Breaking: "Targeted Surveillance Using Military Grade Spyware": Journalists N Ram And Sashi kumar Move Supreme Court Seeking Probe In To Pegasus Snooping Row

Senior Journalists N Ram and Sashi Kumar have approached the Supreme Court seeking a direction for an independent inquiry headed by a sitting or retired judge of Supreme CourtCourt to probe into allegations that illegal surveillance has been carried out on inter alia journalists, lawyers, government ministers, opposition politicians and civil society activists using the Pegasus...

Manipur Office Of Profit Case : Governor Yet To Decide On ECI Opinion About Disqualification Of 12 BJP MLAs, Congress MLA Tells Supreme Court

A Congress Manipur MLA on Monday urged before the Supreme Court his plea for the expeditious decision by the Governor as to the disqualification of 12 BJP Members of the Legislative Assembly under Article 192 for holding Offices of Profit on their appointment as Parliamentary Secretaries.The bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose was hearing a writ petition filed by D. D....

Suo Motu Case On Lawyers' Strikes: No Response From BCI, State Bar Councils; Supreme Court Requests BCI Chairman To Assist Court

In connection with the problem of strikes and abstention of work by lawyers, the Supreme Court on Monday has requested the Chairman of the Bar Council of India to render assistance to the Court. On February 28, 2020, the Court, taking a serious note of the fact that despite consistent decisions of the Court, still the lawyers/Bar Associations go on strikes, had taken suo moto cognisance...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-75]

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Ocular Evidence Is The Best Evidence Unless There Are Reasons To Doubt It: Supreme Court

Ocular evidence is considered the best evidence unless there are reasons to doubt it, the Supreme Court observed while setting aside an order of High Court that acquitted an accused in a murder case.The bench comprising Justices Navin Sinha and R. Subhash Reddy observed that the ocular evidence may be disbelieved only when there is a gross contradiction between medical evidence and...

Letter Of Intent Is Not A Binding Contract Unless Such An Intention Is Evident From Its Terms: Supreme Court

A Letter of Intent is not a binding contract unless such an intention is evident from its terms, the Supreme Court observed while dismissing an appeal filed by South Eastern Coalfields Ltd, a Government company.The bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta observed that such intention must be clear and unambiguous as LoI normally indicates a party's intention to enter into a...

'Public Should Not Be Cheated' : Supreme Court Records Franklin Templeton Will Not Launch Any New Debt Scheme Till Disposal Of Appeal Before SAT

The Supreme Court on Monday recorded that Franklin Templeton Asset Management India Pvt Ltd will not launch any new debt scheme till disposal of its appeal pending before the Securities Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai.The appeal being referred to here has been filed before the SAT against the order dated June 7, 2021 passed by Whole Time Member of the Securities and Exchange Board of India...

[BREAKING]: West Bengal Govt Constitutes Panel Headed By Justice Madan Lokur To Probe Pegasus Scandal [Read Notification]

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday constituted an Inquiry Commission headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B. Lokur and former Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya to investigate into the allegations pertaining to the Pegasus spyware scandal. A notification to this effect was issued on Monday by B.P Gopalika, Additional...

[BREAKING] 'People Were Going Helter-Skelter To Procure Drugs During Second Wave' : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Gautam Gambhir Foundation's Plea Against Enquiry On COVID Drugs Hoarding

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition filed by Gautam Gambhir Foundation against the order passed by the Delhi High Court for enquiry into alleged hoarding of COVID-19 drugs by the trust headed by former Indian team cricketer and present BJP MP from Delhi Gautam Gambhir.A bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah made oral observations disapproving...

ISRO Espionage Case - Justice DK Jain Committee Report By Itself Cannot Be Basis To Proceed Against Accused; CBI Will Have To Collect Materials Independently : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday clarified that the enquiry report submitted by former Supreme Court judge Justice DK Jain on the conspiracy angle against former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan in the infamous espionage case cannot be the sole basis to proceed against the alleged errant police officers.A bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna made it clear that the Central Bureau...

The Definition of "Terrorist Act" in UAPA Is So Vague That It Is Susceptible To Misuse: Justice Anjana Prakash

Former Patna High Court judge Anjana Prakash on Saturday asserted that while the anti-terror and national security laws are to be used towards the sovereignty and protection of the State, in India, they are being employed for the sovereignty and protection of a political party.The Supreme Court Senior Advocate was speaking at a webinar by CJAR- "Discussion On DEMOCRACY, DISSENT AND DRACONIAN...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up, July 19- July 25, 2021

JUDGMENTS THIS WEEK1. Supreme Court Strikes Down 97th Constitutional Amendment To The Extent It Relates To Co-operative SocietiesCase Title : Union of India vs Rajendra Shah and othersCitation : LL 2021 SC 312The Supreme Court this week upheld a 2013 judgment of the Gujarat High Court which struck down the provisions of the Constitution(97th Amendment) Act 2011 to the extent it introduced Part...