Supreme Court Directs That Its Two Judgments On Bail & Arrest Guidelines Be Made Part Of Curriculum In Judicial Academies

The Supreme Court on Friday directed that its judgments, which laid down elaborate guidelines regarding arrest and bail, be made part of the curriculum of State Judicial Academies, where judicial officers are given training.The 2021 judgment in the case Siddharth vs. State of Uttar Pradesh LL 2021 SC 391 and the 2022 judgment in the case Satender Kumar Antil vs Central Bureau Of...

Supreme Court Monthly Criminal Digest- January 2023

SUBJECT WISE INDEXBailSupreme Court disapproves Allahabad HC dismissing several bail applications on the same day for default. Rahul Sharma v. State of Uttar Pradesh, 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 64Supreme Court overturned a bail condition imposed by the High Court that a person accused of illegally claiming Input Tax Credit must deposit Rs. 70 lakhs, the alleged amount of improperly claimed ITC -...

Centre's Decision To Bar OCI Students From General Seats Will Apply To Only Those Who Register As OCIs After 04.03.2021 : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, on Friday, held that the notification issued by the Central Government in 2021 - which took away the rights of Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) category students to apply for general seats and confined their right only to Non-Resident Indians (NRI) category seats- will apply only prospectively from the date of the notification, which is March 4, 2021.The notification issued...

Chief Justice of Singapore Sundaresh Menon Watches Proceedings Of Chief Justice Chandrachud's Court

Chief Justice of Singapore, Justice Sundaresh Menon watched the proceedings of Court I of the Indian Supreme Court, which is led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud. While commencing the court proceedings, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud welcomed Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon and said–"It is my honour and pleasure to welcome Chief Justice of Singapore, Justice Sundaresh Menon. Justice Sundaresh...

CRZ Notification 2011 : Storage Facility For Edible Oil Not Allowed Outside Port Area; Supreme Court Affirms Quashing Of Post-Facto Clearance

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, noted that the word ‘within’ used for CRZ-I and ‘in’ used for CRZ-II in the CRZ Notification of 2011 cannot be interpreted to include what is outside the port areas. It is pertinent to note that in CRZ-I, the “storage of edible oil inter alia is permitted within the notified ports” and in CRZ-II, the storage of non-hazardous cargo such as edible...

Right To Vote Is A Constitutional Right; Not Just A Statutory Right : CJI DY Chandrachud

While hearing a PIL challenging the constitutionality of Section 33(7) of the Representation of Peoples Act 1951, which allows a candidate to contest from two seats in elections, CJI DY Chandrachud expressed his reservations on the view that the Right to Vote was a statutory right. Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, appearing for the petitioner in the matter, had submitted that Section...

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise Index (Citations 55 - 67) [January 23 – 31, 2023]

SUBJECT WISE INDEX Bail Supreme Court disapproves Allahabad HC dismissing several bail applications on the same day for default. Rahul Sharma v. State of Uttar Pradesh, 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 64 Supreme Court overturned a bail condition imposed by the High Court that a person accused of illegally claiming Input Tax Credit must deposit Rs. 70 lakhs, the alleged amount of...

Supreme Court Allows Woman Who Sought Abortion To Give Child For Adoption To A Couple Registered With CARA

In a plea filed by a 21-year old unmarried woman seeking permission to terminate a 29-week pregnancy, the Supreme Court of India, while noting that the petitioner in question had agreed to give birth to the child and place the child for adoption, asked AIIMS to take all necessary precautions in the interest of the safety and health of the mother and the fetus. Further, permission was granted...

'Retire At 56? Unfair' : SC Judge Ajay Rastogi On Retirement Age In Kerala Govt Services

On Thursday, while hearing submissions in a service matter, Supreme Court Judge, Justice Ajay Rastogi was bemused to know that in some government services in the State of Kerala the age of retirement is 56 years.The Bench comprising Justice Ajay Rastogi and Justice C.T. Ravikumar was hearing a matter pertaining to medical services, wherein the retirement age appears to be 62 years across...

Section 138 NI Act | Conviction Cannot Be Confirmed Overriding Agreement Between Parties To Compound The Offence : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently set aside an order of the Telangana High Court which confirmed the conviction in a cheque dishonour case overriding the agreement between the parties to compound the offence.A bench comprising Justices Krishna Murari and V Ramasubramanian held that when parties to a litigation proceeding have entered into an agreement to compound a compoundable offence, High...

Criminal Proceedings Inter-Se Parties Can Be Quashed If They Have Genuinely Settled Matrimonial Disputes : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that criminal proceedings inter-se parties in cases of offences relating to matrimonial disputes can be quashed if the Court is satisfied that the parties have genuinely settled the disputes amicably.In this case, the husband was charged under Sections 498A, 427, 504 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code pursuant to an FIR lodged by the wife. The couple entered into...

[Judges Appointment] Govt Sent Back 18 SC Collegium Recommendations, 6 Have Been Reiterated: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju

The Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday informed Rajya Sabha that a total of 18 proposals recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium (SCC) for appointment of judges has been sent back by the government to the collegium for reconsideration. “A total of 64 proposals for appointment of judgeship are pending with the government and are under various stages of processing”,...