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Post-Disposal Application To Modify/Clarify Judgment Maintainable Only In Rare Cases : Supreme Court
While dismissing Adani Power's Miscellaneous Application (MA) seeking Late Payment Surcharge (LPS) from Rajasthan Discoms, the Supreme Court reasoned out that the miscellaneous application seeking clarification of the order passed by the court couldn't be entertained after the disposal of the matter.The Bench Comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sanjay Kumar underscored the settled position...
Court Has To Strike Balance Between Testimony Of Injured Witness & Interested Witness : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (March 18) overturned the conviction of the accused while observing that conviction cannot be sustained based on the testimony of the 'injured witness' who happens to be an 'interested witness' in the outcome of the case. Reversing the findings of the High Court and Trial Court which has convicted the accused, the Bench Comprising Justices Hrishikesh Roy and...
'Mockery Of Voter' : Supreme Court Questions ECI Using 'Legislative Majority' Test Under Symbols Order, Says It Can Encourage Defections
While hearing the case related to the rift in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the Supreme Court on Tuesday (March 19) questioned the rationale of the Election Commission of India (ECI) giving official recognition to the Ajit Pawar faction solely based on the test of "legislative majority".The Court expressed a concern that this approach could encourage defections.A bench comprising...
Supreme Court Starts Anonymizing Identities Of Accused In Rape Cases Found To Be False
It is interesting to note that the Supreme Court has recently started anonymizing the names of the accused in judgments which quash rape cases as false.On March 18, the Supreme Court quashed an FIR against a person accused of raping a woman on the false pretext of marriage. The judgment titled "Ms.X versus Mr.A" has kept the name of the accused anonymous. On March 7, the Court delivered...
CAA Challenge: Supreme Court Issues Notice To Union On Pleas To Stay Citizenship Amendment Act & Rules, Posts On April 9
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (March 19) issued notice to the union government on a batch of applications seeking to stay the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the Citizenship Amendment Rules 2024. Seeking the Union's response, the court posted the matter on April 9.A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra adjourned today's hearing on Solicitor...
Supreme Court Orders Personal Appearance Of Patanjali MD & Baba Ramdev In Contempt Case Over Misleading Medical Ads
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ( March 19) directed the personal appearance of Patanjali's Managing Director Acharya Balakrishna and Baba Ramdev (Co-founder of Patanjali). The Bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah was hearing a case wherein it previously issued a Contempt notice to Patanjali Ayurved and its MD for continuing to publish misleading advertisements...
AAP Leader Satyendar Jain Prima Facie Guilty Of Money Laundering, ED Collected Sufficient Materials: Supreme Court
In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Monday (March 18) observed that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain, along with his aides Ankush Jain and Vaibhav Jain, are prima facie guilty of the alleged offences of money laundering.“Having regard to the totality of the facts and circumstances of the case, we are of the opinion that the appellants have miserably failed to...
Supreme Court Grants Bail To Litigant Taken Into Custody For Not Depositing Cost & Contemptous Remarks, Frames Contempt Charges
The Supreme Court today (March 18) granted bail to Upendra Nath Dalai, the man against whom contempt proceedings are going on for non-payment of cost imposed by the Court as well as for making contemptuous remarks against the Court. In addition to the civil contempt charges, the bench proceeded to initiate charges of criminal contempt as well. The Bench of Justice CT Ravikumar and Justice...
Supreme Court Reviews Its Order, Reiterates Juvenile Justice Rules, 2007 Are Relevant Rules For Considering Question Of Juvenility
The Supreme Court reviewed its 2019 judgment wherein, while remitting the question of juvenility to the Punjab & Haryana High Court, it opined that the relevant rules to be looked into are Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules, 2001. The Division Bench of CT Ravikumar and Rajesh Bindal agreed that there was a manifest error and decided that it must be corrected...
Supreme Court Issues Contempt Notice To Petitioner & Advocates For Alleging That HC Judge Pressurized To Withdraw Petition
In a criminal appeal where the petitioners/ accused persons argued that they were “pressurized” by the Single-Judge Bench of the Rajasthan High Court to withdraw their Section 482 Cr.P.C petition, the Supreme Court (on March 15) issued show cause notice for proceedings under the Contempt of Court Act. The Division bench of Justices B.R Gavai and Sandeep Mehta termed these averments...
Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Disqualification Of Rebel Congress MLAs From HP Assembly; Issues Notice On Challenge
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (March 12) issued notice on a plea by six rebel MLAs of the Congress party challenging their disqualification from the Himachal Pradesh state assembly. However, the court clarified that their disqualification will not be stayed. At the same time, it agreed to examine the question of whether the recently announced fresh by-polls should be suspended.These MLAs...