SC Directs DNA Test Of 84 Year Old Man Accused Of Raping & Impregnating A Minor [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has directed an 84 year old man to undergo DNA test.The octogenarian man is booked under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, for allegedly raping a minor. The girl delivered a baby on 5th July. The accused was denied bail by the Calcutta High Court and had hence filed a Special Leave Petition before the Apex Court.In his SLP, he submitted that he is...

Former IAS/IPS Officers, Activists Write To President Of India Seeking Appointment Of Commission Of Inquiry To Probe Delhi Riots [Read Letter]

Advocate Prashant Bhsuhan, along with former senior government officials, ambassadors, senior police officers, activists and academics have sent a letter to the President of India, seeking a "Commission of Inquiry" into the manner of investigation of communal violence that perpetrated in North-East Delhi in Fenruary, 2020. The letter, endorsed by 72 signatories, highlights allegations...

Justice R Banumathi : Notable Decisions

Justice R. Banumathi, the fifth senior most judge of the apex Court, had her last working day on Friday, July 17.Her official date of retirement is coming on 19th of July (that is Sunday, a Court holiday). Justice Banumathi was elevated to the Supreme Court in the year of 2014 and was part of several land mark decisions. For nearly 42 months starting October 2014, Justice R Banumathi...

A Supreme Court Judgment Brings To Halt 65 Year Long Family Dispute In The Name Of A 'Will'

"Where there is a Will, there is a lawsuit", is a quote seen attributed to Addison Mizner, a famous American Architect. The facts of the case which culminated in a Supreme Court judgment today underlines this thought. The litigation spree which started in the year 1955 in a Naidu-family in the name of a Will has hopefully come to a halt today when the Supreme Court pronounced the...

"My Family Also Victim of Judicial Delay": Says Justice R. Banumathi In Her Farewell Speech

The President and Members of the Executive Committee of the Supreme Court Bar Association hosted a function to bid farewell to Justice R. Banumathi of the Supreme Court of India. Justice R. Banumathi discharged her duty as a Judge of the Apex Court for the last time today, with her retirement taking place on 19 July, 2020. She had assumed the role of a Judge of the Supreme Court on...

Validity Of Remission Policy Allowing Premature Release Of Life Convicts Aged Above 75: SC Refers Matter To Constitution Bench [Read Order]

A three judge bench headed by Justice UU Lalit has referred to a larger bench an important legal issue about the validity of Haryana Government's policy allowing premature release of life convicts aged above 75 which overrides Section 433A of Code of Criminal Procedure. "Whether in exercise of power conferred under Article 161 of the Constitution a policy can be framed, whereunder certain...

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50 Paisa Denominations To Rs.100: Lawyers' Collection Drive To Raise SC Imposed Cost Upon Advocate For Plea Alleging Registry's Bias

In a show of solidarity with Advocate Reepak Kansal who had been imposed with a cost of Rs. 100 for filing a plea alleging bias by the Top Court's Registry, lawyers have initiated a Symbolic Protest by earmarking a deposit of the same in denomination of 50 Paise coins.While dismissing a petition alleging alleging adoption of a "pick and choose" policy by its Registry and of routinely...

Rajasthan HC Adjourns Sachin Pilot Camp's Plea Till July 20; Speaker Offers To Put Off Decision On Disqualification Till July 21

The Rajasthan High Court on Friday adjourned till July 20 the hearing on the petition filed by 19 dissident Congress MLAs led by Sachin Pilot against the disqualification notices issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.Since the hearing is not complete, Senior Advocate Dr AM Singhvi, appearing for the Speaker, submitted before a bench comprising Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty...

"Vikas Dubey Encounter Was Not Manufactured But Real, Cops Fired At Dubey In Self-Defence":UP Govt. Files Counter Before SC

The Uttar Pradesh Government has filed its reply before the Top Court in a plea seeking CBI monitored investigation into the alleged encounter of accused Vikas Dubey and his three aides on July 10.Filed on behalf of the Director General of Police, Counter Affidavit states that the encounter of Gangster Vikas Dubey was not a manufactured one but real as Dubey's motive was to flee and kill the...

How To Prove Execution Of Will When Both Attesting Witnesses Are Dead ? SC Explains [Read Judgment]

"Section 68 of the Evidence Act, as interpreted by this Court, contemplates attestation of both attesting witnesses to be proved. But that is not the requirement in Section 69 of the Evidence Act."

Plea Assailing Re-Commencement Of Physical Hearings & Filings In Kerala HC: SC Asks SG To Seek Instructions From HC

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Solicitor General to seek instructions from the Kerala High Court in a plea seeking quashing of Notice by the High Court, which mandates re-commencement of physical filings of applications/petitions, except bail pleas w.e.f. July 6 and for physical appearances except before Single Judges.A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, SK Kaul & MR Shah,...