'Can Foreign Police Be Asked To Not Arrest Indians?' : Supreme Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Guidelines For Safe Visit Of Indians Abroad

Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha refused to entertain a public interest litigation seeking guidelines for safe visit of Indians abroad. The petition was filed by a man who was detained in Abu Dhabi due to mistaken identity and sought a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for all citizens of India visiting abroad. At the outset, the...

Supreme Court Stays Criminal Proceedings Against Salman Khurshid for Allegedly Trespassing Into DPS Society’s Office

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the criminal proceedings against Congress leader and Senior Advocate Salman Khurshid for allegedly trespassing into the office of the Delhi Public School Society in Delhi. A Division Bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and Vikram Nath ordered, “Leave granted. It is clarified that the stay of the proceedings is only in the case pertaining to the...

'Any' Means 'All' : Supreme Court Says Centre Can Demonetise All Series Of Bank Notes Invoking Section 26(2) Of RBI Act

Interpreting the word "any" in Section 26(2) of the Reserve Bank of India Act 1934 as "all", the Supreme Court by 4:1 majority held that the Central Government has the power to demonetise all series of currency notes of a particular denomination.A 5-judge bench comprising Justices S Abdul Nazeer, BR Gavai, AS Bopanna, V Ramasubramanian and BV Nagarathna was deciding a batch of...

Questions & Answers By Justice V. Ramkumar- Investigation By Police- PART XVIII

Q.86 Is it not correct to say that both the “inquest report” and the “post-mortem report” are substantive evidence ? Ans. No. Both of them are not substantive evidence. (Vide— Para 6 of Munshi Prasad v. State of Bihar (2002) 1 SCC 351 = AIR 2001 SC 3031 – U. C. Banerjee, K. G. Balakrishnan - JJ; Sambhu Das v. State of Assam (2010) 10 SCC 374 = AIR 2010 SC 3300...

100 Important High Court Judgments of GST in 2022

Allahabad High Court: Allahabad High Court Stays GST Demand On Payment Of Royalty To Conduct Mining Activity Case Title: M/s Jitendra Singh versus Union of India The Allahabad High Court bench of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh has stayed the GST demand on payment of royalty to conduct mining activity. GST Dept. Made Attachment Without Recording Opinion And Referring To...

Supreme Court Stays HC Order Which Set Aside Acquittal Of Mukhtar Ansari In Case For Threatening Jailer

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed an Allahabad High Court order sentencing former Bahujan Samaj Party legislator, Mukhtar Ansari to seven years’ imprisonment for threatening to kill a jailer by pointing a pistol at him in 2003. This comes as a major relief to the gangster-turned-politician elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Mau constituency in Uttar Pradesh...

Constitution Does Not Prohibit Appointment Of Lawyer Practising In Supreme Court As Judge Of High Courts : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, on Monday, observed that there is no provision in the Constitution of India which prohibits lawyers practicing in the Supreme Court to be appointed as judges of High Courts. A Bench comprising Justice S.K. Kaul and Justice A.S. Oka noted the same while hearing a petition contending that as per Article 217 of the Constitution, a person who has been enrolled with a State...

Supreme Court Asks TMC Minister Birbaha Hansda To Approach HC For Permission To Register FIR Against Suvendu Adhikari

Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha refused to entertain the petition filed by TMC minister Birbaha Hansda against the Calcutta High Court order barring the registration of FIRs against Nandigram BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari without its prior permission. Hansda, a tribal leader, had filed a complaint against Adhikari under the Scheduled Castes and...

OBC Quota In Local Body Polls : Supreme Court To Hear UP Government's Petition Against HC Order On 4th Jan

Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha stated that the court will hear the petition filed by the Uttar Pradesh government against the Allahabad High Court’s decision asking the State to conduct urban local body polls without OBC reservations on 4th January. The plea was mentioned by Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta who sought an...

RBI Didn't Independently Apply Its Mind In Recommending Demonetisation, Entire Exercise Carried Out In 24 Hours : Justice BV Nagarathna

In her dissenting judgment in the pleas challenging demonetisation, Supreme Court judge Justice BV Nagarathna observed that there was no independent application of mind by the Reserve Bank of India in recommending the cancellation of entire Rs.500 and Rs.1000 notes as proposed by the Central Government.Justice Nagarathna formed this opinion after referring to the records relating to the...

Whether Demonetisation Achieved Its Objects Is Not Relevant To Decide Its Legality : Supreme Court

While upholding the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes carried out by the Central Government in 2016, the Supreme Court observed that the question whether the measure has achieved its objects is not relevant while deciding its legality.A Constitution Bench comprising 5 judges upheld the demonetisation exercise as valid by a 4:1 majority, with Justice BV Nagarathna dissenting...

CJI DY Chandrachud Launches E-SCR Project For Digital Version Of Judgments Reported In Supreme Court Reports

The Chief Justice of India Dr Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud announced the launch of the electronic Supreme Court Reports (e-SCR) project. The project has been launched as a tribute to the nation in the New Year.While announcing the project, CJI Chandrachud said–"This is a free service available for lawyers across the country so young juniors do not have to pay. There is an elastic...