Co-Accused Being Not Chargesheeted No Ground To Quash Proceedings Against Accused Who Is Chargesheeted After A Thorough Investigation: Supreme Court

A bench of Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice M.R. Shah have recently observed in a case dealing with criminal conspiracy to cheat a bank and induce dishonest delivery of property, that "merely because some other persons who might committed the offences, but were not arrayed as accused and were not charge-sheeted cannot be a ground to quash the criminal proceedings against the accused...

Reservation In Civic Body Elections : Supreme Court Adjourns Pleas Challenging Madhya Pradesh High Court's Order Of Staying Reservation Notification

The Supreme Court today adjourned the batch of special leave petitions assailing Madhya Pradesh High Court's interim order of staying the notification dated December 10, 2020, related to the method of reservation in the civic body elections for Monday.The notification dated December 10, 2020 issued by the State reserved the offices of the President of various Municipal Councils and Mayor...

IIT JEE : OBC Student Who Mistakenly Clicked Wrong Course Moves Supreme Court For Allocation Of Preferred Choice

A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court by an IIT JEE aspirant who secured AIR 1008 in OBC category seeking directions to Centre, Ministry of Education and Organising Chairman, JEE Advanced, Kharagpur to allocate him the seat for academic programme ie Electronics and Electrical Engineering, IIT Guwahati and rectify the unintentional mistake committed by the him.It has been argued...

What Ranjan Gogoi Omits To Say In His Memoir 'Justice For The Judge'?

Whatever be Gogoi's protestations, the fact of the matter is that there are valid and strong grounds for criticism against several of his decisions and (in)actions.

[Electricity Act, 2003] Captive Consumers/Captive Users Are Not Liable To Pay Additional Surcharge Under Section 42(4): Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that captive consumers/captive users are not liable to pay the additional surcharge leviable under Section 42(4) of the Electricity Act, 2003 ("Act, 2003").It was also observed that consumers defined u/s 2(15) of the Act, 2003 and the captive consumers are different and distinct and they form a separate class by themselves.The bench of Justices MR Shah and...

Motor Accident Claims - Potential To Earn Can Be Considered To Determine Compensation If There Is No Evidence For Actual Income : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that even if there is no evidence on record of actual income, deceased person's potential to earn can be considered while considering insurance claims in motor accidents matter.The deceased was a computer engineer with a B.Tech degree. While there was evidence on record to show that the deceased was earning Rs.10,000/ month, there was no documentary evidence...

No Proposal To Scrap Sedition Offence Under Section 124A IPC : Centre Tells Lok Sabha

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju informed the Lok Sabha by a written reply that there is no proposal to scrap sedition law. The statement was in response to a question posed by MP M.Badruddin Ajmal whether the government was planning to strike down or amend S.124 A of the Indian Penal Code. The MP further sought to know whether there were any observations by the Supreme Court of India...

Whether Service Tax To Be Levied On Card-Issuing Bank For Interchange Fees : Supreme Court Delivers Split Verdict

A Division Bench of the Supreme Court took a divergent view on the issue, whether the card-issuing bank charging an interchange fee for credit card transaction is to be subjected to service tax for the same. Justice K.M. Joseph was of the opinion that the interchange fee is received for the service rendered by the card-issuing banks, hence liable to be subjected to service tax. Justice...

Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea Filed By A Person Against Whom 95 FIR's Have Been Filed Seeking Consolidation Of Pending Criminal Trial and FIR's

The Supreme Courton Friday issued notice in a writ petition preferred by an accused against whom 95 FIRs have been filed seeking clubbing of all the trials, pending FIR's and its consequent trials in 5 states and bringing them before a Single Court of Law.The bench of Justices LN Rao and BR Gavai also tagged the matter with Prashant Chagan Patil & Ors v. M/S Future Maker Life Care...

Khori Gaon Demolitions: "Flats To Be Allotted Under Khori Rehabilitation Plan Continue To Be Uninhabitable": Khori Residents Tell Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of India on Friday heard the grievances raised by some Khori residents in relation to the conditions of the flats being allotted under the Rehabilitation Plan for those displaced in the Khori Gaon demolitions. A Bench comprising Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice Dinesh Maheshwari was hearing a batch of pleas filed in relation to demolition of structures that has been planned...

Proper Observation, Research, Documentation Is Required To Study The Impact & Effects Of The Vaccine On Pregnant Women And Lactating Mothers: DCPCR Tells Supreme Court

"Vaccination of pregnant women is an uncharted territory with regard to Covid-19. Proper observation, research, documentation is required to study the impact & effects of the vaccine on pregnant women and lactating mothers, so that informed policy decisions can be taken", the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights has told the Supreme Court.On a writ petition filed by the...

'Such Incidents Of Browbeating Are Increasing & Must Be Stopped': Supreme Court On Lawyer Misbehaving Before High Court

While hearing a plea filed by a lawyer against whom contempt proceedings were initiated by High Court for misbehaving in court room, Supreme Court has allowed the lawyer to file an undertaking with unconditional apology that such an incident shall not occur at his instance in future. The Bench will hear the matter again on 13th December.A Bench comprising Justice MR Shah and Justice BV...