Gyanvapi Mosque Survey An Attempt To Disrupt Communal Harmony, Violates Places Of Worship Act : Mosque Committee Tells Supreme Court

"An attempt to disturb the communal peace and harmony and in contravention to the Places of Worship Act" the Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Management Committee has argued before the Supreme Court while challenging the survey ordered by a Varanasi court in Gyanvapi Mosque premises on a plea by a few Hindu devotees.The present special leave petition has been filed challenging the recent order of...

Accused Undergoes 2 Extra Years Custody After Trial Court Misinterprets SC Order; Supreme Court Seeks Action Against Judge

The Supreme Court, on Monday (9th May), expressed concern that misinterpretation of its order by a trial court judge in Andhra Pradesh, resulted in the accused languishing in custody even after securing interim bail from the Apex Court. Perturbed by the fact that, in the present case, where custody for 9 years was found to be sufficient to enlarge him on bail, the accused had...

Remission To Be Considered By Govt Of The State Where Crime Was Committed, Even If Trial Was Transferred To Another State : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that the remission or pre­mature release in terms of the policy which is applicable in the State where the crime was committed has to be considered.The bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and Vikram Nath observed that the appropriate Government under Section 432(7) CrPC can be either the Central or the State Government but there cannot be a concurrent...

Record Disposals At 2nd National Lok Adalat Of 2022 Despite Scorching Summer In North India

The Second National Lok Adalat (NLA) for current calendar year was held on 14th May 2022 by NALSA in 24 States/UTs across the country, under the aegis of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) in both physical and virtual or hybrid mode. Mr.Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, judge of the Supreme Court and the Executive Chairman, NALSA, inaugurated the National Lok Adalat in the District...

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Reduction Of Qualifying Percentile For Admission In Ayurveda Course

An ayurveda aspirant who appeared in NEET 2021 has approached Supreme Court seeking reduction of qualifying percentile for admission in Ayurveda course in view of large number of vacancies. The petition was listed before the bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant on Friday wherein the bench directed the same to be listed with the plea which challenge's centre's decision to...

'Go Catch Bigger Fish...The Ones Who Loot 1000s Of Crores' : Supreme Court Rejects Bank's Case Against Farmer

The Supreme Court on Friday pulled up the Bank of Maharashtra for challenging a High Court's order of directing the bank to accept the OTS proposal given by a farmer who had availed a loan from the bank. "Go after bigger fish. Such a litigation in Supreme Court will spoil the families of farmers financially," the bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant remarked while dismissing...

22% Posts In District Judiciary Still Lying Vacant, Immediate Steps Needed To Fill The Gap: CJI NV Ramana

Addressing an event at the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Saturday spoke about the pending vacancies in the district judiciary and emphasised the need to take immediate steps to fill the gap."22% of the posts in the district judiciary are still lying vacant. Steps have to be initiated immediately to fill this gap." the CJI saidThe CJI was speaking at...

'How Can He Be Trusted?': Supreme Court Rejects Candidature For Police Constable Post For Suppressing Criminal Case

The Supreme Court recently approved the rejection of the candidture of a person for the post of police constable for suppressing the pendency of a criminal case against him.A division bench comprising Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna was considering an appeal filed by the State of Rajasthan against the judgments of a single bench and a division bench of the Rajasthan High Court which...

DCPCR Moves Supreme Court Challenging Juvenile Justice Act 2021 Amendments Making Certain Offences Non-Cognizable

The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging the amendments made to the Juvenile Justice(Care and Protection) Act 2015 in 2021 by which certain categories of offences against children have been made non-cognizable.The Commission is challenging the 2021 Amendment to the extent it made the following categories of...

High Court Cannot Terminate The Mandate Of Arbitrator In Application Under Section 11(6) Of Arbitration Act. : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a dispute/controversy on the mandate of the arbitrator being terminated on the ground mentioned in section 14(1)(a) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act cannot be decided on an application filed under section 11(6) of the Act.Such a dispute has to be raised before the "court", defined under section 2(e) of the Act.In this case, the Madhya Pradesh...

'Crime Test' & 'Criminal Test' Not Properly Applied : Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Man Convicted For Rape & Murder Of 8 Year Old Girl

Taking note of the fact that the Courts below had not given the required attention to the 'crime test' and the 'criminal test' while awarding and affirming death penalty, the Supreme Court, on Friday, commuted death sentence of an accused, who was convicted for rape and murder of a 8 year old girl-child. "…we are of the considered view that the 'crime test' and the 'criminal...

Gyanvapi Mosque Survey Issue Listed Before Bench Of Justice DY Chandrachud

The Supreme Court on Friday directed listing of the petition filed against the survey ordered by a Varanasi court in Gyanvapi Mosque, before a bench presided over by Justice DY Chandrachud.The direction has been issued by a bench headed by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana in a special leave petition challenging a Varanasi Court's order directing the survey work to continue in the...