‘Go and work in office’, Chief Justice of India tells CBI Officers attending Ranjit Sinha’s case proceedings

The Central Bureau of investigation reportedly got a rap on its knuckles today as the Chief Justice of India said, "How come so many officers are standing here? We don't require so many officers here. Let them not waste time here and go and work in office,".The CBI officers were present in the Court to witness the Ranjit Sinha, the CBI Director’s case.  Meanwhile, the special public...

Filing a false criminal complaint by either spouse would constitute matrimonial cruelty and entitle the other spouse to claim a divorce: SC [Read the Judgment]

Granting divorce to an estranged couple, the Supreme Court today pronounced that filing of even one false criminal complaint by either spouse is sufficient to constitute matrimonial cruelty, and thereby a ground for divorce.The judgment, pronounced by the division Bench of Justices Vikramjit Sen and Prafulla Pant says that filing of false criminal complaint by either spouse is an issue that...

Breaking: SC appraises that Convict was a Juvenile after 24 years of incident; demands AG's opinion regarding how to deal with him aged 40 now [Read the Order]

A Supreme Court bench comprising of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice U.U. Lalit, today, ordered the Attorney General of India to inform the Court regarding the implications of Section 7A of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000.After 24 years of the incident, the apex Court appraised that Convict was a Juvenile at the time of incident. Dealing with him now, when he is...

Law Ministry approves proposal for removing quorum requirements in selection of Lokpal and CBI Chief

The Law Ministry has approved the proposal put forward by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) to amend the Lokpal Act and the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, in favor of no quorum requirement in selection panels for selecting the Lokpal or the CBI Chief.The two laws are presently silent on this aspect. A clause is proposed to be inserted which will stipulate that...

SC seeks current status of 54 Indians Prisoners of War (PoW), languishing in Pakistan jails since 1971: expresses displeasure over delay

The Supreme Court on 18.11.2014 asked the Centre to inform it about the current status of 54 Indians Prisoners of War (PoW), languishing in Pakistan jails since 1971, and took strong note of submission that though Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has provided the information, the Defence Ministry is yet to do the same.“The Union of India is a sum total of all the ministries. This is...

Supreme Court's E-Committee rejected proposal to initiate Audio-Video recording of all court proceedings: Not acceptable at present

The government had proposed to initiate audio-video recording of all court proceedings in all the subordinate courts to start with and then in all the high courts and the apex court. However, the apex court's e-committee rejected the proposal saying this was not acceptable at present.The proposal was mooted by the NDA Government during the advisory council meeting of the law ministry held...

Fourth interim report: Law Commission of India recommends repeal of 30 obsolete laws

As the fourth installment of the study titled, "The Legal Enactments: Simplifications and Streamlining", Law Commission of India has recommended the repeal of 30 more laws. 54 laws were studied for this report and 30 of them were recommended for complete repeal.This report also is the first being submitted to new law minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda. The Committee, headed by former Chief Justice...

Inform about implementation of ban on plastic bags: Supreme Court to States

A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice H.L. Dattu on Tuesday rapped the State Governments for their inaction in banning the use and manufacture of plastic bags in their States. The Bench urged the States to be compassionate about the pain and suffering of animals who consume these bags on the streets.The Bench observed, "Imagine the pain and suffering of animals. You sit in AC rooms...

Government holding IP Conference excluding civil society and academicians, during US lobby IPOA’s visit to India

Engaging with office of the US trade representative (USTR) or the US International Trade Commission (USITC) on complaints of lack of IP protection has usually been avoided by India, especially at a time when the delegation of the US Patent lobby, Intellectual Property Owner’s Association will be visiting India.A conference on Intellectual Property protection and enforcement is...

Money received by the JMM MPs and Shibu Soren in JMM Bribary Case for voting in favour of Narasimha Rao government in 1993 is liable to be taxed ;Delhi HC [Read the Judgment]

The Delhi High Court held that the money allegedly received by three former Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MPs and party chief Shibu Soren for voting in favour of the P V Narasimha Rao government in 1993 was liable to be taxed.A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and V Kameswar Rao set aside the decision of the income tax appellate tribunal (ITAT) which held that the money received by the JMM MPs is...

Apex Court grants additional 4 weeks to CBI to furnish information regarding Balance sheet filings of all NGOs

An Apex Court Bench comprising of Chief Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice A.K. Sikri on Monday granted an additional time of four weeks to the CBI, to assimilate details of all registered NGOs throughout the country and submit whether they file balance sheets before the concerned authorities.Hearing the PIL filed by lawyer M.L. Sharma, the Bench directed CBI to write to the Chief Secretaries of...

State Handicapped Persons Welfare Corporation MD cut and removed a 40 year old Jackfruit Tree from office premises; SC upheld the Conviction and reduced the Sentence giving reasons of age and medical conditions

Anthony Cardoza, former managing director of the Kerala State Handicapped Persons Welfare Corporation, was held guilty of corruption, criminal breach of trust and indulged in a conspiracy to take a jackfruit tree home for his personal use. A Bench of Justices Dipak Misra and U.U. Lalit of the Supreme Court by its judgment dated 14 November 2014, confirmed the lower courts' orders and held...