'Consider Meritorious Women Lawyers As High Court Judges': Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association Moves SC

The Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association (SCWLA) has filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking directions to consider meritorious women lawyers practicing in the SC and the High Courts for appointment as judges in the High Courts.Through this application, the SCWLA seeks to intervene in the case M/s PLR Projects Pvt Ltd v Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd and others in which the Supreme Court...

Quantity Of Narcotic Substance Recovered Is A Relevant Factor To Impose Punishment Higher Than The Minimum: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that quantity of narcotic substance recovered is a relevant factor that can be taken into account for imposing higher than the minimum punishment under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.The bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah observed that the Court has a wide discretion to impose the sentence/imprisonment ranging between 10...

Breaking: Maharashtra Govt, Anil Deshmukh Move Supreme Court Against Bombay HC Order For CBI Probe On Param Bir Singh's Allegations

The Maharashtra Government has approached Supreme Court Challenging the Bombay High Court Order directing CBI to conduct preliminary inquiry in to the corruption allegations made by former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh. The Special Leave Petition filed by the Maha Vikas Agadi government seeks to set aside the High Court order for preliminary enquiry into the extortion allegations...

"Tweets Prima Facie Show Disregard Against Muslim Women": Andheri Court Orders Police Inquiry Against Actor Payal Rohatgi Over Her Tweets On Safoora Zargar

A Metropolitan Magistrate Court at Andheri, Mumbai, has ordered a 202 inquiry by Police arrest against Payal Rohatgi for her tweets from June 2020, in the context of Jamia Student Safoora Zargar's arrest.The Court has observed that the tweets prima facie show disregard against Muslim women and the community as a whole. Significantly, Metropolitan Magistrate Bhagawat Zirape said that...

"Trial Must Not End In A State-Sponsored Encounter"; BSP MLA Mukhtar Ansari's Wife Moves SC Seeking Protection Of Husband's Life

BSP MLA Mukhtar Ansari's wife, Afshan Ansari, has moved the Supreme Court seeking protection and safety of her husband's life as he remains lodged in Banda Jail in the State of Uttar Pradesh and attends trial.Stating that Ansari is a well-known political figure who has contested elections successfully in opposition of BJP, the current ruling party in UP, the plea submits that there is...

Supreme Court Adjourns SNC-Lavlin Case Hearing For Two Weeks; Says No Adjournment On Next Date

The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing in the SNC-Lavlin case by two weeks.A batch of petitions including the ones filed by the CBI against the discharge of the present Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and few other officials and also other petitions filed by accused persons challenging the rejection of their discharge pleas are before the Supreme Court.Today, a bench...

BREAKING : President Appoints Justice NV Ramana As Next Chief Justice Of India

The President of India Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Justice NV Ramana as the 48th Chief Justice of India, accepting the recommendation made by the outgoing CJI SA Bobde, who is retiring on April 23.As the CJI, Justice Ramana will have a term till August 26, 2022.Before his elevation to the Supreme Court on February 17, 2014, Justice Ramana was the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court.He...

"We Are Dealing With The Premier Investigating Agency":SC Pulls Up CBI For 314 Days Delay In Filing SLP, Directs To Fix The Responsibility For Delay

The Supreme Court directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to fix the responsibility for delay in filing Special Leave Petition.The bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta was considering an SLP filed by CBI against Delhi High Court judgment which had reversed the conviction recorded by the Trial Court.Before the bench, ASG RS Suri, submitted that dismissal on...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-59]

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Private Doctors Submitting Sketchy Medical Reports To Courts Are Guilty Of Fabricating False Evidence: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Monday observed that the medical reports filed by the jail doctors should be explicit and must explain the complex medical terms used not just in medical jargon but also in simple language. The Court also observed that such medical reports must clearly state the history, examination findings, clinical diagnosis and its interpretation in simpler terms thereby assisting...

SC Reserves Order In Bail Plea Of Former Karnataka Minister and Mining Baron Gali Janardhan Reddy

The Supreme Court on Monday reserved order in the plea seeking bail filed by former Karnataka minister and mining baron, Gali Janardhan Reddy, who has been accused in a multi-million illegal mining case(s).A Bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan heard the arguments put forth by Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi on behalf of Reddy and ASG Madhavi Goradia Divan before proceeding to reserve...

Supreme Court To Pronounce Judgment Next Week On Justice Eswaraiah's Challenge Against AP HC Enquiry Into Alleged 'Phone Call Conspiracy'

Dismissing an interlocutory application filed seeking to re-open arguments in the petition of former Andhra Pradesh High Court judge Justce V Eswaraiah, the Supreme Court on Monday said that it will pronounce judgment in the case next week, on April 12.The former High Court judge has filed the petition in the Supreme Court against an order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court directing for...