Kashmir Lockdown Judgment: Live-Updates From Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will deliver judgment on the petitions challenging the communication blockade, internet shutdown and other prohibitory measures imposed in Kashmir region Today at 10.30 AM.On November 27, a three judges bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, R Subhash Reddy and B R Gavai had reserved judgment on a bunch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of Kashmir lockdown, which...

SC Constitutes Expert Panel To Suggest Alternatives To Felling Of Trees For Widening Of National Highway

The Supreme Court constituted on Thursday a committee of environment experts to suggest an alternative to felling of over 350 trees for construction of railway over bridges (ROB) and widening of National Highway-112 from Barasat to Petrapole on the Indo-Bangladesh border in West Bengal."This case presents the usual dilemma between environmental degradation & development. Obviously...

"A Sea Of Change In Death Penalty Jurisprudence"; Death-row Convict In Nirbhaya Case Mukesh Files Curative Plea In SC

Another Death-row convict in the Nirbhaya Case. Mukesh has filed a Curative Petition in the Supreme Court against the judgment passed by the Court in Criminal Appeal No. 607 of 2017 by which he was sentenced to Death.The Trial Court had issued the death warrant to hang all convicts- Mukesh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31) on January 22 at 7 am in Tihar...

Nirbhaya Case : Death Row Convict Vinay Sharma Files Curative Plea In SC

Less than a fortnight before execution of the death penalty awarded in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case, one of the four convicts Vinay Sharma has filed Curative Petition in the Supreme Court as a last ditch effort. All convicts- Mukesh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31) are to be hanged on January 22 at 7 am in Tihar jail following the death warrant...

Courts At Place Where Wife Resides After Leaving Matrimonial Home Can Entertain Complaints U/s 498A IPC: SC [Read Order]

Even the Courts at the place where the wife resides after leaving the matrimonial home will have jurisdiction to entertain her complaint under Section 498 A of the Indian Penal Code, the Supreme Court has reiterated. The bench comprising Justice L. Nageswara Rao and Justice Hemant Gupta noted that in Rupali Devi versus State of Uttar Pradesh (2019 (5) SCC 384), a judgment which was...

Breaking : SC To Deliver Judgment On Constitutionality Of Kashmir Lockdown Tomorrow

The Supreme Court will deliver judgment on the petitions challenging the communication blockade, internet shutdown and other prohibitory measures imposed in Kashmir region tomorrow at 10.30 AM.On November 27, a three judges bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, R Subhash Reddy and B R Gavai had reserved judgment on a bunch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of Kashmir lockdown,...

JJ Act: Offences Prescribing Max Sentence Of More Than 7 Years But Not Providing Minimum Sentence Are Not 'Heinous Offences', But 'Serious Offences': SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has observed that an offence prescribing a maximum sentence of more than 7 years imprisonment but not providing any minimum sentence, or providing a minimum sentence of less than 7 years, cannot be considered to be a 'heinous offence' within the meaning of Section 2(33) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. Invoking Article 142 of...

No Blanket Ban On Exercise Of Writ Jurisdiction By High Court Even When Alternative Remedies Are Available: SC [Read Judgment]

"Merely because the Court may not exercise its discretion, is not a ground to hold that it has no jurisdiction."

Delhi Court Slams Tihar Jail For Not Giving Required Medical Aid To Chandra Shekhar Azad; Directs His Treatment At AIIMS

A Delhi Court on Thursday directed that Bhim Army Chief Chandra Shekhar Azad should be given treatment at AIIMS for his special medical conditions.The Tis Hazari Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Arul Varma also expressed displeasure at Tihar jail authorities for not giving Azad the special treatment despite knowing about his peculiar medical problem."It is the duty of the state to preserve...

Delhi Court Directs 'Chhappak' Makers To Give Credits To Contributions Of Adv Aparna Bhat [Read Order]

A Delhi Court on Thursday directed the makers of film 'Chhappak' to show the name of Advocate Aparna Bhat in credits to acknowledge her contributions.Advocate Aparna Bhat was the lawyer of Lakshmi Agrawal, the acid attack survivor on whose life the movie is based on. The film is scheduled for release tomorrow.In the suit filed by Adv Bhat against Meghna Gulzar, the director of the...

Gujarat Public Works Contract Disputes Arbitration Tribunal Can Pass Interim Orders U/s 17 Arbitration & Conciliation Act: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has held that Gujarat Public Works Contract Disputes Arbitration Tribunal has jurisdiction to make interim orders in terms of Section 17 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 The Tribunal is constituted under Section 3 of the Gujarat Public Works Contracts Disputes Arbitration Tribunal Act, 1992. In this case, the the Tribunal held that it can only...

'Will Hear CAA Petitions Once Violence Stops', Says CJI Bobde

The Chief Justice of India S A Bobde on Thursday said that the Court will hear the petitions on Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 once the nation-wide violence stops. The remark came when a petition seeking to declare the controversial legislation as constitutional was mentioned by Advocate Vineet Dhanda before a bench headed by CJI. "There is so much of violence", remarked the bench,...