NIA Moves Supreme Court Against Bail Granted To Anand Teltubmde In Bhima Koregaon Case; Matter Listed On Nov 25

The National Investigation Agency has approached the Supreme Court against the Bombay High Court order granting bail to Professor Anand Teltumbde in the Bhima Koregaon case.Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta mentioned the matter before Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud for urgent listing on Thursday. While granting bail on November 18, the High Court had suspended the order for...

Supreme Court Will Have Special Bench For Tax Matters From Next Week : CJI DY Chandrachud

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Tuesday said that special benches will be set up from next week in the Supreme Court for hearing tax matters."There would a Special Indirect and Direct Tax Bench next week. We'll list it", CJI Chandrachud said when a counsel mentioned a tax case for urgent listing.CJI also reiterated that registry has been given directions for giving automatic dates...

[Chintel Collapse] "How Can A Structure Built So Recently Collapse Like This?": Supreme Court Issues Notice In Residents' Plea

"How can a structure built so recently collapse like this?", the Supreme Court asked, in surprise, on Monday while issuing notice in a plea moved by residents and owners of flats in Chintel Parideso Residential Housing Society, Gurugram. The petitioners moved the Supreme Court after six structures had collapsed on February 2, this year on account of structural deficiencies. Before...

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging FCRA Registration Cancellations

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea challenging the decision of the Ministry of Home Affairs cancelling/refusing to renew the registration under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 of almost 6,000 non-governmental organisations to November 21. A Bench of Justices KM Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy, in the order, noted that the matter was substantially covered by...

Punjab Illegal Liquor Trade: SC Slams State For Inaction, Says, "Common People & Not The Ones Who Can Afford Good Whiskey Are Real Sufferers"

The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Punjab government over the inaction of the instruments of the state government in dealing with the large-scale manufacture and sale of illicit liquor. The Bench, comprising Justices M.R. Shah and M.M. Sundresh, revealed that they were not satisfied with the progress in the ongoing investigation by the police and the Department of Excise,...

Magistrates Remand Accused Mechanically In Most Cases : Ex-CJI UU Lalit

Former Chief Justice of India UU Lalit on Monday lamented the fact that most often, Magistrates remand the accused in a mechanical manner."It is only after a Magistrate is satisfied that a remand can be granted. Most of the time, what we see is that it is a mechanical exercise by the Magistrates. I have never seen where a Magistrate has asked question to the investigator "what...

"Affordability Of A Litigant No Reason To File Multiple Petitions": Supreme Court On Sukesh Chandrashekhar's Fresh Plea For Jail Transfer

"Affordability of a litigant is no reason to file multiple petitions", the Supreme Court observed on Monday while pulling up alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar for filing multiple petitions before the Court in a short span of time.A Bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and CT Ravikumar made the comment shortly before issuing notices to the Central and Delhi governments in a fresh plea moved by...

Courts Today- A Daily Round Up Of Important Legal Developments-21.11.22

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NGOs Send Their Own People For Fact Finding; Find Fault With Security Forces For Killing Maoists : Solicitor General Tells Supreme Court

The Solicitor-General of India on Monday opposed a petition which sought independent probe into the 2013 Edesmetta encounter killings in Chhattisgarh and said that he will file an application seeking prosecution of the petitioner for making false statements.Appearing for for the Central Bureau of Investigation, the Solicitor General urged a Bench of Justices M.R. Shah and M.M. Sundresh, to...

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Ban On Movie "Thank God"

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking ban on the release of the bollywood movie "Thank God" as a result of it becoming infructuous. A bench of Justices SK Kaul and AS Oka dismissed the petition on account of being withdrawn as a result of becoming infructuous. The Counsel representing the Petitioner also submitted that the petition had become infructuous because the...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Transfer Of Gujarat HC Judge Justice Vipul M Pancholi On September 29; Resolution Published Now

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the transfer of Gujarat High Court judge Justice Vipul M Pancholi to Patna High Court.The decision, which was taken at a Collegium meeting held on September 29, was uploaded on the Supreme Court website today."The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 29th September, 2022 has recommended transfer of Mr. Justice Vipul Manubhai Pancholi,...

Maharashtra Govt Withdraws Petition Filed In Supreme Court Challenging HC Order Staying FIRs Against Arnab Goswami

The State of Maharashtra on Monday withdrew its petition challenging the Bombay High Court's 2020 order which had stayed probe into two FIRs filed against Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami for allegedly making inflammatory comments. The petition had been listed before a bench of CJI DY Chandrachud and Justice Hima Kohli. The counsel for the State said that the order of the Bombay...