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Freebies, Yogi Adityanath Hate Speech Case, Farewell- Chief Justice NV Ramana's Last Sitting In Supreme Court- Live Updates
Today is Chief Justice of India NV Ramana's last working day. The proceedings of the Ceremonial Bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on his last working day to be live streamed.Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana to pronounce judgment in a petition challenging the refusal of sanction by the UP Govt to prosecute Chief Minister #YogiAdityanath in a 2007 case...
BREAKING | Live-Streaming In Supreme Court For First Time; Public Can Watch Proceedings Of CJI Ramana's Bench On His Last Working Day
The Supreme Court's proceedings before the bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana will be live-streamed today. This is a significant development, as it is the first time that live-streaming is happening in the Supreme Court since the 2018 verdict which granted approval for live-streaming of the proceedings of the Apex Court in principle.The proceedings before the ceremonial bench of the...
IIT-JEE Mains : Supreme Court To Hear TODAY Plea Seeking Additional Attempt Due To Technical Glitches In First & Second Sessions
UPDATE On Augsut 26 at 12.50 PM : Supreme Court refused to entertain the plea.On Friday, the Supreme Court is to hear the pleas seeking directions to the National Testing Agency (NTA) to conduct additional sessions of IIT-JEE Mains Examination 2022 for both the first and the second sessions which were disrupted owing to some technical glitches.A bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud,...
Pegasus Probe Committee Report To Remain Sealed In Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has decided to keep sealed the reports submitted by the technical committee and the Overseeing Judge (former Supreme Court judge Justice RV Raveendran) who were tasked with probing the allegations of surveillance of mobile devices using the Israeli spyware Pegasus."The sealed covers were opened in the Court and we read out some portions of the said Reports. Thereafter,...
Some Kind Of Physical Manifestation Of Agreement Is Required To Attract Offence Of Criminal Conspiracy U/Sec 120B IPC: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that some kind of physical manifestation of agreement to commit an offence is required to attract the offence of Criminal Conspiracy under Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code.In this case, all the accused were employees of Guna Branch of Central Bank of India, and were prosecuted for the above-referred offences of theft (of Rs. Six Lakhs from the safe and strong...
Supreme Court Holds Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Liable To Pay Compound Interest To Adani Power Ltd
The Supreme Court has held that Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd needs to pay compounded interest to Adani Power limited, on account of "change in law". The bench comprising Chief Justice NV Ramana, Justice Krishna Murari and Justice Hima Kohli, held that if the banks had charged Adani Power interest on monthly rest basis for giving loans to purchase the installations required on grounds...
Supreme Court Quashes FIR Against Father For Taking Away Son From Mother's Custody
The Supreme Court of on Thursday quashed a First Information Report which was registered by the Ghaziabad Police Station against a father for secretly taking away his son from his mother's custody four years back.During the hearing, Justices UU Lalit, Ravindra Bhat and Sudhanshu Dhulia orally asked,"In a matter like this why should there be FIR and criminal charges? You will be...
MCOCA - Confession Recorded By Additional Superintendent Of Police Admissible In Evidence: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that a confession recorded by an Additional Superintendent of Police [Addl. SP] is admissible in evidence under Section 18 of Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act,1999 [MCOCA].The posts of SP, Addl. SP, and DCP all fall within the same rank as they exercise similar functions and powers and operate within similar spheres of authority, the bench comprising Justices...
Civil Suit Claiming Reliefs Beyond Scope Of The Act Which Bars Its Jurisdiction Is Maintainable: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that a civil suit claiming reliefs beyond the scope of the Act which bars its jurisdiction will be maintainable.Even in cases where the jurisdiction of the civil court is barred by a statute, the test is to determine if the authority or tribunal constituted under the statute has the power to grant reliefs that the civil courts would normally grant in suits filed...
Breach Of Contractual Terms Does Not Ipso Facto Constitute Offence Of Criminal Breach Of Trust Without There Being A Clear Case Of Entrustment: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that a breach of the contractual terms does not ipso facto constitute the offence of the criminal breach of trust without there being a clear case of entrustment.In this case, the complainant was employed as a Consultant Neurosurgeon by BGS Apollo Hospital, Mysore. His services were terminated for inconsistent and unsatisfactory behavior in terms of the...
Judgments Should Be Signed Using Digital Signature; Avoid Uploading Scanned Versions Of Printed Copies: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that judgments should be accessible to persons from all sections of society including persons with disability.The court added that the judgments should be signed using digital signatures. "They should not be scanned versions of printed copies. The practice of printing and scanning documents is a futile and time-consuming process which does not serve any purpose....