'We Can't Fix Time Limits': Supreme Court On Plea Seeking Guidelines For Speakers To Decide Disqualifications Of Members

The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned for two weeks a plea filed seeking guidelines to look into the practice of mala-fide delays on the part of the Speakers/Chairmen of both houses of the Parliament & State Legislative Assembly in deciding matters related to political defections.A three-Judge Bench led by CJI, Justice Bopanna and Justice Hrishikesh Roy expressed its disinclination...

Supreme Court Directs Kerala High Court Registrar To Upload Judgment Delivered In March 2021 Within 2 Weeks

The Supreme Court has issued a direction to the Registrar General of the Kerala High Court to upload a judgment in its official website within two weeks.The Court passed this direction after being informed that the judgment of the division bench, though delivered on March 16, 2021, has not been uploaded yet.A bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Aniruddha Bose...

Being National Green Tribunal, NGT Must Have Alacrity, Concern For Environment: Supreme Court

"Being the 'National Green Tribunal', the NGT must have some alacrity and concern for the environment!", observed Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on Thursday.The bench of Justices Chandrachud and M. R. Shah was considering an appeal arising out of the NGT's adjudication of allegations of failure of authorities in preventing the blowout of Baghjan 5 oil well of the Respondent-Oil India Ltd.,...

Hindu Joint Family Even If Partitioned Can Revert Back And Reunite To Continue Joint Family Status: Supreme Court

Hindu Joint Family even if partitioned can revert back and reunite to continue the status of joint family, the Supreme Court observed in a judgment delivered on Wednesday.The bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and R. Subhash Reddy observed that the acts of the parties may lead to the inference that parties reunited after previous partition.In this case, a partition dated ...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Release Of 13 Agra Prisoners Who Were Juveniles At Time Of Offence

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice in a plea seeking the release of 13 prisoners who have been lodged in Agra Jail for periods ranging from 14 to 22 years. The plea states that these prisoners have been denied release despite establishing that they were juveniles at the time of offence. A Bench headed by Justice Indira Banerjee took into consideration the submission of...

"It Might Be A Political Hot Potato, But Legally Nothing": Supreme Court Dismisses Delhi Police's Plea In Chief Secy. Assault Case

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal by the Delhi Police challenging the Delhi High Court order which allowed CM Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia's plea to provide statement of witnesses in the 2018 alleged assault of then-CS Anshu Prakash."It is the basic principle of natural justice, it is common sense that the accused must have the copy. It might be a political...

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Postponement of UPSC ESE 2021

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea seeking for the postponement of the UPSC Engineering Services Examination (ESE), 2021 in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. A Bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and V. Ramasubramanian refused to entertain the plea, stating that it was not the job of the Court to decide when examinations would be held. Justice Banerjee remarked, "There...

Bar Under Order XXIII Rule 3A Attracted If Compromise On The Basis Of Which Decree Was Passed Was Void Or Voidable: Supreme Court

Bar under Rule 3A shall be attracted if compromise on the basis of which decree was passed was void or voidable, the Supreme Court has held.The bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and R. Subhash Reddy observed that only remedy available to a party to a consent decree to avoid such consent decree is to approach the court which recorded the compromise and separate suit is...

Gulshan Kumar Murder: Bombay High Court Sentences Abdul Rauf Merchant And Abdul Rashid To Life,Uphold Acquittal Of Ramesh Taurani

The Bombay High Court on Thursday confirmed the 2002 trial court verdict acquitting TIPS co-founder Ramesh Taurani, and convicting Abdul Rauf Merchant in the 1997 murder of T-series owner Gulshan Kumar. A division bench of Justices Sadhana Jadhav and NR Borkar, however, set aside the trial court's order acquitting Merchant's brother- Abdul Rashid Dawood Merchant- and sentenced him...

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Allocation Of Separate And Adequate Funds For Judiciary

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a PIL filed seeking directions for allocation of separate and adequate funds for Judiciary."We do not want to give any directions to the government. We will deal with this appropriately", the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said.A three-Judge Bench led by CJI Ramana, Justice Bopanna and Justice Hrishikesh Roy was hearing an application for restoration...

Mere Right To Change Ruler Need Not Be A Guarantee Against Tyranny : CJI Ramana

The Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Wednesday said that a mere right to change ruler once every few years need not be a guarantee against tyranny."The idea that people are the ultimate sovereign is also to be found in notions of human dignity and autonomy. A public discourse, that is both reasoned and reasonable, is to be seen as an inherent aspect of human dignity and hence essential to...

"Imperative To Start A Discourse As To How Social Media Trends Can Affect The Institutions" Chief Justice Ramana

While delivering the 17th Justice P D Desai memorial lecture on "Rule of Law", CJI Ramana on Wednesday stated that it is imperative to start a discourse as to how social media trends can affect the institutions. "While there is a lot discussion about the pressure from the executive, it is also imperative to start a discourse as to how social media trends can affect the institutions."...