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Costs For 'Wastage Of Judicial Time' To Be Recovered From Officers Responsible For Delay In Filing : Supreme Court
A three judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice S.K. Kaul, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Hrishikesh Roy on Friday imposed heavy costs of Rs. 25,000 each on the States of Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka for their "lethargy and incompetence" in approaching the Apex Court after a delay of hundred and thousand days. The costs were imposed by the bench vide two...
"Do Not Allow Executive Committee To Interfere With SCBA Elections"; Lawyer Moves Delhi High Court For Free And Fair Elections
Stating that "brazen attempts by the Executive Committee of the Supreme Court Bar Association" are being made to interfere with the election process and undermine the sanctity of the Election Committee, a plea has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking for directions to SCBA to not interfere in the process of election. Filed by Advocate Abhinav Ramkrishna, the plea submits that...
Actor Sonu Sood Moves Supreme Court Against Bombay High Court Order Denying Relief Against BMC's Notice On 'Illegal Constructions"
Actor Sonu Sood moved the Supreme Court Friday challenging the Bombay High Court order which dismissed his appeal against a BMC notice over alleged illegal construction at his residential building in Mumbai's Juhu area.Advocate Vineet Dhanda, who has filed the plea in the top court, told PTI that Sood has challenged the high court order.While dismissing the actor's appeal and application, the...
TN Governor Will Decide Perarivalan's Pardon Within A Week, Supreme Court Told
The Supreme Court on Friday recorded the submission of the Central Government that the application filed by AG Perarivalan, convict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, will be considered within a week.The court passed a modified order on Friday as the order passed yesterday(January 21) had led to certain confusions. The Solicitor General had submitted yesterday that the Governor will take...
Supreme Court Deprecates Practice Of Advocates Accepting 'Last Minute Briefs' To Circumvent Court Proceedings
The Supreme Court, in an order passed on Friday, said it deprecates the practice of advocates accepting 'last minutes briefs' to circumvent court proceedingsThe bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar observed thus while considering a contempt petition. In an order passed last month, three persons were directed by the Court to hand over vacant and peaceful possession of the property to the...
Supreme Courts Directs A Family Court In UP To Conduct Trial Through Video Conferencing
The Supreme Court, taking note of the pandemic situation, directed a Family Court in Uttar Pradesh to conduct the trial through video conferencing.The bench comprising CJI SA Bobde, L. Nageswara Rao and Vineet Saran issued this order taking note of the present situation where all proceedings are conducted through video conferencing.The bench was considering a review petition filed against...
SC Rule Asking Convict To Surrender To File Criminal Appeal Unconstitutional : Plea In Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday considered a writ petition which challenged a rule of the Supreme Court Rules 2013 which mandates that a convict should submit proof of surrender to file criminal appeal in the SC.The writ petition challenged the validity of Rule 5 of Order XXII of the Supreme Court Rules, 2013 as ultra vires of Articles 14/21 of the Constitution in those cases where...
Supreme Court Refuses To Recall Order Rejecting Vedanta's Interim Plea To Reopen Sterlite Plant Pending Appeal
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to recall its order rejecting Vedanta's interim plea to reopen its Sterlite Copper smelting plant at Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu till the pendency of the appeal.The bench headed by Justice Rohinton Nariman had on December 2 last year refused to grant interim relief to Vedanta Ltd., rejecting the mining giant's plea for an immediate reopening of its Sterlite...
Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation : Supreme Court Issues Notice On Pleas Against Bombay HC Verdict Quashing Reduction Of Area
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices on petitions challenging the Bombay High Court judgment which quashed the Maharashtra Government's notification to exclude 18 villages from Kalyan- Dombivili Municipal Corporation(KDMC).A bench headed by the Chief Justice of India issued notices on the special leave petitions filed by KDMC and the State Government against the judgment passed by...
Section 12(5) Of Arbitration & Conciliation Act Which Deals With Ineligibility Of Appointment As Arbitrator Is A Mandatory & Non- Derogable Provision: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that the Section 12(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act read with the Seventh Schedule, which deals with ineligibility of a person to be appointed as an Arbitrator, is a mandatory and non-derogable provision of the Act.The court was considering an appeal filed by Haryana Space Application Centre (HARSAC) against an order of the Punjab and Haryana High...
Supreme Court Adjourns Ex-IPS Sanjiv Bhatt's Plea For Sentence Suspension To Next Week
The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned to next week the petition filed by former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt to suspend his life sentence in a custodial death case of 1990. A Bench comprising of Justices Ashok Bhushan, MR Shah and R Subhash Reddy adjourned the case at the request of Bhatt's counsel Advocate-on-Record Farrukh Rasheed. Rasheed informed the Court today that the Senior...
