Kerala Hand-Chopping Case : Supreme Court Adjourns Bail Plea Of PFI Member; NIA Says Trial Will Be Over In 6-8 Months

The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the petition filed by MK Naser, a member of the Popular Front of India(PFI), seeking bail in the case related to the chopping of the hand of Kerala Professor TJ Joseph in 2010.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice AS Bopanna and Justice Hima Kohli listed the petition after four weeks, after the National Investigation Agency...

Income-Tax Slabs Remain Unchanged, Assesses Can File Updated Returns Within 2 Years Of Relevant AY: Highlights Of Union Budget 2022

The Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today presented the Union Budget 2022-23 and stressed that it will lay the foundation for India's economic growth and expansion for the next 25 years. No announcements regarding changes in the income tax slabs were made in the budget speech.It may be noted that Article 112 of the Indian Constitution provides for the Union Budget of a year,...

Rape Case: Supreme Court Grants Protection From Arrest To Punjab MLA Simarjeet Singh Bains Till Thursday

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday granted protection from arrest till Thursday (3rd January) to Lok Insaf Party (LIP) MLA Simarjeet Singh Bains in relation to the non bailable warrants issued against him in the alleged rape case of a 44-year-old woman in which he is accused along with six others.While adjourning the matter till 3rd February, a Bench comprising CJI NV Ramana, Justice...

Supreme Court Seeks Banks' Response To Future Retail's Plea To Defer Coercive Steps Over Loan Default

The consortium of banks objected to the maintainability of the writ petition contending that no fundamental rights issue was involved.

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...