Gujarat Riots 2002 : Supreme Court Verdict Today On Zakia Jafri's Plea To Probe "Larger Conspiracy" [LIVE UPDATES]

The Supreme Court will deliver judgment today at 10.30 AM on the petition filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the clean chit given by SIT to the 2002 Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2002 Gujarat Riots.A bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar had reserved judgment on Zakia Jafri's petition seeking probe into...

Supreme Court Quarterly Digest 2022- Words & Phrases (Jan-Mar)

Act of God - Meaning - When nothing of any external natural force had been in operation in a violent or sudden manner, the event of the fire in question could be referable to anything but to an act of God in legal parlance. (Para 53-55) State of U.P. v. Mcdowell and Company Ltd., 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 13Cessante ratione legis cessat ipsa lex - Reason is the soul of the law, and when the reason...

Supreme Court Extends Interim Protection From Arrest For BJP MLA Jayakumar Gore In Forgery Case

The Supreme Court on Thursday extended the interim protection from the arrest of BJP MLA Jayakumar Gore who has been accused of allegedly forging documents in the name of a deceased person till July 1, 2022. While considering Gore's SLP against Bombay High Court's order dated wherein MLA's pre-arrest bail was rejected, the vacation bench of Justices CT Ravikumar and Sudhanshu Dhulia...

ED Proposes To Shift Sukesh Chandrashekhar To Mandoli Jail; Supreme Court To Hear On June 30

Enforcement Directorate on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that it proposes to shift alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar and his wife Leena Paulose who are currently lodged in Tihar Jail to Mandoli Jail in Delhi. On Senior Advocate R Basant's objection to transfer of Chandrashekhar to Mandoli Jail, the vacation bench of Justices CT Ravikumar and Sudhanshu Dhulia, while adjourning...

NEET-SS 2021 : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking To Make Available 92 In-Service Quota Seats Surrendered By Tamil Nadu To All Candidates

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a writ petition seeking to declare the 92 in-service quota seats of NEET SS 2021 surrendered by the State of Tamil Nadu as newly added seats and make them available to all candidates irrespective of their joining in earlier rounds.The Court referred to the order passed on May 9 by which mop-up round was allowed for all the...

S 311 CrPC - Witness Can't Be Recalled Merely Because He Gave A Different Statement In Another Case Relating To Same Incident : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that "merely because a different statement was given by the same prosecution witness in another case relating to the same incident, that itself would not be a reason for recalling the witness under section 311, Cr. P. C." The petitioner is facing trial in a murder case. In 2014, during the trial, one prosecution witness named Naushad gave a statement that he...

'Can Be Listed Only After Placing Before CJI' : Supreme Court Vacation Bench On Plea To Sack Delhi Minister Satyender Jain & Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik

The Supreme Court on Thursday told Advocate Ashwini Updahyay that the PIL seeking direction to Delhi Governmentt to sack its Health Minister Satyendar Jain & to Maharashtra Government to sack its Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik, in connection with money laundering cases being investigated against them, could only be posted after it us placed before the Chief Justice of...

Person Outside India Can File Anticipatory Bail Application; But Before Final Hearing, Accused Must Be In India : Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure has no restrictive mandate that a person outside India cannot file an application seeking anticipatory bail. The only limitation is that prior to the final hearing, the applicant must be inside the country to enable the court to impose and enforce conditions contemplated under the statutory...

Midnight Hearing At Judge's Residence : Madras High Court Restrains AIADMK General Council From Passing Any Resolution

The Madras High Court conducted a midnight hearing to decide upon the appeals preferred by M Shanmugham, AIADMK's general council member against the single judge order passed earlier in the day where the single judge refused to restrain the party from making any amendments to its bye-laws. The appeals were heard by Justice Sunder Mohan and Justice Duraiswamy at the former's residence. The...

Maharashtra Political Crisis : Plea In Supreme Court Seeks To Ban MLAs Who Defect Or Resign From Elections For 5 Years

Amidst the political crisis unfolding in Maharashtra, an application has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to restrain the MLAs who are disqualified or have resigned from contesting elections upto five years from the date of their resignation or disqualification.The relief has been sought in a new application filed in a pending writ petition preferred by Congress Leader Jaya Thakur...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-121]

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What The Dark Clouds Bring – Just Not Storm But Rain!

On June 13, Sriram Panchu wrote an article, for The Wire, captioned ' Thanks to Our Judges, Darkness Now Clouds India's Mediation PlayingField', Mr. Sriram is truly a shining star in the mediation firmament that dark clouds cannot still dim his effulgence. He writes with compelling logic and if he alludes to the higher judiciary as casting dark clouds, it cannot be brushed easily. Normally, one would believe that he has cross checked on facts about what he writes and therefore,...