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"Give Us A Break, There's A Limit To Targeting Judges": Justice DY Chandrachud
Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud on Thursday slammed the trend of levelling personal attacks against judges.On Thursday, an Advocate mentioned a petition highlighting violence against the Christian community and therefore, sought urgent listing of the same. Hearing this, Justice Chandrachud observed that he had come across a certain news article indicating that the...
Paul Muthoot Murder : Supreme Court Issues Notice On Brother's Plea Challenging Acquittal Of Key Accused
The Supreme Court, on Monday, agreed to hear the challenge to the order of the Kerala High Court, which, inter alia, set aside conviction and sentence under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for Jayachandran, alleged to be leader of the unlawful assembly involved in the Paul Muthoot George murder case. Hearing brief submission made by Advocate, Mr. Kuriakose Varghese a...
PMLA- Person Can't Be Prevented From Enjoying Property On Mere Confirmation Of Provisional Attachment : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, held that in the period between the confirmation of provisional attachment under Section 8 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 and the passing of the formal order of confiscation, the person interested in the such immovable property cannot be refrained from enjoying the attached property, in terms similar to that provided in Section...
Addl. CMM Not Subordinate To CMM In Exercise Of Judicial Powers: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate cannot be said to be subordinate to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in so far as exercise of judicial powers are concerned."Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in addition, may have administrative powers. However, for all other purposes and more particularly the powers to be exercised under the...
Section 436A CrPC Akin To Statutory Bail ; Can Be Invoked By Accused Arrested Under PMLA : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that the beneficial provision of Section 436A of Criminal Procedure Code could be invoked by the accused arrested for offence punishable under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 Act.Section 436A CrPC needs to be construed as a statutory bail provision and akin to Section 167 CrPC, the bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT...
Uddhav Faction Moves Supreme Court Against Lok Sabha Speaker's Decision Approving Rahul Shewale As Shiv Sena's Floor Leader
The Uddhav Thackeray group of the Shiv Sena has approached the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla in approving MP Rahul Shewale of the Eknath Shinde group as the party's floor leader.The petitioners are aggrieved with the Speakers' decision to illegally, arbitrarily and unilaterally remove them as the Shiv Sena's Leader as well as the Chief...
Supreme Court Bench Led By Justice Chandrachud To Hear Plea Against Aarey Tree Felling
The Chief Justice of India on Wednesday directed the listing of the petition challenging the cutting of trees in Aarey in Mumbai before a bench led by Justice Chandrachud.The matter was mentioned before the CJI for urgent listing by Senior Advocate Anita Shenoy who said that cutting of trees has been going on since July 25.In 2019, the Supreme Court had registered a suo motu case titled "In...
Judge Alleges Suspension By High Court For Deciding POCSO Cases Within Days; Approaches Supreme Court
An Additional District Judge from Bihar has approached Supreme Court challenging the order of suspension passed by the Patna High Court and purported disciplinary proceedings. Senior Advocate Vikas Singh on Wednesday had mentioned the plea bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli. Urging the bench to not delete the plea which has been...
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate & Addl District Magistrate Can Exercise Section 14 SARFAESI Powers : Supreme Court Overrules 3 HC Judgments
The Supreme Court held that the District Magistrate, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate is not a persona designata for the purposes of Section 14 of the SARFAESI Act. Thus, the expression "District Magistrate" and the "Chief Metropolitan Magistrate" as appearing in Section 14 of the SARFAESI Act shall deem to mean and include Additional District Magistrate...
Money Laundering Offence Attracted By Mere Possession Of Crime Proceeds ; Projection As Untainted Property Not Required : SC Interprets "And" In Sec 3 PMLA As "Or"
By interpreting "and" in Section 3 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 (PMLA) as "or", the Supreme Court held that mere possession or concealment of the proceeds of the crime is sufficient for the offence of money laundering and that it need not be projected as an untainted property.The Court on Wednesday held that Section 3 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA)...
"Money-Laundering A Heinous Crime ; Twin Conditions For Bail Not Unreasonable": Supreme Court Upholds Section 45(1) PMLA
The Supreme Court upheld the Constitutional validity of "twin conditions" for bail under amended Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 Act.Money-laundering is one of the heinous crimes, which not only affects the social and economic fabric of the nation, but also tends to promote other heinous offences, such as terrorism, offences related to NDPS Act, etc., the three...