"There Cannot Be Instant Justice, But There Cannot Be Constant Delays Either": Vice President Naidu

"There cannot be instant justice, but there cannot be constant delays", said the Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkiah Naidu at the Virendra Bhatia Memorial Lecture on Pillars of Democracy in New Delhi that took place on Sunday.. His remarks came a day after Chief Justice of India SA Bobde's comment on Hyderabad police encounter that justice can never be instant and loses its...

There Can Be No Reservation Of A Solitary Post, Reiterates SC [Read Judgment]

"There can be no reservation of a solitary post and that in order to apply the rule of reservation within a cadre, there must be a plurality of posts."

Resigned Govt. Employees Not Entitled To Pension: SC [Read Judgment]

"The decision to resign results in the legal consequences that flow from a resignation under the applicable provisions."

For Sales Tax On Transfer Of Right To Use Goods, Place Of Contract Is Relevant Than Location Of Goods : SC [Read Judgment]

"The deemed sale takes place at the site where the right to use the goods is transferred. It is of no relevance where the goods are delivered under the right to transfer to use them".

Centre To Table Citizenship Amendment Bill In Lok Sabha Tomorrow

The Union Minister for Home Affairs, Amit Shah, will table the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019, in Lok Sabha tomorrow.The amendment seeks to relax the conditions for granting Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. As per the bill, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis, Jains and Christians who migrated to India without travel documents from...

[Section 197 CrPC] No Protection Of Sanction Where The Acts Are Performed Using The Public Office As A Mere Cloak For Unlawful Gains [Read Judgment]

"The High Court was also not justified in observing ‘that the protection available to a public servant while in service, should also be available after his retirement’."

ML Sharma Moves SC Alleging Jaya Bachchan & Swati Maliwal Provoked Hyderabad Encounter [Read Petition]

Serial PIL litigant Advocate ML Sharma has approached the Supreme Court with a petition regarding the encounter killings of the 4 accused in the Hyderabad veterinarian doctor's rape and murder case. His petition, he states, is to challenge the killings that took place in police custody "on the behest of political leaders and media outrage" and to seek "protection of life and liberty of...

'Justice Cannot Take Form Of Revenge; Cannot Be Instant': CJI SA Bobde

Hinting at the recent police encounter of the four accused in the Hyderabad rape and murder case,CJI SA Bobde, speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the new High Court building at Jodhpur, Rajasthan, remarked, "Recent events in the country have sparked up this whole debate with new vigour...I don't think justice can ever be or ought to be instant. And justice must never ever take...

Medical College Bribery case: CBI Registers FIR Against Justice SN Shukla Of Allahabad HC And Raids His Premises

The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered an FIR against Justice Shri Narayan Shukla of the Allahabad High Court alleging that the sitting judge took illegal gratification for passing a favourable order in matter regarding Prasad Institute of Medical Science, Lucknow.As per reports, the CBI on Friday conducted raids at the premises of Justice Shukla.Former judge of Orissa High...

PIL Filed In SC Seeking Independent Probe Into Hyderabad Encounter Killings [Read Petition]

A PIL Writ petition has been filed in Supreme Court by two advocates seeking directions for an investigation, the registration of an FIR and subsequent action against the police personnel who killed the four people accused of the rape and murder of the Veterinarian doctor in Hyderabad in an alleged encounter. The petitioners have marked the Union of India through the Ministry of Home...

Lawyers Condemn Hyderabad Encounter Killings; Call For Upholding Rule Of Law

The country was barely recovering from the news of the horrendous gangrape and murder of the 26-year old veterinarian which took place in Hyderabad, when we were hit with the news of a cold-blooded encounter in the wee hours of 6th December which led to the death of the four accused of committing the heinous crime. As the details regarding the encounter slowly and steadily came to see...

SC Allows Vyapam Scam Accused To Travel Abroad For Studies On Furnishing Deposit Worth 1.26 Crore [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Friday permitted Vyapam scam accused, Sanket Vaidya, to travel abroad for further studies, on the condition that he furnishes a fixed deposit of Rs 1.26 crore with the trial court and a surety from his father that he will appear for hearings. "It is true that the petitioner is accused of serious offence but at the same time we have to keep in mind that he is a...