"Odisha Not Such A Big State" : Supreme Court Disapproves Of Agitating Lawyers' Demand For High Court Benches

The State of Odisha is not large enough to merit the demand for the constitution of permanent benches outside Cuttack, the Supreme Court of India said on Monday. A Bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S. Oka was dealing with the problem of lawyers abstaining from work in several districts of Odisha over a long-standing demand for a permanent bench of the Orissa High...

Afzal Khan's Tomb Untouched, Only Illegal Structures Near It Demolished : Maharashtra Govt Tells Supreme Court

The State of Maharashtra told the Supreme Court on Monday that only the unauthorised structures around the tomb of Afzal Khan in Satara were demolished and the tomb was left untouched.Senior Advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaul, appearing for the State, invited the attention of the bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha to the report and the photographs...

Accused Remaining In Prison Due To Inability To Furnish Bail Bonds Or Surety Is A Regular Phenomenon : Supreme Court Seeks Intervention Of DLSAs

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed concern regarding persons who have been granted bail but are not able to fill in the bail bonds or produce surety before the court which results in them not being able to get out of the prison.A bench comprising of Justices A. S. Bopanna and S. Ravindra Bhat observed that, "This is a regular phenomenon where accused are given bail but they are not able to...

ISRO Espionage Case: Supreme Court Says It Will Ask Kerala HC To Consider Anticipatory Bail Pleas Afresh

The Supreme Court on Monday said that it will direct the Kerala High Court to consider afresh the anticipatory bail pleas of five police and intelligence bureau officials in the case related to the alleged framing of ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan in 1994 ISRO espionage case.A Bench of Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar today reserved the judgement while hearing two petitions filed by the...

"Spur Of The Moment", "Took Her Immediately To Hospital": SC Sets Aside Conviction U/s 302 IPC Of A Husband Accused Of Killing Wife

The Supreme Court set aside murder conviction of a man accused of killing his wife and modified it to conviction under Section 304 Part II IPC.This is after the court found that the incident had occurred at the spur of the moment and the accused had taken immediate steps to shift his wife to the hospital.The accused was charged of murder of his wife and in this case the sole eyewitness...

Forced Religious Conversions : Supreme Court Asks Centre To Collect Information On Steps Taken By States

Reiterating that the issue of forceful religious conversion is an 'important issue', the Supreme Court on Monday directed the Union Government to get information from all the States regarding the steps taken by them in this regard.A bench comprising Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar was hearing a PIL filed by BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay seeking steps on curbing forceful religious conversion...

Rape Accused Has No Right To Demand In-Camera Hearing : Supreme Court Dismisses Tarun Tejpal's Plea

Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha on Monday, dismissed Journalist Tarun Tejpal's plea for in-camera hearing in rape case appeal.Tejpal, co-founder and former Editor-in-Chief of Tehelka Magazine was accused of forcing himself on his junior colleague inside an elevator of the Grand Hyatt, Bambolim, Goa on November 7 and 8, 2013, during...

"Important Issue" : Supreme Court On Plea Seeking Free Sanitary Napkins For School Girls; Issues Notice To Centre, States

A Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha has issued notice to the Central Government and all states and Union Territories in a plea seeking free sanitary napkins to all adolescent girls in schools.The petitioner, a social worker, had invoked the Supreme Court's jurisdiction under Article 32 in the matter. The petition also sought for...

'Can High Court Become Town Planner?" : Supreme Court Stays AP HC Direction To Develop Amaravati Capital City Within Six Months' Time

In the plea pertaining to the Andhra-Pradesh Three Capitals row, the Supreme Court, on Monday, stays certain time-bound directions passed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court, including the one directing the State to construct and develop Amaravati capital city and capital region within six months time. The directions of the High Court that a Bench comprising Justices K.M. Joseph and...

Will Take Serious Steps Against Forced Religious Conversions; No One Has Any Fundamental Right To Convert Others : Centre Tells Supreme Court

In an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, the Union Government said that it is "cognizant of the gravity and the seriousness" of the issue of forced religious conversions. Responding to a PIL filed by BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay seeking measures to control forced conversions, the Union said that, "the relief sought in the present petition would be taken up in all seriousness by the Union...

Centre Disrupts Judges' Seniority By Splitting Up Collegium Resolutions: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today criticized the practice of Centre splitting up the Collegium Resolutions by approving some names from the recommendation and withholding other names. While hearing a petition against delay in approval of Collegium recommendations by the Centre, Justice SK Kaul told Attorney General for India R Venkataramani,"Sometimes when you appoint, you pick up some names from the...

Supreme Court Asks Bar Council Of India To Suspend Licenses Of Advocates In Odisha For Court Boycott & Act Against Office Bearers Of Bar Associations

"100% Work Has to Resume, No Other Option," SC Urges BCI to Suspend the Licenses Agitating Lawyers in Odisha and Take Action Against District Bar Associations