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Supreme Court Directs States To Furnish Data Of Cases Where Prisoners Remain In Jail As They Can't Fulfil Bail Conditions
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, called upon all the State Governments to issue directions to the jail authorities to submit certain particulars of under trial prisoners who have been granted bail, but are still in prison as they were unable to meet bail conditions. A Bench led by Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and A.S. Oka categorically asked for the following information in a chart -Name...
Plea To Enforce Fundamental Duties : Supreme Court Grants Last Opportunity To Centre To File Affidavit
As a matter of 'one more opportunity after the last opportunity', the Supreme Court, on Tuesday, gave four weeks' time to the Central Government to file a comprehensive counter affidavit in a plea seeking enforcement of fundamental duties as enshrined in Part IV-A of the Constitution.While granting further time, the Court noted that on the last occasion, when the matter was taken up in...
Why Don't You Apply For Indian Citizenship? Supreme Court Asks OCI Students Seeking Admission In Non-NRI Seats
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked why don't the children of Overseas Citizens of India (OCI), who are staying in India, apply for Indian citizenship after giving up their foreign citizenship.The Court raised this query while hearing a batch of petitions challenging the Centre's 2021 notification as per which OCI students are entitled to apply only to NRI seats in NEET admissions.Senior...
Judicial Service Examination: Questions With Explanatory Answers Based On Latest Supreme Court Judgments
Q1. Which of the following is true with respect to the decision in the 2020 judgment of Tofan Singh v. State of Tamil Nadu? a. NDPS officers are not police officers since they do not file any charge-sheetb. NDPS officers are police officers but confessional statements recorded by them are admissible c. NDPS officers are police officers and therefore confessional statements...
Government Not Liable To Compensate For Deaths Due To COVID Vaccination : Centre Tells Supreme Court
The Government cannot be held liable to compensate for the deaths occurring due to the administration of COVID-19 vaccines, said the Central Government in an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court.Responding to a petition filed by parents of two girls who died due to the adverse effects of Covishield vaccine, the Union Government submitted that : "The vaccines in use under the...
"Criminal Justice System Of Ours Can Itself Be A Punishment", Says Supreme Court While Disposing A 13 Year Old Criminal Appeal
The criminal justice system of ours can itself be a punishment, remarked the Supreme Court in its order disposing a criminal appeal which was filed 13 years ago.The bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S. Oka observed thus after it noted that an appeal arising out of framing of charges remained pending in the Supreme Court for 13 years.The court was dealing with a case where a...
BREAKING| Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Maharashtra Govt Decision To Allow Metro Car Shed At Aarey; Allows MMRCL To Seek Felling Of Trees
The Supreme Court on Tuesday modified its status quo order on the felling of trees at Aarey region in Mumbai for the metro car shed project and allowed the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL) to pursue its application before the Tree Authority seeking permission for the felling of 84 trees.The Court said that the tree authority will be at liberty to take an appropriate decision on...
"Merely Adding More Judges Is Not The Answer" : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain PIL To Double The Number Of Judges
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a petition filed by BJP leader and Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay seeking to double the number of judges in High Courts and trial courts. The matter was heard by a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha. At the very outset, CJI Chandrachud expressed that "populist measures" and "simplistic solutions" were unlikely...
'Fair Trial Unlikely' : Supreme Court Transfers Trial Of YS Vivekananda Reddy Murder Case From Andhra Pradesh To Hyderabad
The Supreme Court on Tuesday transferred the trial of murder of former AP Minister YS Vivekananda Reddy from Andhra Pradesh to Special CBI Court Hyderabad, noting that apprehensions raised by his wife and daughter regarding derailment of fair trial are reasonable.A bench comprising Justice MR Shah and Justice MM Sundresh ordered the transfer on a petition filed by the daughter of...
Criminal Proceedings Can Be Quashed When Complaint/FIR Does Not Disclose Any Act/Participation Of Accused In Crime: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that the criminal proceedings can be quashed when the complaint on the basis of which FIR was registered does not disclose any act of the accused or their participation in the commission of crime. In this case, an FIR was lodged against the accused and a charge sheet was filed under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 504, 506, 448, 387 IPC. They approached the Allahabad...
"Odisha Not Such A Big State" : Supreme Court Disapproves Of Agitating Lawyers' Demand For High Court Benches
The State of Odisha is not large enough to merit the demand for the constitution of permanent benches outside Cuttack, the Supreme Court of India said on Monday. A Bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S. Oka was dealing with the problem of lawyers abstaining from work in several districts of Odisha over a long-standing demand for a permanent bench of the Orissa High...
Afzal Khan's Tomb Untouched, Only Illegal Structures Near It Demolished : Maharashtra Govt Tells Supreme Court
The State of Maharashtra told the Supreme Court on Monday that only the unauthorised structures around the tomb of Afzal Khan in Satara were demolished and the tomb was left untouched.Senior Advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaul, appearing for the State, invited the attention of the bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha to the report and the photographs...