Adani-Hindenburg- Supreme Court Order On Constituting Committee To Review Regulatory Mechanism-LIVE UPDATES

The Supreme Court will pass orders Today at 10.30 am, on constituting an expert committee to review the regulatory mechanism in the light of Adani-Hindenburg issue.A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha and Justice JB Pardiwala had decided to constituted an expert committee to analyse if the regulatory mechanism needs to be strengthened to protect Indian...

Shiv Sena Case Hearing | Immaterial For 10th Schedule Whether Rival Group Has Majority; ECI Decision Has Retroactive Effect : Supreme Court

For the application of anti-defection law (tenth schedule of the Constitution), it does not matter whether the rival group is the minority or majority within the political party if their acts amount to defection, observed the Supreme Court on Wednesday while hearing the arguments of the Eknath Shinde group in the Shiv Sena case.The Court also remarked that the tenth schedule will operate even...

Adani-Hindenburg : Supreme Court To Pass Orders Tomorrow On Constituting Committee To Review Regulatory Mechanism

The Supreme Court will pass orders tomorrow on constituting an expert committee to review the regulatory mechanism in the light of Adani-Hindenburg issue.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha and Justice JB Pardiwala had decided to constituted an expert committee to analyse if the regulatory mechanism needs to be strengthened to protect Indian...

BREAKING| Supreme Court To Deliver Judgment Tomorrow On Petitions Seeking Independent Mechanism To Appoint Election Commissioners

The Supreme Court will deliver judgment tomorrow on a batch of petitions seeking an independent mechanism to appoint Election Commissioners in the Election Commission of India so as to ensure the independence and autonomy of the poll panel.A Constitution Bench comprising Justices KM Joseph, Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and CT Ravikumar had reserved judgment in the matter...

Power To Transfer Cases To CBI Should Be Used Sparingly: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently reiterated that the Court’s power to transfer cases to the Central Bureau of Investigation or any other specialised agency is an extraordinary power and therefore, should be used sparingly.A Bench of Justices AS Bopanna and Ahsanuddin Amanullah observed that the transfer of a case should be made to a specialised agency only if there’s no other option of securing...

Bhima Koregaon Case: Delay In Starting Trial Not Due To Us, NIA Tells Supreme Court

The National Investigation Agency told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the delay in the trial of the Bhima Koregaon accused could not be attributed to them. Additional Solicitor General for India K.M. Nataraj told the court: “The matter has been posted for framing of charges. However, there are as many as nine applications filed by the accused for discharge, which are pending....

'Non-Recovery Of Corpse Relevant In Considering Chain Of Circumstances' : Supreme Court Reverses Conviction In Murder Case

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, reversed a conviction recorded by the Trial Court, affirmed by the Tripura High Court on the ground that major links of the chain of circumstances had not been proved by the prosecution evidence in a case based on circumstantial evidence. A Bench comprising Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice Vikram Nath was of the opinion that in the facts and circumstances of...

Mere Acquittal In Criminal Case Does Not Entitle An Employee To Reinstatement In Service : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that mere acquittal does not entitle an employee to the reinstatement in service.If a person is acquitted or discharged, it cannot obviously be inferred that he was falsely involved, or he had no criminal antecedents, the bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela M Trivedi observed.In this case, the petitioner was appointed to the post of constable in the Jammu...

Judges' Pension : Most States Report Compliance Of Supreme Court Directions To Disburse Arrears

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, was informed that most State Governments have complied with the directions regarding disbursal of the pension arrears to retired arrears after enhancement.On 07.02.2023, noting that some States Government have not complied with its earlier decision regarding enhancement of pension, to the extent they have defaulted in depositing pension arrears due to...

Section 28 Specific Relief Act - Time To Deposit Balance Sale Consideration Cannot Be Extended As A Matter Of Course : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently rescinded a sale agreement after noting that the plaintiff, who secured a decree for specific performance of the contract, had failed to deposit the balance sale consideration within time.Observing that the time for paying sale consideration cannot be extended as a matter of course, the Apex Court found fault with the trial court for condoning the huge delay of 853...

Mere Fact Of Commission Of Suicide Itself Not Sufficient To Raise Presumption Under Section 113A Evidence Act : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that the mere fact of commission of suicide by itself would not be sufficient for the court to raise the presumption under Section 113A of the Evidence Act, and to hold the accused guilty of Section 306 IPC(abetment to suicide).In this case, the accused (husband, mother in law and father in law) were convicted under Section 498A and Section 306 read with Section 34 of...

After Rajasthan Govt’s Internet Shutdown To Prevent Cheating In Public Exam, Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Enforcement Of Shutdown Guidelines

After mobile internet services were suspended in 11 districts in Rajasthan to prevent cheating in a competitive examination to recruit government schoolteachers, a petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking the implementation of the Anuradha Bhasin guidelines for internet shutdowns.The petitioner Chhaya Rani, an advocate practising in the Rajasthan High Court, said that as a...