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Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings As Complainant Availed Civil Remedy ; Clarifies This Order Not to Be Treated As Precedent
The Supreme Court, in an judgment passed yesterday, quashed criminal proceedings against an accused in a cheating case after noticing that the complainant in fact availed civil remedy.The court however clarified that this order in the facts and circumstances of the present case and the same shall not be cited as a precedent.In this case, the complainant alleged that his signature on a sale...
Do Not Insist On Benchmark Disabilities To Grant Facilities Of Scribe: Supreme Court To SBI
The Supreme Court of India on Thursday directed the State Bank of India to not insist on granting the facility of scribe to only the candidates who had benchmark disabilities. The matter was heard by a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha.The petition was filed by a specially abled candidate appearing for an exam for State Bank of India. At the very outset,...
Andhra Pradesh Govt Approaches Supreme Court Seeking Division Of Assets & Liabilities With Telangana
The State of Andhra Pradesh has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court seeking a "fair, equitable and expeditious" division of assets and liabilities between the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana including the Institutions/Corporations specified in Schedules IX and X of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014.The petition pointed out that not a single institution specified...
Supreme Court Issues Notice To TN Govt On Plea Alleging Taking Over Of 38,000 Temples By HR&CE Dept
The Supreme Court has sought the response of the Government of Tamil Nadu in a petition alleging that the government indirectly took over the management of around 38,000 temples in the state of Tamil Nadu by appointing executive officers but refraining them from putting in place temple trustees. As per the petition, this has resulted in mismanagement of huge temple funds. The matter was heard...
'Do Not Dig Well When House on Fire': Supreme Court Cautions Punjab Govt, Cites Bihar Hooch Tragedy
"Do not dig the well when the house catches fire," the Supreme Court on Thursday warned the government of Punjab to immediately adopt strict measures to address the large-scale manufacture and sale of illicit liquor in the state. The state government told the bench, comprising Justices M.R. Shah and C.T. Ravikumar, that they had already taken steps in the right direction "because of this...
Section 34 IPC - 'Common Intention' Can Be Formed At The Spur Of The Moment And During The Occurrence Itself : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that 'common intention' for the purpose of Section 34 IPC can be formed at the spur of the moment and during the occurrence itself. For Section 34 of the IPC to apply, there should be common intention among the co-perpetrators, which means that there should be community of purpose and common design, the bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Sudhanshu Dhulia said.In...
Hearing Bail Applications & Frivolous PILs Will Cause Extra Burden On Supreme Court : Law Minister Kiren Rijiju
The Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said that the Supreme Court should hear only those cases which are relevant and appropriate for being taken up by a Constitutional Court."If the Supreme Court starts hearing bail applications and starts hearing all frivolous PILs, it will definitely cause a lot of extra burden on the Honourable Court, because Supreme Court by and large is...
'One Bar, One Vote to Be Strictly Followed', Supreme Court Allows Rajasthan HC Bar Association Elections
The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted the Rajasthan High Court Bar Association at Jaipur to conduct elections for the post of office-bearers on Friday, December 16, strictly in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the Rajasthan High Court and without contravening the principle of 'One Bar, One Vote'. This decision by a Division Bench comprising Justices M.R. Shah and C.T. Ravikumar...
Ensure No Disabled Candidate Is Denied Access To CLAT: Supreme Court To NLU Consortium
The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard a plea challenging the stringent conditions imposed by CLAT consortium on persons with disabilities intending to avail scribes. The matter was heard by a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha.At the very outset, CJI Chandrachud remarked that the consortium only providing scribes to those with benchmark disabilities was, in the...
'Large Scale Corruption Retards Nation-Building Activities' : Supreme Court Calls For Sincere Efforts To Punish Corrupt Public Servants
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, on Thursday, reckoned that in corruption cases where public servants are accused, the complainants and teh prosecution should make sincere efforts to see to it that that corrupted public servants are punished, in order to eradicate corruption from administration."We hope and trust that the complainants as well as the prosecution make sincere efforts...
MBBS : Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging NMC Regulations Limiting Number Of Exam Attempts
The Supreme Court on Wednesday(December 14) issued notice in a plea filed by five specially-abled MBBS students seeking to set aside a Delhi High Court order upholding the retrospective application of the amendment to Regulations of Graduate Medical Examination 1997. The matter was heard by a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha. In 2019, the Regulations...