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SC Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Chief Justices At Patna, Manipur & Meghalaya High Courts
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of the Chief Justices of the High Courts of Patna, Meghalaya and Manipur. As per the recommendation made to the Union, the following shuffling is suggested : 1) Justice PB Bajanthri (Karnataka High Court) to be appointed as the Chief Justice of Patna High Court (he is presently the Acting Chief Justice); 2) Justice Soumen Sen...
Supreme Court Allows Pharmacy Council's Application To Revise Timelines For Approval, Admission & Inspection Of Pharma Courses
The Supreme Court on September 8 approved the revised timelines proposed by the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) for completion of the process for grant of approvals to institutions and admissions to various pharmacy courses.The bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justices K Vindod Chandran and Atul S Chandukar was hearing an application filed by the PCI. The PCI had filed an application...
'Sorry State Of Affairs': Supreme Court Pulls Up Punjab National Bank For Settling With Borrower After Auction Sale Of Secured Property
The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up Punjab National Bank (PNB) for entering into a settlement with a borrower after already having auctioned the borrower's property. The court asked the bank to take a policy decision at the earliest to ensure that such instances do not recur. A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and Sandeep Mehta directed PNB to issue a final sale certificate to...
Supreme Court To Hear Bail Pleas Of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam & Gulfisha Fatima In Riots Larger Conspiracy Tomorrow
The Supreme Court will hear tomorrow the petitions filed by Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima seeking bail in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case.A bench comprising Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice NV Anjaria will hear the matter.The petition of co-accused Meeran Haider is listed before a bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran.The...
No Offence Of Cheating Under S.420 IPC If Forged Document Didn't Induce Grant Of Material Benefit : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (Sep. 10) quashed a cheating case against the head of an educational institute accused of using a fake Fire Department NOC for seeking affiliation. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Joymalya Bagchi held that the alleged submission of a forged Fire Department No-Objection Certificate (NOC) to secure recognition for a college could not amount to cheating...
'Private Defence Can't Be Weighed In Golden Scale' : Supreme Court Acquits Doctor For Killing Attacker Who Fired Pistol
The Supreme Court recently set aside the conviction and life sentence imposed on a doctor from Uttarakhand for shooting a man who had gone to his clinic armed with a pistol and fired at him, accepting his plea of private defence. A bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice N Kotiswar relied on the judgment in Darshan Singh v. State of Punjab and Anr., which culled out 10 principles...
Presidential Reference | Centre Requests Supreme Court To Declare Tamil Nadu Governor Case Judgment Wrong
On the last day of the hearing of the Presidential Reference on the issues related to grant of assent to Bills, the Solicitor General of India, for the Union, requested the Supreme Court to declare that the two-judge bench Tamil Nadu judgment does not lay down the correct law. After 10 days of hearing, the Supreme Court today reserved its opinion in the Presidential Reference on 14...
Supreme Court Reserves Opinion In Presidential Reference On Timelines For Bills' Assent After 10-Day Hearing
The Supreme Court on Thursday (September 11) reserved its opinion in the reference made by the President of India under Article 143 raising questions related to the timelines for granting assent to Bills by the President and the Governor under Articles 200/201 of the Constitution.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, Justice Surya Kant, Justice Vikram Nath, Justice PS Narasimha...
TN MLA Jegan Moorthy Says Settlement Reached In Abduction Case; Supreme Court Extends Interim Anticipatory Bail
The Supreme Court today extended the interim order granting anticipatory bail to "Poovai" Jegan Moorthy, MLA of KV Kuppam, Tamil Nadu, in the case alleging his involvement in the abduction of a minor boy. The Bench of Justice Manoj Mishra and Justice NK Singh was hearing the challenge against the Madras High Court's order dismissing the anticipatory bail petition filed by Moorthy in...
Issue Of S.197 CrPC Sanction Can Be Raised Before Trial Court At Any Stage Of Proceedings : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court declined to interfere with the trial court's framing of charges against a public servant in a corruption case, holding that the question of sanction under Section 197 CrPC for IPC offences can be examined at any stage of the proceedings, as the issue depends on the nature of evidence presented to determine whether the acts were committed in discharge of official duty.A bench...
'Strong Inference Of Evidence Planting' : Supreme Court Acquits Man Sentenced To Death In Child Rape-Murder Case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted and set aside death penalty of one Akthar Ali convicted for rape causing death of a 7-year-old girl in 2014. The Court also acquitted co-accused Prem Pal Verma who was convicted for harbouring the offender.A bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Sandeep Mehta allowed the criminal appeals filed by the two accused against...
Governor Has No Power To Sit On Bills Endlessly; But Timelines Can't Be Laid Down : Centre To Supreme Court
On the last day of the hearing of the Presidential Reference, the Solicitor General of India told the Supreme Court that Governors cannot sit on Bills endlessly. SG Tushar Mehta said that since Article 200 uses the expression "as soon as possible", the Governors cannot sit on bills "perennially or for three or four years." At the same time, SG opposed the Court laying down fixed timelines as...