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Petition Challenging Delimitation Exercise In Jammu & Kashmir : SC To Hear Plea On November 29
The Supreme Court on Wednesday postponed the hearing of the petition challenging the delimitation exercise carried out for redrawing the Legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir to November 29 after hearing the submission of the Solicitor general of India Tushar Mehta who requested for some time to file additional documents in...
Demonetisation Well-Considered, Led To Benefits; Consultation With RBI Began In Feb 2016 : Centre Tells Supreme Court
The 2016 banknote demonetisation was a major step to fight "the menace of fake currency notes, storage of unaccounted wealth, and financing of subversive activities" and was not a "standalone or isolated economic policy action", submitted the Union of India in an affidavit. This policy was "a well-considered decision" and "an important action" in a series of economic policies and events,...
Veteran Actor Suhasini Mulay Stands As Gautam Navlakha's Surety But NIA Court Finds House Arrest Above Public Library 'Not Safe'; Defers Release
Following strong objection from the NIA, the Special Court refused to pass orders to execute the house arrest of senior journalist Gautam Navlakha on Wednesday, even as veteran actor Suhasini Mulay stood as his surety. Special Judge RJ Katariya noted NIA's objection against allowing Navlakha to undergo house arrest, citing safety and security concerns. The agency claimed that...
Getting An Impression That Leniency Towards Juvenile Offenders Is Emboldening Them To Indulge In Heinous Crimes : Supreme Court
We have started gathering an impression that the leniency with which the juveniles are dealt with in the name of goal of reformation is making them more and more emboldened in indulging in such heinous crimes, the Supreme Court remarked in a judgment seting aside the orders of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kathua and the Jammu and Kashmir High Court which held that one of the accused in...
Supreme Court Stays Bombay HC Observation That People Who Feed Street Dogs Must Adopt Them; Asks Dog Feeders Not To Create Public Nuisance
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that no coercive steps shall be taken in pursuance of the order of the Bombay High Court(Nagpur Bench) which prohibited the public feeding of street dogs.The Court also stayed the High Court's observation that persons who feed street dogs must adopt them.A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and JK Maheshwari stayed the following observation in the...
Supreme Court Has Power To Prescribe Who Can Plead Before It : Plea Challenging Advocates-on-Record System Dismissed
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition challenging, inter alia, the practice of designating Advocates-on-Records under Order IV of the Supreme Court Rules, 2013 read with Article 145 of the Constitution. The Bench, comprising Justices K.M. Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy, held that there was no doubt that the apex court had the power to designate a special class of advocates and confer...
Supreme Court Stays Execution Of Death Row Convict, Allows His Psychological Assessment
The Supreme Court recently stayed the execution of a death row convict and granted permission to a representative of the Project 39A of the National Law University Delhi to visit the convict lodged in Yerwada Jail in Pune for his psychiatric and psychological evaluation.A bench of Chief Justice D. Y. Chandrachud, Justice Hima Kohli and Justice J. B. Pardiwala allowed the criminal...
Kathua Rape-Murder Case : Supreme Court Sets Aside Order Which Declared One Accused As Juvenile; Directs To Prosecute Him As An Adult
The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the orders of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kathua and the Jammu and Kashmir High Court which held that one of the accused in the Kathua rape-murder case was a juvenile.The Apex Court has directed that the said accused Shubham Sangra should be tried as an adult.A bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and Justice JB Pardiwala allowed the appeal filed...
Order VII Rule 11 CPC - Plaint Cannot Be Rejected Merely On The Ground That 'Plaintiff Is Not Entitled To Any Reliefs In The Suit': Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that a plaint cannot be rejected under Order VII Rule 11 CPC merely on the ground that 'the plaintiff is not entitled to any relief in the suit'.In this case, the plaintiff filed a suit for permanent injunction against the defendant. The defendant filed an application under Order VII Rule 11 CPC seeking rejection of the plaint and the same was dismissed by the...
'Wife Wants To Revive Matrimonial Life': SC Upholds Conviction Of A Husband U/S 498A IPC ; But Reduces Sentence To Period Already Undergone
The Supreme Court reduced the sentence imposed on a husband convicted under Section 498A IPC after his wife submitted before it that she wants to join her husband and revive their matrimonial life.In this case, the husband was concurrently convicted under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. The Trial Court had imposed punishment of two years and the same was upheld by the Appellate Court....