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Instances Of Delay In Bills Assent Can't Justify Imposing Fixed Timelines For Governors & President : Supreme Court During Hearing
On the 6th day of the hearing of the Presidential Reference, the Supreme Court orally observed that certain instances of delay in granting assent to Bills cannot justify the laying down of a blanket timeline for the Governors and President to act as per Articles 200 and 201of the Constitution respectively.If there are individual cases of delay, the aggrieved parties can approach the Court to...
Conviction Under S.138 NI Act Can't Be Sustained After Complainant & Accused Enter Into Settlement : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held once a complainant signs a compromise deed acknowledging receipt of the full settlement amount, the conviction under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act cannot be sustained.The Court set aside an order of the High Court which dismissed an application filed by the accused seeking alteration of his conviction based on the settlement arrived at with...
Delhi Riots: High Court Denies Bail To Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam And 7 Others In UAPA Case
The Delhi High Court dismissed the bail pleas filed by Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and seven other accused persons in the 2020 Delhi riots "larger conspiracy" case.A division bench of Justice Naveen Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur pronounced the verdict. The other accused include Athar Khan, Khalid Saifi, Mohd Saleem Khan, Shifa ur Rehman, Meeran Haider, Gulfisha Fatima and Shadab Ahmed.Name...
'Can A Person Shoot Himself On Chest With Rifle?' : Supreme Court Asks MP Police In Death Case Treated As Suicide
Questioning whether it is possible for a person to shoot himself in the chest with a rifle, the Supreme Court yesterday called on the Madhya Pradesh Police in a death case treated as a suicide whether all relevant aspects had been probed - including possibility of a murder."To our understanding whether a person would be able to use a rifle to shoot himself on the chest needs examination. In...
NGT Cannot Outsource Its Adjudicatory Functions To Expert Committees : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (Sep 1) criticized the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for functioning like a mere rubber stamp by outsourcing its responsibilities to external committees. A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Ujjal Bhuyan heard a case alleging that the Appellant-company was polluting water bodies by discharging untreated effluents. The NGT, blindly relying on a Joint Committee report...
Supreme Court Hearing-Presidential Reference On Timelines For Bills' Assent-DAY-6 : Live Updates
A 5-judge Constitution Bench of the SupremeCourt will hear today the Presidential Reference by President Droupadi Murmu on 14 questions on the power to assent on Bills, including whether Court can fix timelines for the President/Governor to decide on Bills. The Presidential Reference, made under Article 143, came a month after Supreme Court's judgment in Tamil Nadu Governor's matter, wherein...
Insurer Moves Supreme Court Against NCDRC Order To Pay 'Rajasthan Royals' Rs 82 Lakhs Over Sreesanth's Injury In 2012 IPL
The Insurance Company which insured 'Rajasthan Royals' owner for the IPL Cricket Tournament of 2012 has approached the Supreme Court challenging NCDRC's order which directed it to pay a sum of over Rs.82 lakhs to the franchise owner on account of S. Sreesanth's injury at the time, which rendered him incapable of playing in the tournament.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : September 1, 2025
Links of today's Supreme Court reports :Supreme Court Doubts Correctness Of Judgment Exempting Minority Schools From RTE Act; Refers To CJIBihar SIR : Claims/Objections Can Be Filed Even After Sept 1 Deadline, Says ECI; Supreme Court Deputes Paralegals To Assist VotersSupreme Court Mandates TET Qualification For Teachers In Non-Minority Schools; Allows Time For In-Service Teachers To Clear...
Supreme Court Asks NGT To Decide Pleas Relating To Delhi Airport Noise Pollution
The Supreme Court today (September 1) directed the NGT to expeditiously decide any applications that may be filed before it relating to the issue of compliance of its 2024 directions to Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) to take steps to monitor noise levels at its runways. The bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice R. Mahadevan was hearing a challenge to the NGT's order, which refused...
NDPS Act | Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Plea Against Judgment That Total Weight Of Mixture Determines Contraband Quantity
The Supreme Court today(September 1) issued notice in a writ petition challenging the correctness of its 2020 judgment in Hira Singh v. Union of India, which upheld the Central Government Notification dated 18.11.2009 issued under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 ("NDPS Act"), which says small, intermediate and commercial quatities under the NDPS Act will be...