SC Dismisses ED Appeal Against Delhi HC Order Granting Bail To D K Shivakumar

In a relief to Congress leader D K Shivakumar, the Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the petition filed by Enforcement Directorate against the Delhi High Court's order granting bail to him in an alleged money laundering case.The bench comprising Justices R F Nariman and Ravindra Bhat turned down Solicitor General Tushar Mehta's pleas to admit the petition.The Court noted that the ED...

Ex-Ranbaxy Promoters Malvinder, Shivinder Singh Guilty Of Contempt:SC

The Supreme Court on Friday held former Ranbaxy promoters Malvinder Singh and Shivinder Singh guilty of contempt of court for violating its order asking them not to divest their shares in Fortis Healthcare Limited.The apex curt had earlier asked the Singh brothers to give it a plan as to how they would honour the arbitral award of Rs 3,500 crore granted by a Singapore tribunal against them and...

'Read Our Sabarimala Judgment; Tell Your Govt That Our Judgments Are Not To Be Played With' : Justice Nariman Slams SG Tushar Mehta

Justice R F Nariman slammed Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Friday by saying that the Government cannot 'play with' Supreme Court judgments."Please read our dissenting judgment in Sabarimala. Our judgments are not to be played with. Tell your government that our judgments stand", Justice Nariman told the SG.This happened during the hearing of the petition filed by Enforcement...

Essar Insolvency : SC Sets Aside NCLAT Order; Uphlods Resolution Plan Of Arcelor Mittal [Read Judgment]

In a landmark decision having wide impact on the IBC regime, the Supreme Court on Friday allowed the appeal by Committee of Creditors in Essar Steel insolvency to set aside the order of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal.The judgment pronounced by Justice R F Nariman held that there was no equality between financial creditors and operational creditors. The Adjudicating Authority...

Three Other Cases Mentioned In Sabarimala Review Order

In its order passed in Sabarimala Review Petitions, the Supreme Court mentions about three pending cases before, in which there are some issues overlapping and covered by the Sabarimala Judgment of 28th September 2018. The following are the cases mentioned by CJI Ranjan Gogoi in his order. Two of them [Female Genital Mutilation and Parsi Women Religious Identity] are before the...

[Sabarimala] Ministers Who Failed To Act In Aid Of Judgment, Violate Their Constitutional Oath: Justices Nariman & Chandrachud

The Ministers, who failed to act in aid of court's judgment, would violate their "constitutional oath to uphold, preserve, and defend the Constitution" and so far as the citizenry was concerned, they'd be in violation of their fundamental duties entailed in Article 51A of the Constitution, in particular, clauses (a), (e), and (h) thereof. In their dissenting judgment against the...

SC Adjourns Petitions Challenging Abrogation Of Art 370 To Dec 10

The Supreme Court five-judge bench headed by Justice N. V. Ramana on Thursday deferred to December 10 the hearing in a string of petitions challenging the restructuring of Article 370.After the 4 weeks' time sought by the Centre for filing its reply, when the cases were taken up by the court on Thursday, the bench was of the view that there being many connected matters, the hearing would...

[Violation Of Fundamental Rights Of Victims] Can The Court Just Fold Its Hands & Sit Back If The Legislature Is Inactive? Asks SC

The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India comprising of Justices Arun Mishra, Vineet Saran, Indira Banerjee, M.R. Shah and S. Ravindra Bhat heard arguments in the case of Kaushal Kishore v. State of Uttar Pradesh. The case involves the question of whether persons holding public offices have greater restrictions on their right to freedom of speech and expression under...

[Kashmir] Restrictions On Article 19 Can Be Imposed By A Law Not By Executive Action: Kapil Sibal

A Three Judge Bench headed by Justice Ramana on Thursday resumed the hearing on Petition filed by Kashmir Times Editor Anuradha Bhasin against the communication blockade in Jammu and KashmirAppearing on behalf of the petitioner Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal trashed the imposition of section 144, Cr. P. C. in Kashmir.Referring to the stand taken by the State Government in the Supreme Court,...

Rafale Verdict Will Not Stop CBI From Taking Lawful Action On Petitioners' Complaint : Justice K M Joseph [Read Judgment]

Petitioners have otherwise made out a case.

[Sabarimala] Remember That The "Holy Book" Is The Constitution Of India; Justices RF Nariman & DY Chandrachud Dissent

"It is with this book in hand that the citizens of India march together as a nation, so that they may move forward in all spheres of human endeavour to achieve the great goals set out by this "Magna Carta" or Great Charter of India."

[Sabarimala] Courts Should Tread Cautiously While Dealing With Religious Issues: Read The Issues Referred To Larger Bench [Read Judgment]

While referring the Sabarimala case to larger bench, the majority judges observed that the matters involving the interpretation of the provisions of the Constitution touching upon the right to profess, practise and propagate its own religion,should be heard by a larger bench, for an authoritative pronouncement in these matters. The order of the majority in Sabarimala Review...