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Centre Seeks Review Of Supreme Court Order Releasing 6 Convicts In Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case
The Central Government has filed a review petition in the Supreme Court against the November 11 order allowing the release of all convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case saying that the order was passed without hearing it.Since the matter related to the assassination of a former Prime Minister, the Court ought to have heard the Union Government before passing the order, the...
Supreme Court Adjourns Plea Challenging Release Of Genetically Modified Mustard Seeds To Nov 29
The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned to November 29 the hearing in a plea challenging the environmental clearance granted for Genetically Modified Mustard Seeds. The Union of India has filed a detailed affidavit in the matter regarding the process of decision making, the regulatory frameworks and its impact on the nation. An intervention application has also been filed on behalf of...
Supreme Court Refers Challenge Against AIIMS Decision To Cancel INI-CET Admission Rounds To Another Bench
In a plea challenging the decision of AIIMS, New Delhi to cancel the open and on-spot rounds for INI-CET (Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Test) July 2022 session, the Supreme Court observed on Thursday that it cannot pass an order contradictory to an earlier order passed by another bench which had rejected the AIIMS's application for extension of the...
Objection To Admissibility Of Document For Insufficiency Of Stamp Has To Be Taken When It Is Tendered In Evidence ; Court Cannot De-Exhibit It Later: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that the objection as to admissibility of a document on the ground of sufficiency of stamp, has to raised when the document is tendered in evidence.Thereafter, it is not open to the parties, or even the court to reexamine the order or issue, the bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and J K Maheshwari observed.In this case, a document purporting to be an unregistered...
Questions & Answers By Justice V. Ramkumar- Investigation By Police-PART VI
A1. INVESTIGATION BY THE POLICE – Part VIQ.26 Supposing the SHO refuses to register an FIR, what is the remedy of the informant? Ans. Supposing the SHO refuses to record the "information" received under Section 154 (1) Cr.P.C and to register an FIR, the person aggrieved may send, in writing and by post, the substance of such "information", to the Superintendent of Police of...
Delhi Govt vs Centre Services Dispute : Supreme Court Defers Hearing To 8th December, 2022
The Supreme Court, on Thursday agreed to defer the hearing of the dispute between the Delhi Government and the Union Government regarding control of administrative services in the National Capital Territory of Delhi to 8th December, 2022, at the request of the Solicitor General of India, Mr. Tushar Mehta. However, the request of the Solicitor was opposed by Advocate, Mr. Shadan Farasat,...
Registering Authority Cannot Demand Stamp Duty To Keep Copy Of Sale Certificate On The File Of 'Book No.1' : SC Upholds Madras HC Judgment
The Supreme Court upheld the Madras High Court judgment holding that a registering authority cannot demand stamp duty to keep a copy of a sale certificate on the file of Book No.1 under Section 89 of the Registration Act, 1908.In this case, the husband of the writ petitioner before the High Court had got a sale certificate was issued in his favour .The same was forwarded to the...
Not Getting Good Candidates For District Judges, All Chief Justices Saying This : CJI DY Chandrachud
In a plea filed by lawyers who had appeared for Mains Examination conducted for recruitment of ADJs in the State of Rajasthan assailing the result dated 01.10.2022, the Supreme Court, on Thursday, asked the petitioners to approach the concerned High Court. "We are of the considered view there is no reason why a petition cannot be filed before HC under Article 226…Should...
Will Adopt Gujarat Model For Court Infrastructure : UP Govt Tells Supreme Court
The Uttar Pradesh Government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it is taking endeavours to adopt the Gujarat model for the judicial infrastructure in the State. Additional Advocate General of UP Garima Prashad told a bench comprising Justices MR Shah and MM Sundresh that a team of government officials visited the court complexes at Ahmedabad, Vadodara etc., and were impressed by...
Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Plea Challenging Collegium System For Judges' Appointment
The Chief Justice of India, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, on Thursday, agreed to list a plea challenging the present collegium system for appointment of judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts. The petition, in essence, seeks a new mechanism for judges' appointment. The matter was mentioned by Advocate Mathews J Nedumpara before a Bench comprising CJI, Justice D.Y....
"Your Client Is Trying To Be Too Clever By Half" : CJI Chandrachud To Future Group's Lawyer In Dispute With Amazon
On Thursday, while hearing Counsels on the Amazon-Future Group dispute, the Chief Justice of India, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud expressed concern that Future Group (Senior Advocate, Mr. K.V. Vishwanathan's client) was trying to defeat the order of the Apex Court and intending to stall the proceedings before the Singapore Arbitral Tribunal. The CJI told Mr. Vishwanathan - "The...