Supreme Court Holds Special Saturday Sitting; Stays Demolition Order Passed By Calcutta High Court

A Supreme Court bench comprising Justice V. Ramasubramanian and Justice Hrishikesh Roy held a special sitting on Saturday to hear a petition challenging the interim order of Calcutta High Court to demolish a building. The petition filed through Advocate-on-Record, Mr. Kush Chaturvedi was heard through Video-Conferencing. The Judges appeared from their chambers. Senior Advocate Siddharth...

BREAKING - Delhi Court Discharges Sharjeel Imam, Asif Iqbal Tanha In 2019 Jamia Violence Case

A Delhi Court on Saturday discharged Sharjeel Imam and Asif Iqbal Tanha in a case connected to the incidents of violence at Jamia Milia Islamia University in December, 2019.Additional Sessions Judge Arul Verma passed the order. The FIR alleges offences of rioting and unlawful assembly - Section 143, 147, 148, 149, 186, 353, 332, 333, 308, 427, 435, 323, 341, 120B and 34 of IPC have been...

Can Section 482 CrPC Petition Be Dismissed Solely On The Ground That Discharge Application Is Pending? Supreme Court Issues Notice

Can High Court dismiss a petition under Section 482 CrPC solely on the ground that a discharge application is pending? The Supreme Court issued notice in a Special Leave Petition which raised this issue.In this case, the petitioners- accused had approached the Madras High Court seeking quashing of criminal proceedings against them. The court noticed that during the pendency of this petition,...

‘Talent Is Not Monopoly Of Those Who Stay In Metropolitan Areas’: CJI Chandrachud While Inaugurating 'Virtual High Courts' In Odisha

Chief Justice of India Dr. Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud on Friday virtually inaugurated ‘Virtual High Courts’ in 10 different districts of Odisha. While speaking on the occasion, he said talent has no geographical boundaries and it is not the ‘monopoly’ of those who stay in metropolitan areas. He underlined the importance of facilities like 'Virtual High Courts'...

VRS Employees Cannot Claim Parity With Others Who Retired On Achieving Age Of Superannuation: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that employees who retired under the Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) cannot claim parity with others who retired upon achieving the age of superannuation for the purposes of pay revision. Factual Matrix leading to the Civil AppealWhat was up for challenge before the bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and S. Ravindra Bhat in this civil appeal was a decision of...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022 - Criminal Major Acts

Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Appeal against High Court order setting aside criminal proceedings on the ground that taking cognizance by magistrate was barred by limitation - Allowed - The High Court made a fundamental error in assuming that the date of taking cognizance i.e., 04.12.2012 is decisive of the matter, while ignoring the fact that...

Amicus Report Reveals Large Number Of Vacancies & Shortage In Infrastructure In District Judiciary Despite SC Intervention

Amid increasing concerns about the perennial problem of pendency afflicting the Indian judicial architecture, the Supreme Court was informed that despite its many efforts to populate the ranks in the subordinate judiciary in a prompt and timely manner, there exists a large number of vacancies as well as a shortage of infrastructure. A three-judge bench of Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud,...

Taj Trapezium Matter : Supreme Court Allows More Flights To Agra, Removes Restriction On Increasing Air Traffic

The Supreme Court has removed the restriction imposed on increasing air traffic in the Agra area. In December 2019, while granting permission to the Airport Authority of India to construct an additional terminal at the Agra airport, the Supreme Court had imposed a restriction that the air traffic should not be increased. The restriction was imposed to preserve the Taj Mahal monument. In...

Right to Die: Supreme Court Makes It Easier For Persons To Opt For Passive Euthanasia; Simplifies 2018 Guidelines On Living Will/Advance Directive

The Supreme Court has modified the slew of directions relating to advance medical directives, or living wills issued in a 2018 judgement that had recognised the right to die with dignity as an inextricable facet of the right to live with dignity under Article 21 of the Constitution, and had, accordingly, upheld the legal validity of passive euthanasia. The modification order was passed by...

Secular State Has To Prevent Hate Speech At Any Cost : Supreme Court

Emphasizing that India is a “secular state” and hate-speech cannot be allowed, the Supreme Court on Friday directed that the meeting proposed by 'Sakal Hindu Samaj' in Mumbai on February 5 should be videographed by the police and that the contents should be reported to the Court.The Court also directed that the police should act as per the mandate of Section 151 CrPC, if arrests are...

Centre vs Collegium : Supreme Court Says 'Attacks' On Judiciary Doesn't Bother It Beyond A Stage

The Supreme Court, on Friday, remarked that the incessant attacks on judiciary by the other authorities, especially with respect to the process of appointment of judges, ‘does not bother it beyond a certain stage’.A Bench comprising Justice S.K. Kaul and Justice A.S. Oka reckoned that the concerned authorities attacking judiciary should decide for themselves what is appropriate comment...

Supreme Court Monthly Digest- January 2023

Supreme Court Monthly Digest- January 2023 With Nominal And Statute/Subject Wise Index (Citations 1 to 67)SUBJECT WISE INDEXAdministrative LawAdministrative Law – Well established principle of - An adjudicatory body cannot base its decision on any material unless the person against whom it is sought to be utilised has been apprised of it and given an opportunity to respond to it. [Para...