Supreme Court urges re-examination of Juvenile Law

A Supreme Court bench comprising of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice V. Gopal Gowda has reopened the debate, over the juvenile law in the country. It urged the Government to revisit the Juvenile Law in the country, stating that there can’t be a “cut-off” date for crime. The blanket immunity provided to juvenile offenders, irrespective of the gravity of offence, was opposed by the...

Centre urges Collegium to reconsider Justice Manjunath’s elevation as Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court

The Centre has urged the Supreme Court collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India R.M. Lodha to reconsider its recommendation to elevate Justice K.L. Manjunath of the Karnataka High Court as the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.It was reported that an explanation has been sought by the Government, citing a strongly worded communication by a senior apex court judge...

Delhi gang-rape case: Apex Court stays death sentence of two convicts

A Supreme Court bench comprising of Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai and Justice N.V. Ramana today  stayed the execution of death sentence of Akshay and Vinay Sharma, two of the four convicted in the December 16 gang-rape and murder incident, as it extended its March 15 order blocking execution of the death sentence of the two other convicts - Mukesh and Pawan Gupta - in the same...

Law Commission of India submits Blue Print on Manpower Planning in Judiciary

The Law Commission of India recently submitted a report on “Manpower Planning in Judiciary: A Blue Print” to Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Law & Justice and Communications & IT.The Report provides the following recommendations:It provides for the focus to shift on the recruitment of new judges, in order to dispose off the backlog of cases within 3 years.The age of...

Justice C K Prasad Retires Today, Bouquets and Brickbats

When judges retire, we hear praises, and praises alone. The time has to come to give up the culture of this insincere praising. The Judges should be judged by their Judgements.  LiveLaw has selected one order and a Judgement of Justice CK Prasad which gave bouquets and brickbats to the retiring Judge.Let us first examine the recent Judgment of Justice CK Prasad in the case of misuse of...

Delhi High Court reiterates Fundamental Right to travel abroad and have Passport issued [Read the Judgment]

A Delhi High Court bench comprising of Justice Manmohan reiterated the Fundamental Right to travel abroad and have a passport issued. The Ministry of External Affairs was directed to re-issue the passport to the petitioner, A. Vikash. The petitioner was also directed to pay Rs 50,000 to the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, observing that he has been negligent in taking care of...

SC orders implementation of new wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), effective since April 1

In a progressive intervention to the flagship welfare legislation, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered implementation of new wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), effective since April 1. A bench of Justices S J Mukhopadhaya and S A Bobde passed this order thereby disposing off the Centre's appeal which said that implementation of the new wage...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

A Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice R.M. Lodha, dismissed a PIL challenging the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution of India. It sought a declaration that the Article lapsed with the dissolution of J & K Constituent Assembly on 26th January 1957.A Supreme Court  bench headed by Justice H.L. Dattu, has provided three months time to CBI...

Pakistan Supreme Court entertains petition to trace missing Indian

A petition by the All Maharashtra Human Rights Welfare Association (AMHRWA) to trace an Indian has reportedly been admitted by the Pakistan Supreme Court. Hamid Ansari had disappeared from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in 2012. No Pakistani lawyer has stepped forward to represent AMHRWA. Hence, help from United Nations is sought.In the first week of July, Chief Justice Mazhar Alam Miankhel...

Apex court dismisses PIL challenging special status granted to J&K

A Supreme Court headed by Justice R.M. Lodha, on Friday reportedly dismissed a PIL challenging the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution of India. It sought a declaration that the Article lapsed with the dissolution of J & K Constituent Assembly on 26th January 1957.It was contended that Article 370 is just a temporary provision, which was...

SC amends rule: Three judge bench to hear appeals from Death row convicts

Acknowledging the magnitude of the situation, a Supreme Court committee had suggested all appeals, filed and pending, by death row convicts will from now on be heard by a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court. Until now, the appeals were being heard by a two-judge bench. The recommendation was accepted by a full court, comprising of all the judges of the apex court. He informed that the...

Supreme Court laments over ever-increasing workload; urges senior lawyers to discuss the issue

A five-judge Constitution bench, headed by Justice R.M. Lodha, yesterday voiced their frustration with the “excessive” workload that it has to bear and the “uncontrollable” inflow of cases to be handled by it. It reportedly said, "Load of work, which is flowing in the highest judiciary, is uncontrolled and excessive. We are not finding ways and means to deal with the situation."The...