[Breaking] Justice Kurian Joseph Seeks Intra-Court Appeal For Suo Moto Contempt Verdict; Says 'Avoid Even Remotest Possibility Of Miscarriage Of Justice'

Former Supreme Court judge, Justice Kurian Joseph, has suggested that there should be a provision for intra-court appeal in verdicts passed by the top court in suo moto contempt cases.The statement from the retired SC judge comes in the wake of the recent verdict of the SC holding Advocate Prashant Bhushan guilty for contempt of court for two tweets about CJI and the judiciary.The SC is...

Investigations Cannot Be Transferred Invoking Powers Under Section 406 CrPC: SC [Read Judgment]

"Only cases and appeals (not investigation) can be transferred."

[Breaking] SC Dismisses Plea Seeking Scrapping Of Justice B S Chauhan-Led Panel To ProbeVikas Dubey Encounter On Alleged Ground Of Bias [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed an application which sought the disbanding of the Justice (Retd) B S Chauhan inquiry Commission constituted to probe the alleged encounter of UP gangster, Vikas Dubey.A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna & V. Subramaniun said :"We have provided some safeguards in the manner in which the probe is to be conducted. The plea has no...

[Breaking] Sushant Singh Rajput Case : SC Orders CBI Probe; Holds Bihar FIR Valid; Asks Maharashtra Police To Assist

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the Bihar Government's order to transfer the probe in the case related to the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput to CBI.A single bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy held that Bihar police had jurisdiction to register FIR with respect to the suicide of Sushant Singh Rajput at the complaint of the actor's father, and held the transfer to CBI valid....

Supreme Court Monthly Digest: June 2020

1. Electricity Dues, Where They Are Statutory In Character Under Electricity Act, Cannot Partake The Character Of Dues Of Purely Contractual Nature: SC Oder dated June 1, 2020 The Supreme Court clarified that electricity dues, where they are statutory in character under the Electricity Act and as per the terms & conditions of supply, cannot be waived in view of the provisions...

Prashant Bhushan Contempt: UK Lawyers Body Expresses Concern; Says 'Lawyers Entitled To Voice Legitimate Criticism'

"An independent and impartial judiciary is stronger when enabling open and public debate on its operations"

[AGR Case] Reliance Jio Tells SC That It Has Paid Its Share Of AGR Dues & Spectrum Sharing Dues; SC To Continue Hearing Tomorrow

The Supreme Court on Tuesday was informed by Senior Advocate Harish Salve that Reliance Jio had already paid Rs 195 crore AGR dues and that if there were any remaining dues, if at all, they would be paid by Jio as well.Salve submitted before a bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, S. Abdul Nazeer & MR Shah that the payment of the dues which included spectrum sharing charge of...

[Sushant Singh Rajput Death Case] SC To Pronounce Judgment Tomorrow In Rhea's Plea To Transfer Bihar FIR To Mumbai

The Supreme Court will pronounce its judgment in Actress Rhea Chakraborty's plea seeking transfer of FIR in Bihar to Mumbai in the case related to death of Sushant Singh Rajput.The case is listed for judgement before Justice Hrishikesh Roy at 11 am tomorrow. A single bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy had reserved verdict on August 12. Mumbai Police @MumbaiPolice took the stand that Bihar has...

SC Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Restraining Defected Madhya Pradesh Congress MLAs From Officiating As Ministers

The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Speaker of Madhya Pradesh Assembly on the reason for not taking a decision on petitions seeking disqualification of 22 defecting MLAs from the Indian National Congress to Bhartiya Janata Party.A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, AS Bopanna & V. Ramasubramaniun issued notice on a plea filed by Congress MLA Vinay Saxena which stated that...

SC Grants 16 Weeks More Time For 'Contemnors' Vijay Kurle, Nilesh Ojha & Rashid Khan Pathan To Surrender [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has extended the time for surrendering for Vijay Kurle, Nilesh Ojha and Rashid Khan Pathan who it convicted for contempt.The extension of sixteen weeks is ordered by the bench comprising Justices UU Lalit and Aniruddha Bose in view of the prevailing conditions due to COVID-19 pandemic. In April, this year, the bench comprising Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose held...

No Exception Can Be Taken To Constitution Of PM CARES Fund; But Still Open For Anyone To Contribute To NDRF : SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that "no exception can be taken to the constitution" of PM CARES Funds to meet the emergency situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic.The top court made this observation while disposing of a PIL filed by Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) seeking to transfer the funds from PM CARES to National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) created under...

SC Issues Notice on Plea Seeking One Time Relief Of Re-Assessment/Promotion Of ICSE Students Who Failed In Classes 9th/11th This Year

Supreme Court has issued notice in a plea seeking for a direction to Indian School Certificate Examinations Board (ICSE), to provide an opportunity of Re assessment/promotion to the students who had flunked in 9th/11th standard, this year.A Bench comprising of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna heard the matter and sought for a Reply from Senior Advocate...