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Supreme Court Warns UP Director General Prisons Of Contempt Action If Directions On Premature Release Of Prisoners Are Violated
Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha issued strict directions to the Director General of Prisons of Uttar Pradesh to take all necessary steps to ensure that applications for premature release or remission are duly considered. The directions were passed in a matter where a person was convicted on 2nd February 1984 for an offence punishable...
Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022- Motor Vehicles Act
Motor Accident Claims - Motor Vehicles Act, 1988; Section 168 - the Notification of Minimum Wages Act can be a guiding factor only in a case where there is no clue available to evaluate monthly income of the deceased. Where positive evidence has been led, no reliance on the Notification could be placed, particularly when it was nobody's case that the deceased was a labourer as presumed...
Administrative Law - Decision Will Be Vitiated If Materials Are Not Disclosed To Affected Party : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, recently, reiterated, that 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. A Bench comprising the Chief Justice of India, D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice P.S. Narasimha held the same in a plea assailing a judgment of the Bombay High...
Is Non-Production Of Power Of Attorney Fatal To Title Suit? Supreme Court Split Verdict
The Supreme Court, on Friday, passed a split verdict in a plea pertaining to the issue that when a sale deed is executed on the strength of a deed of Power Attorney, the non-production of the deed of Power of Attorney in the suit is fatal to the case of the plaintiff. The judgment was passed by a Bench comprising Justice M.R. Shah and Justice B.V. Nagarathna. While Justice Shah took note of...
Shiv Sena Rift | Election Commission To Decide Issue Of Maintainability Of Eknath Shinde's Petition While Passing Final Order
The issue arising out of the rift within Shiv Sena party between Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray over the Party name “Shiv Sena” and the symbol “Bow and Arrow” was heard by the Election Commission of India under Paragraph 15 of the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968 on 10th January 2023. Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing on behalf of the Uddhav...
Supreme Court Weekly Roundup (8th January 2023-14th January 2023)
Striking down of Section 10(26AAA) Income Tax Act, recognition of the right of States to constitute Committees on Uniform Civil Code, PILs on recognition of menstrual leaves and the Joshimath sinking, along with hearings on the Bhopal Gas Tragedy and the Delhi Government versus the LG dispute – a lot has happened in the Supreme Court of India this past week. This report provides links...
'Will Fight Till Last Breath, Want My Son's Killers Punished' : 74-Year Old Mother's Quest For Justice In 20 Year Old Custodial Death Case
A septuagenarian mother’s quest for justice for her son’s death 20 years ago has brought her before the Bombay High Court once again in a petition seeking to add names of four police officers as accused. “A mother just wants her child, they should have given him to me. They killed my innocent son, don’t they deserve to be punished? He deserves justice. Any mother will feel that...
Anticipatory Bail Application Maintainable By Accused Who Is In Custody In Another Crime? Supreme Court Leaves Question Of Law Open
While it is settled law that where the accused has already been arrested, the anticipatory bail application would not lie in that particular case, the question still looms large that if a person is arrested in another case other than for which she had already been arrested whether anticipatory bail would be maintainable. The Supreme Court had an occasion recently to decide...
Supreme Court Asks UP Police To Produce Records Of Case Relating To Alleged Hate Crime Against Man
The Supreme Court of India on Friday heard the batch of pleas which sought to curb hate speech in the country. The hearing which almost ran into two hours was before a Division Bench Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna. The following were the broad category cases - the petitions filed against the 'UPSC Jihad' campaign by Sudarshan News TV, the petitions filed against the...
Supreme Court Asks Maulvi Allegedly Involved In Forced Religious Conversion To Appear Before Gujarat Police
The Supreme Court on Friday asked an Islamic scholar and maulvi, accused of forcefully converting 37 Hindu families and 100 Hindus, to appear before the investigation agency for interrogation. As the first step, before going to the allegations against the petitioner, a Bench of Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar asked him to report before the investigation officer between January 16th...
Change Of Bench In Plea Related To Religious Conversions; CJI DY Chandrachud-Led Bench To Hear On Monday
A change of bench has taken place in the PIL filed in the Supreme Court alleging that mass religious conversions were taking place in India through forceful and fraudulent means.The matter, which was being heard by a bench led by Justice MR Shah, will be heard by a bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala on Monday (January 16).On January...