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"Possibility Of Accused Being Short Tempered" : Supreme Court Modifies Conviction Of SRK's Security Guard Who Killed Colleague
In a judgment delivered last week , the Supreme Court took into account the possibility of the accused being short tempered to modify his conviction to Section 302 IPC to Section 304 Part 1 IPC."It cannot be disputed that how a person responds to a particular situation would depend upon the temperament of a particular person. A hot tempered person may react differently as compared to a...
Conviction Solely On The Basis Of Extra Judicial Confession Cannot Be Sustained: Supreme Court
Extra judicial confession was a weak piece of evidence and unless there was some corroboration, the conviction solely on the basis of extra Âjudicial confession could not be sustained, the Supreme Court observed while upholding a High Court judgment which acquitted a murder accused.The prosecution case was that the accused had killed his wife with a lathi, dragged her 100 feet away from...
"In The Age Of Fake News, We Need Journalists More Than Ever To Document The Unseen & Expose Fault Lines In Society":Justice Chandrachud
"In the age of fake news and disinformation, we need journalists more than ever to document the unseen and expose the fault lines in our society", Justice D. Y. Chandrachud has remarked.The Supreme Court judge was delivering his address at the 11th Convocation and Founder's Day Ceremony at the O. P. Jindal Global University.Following are the excerpts from his address : "In a few days, India...
Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest 2022 (Jan - Jun) - Code of Civil Procedure 1908
Advocate Commissioners - The Advocate Commissioner is not a new concept. The advocates are appointed as Court Commissioner to perform diverse administrative and ministerial work as per the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure and Code of Criminal Procedure. (Para 36) NKGSB Cooperative Bank Ltd. v. Subir Chakravarty, 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 212 : AIR 2022 SC 1325 Code of Civil Procedure,...
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NEET-UG Admission : University Agrees Before Supreme Court To Return Original Documents To Student Who Could Only Pay Partial Fee
The Supreme Court, on Monday, adjourned the plea pertaining to the issue whether partial payment of fees without submission of enrolment forms, undertakings and affidavits will amount to admission and joining of a medical college. The petition was filed by a candidate who had applied in the NEET UG Counselling conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) and was allotted...
Welfare Schemes For Poor Not "Freebies", Assess Cost Of Perks Given To Ministers, MPs/MLAs & Corporates : AAP To Supreme Court
Schemes for the socio-economic welfare of the disadvantaged masses cannot be described as "freebies", said the Aam Aadmi Party in an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court opposing a PIL filed by former BJP Spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay seeking to control the practice of political parties seeking votes by promising "freebies".In the intervention application, the party, which is governing...
Supreme Court Grants Zee News Producer Protection From Arrest In FIRs Over Broadcasting Doctored Video of Rahul Gandhi
The Supreme Court, on Monday, granted interim protection from arrest to Zee News Producer, Narinder Singh in FIRs registered in relation to the airing of a fabricated video of Rahul Gandhi's speech. The Counsel appearing on behalf of the Singh apprised a Bench comprising Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and A.S. Bopanna that three FIRs have been filed against him - one in Jaipur, Rajasthan;...
Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Against Compulsory Bond Conditions On MBBS Candidates In Maharashtra
The Supreme Court, on Monday, refused to entertain plea seeking quashing of the compulsory bond conditions, imposed by the State of Maharashtra on the petitioners, while taking admissions in the medical under-graduate MBBS course in the year 2011 and 2013, in the All-India Quota seats, based on merit secured in All India Preliminary Medical Test (AIPMT). A Bench comprising...
Supreme Court Refuses To Stay NEET-PG 2022 Counselling In Plea Alleging Discrepancies In Test Scores
The Supreme Court, on Monday, refused to stay the Counseling process for NEET-PG 2022 in a plea challenging the decision of National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBE) to not release the answer key and question paper for NEET-PG 2022. The petitioner alleged serious discrepancies in the scores of the candidates who appeared for the test. Advocate Ms. Avani Bansal...
'Sends Bad Message To Efficient Judges' : Supreme Court Urges Patna HC To Drop Proceedings Against Judge For Deciding POCSO Cases Within Days
The Supreme Court of India on Monday urged the Patna High Court to drop all disciplinary proceedings initiated against a suspended Additional Sessions Judge from Bihar for deciding POCSO cases within days.During the hearing, a division bench comprising of Justices UU Lalit and Ravindra Bhat orally observed,"Our sincere advice is to drop everything. If you don't want to, we'll go threadbare...