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Sec 120B IPC - Not Safe To Convict A Person For Criminal Conspiracy In Absence Of Evidence Showing Meeting Of Minds : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that in absence of any evidence to show meeting of minds between the conspirators for the intended object of committing an illegal act, it is not safe to hold a person guilty for offences under Section 120-B of IPC.The bench of Justices R Subhash Reddy and Hrishikesh Roy was considering a criminal appeal against the judgement dated March 17, 2020, passed by...
NCDRC Can Direct Deposit Of Entire Or More Than 50% Of Amount Determined By SCDRC For Stay : Supreme Court
In a significant judgment on the Consumer Protection Act 2019, the Supreme Court on Tuesday held that the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission(NCDRC) can direct the deposit of the entire amount or more than 50% of the amount determined by the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission for conditional stay.The Court added that however to pass such an order, the NCDRC has to pass...
Kerala Abkari Act-Whether Conviction Sustainable When Independent Witnesses To Search Turned Hostile: Supreme Court To Examine
The Supreme Court recently agreed to examine whether conviction under Kerala Abkari Act ("Act") was sustainable when independent witnesses to search turned hostile.The bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and AS Oka issued notice in the special leave petition assailing Kerala High Court's order dated June 11, 2021 ("impugned order").In the impugned order, the High Court bench of Justice K Haripal...
'Chargesheet Filed In 2018, Trial Not Commenced' : Supreme Court Grants Bail To Syrian National In NDPS Case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to a 23 year old Syrian national staying in Delhi who was in custody since September 27, 2018 for his alleged involvement in trafficking of commercial quantities of contraband i.e. 50 kgs 800 gms.Considering that although the charge sheet was filed in 2018 but no trial had commenced, the bench of Justices SK Kaul and MM Sundresh granted bail.The bench...
Registration Of Document Subject To Adjudication Of Parties' Rights By Civil Court : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has reiterated that the registration of a document is always subject to the adjudication of the rights of the parties by the competent civil court."It is settled legal position that registration of document is always subject to adjudication of rights of the parties by the competent civil court", observed a bench comprising Justices R Subhash Reddy and Hrishikesh...
Supreme Court Directs States(Except Maharashtra) To Fill Up Consumer Commission Vacancies By End Of January 2022
The Supreme Court on December 1, 2021 issued a slew of directions in the suo-motu case to deal with the vacancies in Consumer Commissions across the country.The bench of Justices SK Kaul and MM Sundresh made the following observations with regards to the Vacancy Position, Infrastructure and Staff Vacancies.Vacancy PositionThe bench after considering the comprehensive status report in respect...
Supreme Court Rejects Aircel Founder Sivasankaran's Claims Of Diplomatic Immunity
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the plea of diplomatic immunity raised by Aircel founder C Sivasankaran to resist the prosecution in money laundering cases in India.A bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar dismissed the writ petition filed in 2019 by Sivasankaran, who claimed that he was an Ambassador of the Republic of Seychelles.The bench noted...
Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case : 'I'm In Jail For 30 Years, Governor's Decision Must Be Placed On Record', Perarivalan Tells Supreme Court
The counsel for AG Perarivalan, who is serving life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the decision taken by the Tamil Nadu Governor on the recommendation made by the State Government to release him from prison must be placed on record.The Supreme Court today adjourned the plea filed by AG Perarivalan seeking release from the prison based...
Kolkata Municipal Elections : BJP Moves Supreme Court Alleging Violence By Trinamool Congress Members; Seeks Deployment Of Central Forces
The Bhartiya Janta Party has moved the Supreme Court of India seeking directions to the State Functionaries in West Bengal to produce a comprehensive action plan and deploy sufficient Central Police forces to ensure that free and fair Municipal Elections are held in Kolkata.A request for urgent listing of the case was made on Tuesday by Senior Advocate Menaka Guruswamy before a Bench...
Farmers Protests : Supreme Court Adjourns Plea Against Road Blockade To January 2022
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned to January 2022 the hearing of writ petition filed by a Noida resident against the road blockade at Delhi-NCR border as part of the farm protests.Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta requested that the matter be adjourned in view of "the changed circumstances". It may be noted that three farm laws, which were the subject matter of the farmers'...
Gujarat Riots- Zakia Jafri's Plea Against Clean Chit To Narendra Modi And State Functionaries- LIVE UPDATES
Supreme Court to continue hearing today the petition filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the SIT's clean chit to the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi & other high functionaries in the #GujaratRiots of 2002.A Bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar, will take up the part-heard matter for further hearing.Solicitor General Tushar Mehta will continue his arguments...
Supreme Court Dismisses NIA's Plea Challenging Default Bail To Sudha Bharadwaj In Bhima Koregaon Case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by the National Investigation Agency challenging the default bail granted to lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj by the Bombay High Court on December 1, after over three years of her arrest in the Bhima Koregaon case.A Bench comprising Justice UU Lalit, Justice Ravindra Bhat and Justice Bela Trivedi observed that there was no reason...