[BREAKING] Tripura Polls : Secure Every Polling Booth With Sufficient CAPF Personnel, Directs Supreme Court

In view of the allegations of violence during the polling day(which is today) for local body elections in Tripura, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Home Secretary of Tripura Government, the State Election Commission and the Director General of Police to ensure that every polling booth is manned by sufficient strength of Central Armed Police Force(CAPF) personnel.The Court also...

Bombay High Court Commutes Death Penalty Of Three Convicts In 2013 Shakti Mills Gang Rape of A Photo-Journalist

The Bombay High Court on Monday commuted to life imprisonment the death penalty awarded to three repeat offenders in connection with the gang-rape of a photo-journalist inside Mumbai's defunct Shakti Mills compound, in 2013. Justices SS Jadhav and Prithviraj Chavan pronounced the order.The court held that the photojournalists' case cannot be considered their second offence as both...

Gujarat Riots- Zakia Jafri's Plea Against Clean Chit To Narendra Modi- 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 is hearing the matter.On Wednesday, Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, appearing on behalf of SIT, emphatically submitted that...

Jayalalithaa's Death : Appollo Hospital's Allegation Of Bias Unfounded, Inquiry Commission Tells Supreme Court

Senior Advocate Ranjit Kumar appearing for Commission of Inquiry argued before Court on Wednesday that the argument of Apollo Hospitals that there is bias in the actions of the Commission of Inquiry is unfounded and baseless. The bench of Justices S Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari was hearing a special leave petition filed by Apollo Hospitals against Madras High Court's order which had...

Are You Willing To Ban Convicted Politicians From Elections For Life? Supreme Court Asks Centre

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Central Government if it was willing to consider imposing a life-ban on contesting elections for politicians who have been convicted for offences."What is the stand of Union of India? Are you willing to ban politicians who got convicted from contesting elections?", the Chief Justice of India asked the Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, who was...

Tripura Polls : CPI(M) Moves Supreme Court Alleging Violence By BJP; Seeks To Intervene In Trinmool Plea

The CPI(M), a major opposition party in Tripura, has approached the Supreme Court alleging violence by members of ruling BJP party to terrorize opposition party members amid the local body elections. "The ruling political party workers and their sympathisers have been attacking the CPI(M) workers and sympathisers. They are being subjected to inexplicable and cruel violence....

Directions For Special MP/MLA Courts Don't Mean Cases Triable By Magistrates Are To Be Transferred To Sessions Court : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday clarified that its directions to create special courts for trial of criminal cases against sitting and former MPs/MLAs cannot be construed to mean that cases triable by Magistrates as per the Indian Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure are to be transferred to the Sessions Court.Accordingly, a bench comprising the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana,...

BREAKING : Supreme Court Re-Imposes Construction Ban In Delhi-NCR; Exempts Plumbing, Electrical, Carpentry & Interior Works

Taking note of the air quality crisis in the national capital, the Supreme Court has re-imposed the ban on construction activities in Delhi-NCR until further orders. The Commission for Air Quality Management in Delhi-NCR had earlier decided to lift the ban with effect from November 22, taking note of the slight improvement in the air quality.However, a bench comprising Chief Justice of India...

Time Period Spent In Prosecuting SLP Would Be Good Ground For Condoning Delay In Filing A Review Application Before High Court: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday (November 22) observed that despite some delay on appellant's part, the time period spent in prosecuting a Special Leave Petition would be a good ground for condonation of delay in filing a review application before the High Court.The bench of Justices SK Kaul and MM Sundresh in their order said, "We are of the view that it cannot be said that the time period spent...

Gujarat Riots- 'We Did Our Job, Somebody Might Agree With The Conclusion, Somebody Might Not Agree':Mukul Rohatgi For SIT Tells Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard the arguments of Senior Advocate, Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, appearing on behalf of the SIT in the petition by Zakia Jafri challenging the SIT report exonerating the highest functionaries of the State of Gujarat, who were alleged to have been instrumental in the Gujarat riots of 2002. Over a course of seven days, a Bench comprising Justices AM...

Employee Won't Lose Entitlement To Gratuity By Merely Opting To Extend Retirement Age To 60 Years: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that mere exercise of option by an employee, to avail the benefit of extension of age of retirement to 60 years, could not operate against his entitlement to gratuity. The bench of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Vikram Nath in the present matter was hearing a special leave petition assailing Uttarakhand High Court's order dated November 1, 2017 filed by G.B....

Power Of Judicial Review Cannot Be Invoked To Decide Equivalence Of Prescribed Qualifications With Any Other Qualification: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that equivalence of prescribed qualifications with any other given qualification cannot be decided by the courts invoking its power of judicial review.Equivalence of qualification is a matter for the State, as recruiting authority, to determine, the court said.The bench comprising Justices S. Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari set aside a High Court judgment which...