Hyderabad Encounter : Supreme Court Grants Second Extension By 6 Months For Probe Panel

The Supreme Court bench comprising of Chief Justice of India, Justice A.S. Bopanna and Justice V. Ramasubramanian on Friday extended by six months the time for the inquiry commission to conclude the probe and submission of final report in Hyderabad encounter killing of 4 men accused of gang rape and murder of a veterinarian on December 6, 2019. This is the second occasion wherein the Apex...

Whether Non-payment Of Rent Would Qualify As An Operational Debt Under IBC? Supreme Court Issues Notice

Whether the non-payment of rent would qualify as an operational debt within the meaning of Section 5(21) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016? The Supreme Court issued notice in an appeal filed against an order passed by National Company Law Appellate Tribunal.In this case, the landlord filed the Application under Section 9 of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, which was dismissed...

Supreme Court Issues Notice In PIL Seeking Removal Of Anomalies To Ensure Uniform Adoption And Guardianship Guidelines

Supreme Court has on Friday issued notice in a plea filed by Advocate and BJP Leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay seeking uniform grounds of adoption and guardianship for all citizens throughout the Country. A three-Judge Bench of CJI SA Bobde, Justice AS Bopanna and Justice Ramasubramanian issued the direction while hearing a public interest plea filed seeking directions to the Centre to...

Breaking- Practice Of Publishing Names Of Accused On Flysheet Boards Without Proclamation Violates Human Dignity & Right To Privacy:Allahabad High Court

Allahabad High Court has held that the practice of putting names of the accused persons on the flysheet board without issuance of proclamation under sec. 82 of Cr.P.C. is derogatory to the concept of human dignity and privacy enshrined under Art. 21 of the Constitution.The judgment was delivered by a Division Bench comprising of Justice Pankaj Naqvi and Justice Vivek Agarwal. Justice...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Against Assam NRC Coordinator's Directions To Re-verify Final NRC List

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Assam NRC State Coordinator, Hitesh Dev Sarma, on a plea seeking the directions issued by him for unilaterally deleting names from the final National Register for Citizens, Assam which was published on 31st August, 2019. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde heard the submissions of Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, who appeared...

Mirzapur Series Row: Allahabad High Court Stays Arrest Of Producers Farhan Akhtar & Ritesh Sidhwani

The Allahabad High Court on Friday (29th January) stayed the arrest of 'Mirzapur Series' producers Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani. While staying the arrest, the Bench of Justice MK Gupta and Justice Subhash Chand also issued a notice to the state government and the complainant in the matter seeking their reply.FIR against "Mirzapur2" Series - Allahabad High Court stays the arrest...

"These Women Served Nation, Why Push Them To Litigation Cycle Again": Supreme Court Urges Centre To Resolve Differences in Permanent Commission Matter

The Supreme Court on Friday observed that once the proceedings have been disposed off by way of a final judgement and order, a miscellaneous application for its implementation is not maintainable.The bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud was hearing an application for directions, in pursuance of its March 17, 2020 verdict in Annie Nagaraj's case holding that serving women Short...

Supreme Court Adjourns Contempt Case Against Kunal Kamra

The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned the criminal contempt case initiated against comedian Kunal Kamra over his tweets criticizing the Judiciary, for two weeks.A bench led by Justices Ashok Bhushan allowed the Petitioner's request to adjourn the matter, so as to enable him to respond to Kamra's counter affidavit.The Advocate on Record appearing for the petitioner told the Supreme Court that...

[Extra Attempt For UPSC Civil Service Exam]"We Are Not Asking You To Increase Age-limit, We Are Only Asking You To Give One-Time Concession": SC To Centre

"It's just a one-time relaxation. If it has been done before, why not this time", said the Supreme Court to ASG SV Raju in a plea seeking for an extra chance for Civil Service aspirants who had given their last attempt of the UPSC exam in October 2020. A Bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar posed two questions to the ASG and sought for the answers to the same by the coming Monday....

Foundation Of Supreme Court Is Much Stronger, Criticism Can Never Be Contempt: Mukul Rohatgi Submits For Rachita Taneja

"A criticism of the court is not contempt," submitted Senior Advocate Mukul Rohtagi before the Supreme Court today in the contempt proceedings initiated against comic artist Rachita Taneja for her tweets against the Judiciary. "I don't know why the Court has issued notice. The foundation of Court is much stronger," Rohtagi submitted on behalf of comic illustrator Taneja today,...

Basic Philosophy Behind Granting Power To Review Judgments Is 'Universal Acceptance Of Human Fallibility': Supreme Court

The basic philosophy inherent in granting the power to the Supreme Court to review its judgment under Article 137 is the universal acceptance of human fallibility, the Supreme Court observed in an order allowing a Review Petition.The bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and Indu Malhotra observed that the rejection of Miscellaneous Application seeking recall of a judgment does not...

'Resumption Of Physical Hearings By HCs Is Their Call, Supreme Court's VC Platform Will Be Stabilised Very Shortly': Justice D. Y. Chandrachud

A full-fledged resumption of physical hearings in the Supreme Court may not be transpiring any time soon!On Friday, Senior Advocate Dhruv Mehta, appearing before a bench headed by Justice D. Y. Chandrachud, pointed out that physical hearings have commenced in several High Courts across the country."It is their (the High Courts') call", remarked Justice Chandrachud."Let us hope that...