Mukul Rohatgi confirmed as the 14th Attorney General of India

The newly formed Government today officially zeroed on Mukul Rohatgi as the 14th Attorney General of India. Mr. Rohatgi will hold the post of the top law officer of the country for three years. The appointment maneuvered its way past oppositions from Ram Jethmalani, who had written a strongly worded letter to the PM last week, expressing his resentment against Mukul Rohatgi’s appointment....

Srinivasan can Contest Elections for Post of ICC Chief: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of India has dismissed a plea by the Cricket Association of Bihar, demanding restrain over N. Srinivasan from contesting elections for the post of ICC President, to be conducted on June 27.The counsel for the Cricket Association of Bihar reportedly asserted that Srinivasan had given an undertaking, stating he will not act as BCCI chief till the probe into IPL over was over,...

Theft during 1984 Riots: Apex Court permits 93-year old Accused to Walk Free[Read the Judgment]

A Supreme Court bench comprising of Justice J.S. Khehar and Justice C. Nagappan allowed a 93-year old woman, accused of stealing crockery during the 1984 riots and then illegally occupying a shop, to walk free by reducing her punishment to the period already spent in prison.Trial Court had found the appellants guilty of the offence under Section 379 read with Section 34 IPC and Section 448...

Rape, Murder of a 4-year old girl- Supreme Court stays Execution of Death-Row Convict

A Supreme Court bench comprising of Justice C. Nagappan and Justice J.S. Khehar stayed the execution of death sentence of Kalu Khan, convicted for the rape and murder of a four-year old girl in Rajasthan. The execution was fixed for June 18.A notice was reportedly issued to the Rajasthan Government on the convict’s plea challenging his conviction and sentence.It was alleged that Khan, in...

Eye-Witness lying on most material point renders testimony unreliable: Supreme Court[Read the Judgment]

A Supreme Court Bench comprising of Justice J.S. Khehar and Justice C. Nagappan today, setting aside the conviction of the accused, observed that eye-witnesses who deny the presence of injuries on the person of the accused are lying on most material point, and therefore, their evidence is unreliable. Additionally, this dishonesty assumed much greater importance when the eye witness is...

Sahara v. SEBI- Sahara Deposits Rs. 3,000 crore with SEBI, Fali Nariman refuses to be Amicus Curiae

Sahara has finally started complying with the Supreme Court order and has deposited 3,007-crore with market regular SEBI. The amount was reportedly collected from various bank accounts and sale of bonds. With Rs. 5,127-crore already deposited in 2012, the total amount deposited is now Rs 8,127-crore.In the beginning of this month, the new bench comprising of Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice...

Government to rethink over Gopal Subramaniam’s Nomination as Supreme Court Judge

In an unprecedented decision last month, the collegium headed by Chief Justice of India RM Lodha had suggested names of two previous solicitors general, Gopal Subramaniam and RF Nariman, to the government for appointment as judges of the Supreme Court.While this recommendation was awaiting Government’s nod, with all the other formalities fulfilled, Economic Times reported that the Government...

Kerala Boat hit-and-run: High Court orders arrest of ship in Gujarat [Read the Order]

Justice B.Kemal Pasha of the Kerala High Court today ordered the arrest of a vessel, M.V.Miletus, flying a Marshall Islands flag, involved in the hit and run case off the Kerala coast. The ship will be arrested at Bhavnagar port in Gujarat."The Kerala high court has ordered the arrest of MV Miletus and directed Bhavnagar port, DG Shipping, MMD, Coast Guard Kochi and Coast Guard Head Quarters...

Infosys Slaps Legal Notice on Three Newspapers

IT Major Infosys has reportedly slapped legal notices on three leading newspapers- The Economic Times, The Times of India and The Financial Express for “loss and reputation and goodwill due to circulation of defamatory articles.” Damages of Rs. 2,000-crore have been claimed.The newspapers have been given 24 hours to remove all defamatory articles from their websites and other sources...

Inter-religious Wedlock - Supreme Court orders Protection for the Couple

A couple from Ferozabad in Uttar Pradesh, who said they fell in love and married outside the boundaries of their religions at Arya Samaj Mandal, on April 17, 2014, sought the Supreme Court’s involvement, persuaded by its liberal and open-minded attitude towards inter caste marriages. The Supreme Court definitely didn’t let them down.The petition filed through lawyer Savitri Pandey, said...

Zero tolerance to Crime against women, Speedy Justice; President‘s assurance

President Pranab Mukherji today addressed a joint session of the Parliament, first time after the elections to the 16th Lok Sabha and spoke about all issues of concern and the action forward. He listed down the priorities of the new NDA Government with a hope that in sessions ahead with heavy legislative agenda will be productive and useful.He said that the unprecedented interest showed by...

Law Ministry - Create Separate High Courts for Telangana and AP

The Law Ministry has reportedly written to the Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court, for creation of separate High Courts for the new states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.According to section 30 of the A.P.Reorganisation Act, 2014 (Central Act 6 of 2014) the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad shall be the common High Court for the State of Telangana and the State...