'She Is Not Going To Run Away' : Supreme Court Dismisses Delhi Police Challenge Against Bail Granted To Devangana Kalita

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a special leave petition filed by the Delhi police challenging the Delhi High Court order granting bail to student activist Devangana Kalita in a case related to Delhi riots.A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and M R Shah said that the court was not inclined to interfere with the bail order.Additional Solicitor General of India, S...

[Breaking] Ministry Of Electronics, NIC And NeGD Have No Information About Who Created Arogya Setu App & How It Was Created: CIC Summons CPIOs

"None of the CPIOs were able to explain anything regarding who created the App, where are the files, and the same is extremely preposterous", the CIC stated.

"Remain Conscious Of Difficulties Faced By Indians Stranded In Kuwait & Efforts For Repatriation Continue": Centre Tells Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to take requisite steps in order to bring back remaining Indians stranded in Kuwait amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Vide an affidvit, the Centre informed a bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and M R Shah that every attempt was being made to bring back stranded Indians from Kuwait. The affidavit filed on behalf of the Director (CPV), Ministry...

[Breaking] Kerala High Court Denies Pre-Arrest Bail To M Siva Sankar IAS In Gold Smuggling Case

There are strong indications pointed out by the ED to suggest that the applicant may be a person involved in the money laundering with Swapna Suresh, the Court observed.

'[Breaking] Uttarakhand High Court Directs CBI To Register FIR And Probe Corruption Allegations Against CM Trivendra Singh Rawat [Read Order]

The Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday (27th October) directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file an FIR and investigate the allegations of corruption levelled against Uttarakhand's Sitting Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat by a journalist.The Bench of Justice Ravindra Maithani gave this Judgment in the matter wherein one Umesh Sharma (the owner of the local News...

You Can't Impose A Central Vista On People! No Norms Followed : Shyam Divan In Supreme Court

"There have no reports, no consultation, no experts visiting! There is an absolutely shameful abdication to a consultant as to whether the Parliament should continue in this building or should there be another building", Divan Submitted

Tarun Tejpal Rape Case : Supreme Court Extends Deadline For Completion Of Trial To March 31, 2021

The Supreme Court has granted additional time to a Goa Court for completion of the trial in the alleged rape case against Tarun Tejpal, former editor-in-chief of Tehelka Magazine.A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy & MR Shah granted time until March 31, 2021 to complete the trial in an application seeking extension of time to do so.The application had been filed by State...

[Order 8 Rule 1A(3) CPC] Court Should Take A Lenient View While Considering Defendant's Application To Produce Additional Documents: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has observed that the courts should take a lenient view when an application is made by defendant for production of the document which he was not able to produce along with the written statement.The court was considering an appeal against a Madras High Court judgment which dismissed the revision petition filed by the defendants in a suit challenging the refusal to entertain...

[Breaking] Hathras Case: Supreme Court Orders CRPF Protection To Victim's Family And Witnesses [Read Judgment]

"It is necessary to address the normal perception and pessimism which cannot be said as being without justification"

Criminal Trial Deficiencies: Supreme Court Seeks High Courts' Response On 'Draft Rules Of Criminal Practice'

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, during the suo moto proceedings related to inadequacies and inefficiencies in the criminal trial system, sought the response of all High Courts on the implementation of Draft Rules of Criminal Practice prepared by the amici curiae.Senior Advocate Luthra, one of the amici curiae appointed by the court in the suo moto matter, suggested that the High Courts should...

[NDPS] Lack Of Independent Witness Not Fatal ; Police Officer's Testimony Shall Be Scrutinized With Greater Care: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has reiterated that, in NDPS cases, lack of independent witnesses are not fatal to the prosecution cases.The bench comprising Justices NV Ramana, Surya Kant and Hrishikesh Roy observed that, in such cases, the Courts have to adopt a greater degree of care while scrutinising the testimonies of the police officers. If they are found reliable, they can form the basis of...

Expeditious Trial Of Section 138 NI Act Cases : Supreme Court Seeks High Courts' Responses To Amici Curiae Report

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought the responses of all High Courts to the preliminary report submitted by Amici Curiae with suggestions for expeditious trial of cheque bounce cases under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India S A Bobde and Justice L Nageswara Rao passed the order in the suo moto case In Re Expeditious Trial of Cases...