Supreme Court Upholds Delhi High Court's Order Of Restraining President, IOA To Conduct Special General Body Meeting

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed SLP assailing Delhi High Court's order dated April 22, 2022 wherein the High Court had restrained the President, Indian Olympic Association from conducting the Special GBM which was scheduled to be held on April 25, 2022. The plea was listed before the vacation bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Bela M Trivedi. The Delhi High Court had passed...

Supreme Court Quarterly Digests 2022 - CRIMINAL LAW (Jan-March)

Anticipatory Bail - SLP Against Madras HC Judgment dismissing anticipatory bail with some observations about requirement of custodial interrogation- Dismissed - High Court, after having found no case for grant of pre-arrest bail, has otherwise not given any such direction of mandatory nature - Observations are essentially of the reasons assigned by the High Court in declining the prayer...

Supreme Court Dismisses Centre's Review Against CBI Probe Into HZL Disinvestment

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court, dismissed the Central Government's review into its judgment dated 18.11.2021, directing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to register a regular case in relation to the illegalities in the 26% disinvestment of Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (HZL) by the Centre in March, 2002. Refusing to list the review petition in open Court, a Bench comprising...

Fault Of Subordinate Court Staffs, Delay In Complying An Order, Not Reasons To Transfer A Case: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that any fault or shortcoming on the part of the staff of the Subordinate Court or any delay in compliance by the Court are not by itself a reason to transfer a case.In this case, the Allahabad High Court transferred a criminal case from the Court of Additional Sessions Judge First, Aligarh to the corresponding Court at Mathura. This was because the High Court...

Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response On Plea Challengnig MCC Notice Modifying OBC Reservation Criteria For Institutional Preference Seats In Central Institutes

The Supreme Court, on Friday, directed Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Union Government to file a counter affidavit within 4 weeks in a plea assailing Delhi High Court's dismissal of a writ petition challenging Medical Counselling Committee's (MCC) notice dated 10.01.2022 of modifying OBC reservation criteria with respect to Institutional Preference seats in...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Against Order Denying Bail To Woman In Jail With Infant For Over 4 Months

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice on a Special Leave Petition moved against an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court wherein the petitioner's bail application under Section 439 of the CrPC had been rejected thereby confirming her incarceration along with her 3.5 month old infant on the ground that the allegations against her are grave and serious in nature.A bench...

Supreme Court Sets Aside Delhi HC Bail To Man Accused Of Kidnap-Murder Of 13 Year Old Boy

The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the Delhi High Court order granting bail to a man accused of kidnapping and murdering the 13-year-old son of a Delhi jeweler in 2014, whose body was found in a drain in East Delhi in November 2014.The Court observed that the trial is going on and important witnesses are yet to be examined. The Court added that the High Court ignored relevant...

Supreme Court Rejects Dental College's Plea Seeking Extension Of Deadline For BDS Admissions

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain plea filed by a Dental College seeking directions to Dental Council of India and Union of India for extension of admissions deadline to BDS UG course for its 100 seats to enable the college to effect admissions to their duly approved 100 seats for the academic year 2021-22.The writ petition also sought directions to the respondent...

Extra Judicial Confession Made By Co-Accused Could Be Admitted In Evidence Only For Corroboration: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that extra judicial confession made by the co-accused could be admitted in evidence only as a corroborative piece of evidence.In absence of any substantive evidence against the accused, the extra judicial confession allegedly made by the co-accused loses its significance and there cannot be any conviction based on such extra judicial confession of the co-accused,...

Azam Khan Case : Supreme Court Stays HC's Bail Condition That District Magistrate Should Take Over Jauhar University Land

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the directions issued by the Allahabad High Court while granting bail to SP leader Azam Khan that the District Magistrate should take possession of the premises of the Mohammed Ali Jauhar University, which is run by a Trust headed by Khan.The vacation bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Bela M Trivedi was of the opinion that, prima facie, the said...

BREAKING| NCB Gives Clean Chit To Aryan Khan In Drugs Case; Says No Narcotics Found In His Possession

The Narcotic Control Bureau's SIT has submitted its chargesheet in the 2021 Cordelia Cruise Ship Drug Case and has reportedly given a clean chit to Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan's son - Aryan Khan - and five others. "SIT carried out its investigation in objective manner. The touchstone of the principle of proof beyond reasonable doubt has been applied. Based on the investigation...

Why Are You Removing MD Radiation Oncology As Feeder Course For NEET-SS?Supreme Court Asks NMC

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the National Medical Commission why it is proposing to delete MD Radiation Oncology as a en eligible feeder speciality qualification for super specialty course of DM Medical Oncology.The Court has asked the NMC to file its reply and kept the matter in the second week of July.A vacation bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and Bela Trivedi was considering...