Supreme Court explains the Mode of age determination of Victim in Rape Cases [Read the Judgment]

Answering with the central question as to the criteria to be adopted and applied to resolve the controversy over the age of a rape victim  in the event of a discrepancy in the  birth certificate and the school certificate, the Supreme Court of India has held (State of M.P. vs. Anoop Singh - Criminal Appeal No :442 OF 2010)  that Rule  12(3)  of  the Juvenile  Justice  (Care ...

Amendment to a Complaint is permissible in law notwithstanding the absence of an enabling provision in Cr.P.C, if it relates to a simple infirmity; SC

Answering the issue whether an amendment to a complaint filed  under  Section  200 Cr.P.C. is  impermissible  in  law, the Supreme Court of India has held in a judgment S.R.Sukumar vs. S.Sunaad Raghuram (Criminal Appeal No. 844  OF 2015) rendered today that if  the  amendment  sought  to  be  made relates to a simple  infirmity  which  is  curable  by  means  of ...

1995 Republic Day blasts in Jammu: SC reverses acquittal of Hizbul Mujahideen operative

Partly allowing the appeal filed by the State of Jammu & Kashmir vs Wasim Ahmed Malik @ Hamid and another (Criminal Appeal No. of 1743/2009) , the Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the acquittal of a Pakistan national, a Hizbul Mujahideen operative, Ghulam Nabi Guide who was involved in the serial blasts at Maulana Azad Memorial Stadium in Jammu during the Republic Day function in...

Black Money Act; Declaration of undisclosed assets located outside India to be made on or before September 30, 2015

The Central Government has notified the 30th day of September, 2015, as the date on or before which a person may make a declaration in respect of an undisclosed asset located outside India under the compliance provisions of the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015 (‘Black Money Act’).The last date by which a person must pay the tax...

Hate Speech row: SC stays execution of non-bailable warrant against Subramanian Swamy

Offering respite to BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, a Supreme Court of India bench comprising of Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice M.Y. Eqbal has stayed the execution of a non-bailable warrant issued against him by an Assam Court for allegedly delivering a hate speech at a University. The execution has been stayed for a period of six weeks. The bench also issued notice to the Centre.The...

Medical Expenses of Judges cannot be revealed under RTI: SC, Judiciary not following same standards that it expects from others says Bhushan

The Supreme Court of India (Subhash Chandra Aggarwal vs. Registrar General, Supreme Court of India) today declared that the medical expenses of Judges are not qualified to come within the ambit of the Right to Information Act.  The Apex Court rejected an appeal against Delhi High Court decision which had held that information about doctor's visit expenses of judges and their families can't...

SC grants 1.8 crore to Chennai girl in Medical negligence case [Read the Judgment]

The Supreme Court of India yesterday ordered one of the highest compensations so far in the country in a case of medical negligence to the tune of 1.8 crore. The Tamil Nadu government has to pay the sum to an 18-year-old girl who lost her vision at birth due to medical negligence at a government-run hospital. A bench of justices J S Khehar and S A Bobde considered inflation and escalating...

SC seeks response from Centre, BCI on petitions challenging Constitutional Validity of AoR system

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the response of the Central Government and the Bar Council of India (BCI) on pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the advocates-on-record (AOR) system in the Supreme Court on the ground that they prohibit all lawyers from independently practicing before it.A Bench comprising of Justices Anil R Dave and Justice V Gopala Gowda also issued notice...

Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board has no right to fix price of Natural Gas; SC [Read the Judgment]

The Supreme Court of India today dismissed the appeal (Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board vs. Indraprastha Gas Limited & Ors. CIVIL APPEAL NO.4910 OF 2015) preferred by Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board against a Delhi High Court decision by which the regulator’s order of fixing the prices of CNG and PNG in Delhi and adjoining areas was rescinded.A bench headed by...

Breaking ; Under No Circumstances a Rape Case can be Compromised; Supreme Court [Read the Judgment]

The Supreme Court of India in a judgment pronounced today has held that in a case of rape or attempt of rape, the conception of compromise under no circumstances can really be thought of. The Supreme Court accordingly ruled out mediation in such cases.The Judgment is very relevant because of the controversial Judgment of Madras High Court in which the Court had ordered mediation in a rape...

Death Penalty; U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge against controversial Execution Drug [Read the Judgment]

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled against three death row prisoners who had brought a challenge to the use of the controversial lethal injection, midazolam drug on the ground that it violates the Eighth Amendment of the US Constitution which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.Midazolam is used to sedate inmates before injecting them with two other drugs, and the petitioners argued that...

SC dismisses PIL seeking probe in to Delhi Lower Judiciary Laptop Scam [UPDATED]

Supreme Court of India Today dismissed the Public Interest Litigation filed by a Second year Law student Vibhor Anand, seeking probe in to the ‘Laptop Scam’ which rocked the lower judiciary in Delhi last year on the ground that the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court had already started inquiry in to the allegations by constituting a panel. Vibhor in his petition has asked the Supreme Court...