SC Agrees To Hear Victim's Plea Against Allahabad HC Order Granting Bail to Chinmayanand On Monday

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to list urgently the challenge to Allahabad High Court's grant of bail to former Union Minister and BJP leader Chinmayanand in a case of sexual abuse of a law student.Senior Counsel Colin Gonsalves mentioned the matter before Chief Justice S. A. Bobde, citing the apprehension of threat to the victim's life. The CJ agreed to hear the plea on Monday.In the...

[Uphaar Tragedy] SC Dismisses Curative Petition Filed By Victims

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the curative petition filed by an association of the victims of the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire tragedy case, sparing the Ansal brothers further jail term.A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde, and justices N V Ramana and Arun Mishra considered the curative plea by the Association for Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT) in-chamber and...

SC Grants Relief To Couple Who Married Against Parental Wishes By Staying Habeas Case Filed By Wife's Father

In an interim relief to a couple who had married out of love against parental wishes, the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the proceedings in a habeas corpus plea filed by the wife's father in Rajasthan High Court.The couple, originally belonging to Rajasthan, settled in Mumbai after marriage . The father of the wife filed a habeas corpus petition in the Rajasthan High Court alleging that...

Magistrate Can Review Order Passed Under Sec 125 CrPC; Bar Under Sec 362 CrPC Not Applicable : SC [Read Judgment]

Application of Section 362 can be relaxed in proceedings under Section 125.

Does Issuance Of Moratorium Under IBC Bar Statutory Proceedings U/S 138 Of Negotiable Instruments Act? SC To Consider [Read Order]

A Supreme Court Bench of Justices U.U. Lalit & Aniruddha Bose on Monday issued Notice to Attorney General on a petition seeking a bar on proceedings instituted under section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 towards a Company on account of its declaration of insolvency. Relying on BSI Ltd. & Anr. Vs. Gift Holdings Pvt. Ltd. & Anr., Counsel appearing for...

Practising Advocates' Experience Gained At Bar Injects Judicial Branch With Fresh Perspectives : SC [Read Judgment]

Members of bar can add to the robustness of judiciary with their novel approaches to law.

Cabinet Approves Constitution Of 22nd Law Commission Of India

The Union Cabinet has approved the constitution of the 22nd Law Commission of India, for a period of three years. The 21st Law Commission of India under Justice (Retd.) BS Chauhan was established in 2015 and its tenure was upto 31st August, 2018. The panel will consist of a full-time chairperson, four full-time members (including a member secretary), secretaries of the law...

Coal Scam: SC Grants 4 Weeks' Time To CBI For Filing Fresh Status Report, RS Cheema To Continue As Spl.PP

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted 4 weeks' time to the CBI for filing a fresh status report in connection with the 'Coal-gate' scam.The Central probe agency had in December last year asserted that the investigation against former CBI Chief Ranjit Sinha, for manipulating the probe in the coal-block allocation scam, is almost complete.On Wednesday, Advocate and petitioner-in-person M....

Clampdown On Sand Mining: SC Directs Probe Into Illegal Sand Mining Activities Across Rajasthan

The CJI led bench of the Supreme Court Court on Wednesday expressed strong discontent regarding illegal sand Mining in Rajasthan, directing the Central Empowering Committee (CEC) to conduct a probe towards illegal mining activities in the State of Rajasthan and submit a report along with recommendations within 6 weeks. Collectors & SP's of every District of Rajasthan were...

Justice Muralidhar's Transfer : Delhi HC Bar Association To Abstain From Work Tomorrow To Protest Collegium Proposal

The Executive Committee of the Delhi High Court Bar Association has resolved to observe complete abstinence from work tomorrow to protest the proposal of the Supreme Court collegium to transfer Justice Dr. S Muralidhar from Delhi High Court to Punjab and Haryana High Court.The resolution was passed in an emergency executive meeting held at 3 PM on Wednesday, after the news about the...

Electricity Supply Cannot Be Disconnected For Recovery Of Additional Demand Raised After Expiry Of Two Years Limitation Period: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has held that the licensee company cannot take recourse to the coercive measure of disconnection of electricity supply, for recovery of the additional demand raised after the expiry of two years limitation period. The bench of Justices Uday Umesh Lalit and Indu Malhotra observed that the Section 56(2) of the Electricity Act does not preclude the licensee company from raising...

'It Would Be Better To Hear The Union Minister': CJI On Electric Vehicles To Reduce Pollution

"What is the government's plan regarding electrical vehicles? The (Union) Transport Minister (Nitin Gadkari) may want to tell us about the scheme and its implementation? He has made many statements about the use of these e-vehicles, about CNG being less-polluting", observed Chief Justice S. A. Bobde on Wednesday. The court was hearing NGO CPIL's petition for the enforcement of the...