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Punjab A Border State, Easy For Anyone To Destroy Youth By Illicit Liquor & Drugs : Supreme Court Cautions State Govt
Observing that "the drug-problem is increasing in Punjab", the Supreme Court of India on Monday slammed the state government for its inaction regarding the issue of large-scale manufacture and sale of illicit liquor in the state."So many FIRs have been registered under the Punjab Excise Act. So, isn't it a failure on the part of the state to curb illegal transportation, manufacture of...
Supreme Court To Organise Hackathon Event For Innovative Ideas To Make Filing & Listing More Efficient
Under the aegis of the Chief Justice of India, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Supreme Court of India will have its first ever Hackathon Event. The aim of the exercise is to identify innovative ideas and explore practical propositions to make the existing filing and listing process efficient.Duty holders (officers, officials of Registry, law clerks deputed in residential officers of Supreme...
"Errors Apparent On Record" : DMK Approaches Supreme Court Seeking Review Of Judgment Upholding EWS Quota
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has moved Supreme Court of India seeking a review of the Constitution Bench judgment upholding the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment which introduced provisions for reservation to Economically Weaker Sections (EWS). The judgement dated 07.11.2022, by a 3:2 majority, had upheld the validity f the 103rd Constitutional Amendment which introduced...
'AoR's Job Is Sacrosanct, Can't Just Sign Everything' : Supreme Court In Contempt Plea Against ML Sharma & Advocate-on-Record
The Supreme Court, on Monday, forbade the Advocates-on-Record of the Apex Court from putting down their signatures on petitions that they are filing without reading and verifying them. A Bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and A.S. Oka noted that there is a great responsibility on Advocates-on-Record and they should exercise caution while signing petitions."What is troubling me is...
Section 319 CrPC Power Has To Be Exercised Before Pronouncement Of Sentence In Case Of Conviction : Supreme Court Constitution Bench
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Monday pronounced the judgment answering the reference made on the ambit of powers under Section 319 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which gives power to the trial court to summon additional accused.The following are the issues answered by the Constitution Bench comprising Justices Abdul Nazeer, B.R. Gavai, A.S. Bopanna, V. Ramasubramanian and...
"Question Everything, Have A Spirit Of Enquiry; But Have Fun Too In College" : CJI DY Chandrachud To Law Students
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud urged the law students to have a "spirit of enquiry" and "question everything". The CJI was inaugurating the first academic session of the India International University of Legal Education and Research, Goa (IIULER) where he underlined that university education stands for reason, tolerance, adventure of ideas and the search for truth."In the academic arena...
Supreme Court Directs All High Courts To File Responses To Plea Seeking Online RTI Portals Within Three Weeks
The Supreme Court on Monday directed all High Courts to file their responses on the proposed set up of online RTI Portals within three weeks. The issue arose before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha when a counsel informed the bench that only nine High Court had filed their replies in the plea seeking mechanism to set up an online portal for e-filing...
'Charity Can't Be For Conversion' : Supreme Court Rejects Objections To Maintainability Of PIL Against Forced Religious Conversion
'Every charity or good work is welcome, but the intention has to be checked', the Supreme Court orally observed on Monday while hearing a petition filed by BJP leader and Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay seeking to curb forced religious conversions.Justice MR Shah, the presiding judge of the bench, said that alluring people to convert to other religions by offering medicines and food grains is a...
Pre-Hearing Costs Must Be Imposed In Commercial Matters To Avoid Frivolous Petitions, Says CJI DY Chandrachud
Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, while holding court on Monday, orally remarked that it was time to impose pre-hearing costs in commercial cases to prevent frivolous matters involving commercial issues to be argued before the Supreme Court of India.While remarking that such frivolous commercial matters wasted a lot of the Court's time and needed to be clamped down upon, CJI Chandrachud...
No Lunch Break For Advocates As Benches Rise At Different Times : CJI DY Chandrachud Agrees To Discuss The Issue At Full Court Meeting
'On Monday, The Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud was made aware of issue pertaining to benches rising for lunch at different times on miscellaneous days on Monday.The issue was raised by Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi who stated that the issue created problems for the members of the bar who could not each lunch at times due to different benches of the Supreme Court of India following...
2012 Chhawla Rape-Murder Case : Parents Of Victim Approach Supreme Court Seeking Review Of Judgment Acquitting 3 Accused
A review petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against the November 7 judgment which acquitted 3 men who were sentenced to death in the 2012 Chhawla rape case related to the gangrape and murder of a 19-year old girl. The parents of the victim have filed the review petition stating that many crucial facts were not brought to notice before the top court and certain facts were...
Supreme Court Directs Centre To Examine Lack Of Uniformity In Rules On Cadaveric Organ Transplant Across States
The Supreme Court on Monday, directed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to expeditiously examine the lack of uniformity in rules regarding cadaveric organ transplant across states with the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Rules, 2014. The direction was issued in a petition seeking issuance of appropriate directions to State Governments for regulation and monitoring or...