SC Dismisses Centre's Appeal Against TDSAT Order To Refund Rs 104 Crores To Reliance Communications [Read Judgment]

In a relief to Reliance Communications Ltd, the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the appeal filed by Central Government against the order of Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Authority directing refund of around Rs 104 crore to telecom company. A bench of justices R F Nariman and S Ravindra Bhat said, "We don't find any merits in the appeal". The TDSAT had on December 21,...

PIL Alleging Exchange Of Currency Defaced by Kashmiri Separatists: SC Asks Govt. To Look In To The Matter

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking CBI enquiry into the Jammu Regional Branch of the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) decision exchanging defaced Indian currencies worth 30 crore, done by alleged separatist group in 2013, came up for hearing on Tuesday before the Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) S A Bobde. The plea says, the RBI's act accepting the imperfect...

SC Notifies 9-Judge Bench For Settling Questions Referred In Sabarimala Review; None From The Original Bench Included

The composition of the nine- judge bench which will consider the questions of law referred in the Sabarimala review case is now clear, with the publication of advance causelist for January 13.The bench will comprise :CJI S A BobdeJustice R BanumathiJustice Ashok BhushanJustice L Nageswara RaoJustice Mohan M ShantanagoudarJustice S Abdul NazeerJustice R Subhash ReddyJustice B R GavaiJustice...

[Breaking] Nirbhaya Case : Trial Court Issues Death Warrant For Hanging Of Four Convicts On January 22

A Delhi Court on Tuesday issued death warrant for the hanging of four convicts in the Nirbhaya rape-murder case on January 22 at 7 AM.The four convicts - Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma and Akshay Singh - were informed of the order via video conferencing.Additional Sessions Judge Satish Arora of Patiala House Courts was considering the plea for execution of death warrants against them....

"We The People..." Supreme Court Advocates Read Out Preamble Of Constitution

A group of lawyers gathered today at the Supreme Court lawns to read out the Preamble to the Constitution of India. Copies of the Preamble were distributed to the lawyers present and the same was read out peacefully in unison. Emphasis on the upholding of the tenets of the Constitution of India has gained traction over the past month, with protests against the purported unconstitutional nature...

[Breaking] Allahabad HC Directs NHRC To Probe Police Action At AMU During Anti-CAA Protests [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court has directed the National Human Rights Commission to investigate into the alleged police violence in Aligarh Muslim University, during anti-CAA protests. The order was passed by the bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Vivek Varma in the PIL filed by Mohd. Aman Khan against police action during an anti-CAA protest at AMU on December 15,...

SC Asks NGO To Show Its Locus In Land Grab Complaint Against Yeddyurappa & D K Shivakumar

"You cannot piggy-back on somebody else's complaint like this, you cannot ride on another's shoulders", remarked Chief Justice S. A. Bobde on Tuesday on a plea to re-kindle a 2008 land-grabbing case against Karnataka CM B.S. Yediyurappa and former Congress minister D. K. Shivakumar. The CJ granted two weeks' time to petitioner-NGO Samaj Parivartan Samudaya to show that it has earlier...

Plaintiff Seeking Temporary Injunction In Specific Performance Suit Has To Show Strong Prima Facie Case On Undisputed Facts : SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has observed that strong prima facie case on undisputed facts is necessary for getting the relief of temporary injunction in a suit for specific performance of contract. This is because of the fact that specific performance by itself is a discretionary remedy, explained a bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and Navin Sinha.The bench also said that the conduct of parties...

[Breaking] Nine Judge Constitution Bench To Start Hearing On Questions Referred In Sabarimala Review From 13 January 2020 [Read Notice]

A Nine Judges Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will commence hearing on the questions referred in the Sabarimala Case from next Monday, 13th January 2020.The notice does not mention the name of judges who will be part of the nine judge bench. The notice by Officer on Special Duty (Listing) reads thus:"Take notice that the following matters will be listed for hearing before a Nine...

Children Of Parents Included In Assam NRC Will Not Be Sent To Detention Centres : AG Tells SC [Read Order]

The Attorney General of India K K Venugopal on Monday assured the Supreme Court that children of persons included in Assam NRC will not be sent to detention centres while the Court is considering the application seeking protection of such children.The AG made this submission before a bench of CJI SA Bobde, Justices Surya Kant and B R Gavai in an application which pointed out that many...

NDPS Trial: Non Examination Of Independent Witness By Prosecution Does Not Mean Accused Was Falsely Implicated: SC [Read Judgment]

"The evidence of official witnesses cannot be distrusted and disbelieved, merely on account of their official status"

Plea In SC Challenges Provisions Of IBC Ordinance 2019 Imposing Conditions On Homebuyers' Right [Read Petition]

A writ petition has been filed in Supreme Court challenging Section 3 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 (Ordinance). The said provision, which adds certain provisos to Section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) and purports to set out new conditions for real estate allottees to approach the NCLT, is alleged to be ultra vires the Constitution of India...