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There Are Whispers That Collegium Will Recommend Only Names Acceptable To Centre : Senior Adv CS Vaidyanathan
Senior Advocate C S Vaidyanathan on Tuesday said that there are "whispers" that the Supreme Court collegium will send recommendations only if they are acceptable to the Central Government."What has been sacred to all of us is the independence of the judiciary. There are whispers in the air and I hope they are not true, of the collegium thinking that they will send recommendations only if they...
Section 376DA IPC Unconstitutional For Prescribing Mandatory Life Sentence For Remainder Of One's Life : P39A NLU-D Tells Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Project 39A of National Law University Delhi to implead in a petition challenging the validity of Section 376DA of the Indian Penal Code for prescribing a mandatory life sentence without remission.Advocate Mahfooz Hasan Nazki, appearing for Project 39A, bought to the notice of the court that another matter challenging Section 376DB of IPC was also...
Senior Adv Kapil Sibal Seeks Urgent Hearing Of Plea In Supreme Court Against Hate Speech
Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal sought urgent listing of the Dharam Sansad Hate Speech matter by the Supreme Court bench comprising CJI UU Lalit and Justice Bela M Trivedi. The bench enquired if there had been any specific petitions filed in the matter and requested submission of details regarding the same. At the outset, Senior Advocate Sibal stated–"Some immediate orders may be passed to...
Supreme Court Reserves Order on TMC Leader Manik Bhattacharya's Plea Challenging ED Arrest In Money Laundering Case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved orders in the plea filed by Manik Bhattacharya, former chairman of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education and Trinamool Congress leader, assailing his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in money laundering matter regarding the teacher's appointment scam.The bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Vikram Nath heard the matter. It was argued by...
'Why Is NGT Sitting In A Combination of 5 Judges?It Can Have Two Benches And Do Double Work': Supreme Court
While hearing submissions in a plea impugning a Bombay High Court order, which had quashed administrative notices issued by the Registrar General of the National Green Tribunal transferring certain cases from the Western Zone Bench at Pune to Northern bench at New Delhi, the Supreme Court, on Tuesday, reckoned why the National Green Tribunal (NGT) is sitting in a combination...
'Drugs Are Being Ordered Over Dark Web, Payments Made In Crypto Currency' : Amicus To Supreme Court
Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice of India U.U. Lalit and Justice Bela M. Trivedi sought Union's response in a suo motu PIL taken on the basis of a letter petition sent to the then CJI NV Ramana regarding drug mafia in the country. In the last hearing, the court had appointed Advocate Shoeb Alam as amicus curiae and had issued notice to Senior Advocate Aishwarya Bhati,...
Test For Determining Whether Question Of Law Raised Is Substantial Would Be To See Whether It Directly And Substantially Affects Rights Of Parties : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, in a judgment delivered in an appeal against Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, explained the test for determining whether a case involves substantial question of law.The bench of Justices S. Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari said that the appropriate test for determining whether the question of law raised in the case is substantial would be to see whether it directly...
Chattisgarh NAN Scam | 'Judge Met The CM Two Days Before Granting Bail' : ED Tells Supreme Court
Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice of India U.U. Lalit, Justices Ravindra Bhat and Ajay Rastogi, on Tuesday, heard the Enforcement Directorate's petition seeking transfer of investigation in the Nagrik Apurti Nigam (NAN) scam case pertaining to corruption in the Public Distribution System (PDS) in Chattisgarh. In today's proceedings, the ED submitted that the judge who had granted...
Supreme Court Stays HC Order Quashing Transfer Of NGT Cases From Zonal Benches To Delhi; Directs Western Zone Cases To Be Heard At Pune
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, issued notice in a plea filed by the National Green Tribunal challenging the order of the Bombay High Court, which has quashed administrative notices issued by the Registrar General of NGT transferring cases from the Western Zone Bench at Pune to Special Benches at the Principal Seat at New Delhi.A Bench comprising Justices B.R. Gavai and B.V. Nagarathna was...
Jayaraj-Bennicks Custodial Deaths Case : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Of Accused Cop To Transfer Trial From Tamil Nadu To Kerala
The Supreme Court today dismissed a transfer petition filed by P. Raghu Ganesh one of the accused in the custodial death case of trader P. Jayraj and his son J. Benicks. Ganesh, who was the Sub-Inspector of the Sathankulam police station where the custodial death of the father-son duo happened in June 202, sought the transfer of the trial from Tamil Nadu to Kerala.Senior Advocate...
Umar Khalid's Name Finds A Recurring Mention In Conspiracy Behind Delhi Riots, Protests Were Geared Towards Grave Consequences: Delhi High Court
Denying bail to student activist Umar Khalid in Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, the Delhi High Court today observed that the protests against Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA) and 2020 North-East Delhi riots were prima-facie orchestrated at various "conspiratorial meetings" held from December 2019 till February 2020, some of which were also attended by Khalid. A division bench of...