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Supreme Court To Consider Next Week Issue Of Vacancies In Central Information Commission
The Supreme Court today adjourned for September 1, 2021 application filed by RTI activist Anjali Bhardwaj seeking compliance on the part of the Central Government with respect to the directions issued by the Supreme Court in its judgment delivered in February 2019 as regards the posts and vacancies in the Central Information Commission. The matter was heard by the division bench of...
Can't Allow Withdrawal Of Cases Against MPs/MLAs On Ground Of Malicious Prosecution Without HC Sanction : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday disagreed with a proposal to allow state governments to withdraw criminal cases against sitting and former MPs/MLAs on ground of malicious prosecution. The Court clarified that the sanction of the High Court is needed even to withdraw cases on ground of malicious prosecution."We are not against withdrawing cases if malicious prosecution is there, but it has to...
UP Govt Withdrew 77 Cases Relating To Muzaffarnagar Riots Without Giving Any Reason: Amicus Curiae Tells Supreme Court
The Supreme Court was today informed that the Uttar Pradesh Government has withdrawn 77 criminal cases, pertaining to the 2013 Muzzafarnagar Riots, without assigning any reasons. Some of these cases pertained to offences punishable with a life term.The development comes in the case concerning speedy disposal of cases against lawmakers, filed by Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay. Amicus curiae...
Supreme Court Issues Notice In Manipur MLAs' Pleas Challenging Speaker's Decision To Disqualify Them
The Supreme Court today issued notice in pleas filed by Keshtrimayum Biren Singh, Yengkhom Surchandra Singh and Sanasam Biren Singh assailing Manipur High Court's order of upholding the speaker's decision of disqualifying them from the term of the 11th Legislative Assembly of Manipur. The division bench of Justice UU Lalit and Justice Ajay Rastogi while issuing notice...
'In All Fairness, We Expect You To Wait' : Supreme Court To West Bengal Govt On Judicial Probe Ordered Into Pegasus Issue
The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that it expected the West Bengal Government to 'show restraint' and wait before proceeding with the judicial enquiry ordered by it into the Pegasus issue, when the Court is considering the matter.However, the Court refrained from passing any order to stay the functioning of the judicial commission constituted by the West Bengal Government, after...
No Reasons Given By ED, CBI For Delay In Investigating Cases Against MPs/MLAs : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed grave concerns at the slow pace of investigation by the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation in cases against sitting and former MPs and MLAs.A bench comprising the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Surya Kant expressed displeasure at the ED and CBI for not indicating the reasons for not...
BREAKING : Supreme Court Asks Delhi High Court To Decide Plea Challenging Rakesh Asthana's Appointment As Delhi Police Commissioner Within 2 Weeks
The Supreme Court on Wednesday requested the Delhi High Court to decide within two weeks the petition filed before it challenging the appointment of Rakesh Asthana IPS as the Delhi Police Commissioner.The Court issued this order while considering a writ petition filed by Centre for Public Interest Litigation under Article 32 challenging the appointment of Asthana.A bench comprising Chief...
![[Pegasus] Could Not Sit As A Silent Spectator When Centre Was Evasive: WB Govt. Says It Was Well Within Its Authority To Set-Up Inquiry Commission](https://www.livelaw.in/h-upload/2021/08/05/500x300_397994-pegasus-justice-madan-lokur.jpeg "[Pegasus] Could Not Sit As A Silent Spectator When Centre Was Evasive: WB Govt. Says It Was Well Within Its Authority To Set-Up Inquiry Commission")
[Pegasus] "Could Not Sit As A Silent Spectator When Centre Was Evasive: WB Govt. Says It Was Well Within Its Authority To Set-Up Inquiry Commission
Since, the Central Government did not find it necessary to appoint a Commission of Inquiry in relation to the 'Pegasus' spyware scandal, the State of West Bengal has submitted before the Supreme Court that it acted well within its legal authority to appoint a commission since the subject matter of the inquiry fell within the bounds of List II and III of the Seventh Schedule of...
51 MPs, 71 MLAs/MLCs Accused Under PMLA, 121 Cases Pending Against MPs/MLAs Before CBI Courts: Amicus Curiae Tells Supreme Court
A report was submitted before the Supreme Court yesterday by Senior Advocate Vijay Hansaria, who was appointed as the amicus curiae in the case concerning speedy disposal of cases against lawmakers.Relying on the status report submitted to him on August 9, 2021 by the Union of India, Hansaria submitted that a total of 51 MPs and 71 MLAs/MLCs are accused in cases arising out of offences...
Scope And Ambit Of Powers Of Court Under Section 319 CrPC: Supreme Court Summarizes Principles
The Supreme Court, in a judgment delivered on Tuesday, summarized the scope and ambit of the powers of the Court under Section 319 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.Even in a case where the stage of giving opportunity to the complainant to file a protest petition urging upon the trial Court to summon other persons as well as who were named in the FIR but not implicated in the charge-sheet...