Shaheen Bagh Hearing : Live-Updates From Supreme Court

Supreme Court bench comprising Justice S K Kaul and K M Joseph has started hearing the petitions seeking clearance of Shaheen bagh...

[Nirbhaya]Plea For Fresh Death Warrants- Live-Updates

Nirbhaya Case: Hearing on Tihar's plea seeking fresh death warrant against all the convicts begins before ASJ Dharmender Rana at Patiala House...

Community Kitchens: SC Imposes Additional Cost On States For Failure To File Reply

The Supreme Court on Monday imposed additional costs amounting to Rs. 5,00,000/- on Maharashtra, Delhi, Manipur, and Orissa & Goa for failure to file their replies in a Petition seeking setting up of community kitchens PAN India, substantiating the total cost payable by each state to Rs. 10 Lacs.All applications filed to waive the cost were dismissed by the Bench.The Bench asked them...

'Absolute Exclusion Of Women From Command Appointments In Army Illegal' :SC Dismisses Centre's Appeals Against Delhi HC Verdict [Read Judgment]

In a significant judgment on gender equality, the Supreme Court on Monday directed that Permanent Commission should be granted to women in army regardless of their service, in all the ten streams where the Union Government have already taken a decision to grant Short Service Commission to women.The Court also held that absolute exclusion of women from command assignments is against Article 14...

[Sabarimala Reference]Nine-Judge Bench Hearing- Live-Updates From Supreme Court

The 9-judge bench constituted by the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde has commenced hearing on the issues mentioned in the Sabarimala review order.The Bench has framed the following questions for hearing 1. What is the scope and ambit of right to freedom of religion under Article 25 of the Constitution of India?2. What is the inter-play between the rights of persons under...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

• Settlement Between Victim & Accused Not A Valid Ground To Quash FIR/charge-sheet When Offences Are Serious & Against Society, Reiterates SC [Arjun Singh v. State of UP] The Supreme Court has reiterated that settlement between the victim and the accused cannot be a valid ground to quash the FIR. or the charge sheet when the offences alleged are against society and not...

Medical Professionals Should Not Be Dragged Into Criminal Proceedings Unless Negligence Of A High Order Is Shown: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has observed that the medical professionals should not be dragged into criminal proceedings unless negligence of a high order is shown. In this case, a doctor was accused of medical negligence for allegedly not attending a woman after performing cesarean operation, which resulted in her death. She was discharged by the Trial Court by allowing her application. The...

"The Framers of Constitution Rejected The Notion of a Hindu India And a Muslim India":Justice Chandrachud [Read Full Text Of Speech]

JUSTICE PD DESAI MEMORIAL LECTURE 2020 15 February, 2020 | ...

High Courts Are Not Precluded From Entertaining Writ Petitions Even If There Are Disputed Questions Of Facts: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has observed that a High Court is not precluded from entertaining a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India even if there are disputed questions of fact which fall for consideration but if they do not require elaborate evidence to be adduced. The bench of CJI SA Bobde, Justices BR Gavai and Surya Kant, was considering an appeal against a Bombay High...

Breaking: Calcutta HC Directs RBI To Consider Steps Including Cancellation Of License Of Bank Of Baroda [Read Judgment]

In a major blow to the Bank of Baroda, the Calcutta High Court has asked the RBI to consider taking appropriate steps against the bank, including revocation of its license, for its disorderly conduct in dealing with payment against an unconditional bank guarantee. While disposing of a cross-objection filed by the Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL), the division bench comprising Justice...

Blanket Labelling Of Dissent As 'Anti-National' Strikes At The Heart Of Constitutional Values: Justice DY Chandrachud

Calling dissent a "safety valve" of democracy, Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud on Saturday said "blanket labelling" of dissent as anti-national or anti-democratic strikes at the "heart" of the country's commitment to protect Constitutional values and promote deliberative democracy.Delivering a lecture here in Gujarat, Justice Chandrachud also said that use of state machinery to...

Recourse To Writ Jurisdiction In Election Matters Not Appropriate When Statute Provides An Alternative Machinery: SC [Read Judgment]

Once alternate machinery is provided by the statute, the recourse to writ jurisdiction in matters related to elections is not an appropriate remedy, the Supreme Court has held. In this case, the order of the Returning Officer who had accepted the nomination of a candidate for the elections of Gram Panchayat was challenged before the High Court which was partly allowed. In appeal before the...