Nirbhaya Convicts Write To International Court Of Justice Against Execution Of Death Sentence

Four days ahead of the scheduled execution of death warrants in the Nirbhaya case, three of the convicts wrote a letter to the judges of the International Court of Justice seeking stay of their executions.As per the latest death warrant, the four convicts are scheduled to be hanged on March 20 at 6 AM.In the letter sent by convicts Akshay Singh, Pawan Kumar Gupta and Vinay Sharma, they term...

AGR Judgment: DoT Moves SC Seeking 20-Yr Plan For Payment Of Dues By Telecom Companies

"DoT has requested the SC to allow payment of dues in installments with an interest rate of 8% per annum" The Department of Telecommunications (DOT) has filed a plea in the Supreme Court for modification of the order dated October 24, 2019 vis-à-vis arriving at a formula for recovery of past dues from telecom service providers. In the instant appeal, the union...

[COVID 19] Precautionary Measures Should Be Strictly Followed By All Stake Holders: SCBA President Dushyant Dave

Pursuant to a meeting with the SC Judges and certain renowned medical experts, the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association, Dushyant Dave on Monday circulated a detailed message, intimating the requisite precautionary measures that should be observed by all the court staff, lawyers, litigants, and other stakeholders at all times, to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. The message...

State Of Rajasthan Files Suit In SC Challenging Citizenship Amendment Act 2019

Following the State of Kerala, the State of Rajasthan has now filed an Original Suit in the Supreme Court under Article 131 of the Constitution challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019.The suit filed by the Congress-ruled State seeks a decree declaring that the CAA is ultra vires the Constitution for being violative of Articles 14 and 21 and also the...

[COVID 19] Plea In Supreme Court To Expedite Introduction Of Live Streaming Of Court Proceedings [Read Petition]

Former RSS ideologue KN Govindacharya has moved a petition before the Apex Court for fixing an early date of hearing of his application pertaining to introduction of live streaming of the court proceedings. Asserting the emergent need to provide the facility of live streaming in light of the restricted court proceedings due to COVID-19 pandemic, Govindacharya submitted, "There are...

"You Are Saved By Grover's Curative Plea": SC Rejects Mukesh's Plea Alleging Conspiracy By Amicus Curiae

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking permission to file a fresh curative petition for one of the 2012 Delhi Gangrape and murder convicts, Mukesh Singh. The Bench comprising of Justices Arun Mishra and MR Shah found that the petition was not maintainable since it had been filed by Mukesh's brother, Suresh, and did not include any signed affidavit by the death row convict....

COVID-19: Plea In SC Seeks Govt's Combat Readiness For Exigency, Says India Needs "War-Like" Preparedness To Fight Pandemic [Read Petition]

A plea seeking directions to the Government for combating the spread of Coronavirus has been filed in the Supreme Court.The plea, filed by way of Public Interest Litigation, seeks directions for increasing Coronavirus testing laboratories and quarantine centres, keeping in mind the huge population of India.The Petitioner(s), Prashant Tandon & Kunjana Singh are journalists and social...

SC Denies Pre-Arrest Bail To Gautam Navlakha & Anand Teltumbde In Bhima Koregaon Case [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Monday denied anticipatory bail to activists Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde in the case registered under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act alleging Maoist links in connection with Bhima Koregaon violence.A bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra and M R Shah dismissed the special leave petitions filed by them challenging the February 15 judgments of Bombay High...

COVID-19 Pandemic: SC Takes Suo Motu Cognisance of Overcrowding of Prisons

The Supreme Court on Monday took suo moto cognisance of overcrowding and infrastructure of prisons across the country in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and L N Rao issued a notice to the Director General, Prison, and chief secretary of all states and union territories seeking their response by March 20 on steps taken for prevention of COVID-19.The...

BREAKING: SC To Hear Tomorrow BJP's Plea For Floor Test In Madhya Pradesh Assembly [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday (March 17) the writ petition filed by Bhartiya Janatha Party leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan and nine other BJP MLAs seeking immediate floor test for proving the majority of Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh assembly.The petition led by the three-time former Chief Minister of MP was mentioned before the Mentioning Officer on Monday, upon which...

COVID 19 : Entrants To Supreme Court Undergo Thermal Screening, Sign Declaratory Forms

Amidst the Coronavirus scare and directions issued by the SCBA and SCAORA in pursuance of the advisory circulated by the Health Ministry, the Supreme Court has installed thermal-screening, hand sanitiser stations and has employed limited functioning of the Court. On Sunday evening, an urgent meeting was called by Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde to discuss the functioning of the Courts in...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up

● Pharmacy Council Alone Has Jurisdiction In The Field Of Pharmacy Education, Not AICTE [The Pharmacy Council of India v. Dr SK Toshniwal Educational Trusts & Ors.] The Supreme Court has held that the Pharmacy Council of India shall alone have the Jurisdiction in the field of pharmacy and not the All India Council for Technical Education. The bench comprising Justices...