SC Directs States To Provide Dry Rations For Identified Sex Workers Sans Insistence On Identity Proof & File Affidavit On Benefits Accrued

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed State Governments to provide dry rations for identified sex workers by National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) and State Governments sans insistence of identity proof.A bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Ajay Rastogi further directed the State Governments to file an affidavit stipulating the implementation of the instant order for...

[Jheeram Ghati Naxal Attack] SC Dismisses Chhattisgarh Govt.'s Plea For Examination Of Additional Witnesses By Inquiry Commission

Supreme Court dismisses an appeal filed by State of Chhattisgarh against the order of the Chhattisgarh High Court which dismissed its plea seeking directions to the Special Judiciary Inquiry Commission to examine the additional witnesses in the 2013 Jheeram Ghati Naxal attack in which 29 people were killed. A Bench comprising of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and MR Shah...

Circumstances Not Put To An Accused Under Section 313 CrPC Cannot Be Used Against Him: SC [Read Judgment]

The circumstances not put to an accused under Section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure cannot be used against him, and must be excluded from consideration, the Supreme Court has observed.While acquitting a rape accused, the bench headed by Justice RF Nariman reemphasized the importance of putting all relevant questions to an accused under Section 313 Code of...

SC Requires Disclosure Of Assets By NGO Suraz India Trust For Recovery Of Rs. 25 Lakh Costs Over Allegations Levelled Against Judges

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to NGO Suraz India Trust for not having *desposited the cost of Rs. 25 lakh in view of the observations made in its order dated May 1, 2017. Justices S. K. Kaul and Hirishikesh Roy also required the disclosure of all movable and immovable assets of the original petitioner so that the costs can be recovered.For wasting judicial time, the Supreme...

[Rhea Bail Hearing-LIVE UPDATES] Bombay HC Hearing On Bail Application Of Rhea Chakraborty And Others In NDPS Case

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[S. 24. LA Act] CB Judgment Creates Confusion, CJI Asks For How Long Acquisition Could Sustain Where Possession Taken But Compensation Not Paid

Asserting that "it is our judgment" and that "with all humility, we cannot leave it like this", Chief Justice S. A. Bobde on Monday raised a question of law, *which, he remarked, is apparently unaddressed by the five-judge bench decision on section 24 of the 2013 Land Acquisition Act, delivered on March 6. "The Constitution Bench judgment creates confusion, *leaving somethings...

Kangana's Public Utterance Do Not Give Immunity To Her Unlawful Acts: Sr Adv Aspi Chinoy Submits For BMC

The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai's counsel told the Bombay High Court on Monday that actor Kangana Ranaut was being evasive and deliberately did not state categorically that no alterations were made to the partly demolished property but instead said no illegal alterations were made.Before Senior Advocate Aspi Chinoy made his submissions on behalf of the MCGM, Kangana's lawyer...

Rape - Misconception Of Fact About Promise To Marry Has To Be In Proximity Of Time To The Occurrence: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court, in its judgment acquitting a man accused of raping a woman on the pretext of marriage, observed that misconception of fact arising out of promise to marry has to be in proximity of time to the occurrence and cannot be spread over a long period of time coupled with a conscious positive action not to protest.The allegation by the Prosecuterix in this case was that the...

'Cases Of Celebrities Are Critical Cases?' Bombay HC Grills Mumbai Civic Body Officials In Kangana Ranaut Case Hearing

During the course of hearing in Kangana Ranaut's writ petition challenging the demolition of her bungalow turned office at Pali Hill, the Bombay High Court questioned the officials of the Mumbai civic body, who were made parties in the matter along with Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut as the petitioner alleged malice in fact and malice in law by the corporation.Bhagyavant Late, the Designated...

[Land Acquisition] "The Constitution Bench Judgment Left Some Questions Unsaid, Requires Examination": CJI SA Bobde

The Supreme Court on Monday orally remarked that the Constitutional Bench judgment on Land Acquisition [Indore Development Authority V. Manoharlal & Ors.] left certain questions unsaid and required examination.A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna & V. Ramasubramaniun said that there were some questions which were required to be discussed and some aspects were left...

For Advocates Not Having Any Income Even Earlier, Pandemic Cannot Become Boon To Entitle Them To Financial Assistance Now: CJ S. A. Bobde

"All Bar Associations seem to be saying that we have authorised the BCI. And it is saying that it is the state Bar Councils which hold the fort in the states...there is also a prayer for making payments and giving loans out of the Contingency Fund under the Constitution....they want the Union of India to pay...", said CJ S. A. Bobde to SG Tushar Mehta at the outset.Appearing for all the...

SC Refuses To Entertain PIL Seeking Scrapping Of TRAI's New Directives On Commercial SMSes & Calls

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a PIL challenging Telecom Regulatory Authority's (TRAI) latest directive on commercial SMSe's.A bench comprising Chief Justice SA Bobde, AS Bopanna & R. Ramasubramaniun declined to entertain the petition filed on behalf of Advocate Reepak Kansal, averring that the latest directive violated citizens' fundamental right to privacy by creating a...