Unnao Case : Court Adjourns Hearing On Sentence Of Kuldeep Singh Sengar Till December 20

A Delhi Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing on quantum of sentence to former BJP member and UP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the Unnao rape caseuntil December 20. The Court has sought for his nomination papers to ascertain his financial status for determining the compensation to the victim.Sengar was convicted under Section 376 IPC and section 5(c) and 6 of POCSO Act by Additional...

Nirbhaya Case : SC To Consider Review Plea Of One Of The Death Row Convicts Tomorrow

The Supreme Court will consider the review petition filed by Akshay Singh, one of the four convicts awaiting death penalty in the Nirbhaya gang rape-murder case, tomorrow at 2 PM.The petition will be taken up by a bench comprising CJI S A Bobde, Justices R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan. The petition is quite belated, as the SC had upheld the death penalty in May 2017.The Supreme Court had...

'Grant Of Citizenship On Basis Of Religion Is Against Grain Of Constitution' : Civil Rights Activists Move SC Against CAA [Read Petition]

Civil rights activists Harsh Mander, Aruna Roy, Nikhil Dey, Irfaan Habib and Prabhat Patnaik have filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act 2019.The petitioners argue that the Act, which liberalizes and fast-tracks grant of citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan,...

'Makkal Needhi Maiam', 'United Against Hate' Move SC Against Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 [Read Petitions]

A PIL has been filed by Makkal Needhi Maiam, a political party in Tamil Nadu against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. The petition remarked that the Act clearly violates Article 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and also that the classification based on the religious identity of the individual offends the fundamental principles of 'secularism'. The petition further said that...

Unnao Case : Investigation Suffered From Patriarchal Approach; Lacked Sensitivity; Unfair To Victim & Family, Says Court

In the judgment convicting ex-BJP member and UP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the infamous Unnao rape case, the Delhi Court termed the testimony of the survivor unblemished, truthful and to be having sterling quality."The testimony of PW-10 (AS) has been unblemished, truthful and has been proved to be of 'sterling quality' to arrive at a conclusion that she was sexually assaulted by accused...

'RTI Has Come To Be A Weapon For Intimidation, There Should Be Some Filters": Observes SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Monday observed that the RTI Act has come to be a weapon of intimidation, "blackmail" no less."Can it be one's profession to be a RTI activist? People who have no concern with a subject are filing RTIs to seek information!...The objective behind this law was to allow persons to draw out information that affects them. Now all sorts of people are filing all sorts...

[Breaking]Unnao Case : Delhi Court Finds Ex-BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar Guilty Of Rape

A Delhi Court on Monday held expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar guilty of rape in the infamous Unnao case.The verdict was pronounced District Judge Dharmesh Sharma. The Court however acquitted the co-accused Shashi Singh giving benefit of doubt.Sengar has been convicted under Section 376 IPC and section 5(c) of POCSO Act. The Court will hear him on the quantum on sentence tomorrow....

'Twitter Performs 'Public Function'; Amenable To Article 226' : Sanjay Hegde Moves Delhi HC Against Account Suspension [Read Petition]

Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde, whose twitter account was suspended twice in October this year, has moved the Delhi HC Court seeking directions to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to frame guidelines to ensure that any censorship on social media is carried out strictly in accordance with the provisions of Article 19 of the Constitution. In his plea Hegde has...

Breaking: SC Agrees To Hear Petitions Challenging Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 On Dec 18

Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the Petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 on December 18. Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi has mentioned the matter before Chief Justice SA Bobde.At least a dozen Petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the new law which relaxed conditions for acquiring citizenship for...

'Stop Violence; We Will Hear Tomorrow' : SC On Reports Of Police Atrocities Against Jamia, AMU Students

Senior Advocate Indira Jaising on Monday urged the Supreme Court to take suo moto cognizance of reports of police violence against students of Jamia Milia University and Aligarh Muslim University in the wake of ongoing protests against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act.Mentioning the matter before the Chief Justice SA Bobde, the Senior Advocate submitted that grave human...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

Resigned Govt. Employees Not Entitled To Pension [BSES Yamuna Power Ltd. V. Sh. Ghanshyam Chand Sharma & Anr.] The Supreme Court observed that an employee who has resigned from service is not entitled to pensionary benefits available to those who 'voluntary retired'. The bench noticed that Rule 26 of the CCS Pension Rules provides that the past service of employee...

Death Sentence Awarded In A 13 Day Trial: SC Reserves Order In Appeal By Rape & Murder Accused [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has reserved the order in an appeal against death penalty awarded to a rape and murder accused in a trial that finished within thirteen days.Anokhilal was convicted and sentenced to death in March 2013 for committing the murder of a minor girl, aged nine years, after raping and performing carnal sex with her. The entire trial finished within thirteen days. The Madhya...