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,...

SC Directs Centre To Impose Mandatory Conditions For Re-Grassing Mining Area After Operations [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has directed the Central Government to impose a mandatory condition in the mining lease, mining plan and environmental clearance that re-grassing of the mining area should be undertaken by mining lease holders after mining operations.A bench comprising CJI SA Bobde, Justices Surya Kant and B R Gavai ordered so after noting that mining operations in an area results in...

SC Asks Centre To Explore Possibility Of Deploying CISF In Courts To Check Unruly Incidents

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to look into the possibility of deploying a separate cadre of CISF in certain courts to check unruly incidents of violence. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, perhaps referring to the recent Tis Hazari court complex violence, said "had there been deployment of CISF, the Delhi incident would not have taken place". Lawyers and...

Development Of Infrastructure For Forensic Labs: SC Seeks Reports From States, UTs

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed all states and Union territories to submit reports on steps taken by them to develop the infrastructure for forensic science laboratories to ensure speedy investigation in sexual harassment cases involving children. A bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose also said that every district should have special public prosecutors who possess...

SC Stays Bombay HC Judgement Quashing LRs Issued By DRI For Probe Into Alleged Invasion Of Customs Duty By Adani Group

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed a judgment of the Bombay High Court quashing Letters Rogatory issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) to authorities in Singapore, UAE, Hongkong and British Virgin Islands seeking information about the purchase and sale of Indonesian coal by subsidiary by Adani Enterprises Ltd. and Adani Power Ltd, companies of Adani group.Three judge bench...

State Cannot Be Permitted To Perfect Title By Adverse Possession To Grab Property Of Its Own Citizens : SC [Read Judgment]

Forcible dispossession from property without following legal process is violative of human right and constitutional right.

Telecom Companies Move SC Seeking Open Court Hearing Of Review Petition Against AGR Judgment

Telecom companies Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea prayed for an open court hearing of their review pleas in the Supreme Court in the AGR matter on Wednesday.In a setback to telecom service providers, the Court had on October 24 last year allowed the Centre's plea to recover adjusted gross revenue (AGR) of about Rs 92,000 crore from them.Making a mention before the bench headed by Justice...

NI Act: Section 148 Has Retrospective Application, But 143A Is Prospective, Reiterates SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has reiterated that Section 148 of the Negotiable Instruments Act is retrospective, while Section 143A is not. In this case, the accused was convicted for the offence under Section 138 of the N.I. Act. The Appellate Court required them to deposit 25% of the amount of compensation/fine imposed by the trial Court, pending appeals challenging the order of conviction and...

SC Issues Notice On Plea For Extending Scheduled Caste Status To Dalit Christians [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice on a petition filed by National Council of Dalit Christians(NCDC) seeking a direction to grant Scheduled Castes (SC) status to Dalit Christians. Issuing notice to Centre, a bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde, Justices BR Gavai and Surya Kant tagged the plea with other similar petitions pending before this...

No Children Murdered In Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case : CBI Tells SC

The CBI on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that no children were in fact murdered, as alleged in the Muzaffarpur Shelter Home case, and the skeletons unearthed from the surrounding premises actually belonged to some adults. Appearing for the probe agency, AG K. K. Venugopal told the bench headed by Chief Justice S. A. Bobde that upon investigation, the statements of some children that as...