Article 226 Remedies Available When Disciplinary Authority's Findings Are Malafide Or Perverse, Based On Irrelevant Material Or Ignoring Relevant Material: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday observed that remedies under Article 226 of the Constitution are available and intervention is warranted when disciplinary authority's findings are malafide or perverse, not based on evidence or are based on consideration of irrelevant material or by ignoring relevant material, or are such that they could not have been rendered by any reasonable person placed in...

RTI Activist Amit Jethwa Murder: Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With HC Order Suspending Life Sentence Of Ex-BJP MP Dinu Bogha Solanki

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere in the SLP assailing Gujarat High Court's order of suspending the Life-imprisonment sentence of Ex-BJP MP Dinu Bogha Solanki who was convicted by a special CBI court in 2019 for killing RTI activist Amit Jethwa in 2010 pursuant to the activist trying to expose illegal mining activities in the Gir forest region.The bench of Justices AM...

Burden Of Proof To Establish Plea Of Alibi On Accused Is Heavy: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that the burden of establishing the plea of alibi on accused is heavy.The plea of alibi in fact is required to be proved with certainty so as to completely exclude the possibility of the presence of the accused at the place of occurrence, the bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundresh noted.Pappu Tiwari, Sanjay Ram, Uday Pal, Ajay Pal, Pintu Tiwari...

"Medical Condition Relevant": Supreme Court Stays Execution Of Death Row Convict Ex Cop BA Umesh

The Supreme Court on Monday (January 31) stayed the execution of ex-cop BA Umesh alias Umesh Reddy, who was sentenced to death in a rape and murder case.Reddy was sentenced to death by a Sessions Court in Bengaluru upon being convicted in the year 2006 for offences under sections 376, 302 and 392 of the Indian Penal Code, committed in the year 1998. He was found guilty of rape and murder of...

Amazon-Future Dispute: Supreme Court Sets Aside Delhi High Court's Direction For Coercive Steps Against Future Group [Updated With Judgment]

In a major relief to Future group companies, the Supreme Court on Monday set aside the orders of the Delhi High Court which initiated coercive steps against the companies and its promoters Biyanis for alleged violation of the Emergency Award passed by the Singapore Tribunal on the application filed by e-commerce giant Amazon.The Supreme Court has set aside the orders dated 02.02.2021...

Clarify If Removal Of Upper Age Limit For NEET-UG Is Under Consideration: Supreme Court To NMC

The Supreme Court, on Monday, asked the National Medical Council to clarify if they are considering to remove the upper age limit of 25 years and 30 years for candidates eligible for reservation, for NEET-UG, as was inserted by way of amendment to the Medical Council of India Regulations on Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 1997 vide notification dated 22.01.2018. Petition was...

High Courts Should Show Judicial Restraint In Interfering With Tender Process Of Foreign Funded Mega Projects: Supreme Court

On Monday, the Supreme Court held that while entertaining writ petitions challenging the tender process or the award of contract with respect to Mega projects funded by foreign countries, the High Courts ought to bear in mind the principles of judicial restraint laid down by the Apex Court in Tata Cellular v. Union of India, 1994 6 SCC 651. A Bench comprising Justices M.R. Shah...

Proving Case Beyond Reasonable Doubt Does Not Mean To Nitpick To Find Excuse To Obtain Acquittal: Supreme Court

"The test which is applied of proving the case beyond reasonable doubt does not mean that the endeavour should be to nick pick and somehow find some excuse to obtain acquittal.", the Supreme Court remarked in a judgment dismissing appeals filed by murder accused.Pappu Tiwari, Sanjay Ram, Uday Pal, Ajay Pal, Pintu Tiwari and Law Tiwari were convicted by the Trial Court under Section 302 of...

100 Important Supreme Court Judgments Of 2021 - PART-1 [Video]

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Author Of Tender Document Is The Best Person To Interpret Its Documents And Requirements, Reiterates Supreme Court

The author of the tender document is the best person to interpret its documents and requirements, the Supreme Court reiterated in a judgment delivered on Monday (31 Jan 2022)The bench comprising Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Vikram Nath observed that the interference by the Court would arise only if the questioned decision suffers from illegality, irrationality, mala fide, perversity,...

CBSE Class XII : Supreme Court Asks School Result Committee To Examine Students' Grievances Over Valuation

In a writ petition filed by Class XIIth passed out students aggrieved by the alleged failure of the CBSE and Sidana International School's failure to implement the evaluation procedure prescribed in the Evaluation Policy dated February 17, 2021 the Supreme Court today directed the School Result Committee to decide the student's representation within 2 weeks.The bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar...

Approach High Courts Against Vaccine Mandates Of States : Supreme Court Suggests To Petitioner

On Monday, the Supreme Court expressed concern that it might not be able to decide specific cases of vaccine mandates imposed by the State Governments and other authorities and the same can be taken up by the respective High Courts. "Let us tell you something, after going through all the papers, all the instances which you are bringing to notice, it might not be possible for us to...