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Supreme Court Modifies SOP To Allow Virtual Hearing On Non-Miscellaneous Days For Any Reason
The Supreme Court has made one amendment to the Standard Operating Procedure for physical hearing stating that the bench will have the discretion to give virtual hearing option to a case on a non-miscellaneous day(Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) for any reason.As per the latest SOP issued on October 7, the Court will have mandatory physical hearings on Wednesdays and Thursdays. All the...
Supreme Court Agrees To Give Urgent Listing For Plea Challenging HC Order Against RBI's Master Circular On Fraudulent Accounts
The Supreme Court on Friday indicated that it will allow urgent listing of SBI and RBI's special leave petitions filed against Telangana High Court's order which held that the principles of natural justice have to be read into the Master Circular issued by the Reserve Bank of India on the classification of bank accounts as fraud accounts.A request for urgent listing of the case was made...
Supreme Court Directs Grant Of Permanent Commission To 39 Women Army Officers
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre to tender a statement in tabulated form indicating reasons for the denial of permanent commission to 25 women officers, together with an affidavit expressly stating that no reasons independent of the directions issued by the Court have weighed in the grant/refusal of PC to the total 72 petitioners."In other words, once the final judgement and...
Testimony Of Witness Who Identified Accused In Court Cannot Be Discarded Merely Because TIP Was Not Conducted: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that the testimony of a witness who has identified the accused in the Court cannot be discarded merely because Test Identification Parade was not conducted.In a given case, there may be otherwise sufficient corroboration to the testimony of the witness, the bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S. Oka said.The court observed thus in a judgment allowing the...
Juvenility Claim Can Be Raised Even After Conviction: Supreme Court Directs UP Govt To Verify 23 Agra Prisoners' Claim
The Supreme Court today observed that it is well settled that claims of juvenility can be raised even after conviction & even before this court. The bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and JK Maheshwari was hearing a writ petition preferred by 23 prisoners who have been undergoing imprisonment in Agra Central Jail for over 6 years & 20 years. Prisoners in their writ filed...
Abolish Consumer Protection Act If Commission Vacancies Can't Be Filled : Supreme Court Expresses Anguish
The Supreme Court on Friday expressed anguish at the mounting vacancies in the consumer commissions. "The very purpose of settling up these tribunals and providing consumer remedy goes if these tribunals are not being manned. If the government feels it doesn't want them then abolish the Act. But if you put the Act in place you must man the tribunals." A Bench of Justice Sanjay...
Limitation Period For Appeal Under Section 61 IBC Starts Running From Date Of Pronouncement; Delay In Uploading Won't Exclude Limitation : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that the period of limitation for filing of appeal against an order as per Section 61 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code will start running as soon as the same is pronounced, and that it is not dependent on the date when the order is uploaded.So, a party who failed to file an application for the certified copy of the order immediately cannot raise a plea to...
State Has No Absolute & Blanket Power To Withdraw Consent For CBI Investigation : Centre Opposes West Bengal's Suit
The Central Government has told the Supreme Court that State of West Bengal's claim that it has the competence to undertake a blanket withdrawal of all powers of investigation from the CBI is without substance. "That the power of the State Government to give consent for an investigation by the CBI, cannot and would not include a right of an omnibus power, to pass over-arching...
FCRA Amendments Aim To Prevent Foreign Powers Interfering With Internal Polity, Diversion Of Funds By NGO : Centre Tells Supreme Court
Defending the Foreign Contribution Regulation(Amendment) Act 2020, the Central Government has said that the changes in the law were necessary to prevent malpractices and diversion of funds by NGOs.The Centre said that the amendments were necessary in view of the fact that some foreign powers and foreign state and non-state actors continue to take up activities that amount to interference in...
Filling Up Of Consumer Commission Vacancies Must Not Be Impeded By Bombay HC Judgment Quashing Consumer Protection Rules : Supreme Court Clarifies
The Supreme Court on Friday clarified that the process of filing up vacancies in the State Consumer Commissions as per directions issued by it on 11th August 2021 must not be impeded by the judgement passed by the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court on 14/09.2021 quashing certain Consumer Protection Rules. The issue had come up while the Supreme Court was considering the suo...
West Bengal's Suit Against CBI FIRs : Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing To November 16
The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned to November 16 the hearing in the Original Suit filed by the State of West Bengal under Article 131 of the Constitution of India, 1950 alleging that CBI is going ahead with investigation in cases of post-poll violence without securing the per-requisite sanction from the State under the law. The bench of Justices LN Rao and BR Gavai noted that the...