Sunanda Pushkar's Murder case: PIL in Delhi High Court demanding CBI Investigation and Court's indulgence to monitor and supervise investigation

A PIL has been filed by the Anti Corruption Front, against the Direction of CBI, the Centre and the State Government, in Delhi High Court, seeking the Court's indulgence in the ongoing investigation Late Mrs. Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor, the deceased wife of Mr. Shashi Tharoor, a Former UN Diplomat and Formal Union Minister and presently the Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha.It demands a...

Government all set to withdraw ‘frivolous and ineffective cases' to reduce pendency of cases in courts

The biggest litigant in the country, i.e. the government is all set to take steps that will reduce the number of pending cases in various courts of the country. Reportedly, the Ministry of Law and Justice has drafted a 10 point litigation policy and has even shared it with states. The Ministry has asked the states to review all the pending litigations.The policy is set to promote arbitration...

Supreme Court directs Haryana Government to conclude all Females Foeticide Trials in 4 Months

The Supreme Court directed Haryana government to complete trial of the cases that were lodged for sex determination and female foeticide within the time period of 4 months. This direction was given after observing decline in the sex ratio that was disturbing.A bench of justices Dipak Misra and Abhay Manohar  Sapre said, “"Decline in sex-ratio is a disturbing problem and the same is likely...

RTI on Supreme Court Data; Division Bench of Delhi High Court stays single Bench order

Single Judge Bench of Delhi High Court in its order dated 4th December, 2014 had dismissed appeal filed by Supreme Court Registrar against order of CIC directing Supreme Court Registry to provide information regarding pending cases which have been heard and such orders have been reserved. The RTI application was initially filed by Mr. Lokesh Batra to the CPIO.The matter is slated for reply...

BCI repeals Certificate of Practice and Renewal Rules, 2014; Bar Council of India Certificate and Place of practice (verification) Rules, 2015 to come up

The Bar Council of India, after reconsidering the Bar Council of India Certificate of Practice and Renewal Rules, 2014, has modified the resolution No. 169/2014. It has hence notified the Secretaries of all the State Bar Councils that these Rules are no more in existence and have been repealed.The Council is now in process of publication of some new rules namely, Bar Council of India...

Supreme Court permits use of red beacons by Delhi Police

The Supreme Court has accepted a request made by the Delhi Police and allowed the use of red beacons atop its official vehicles. The Court modified its directive of 2013 to this extent.The ground for the plea taken by Delhi Police was that when the December, 2013 order was delivered, the topic of change of change in color of beacon lights was not considered and hence the scientific reasons...

Court should Compensate Victim of the Crime for delivery of Justice: SC [Read the Judgment]

The Supreme Court held that the Court while sentencing an accused, the court should not only strike a balance between needs of the society and fairness to the accused, but also should award compensation to the victim of crime.The bench comprising of Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said that "The court has to give attention not only to the nature of crime, prescribed...

Sanction shouldn't be granted for vexatious prosecution; revisional court is not justified in setting aside an order of Magistrate unless the order is perverse or wholly unreasonable: SC [Read the Judgment]

Setting aside an order of the High Court, a Supreme Court Bench comprising of Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice A.M. Sapre observed that one of the main considerations to be borne in mind while considering whether sanction should be granted or not, should be whether the prosecution is genuine and not vexatious.The first question before the apex Court were whether the High Court is justified...

Social Justice Bench of Supreme Court says Centre needs to have a system to ensure that schemes are implemented

Hearing a petition relating to condition of homeless persons in the country, the Bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and U ULalit today said that "You have to make sure that the funds are used. You have to have a system to ensure that schemes are implemented."Meanwhile, the Centre submitted to the Court that "Around Rs 10,860 crore has not been used so far and it has to be spent by the states...

Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case: SC rejects N.K. Amin’s bail plea [Read the Judgment]

An apex Court bench comprising of Justice V. Gopala Gowda and Justice C. Nagappan yesterday dismissed the bail plea of N.K. Amin in Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case.The Appeal was filed by N.K. Amin against the judgment of the Gujarat High Court in 2013, rejecting the appellant’s bail application.Amin was arrested in April, 2013 in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case. The offence, for which...

SC sets aside Rajasthan HC order suspending Salman’s order of conviction in Blackbuck shooting case, remits the case back to HC

Setting aside the Rajasthan High Court order which had suspended Salman Khan’s conviction, a Supreme Court bench comprising of Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice A.K. Goel observed, “If some foreign country is not granting permission to visit the said country on the ground that the respondent has been convicted of an offence and has been sentenced for five years of...

Dowry Death: Prosecution has to prove the ingredients only by standard of preponderance of probabilities but Accused has to discharge his burden by proving his defence beyond reasonable doubt: SC

Setting aside the judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, an Apex Court bench comprising of Justice Vikramajit Singh and Justice Kurian Joseph, in the case of Sher Singh @ Partapa v. State of Haryana, has laid down certain rules of interpretation of provisions relating to cruelty meted out to wives and dowry deaths.The Bench observed, "As is already noted above, Section 113B of...