Spot Fixing Case: Charges dropped against 36 accused including Sreesanth; Delhi Police to challenge order in HC [Read the Judgment]

The Patiala House Court, Delhi today discharged all the 36 accused persons including former India capped cricketer S Sreesanth in the sensational IPL-6 spot fixing case.Along with Sreesanth, two other IPL players -- Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan -- who were on bail were also discharged in the case. All the three Rajasthan Royals’ players were arrested in May 2013 for alleged...

CCTV cameras should be installed in all prisons across the country within one year, rules SC in DK Basu Version 2.0 [Read the Judgment]

Allowing a PIL filed by one Dilip K Basu seeking prison reforms and filling of the vacancies of the state human rights commission, the Supreme Court on Friday directed the Union government and all the states to install CCTV cameras in all the prisons across the country and take a call on installing them in police lock-ups, if there are incidents.A bench of the Apex Court comprising...