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Supreme Court Grants Interim Bail To Teesta Setalvad In Gujarat Police FIR
The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to social activist Teesta Setalvad, who is under custody since June 25 over alleged fabrication of documents to file cases in relation to 2002 Gujarat riots. She has been asked to surrender her passport till the matter is considered by the Gujarat High Court.On her lawyer Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal submitting that local sureties might not...
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Supreme Court to hear the petition filed by Teesta Setalvad seeking bail in the Gujarat Police FIR over alleged fabrication of documents to file cases in relation to 2002 Gujarat riots.Teesta's petition challenging the Gujarat High Court's refusal to grant her bail was heard by a bench consisting of Chief Justice U.U. Lalit, Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia.In the last...
Successive FIRs By Same Informant Against Same Accused On Same Allegations Impermissible, Violate Articles 21 & 22 : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that registration of multiple FIRs by same person against same accused based on the same set of facts and the same cause of action is impermissible."The act of the registration of such successive FIRs on the same set of facts and allegations at the instance of the same informant will not stand the scrutiny of Articles 21 and 22 of the Constitution of India", the...
Kashmiri Pandits' Killings In 1990 : Supreme Court Allows NGO To Approach Centre Seeking Probe
The Supreme Court on Friday allowed an NGO named "We The Citizens" to approach the Union Government with a plea seeking probe into the targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits and Sikhs in Jammu and Kashmir during 1990.A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and CT Ravikumar expressed disinclination to entertain the matter and asked the petitioner to approach the authorities. Accordingly, the...
Hate Speech : Supreme Court Refues To Entertain PIL Seeking Arrest Of Jitendra Tyagi & Yati Narasinghanand
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL filed for the arrest Of Syed Waseem Rizvi alias Jitendra Tyagi and Yati Narasinghanand in relation to Haridwar Dharam Sansad hate speech cases. The Court stated that a petition for criminal prosecution could not be filed under Article 32. The PIL was filed by Indian Muslim Shia Isna Ashari Jamaat.The PIL, along with praying for the arrest...
Subramanian Swamy's Plea To Delete "Socialism" & "Secularism" From Preamble To Constitution : Supreme Court To Hear On Sep 23
A writ petition filed by Rajya Sabha MP Dr.Subramanian Swamy seeking to delete the words "Socialism" and "Secularism" from the Preamble to the Constitution came up for consideration in the Supreme Court today.A bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee and MM Sundresh posted Dr.Swamy's petition along with a similar petition(WP(c) 645/2020) which is listed before the bench of the Chief Justice...
Order VI Rule 17 - Amendment Applications Not To Be Rejected Merely For Delay : Supreme Court Lays Down Guidelines
The Supreme Court mere delay would not be a ground for rejecting the application for amendment under Order VI Rule 17 of Code of Civil Procedure."The delay in filing the application for amendment of the pleadings should be properly compensated by costs and error or mistake which, if not fraudulent, should not be made a ground for rejecting the application for amendment of plaint or...
POCSO Act : Supreme Court Asks State Legal Services Authorities To Use DLSA Model On Inclusion Of Para-Legal Volunteers In Police Stations
The Supreme Court of India on Thursday directed to circulate the Delhi State Legal Services Authority's scheme regarding the empanelment of Para Legal Volunteers (PLVS) in police stations in cases pertaining to offences against children, to all State Legal Services Authorities so that the same may be used as a model.A Bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and V Ramasubramanian underlined that...
Bar Of Order II Rule 2 CPC Applies Only To Subsequent Suits ; Cannot Apply To An Amendment Sought On An Existing Suit : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that the bar of Order II Rule 2 of the CPC cannot apply to an amendment which is sought on an existing suit, but applies only to the subsequent suits.The bench comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and JB Pardiwala also observed that the principle of constructive res judicata has no application when there was no formal adjudication between the parties after...
Arbitrator Has Discretion To Award Post-Award Interest On A Part Of The 'Sum': Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that an arbitrator has the discretion to award post-award interest on a part of the 'sum'.The arbitrator has the discretion to determine the rate of reasonable interest, the sum on which the interest is to be paid, that is whether on the whole or any part of the principal amount, and the period for which payment of interest is to be made - whether it should be for the...