" Innocent Toddler Also Had A Future": Mother Of 4-Year-Old Girl Moves Supreme Court Seeking Review Of Order Commuting Death Sentence On Man Convicted For Her Daughter's Rape & Murder

The mother of a 4year old girl child has approached the Supreme Court seeking review of its recent Judgment commuting the death sentence awarded to Mohd Firoz, convicted for the rape and murder of her four-year-old daughter.A review petition has been filed by the original complainant through Advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava challenging the order dated 19th April 2022 passed by the Apex...

Performance of Haj is A Sacred Religious Ceremony, Not Appropriate To Term It As A Commercial Activity: Sr. Adv. Arvind Datar Argues Before Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday resumed hearing on a string of petitions filed by various tour operators and state Haj organisers on differential GST levied on Haj pilgrims.The tour operators are challenging the levy of GST on Hajis who avail themselves of services offered by registered private tour operators on the grounds that no tax law can be applicable on extra territorial activities...

Comply With Direction To Raise Judicial Officers' Pension : Supreme Court Gives Final Opportunity To States

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, directed all State Governments that are yet to comply with its direction dated 05.04.2022 to enhance the pension of retired judicial officers as per the scheme elucidated in the order passed by the Apex Court, almost 10 years back, on 08.10.2012, to do so within a period of 4 weeks. "Such of those State Government who have not complied with the order...

Supreme Court Asks Centre To Trace Source Of Power That Was Exercised By TN Governor To Refer Cabinet Decision On AG Perarivalan's Remission Plea To President

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, asked the Union Government to trace the source of the power exercised by the Tamil Nadu Governor to refer the decision taken by the Council of Ministers of Tamil Nadu to grant remission to A.G. Perarivalan, the life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, to the President for his consideration. However, the Apex Court was curious as to why...

"How Can Struck Down Provisons Be Revived Through Legislation?": Supreme Court To Decide Constitutional Validity Of Tribunal Reforms Act 2021 On July 26

The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that it will hear the question of the constitutional validity of the Tribunal Reforms Act 2021 on July 26, 2022. The matter will be heard finally on that day, the benchA Bench comprising Justices D.Y Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Bela M Trivedi was adjudicating upon an application filed in the Madras Bar assailing the tenure of appointment of six persons...

Supreme Court Saves Over 90,000 Income Tax Reassessment Notices Issued After 2021 Amendment By Deeming Them As Notices Under Section 148A

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, directed that reassessment notices under Section 148 of the unamended Income Tax Act which were issued beyond 01.04.2021 (the effective date of amendment of the said provision by the Finance Act, 2021) to be deemed to have been issued under Section 148A of the IT Act as substituted by the Finance Act, 2021 and be construed as show cause notices in terms of...

Supreme Court Monthly Digest- April 2022 With Nominal And Statute/Subject Wise Index

Administrative Law - Appeal challenging adverse Remarks made in the Allahabad HC judgment regarding a Statutory authority - Allowed - Even if the High Court found that the impugned actions of the authorities concerned, particularly of the appellant, had not been strictly in conformity with law or were irregular or were illegal or even perverse, such findings, by themselves, were not...

Insurer Can't Use Definition Of "Terrorism" In Penal Laws To Repudiate Claim When Exclusion Clause Exhaustively Defines It : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that the terms in the exclusion clause in an insurance policy will govern the parties and that the insurer cannot rely upon definitions in external sources such as statutes to repudiate a policy."When the policy itself defines the acts of terrorism in the Exclusion Clause, the terms of the policy being a concluded contract will govern the rights and liabilities of...

Supreme Court Expresses Alarm At Criminal Appeals Pending In High Courts For Decades; Seeks Suggestions From Centre

Expressing alarm at the pendency of criminal appeals in High Courts for over three to four decades, the Supreme Court, on Wednesday, sought suggestions from the Union Government to tackle pendency. A Bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao and B.R. Gavai was apprised that in Madhya Pradesh High Court there are appeals which are pending for 20-30 years and the oldest appeals...

MediaOne Case : Will Decide Sealed Cover Issue, Says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted more time to the Union Government to file their counter in the plea challenging the telecast ban imposed on Malayalam news channel MediaOne.A Bench comprising Justices D.Y Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Bela M Trivedi granted four more weeks to the respondents to file a counter affidavit in the case. Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave, appearing for the...

Supreme Court Stays Holding Of Haryana JS(Mains) Exam From May 6-8 Due To Clash With MP Judicial Exams

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the holding of the Mains Examination of Haryana Civil Service (Judicial Branch)- 2021 from May 6 to May 8 in view of the clash with the date announced for conducting the Preliminary Exam of Madhya Pradesh Civil Judge, Junior Division (Entry Level) Exam-2021.Taking note of the fact that the MP Judicial Service exam is being held on May 6, a bench...

Supreme Court To Hear Tomorrow Plea Challenging Stay On "Jhund" Movie's OTT Release

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear tomorrow a plea challenging an order of the Telangana High Court which ordered status quo on the OTT release of the film "Jhund".Senior Advocate C Aryama Sundaram mentioned the matter before the Chief Justice of India for urgent listing. "The movie is being released on OTT on May 6. It has already been released in theatres. The OTT release...