Justice Ramasubramanian Recuses From Hearing Abdul Nazir Maudani's Plea To Relax Bail Condition

Justice V. Ramasubramanian has recused from a hearing pertaining to the plea filed by Abdul Nazir Maudany, an accused in the Bengaluru and Coimbatore blasts cases, seeking permission to leave Bengaluru to return to his hometown in Kerala and stay there till the trial concludes.A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde on Monday directed for the matter to be listed before a Bench...

'Too Late To Approach Court' : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Against Dismantling Of 'INS Viraat'

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the SLP filed by a private firm seeking for the staying of the dismantling of decommissioned Indian Navy aircraft carrier 'INS Viraat' and handing it over to them for conversion into a maritime museum.A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde informed Rupali Sharma, the representative of the petitioner-company M/s Envitech Marine...

Supreme Court Issues Notice In PIL Seeking Establishment Of Transgender Welfare Board,Committee To Investigate Gross Abuse Against Trans Persons By Police

Supreme Court Issues Notice In PIL Seeking Establishment Of Transgender Welfare Board and Appoint Standing Committee To Investigate Gross Abuse Against Trans Persons By PoliceSupreme Court on Monday issued notice in a PIL seeking establishment of the Transgender Welfare Board to address social welfare issues of a trans person and to appoint a Standing Committee in order to...

'You Want Judiciary To Enhance Its Own Age Of Retirement?' : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea For Uniform Age Of Retirement For HC & SC Judges

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking uniform age of retirement for judges of the High Court and the Supreme Court.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian allowed the petitioner to withdraw the petition. The bench said that the petitioner may approach the Union Government or the Law Commission of India with...

Supreme Court To Hear Fresh PIL Seeking Probe Into Rafale Deal After Two Weeks

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list after two weeks a PIL seeking inquiry into the Rafale deal in the light of recent reports in a French news portal alleging payment of bribe by Dassault Aviation to an Indian middleman.Advocate Manohar Lal Sharma, who filed by petition, mentioned the matter before the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde today.Without mentioning what the case was about,...

Tehseen Poonawalla Moves Supreme Court Seeking Extension Of COVID-19 Vaccinations To All Age Groups

A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court challenging the extension of COVID-19 vaccinations only to those belonging to "prioritized age groups" above 45 years of age. The petition, filed by Tehseen Poonawalla, characterizes the extension of vaccination facilities to "prioritized age groups" above 45 years of age as arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the...

Breaking- 'Absolutely Frivolous' : Supreme Court Dismisses Wazim Rizvi's Plea Seeking Removal Of 26 Verses From Holy Quran With Rs 50,000 Costs

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a Writ Petition filed by Former UP Shia Waqf Board chairman Syed Wasim Rizvi seeking removal of certain verses from the Holy Quran that are allegedly preaching violence against non-believers.A bench headed by Justice RF Nariman dismissed the writ petition observing, "this is an absolutely frivolous writ petition".The Court has also imposed Rs. 50000/-...

Court Cannot Second-Guess Authority's Interpretation Of Tender Unless It Is Arbitrary, Perverse Or Malafide, Reiterates Supreme Court

An Authority's interpretation of its own Tender cannot be so second-guessed by a Court unless it is arbitrary, perverse or mala fide, the Supreme Court reiterated.In this case, a bid submitted by the appellant was accepted and it was awarded the contract. The High Court, while allowing the writ petition filed by another bidder, set aside it directed the authority to award contract to it....

COVID19- Supreme Court Once Again Moves To Complete Virtual Mode As Many Staffs Tested Positive, Judges To Hear Cases From Home

With many of the Supreme Court staff testing positive for COVID-19, all Judges will be conducting proceedings from their respective homes and physical mentioning before the Mentioning Registrar has been suspended.Supreme Court has issued the Circulars in wake of the rising COVID-19 cases in the Capital. With multiple persons from the Court staff testing positive, the entire...

Supreme Court Stays High Court Proceedings On COVID Vaccination Priority For Legal Fraternity

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered a stay on proceedings before all High Courts in the cases regarding inclusion of legal fraternity in the priority list for COVID-19 vaccination. A three-judge Bench of CJI, Justice Bopanna and Justice Ramasubramanian directed that the matter will be taken up after notice is served to the respondents in the both the transfer pleas, filed by Serum Institute...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up [April 5 To April 11, 2021]

IMPORTANT JUDGMENTS THIS WEEK1. Petition Styled As One Under Article 226 Would Not Bar High Court To Exercise Its Jurisdiction Which Otherwise It Possesses: Supreme CourtCase: Kiran Devi Vs. Bihar State Sunni Wakf Board [CA 6149 OF 2015] Citation: LL 2021 SC 195The bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, S. Abdul Nazeer and Hemant Gupta observed that a petition styled as one under Article...

Pushback Against ODR, Virtual Courts Based On Fear Of Unknown; Information Can Make TheTransition Easier: Justice DY Chandrachud

"The pushback against Online Dispute Resolution and virtual courts is often based on a fear of the unknown. I am not criticising this fear, but only emphasising the importance of valuable information in making this transition into the unknown easier", said Justice DY Chandrachud on Friday.Speaking at the launch of Niti Aayog's Online Dispute Resolution Handbook, the judge urged that one...