SC To Pronounce Judgment On Karnataka MLAs Disqualification Case Tomorrow

The Supreme Court will pronounce judgment tomorrow on the petitions filed by 17 rebel MLAs of Karnataka assembly challenging their disqualification.A bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, Sanjiv Khanna and Krishna Murari had reserved judgment in the case on October 25.The MLAs were disqualified by the former speaker Ramesh Kumar on the ground that their resignations were not voluntary, and...

Does The Office Of CJI Come Under RTI ? SC To Pronounce Judgment Tomorrow

The Supreme Court will pronounce the judgment tomorrow in its own appeal against a Delhi High Court judgment that had held that the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice of India are "public authorities" under the Right to Information Act.The Constitution bench comprising of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices NV Ramana, DY Chandrachud, Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna had heard...

Proceedings U/s 218 IPC Against IO, Witnesses Cannot Be Initiated Merely Because Prosecution Failed To Establish Its Case: SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has observed that merely because the acquittal of the accused was premised on the assessment that the prosecution had failed to establish its case, it does not necessarily mean that the investigator and the concerned witnesses ought to be proceeded against for the offence under Section 218 of the Indian Penal Code.Section 218 IPC deals with the offence of public servant...

'Power To Modify Under Article 370(1)(d) Very Wide' : Centre Defends Repeal Of J&K Special Status, Bifurcation Of State [Read Affidavit]

The Central Government has denied the allegations of any procedural anomalies in the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution and the subsequent enactment of the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019. In its affidavit filed in this behalf, the government said that the imposition and the extension of President's Rule in the then State of J&K was wholly legitimate,...

Pegasus Surveillance: All You Want To Know About The Whatsapp Suit In US Against Israeli Spy Firm [Read Complaint]

The media reports about Whatsapp suing an Israeli spy firm in the USA for allegedly helping governments of several countries to snoop on roughly 1400 users across four continents sent shock waves across the world.LiveLaw has accessed the copy of the complaint filed by Whatsapp in the US court. The details of the case are as folllows : The case was filed by WhatsApp Inc. and Facebook...

Govt. Servant Cannot File Complaint About Service Conditions Or Retiral Benefits Before Consumer Forums : SC [Read Judgment]

"The appropriate forum, for redressal of any of his grievance, may be the State Administrative Tribunal, if any, or the civil court but certainly not a forum under the Act."

Ayodhya Verdict : How SC Dealt With Sunni Waqf Board's Pleas Of Lost Grant And Adverse Possession?

"The Muslims have offered no evidence to indicate that they were in exclusive possession of the inner structure prior to 1857 since the date of the construction in the sixteenth century."

'Stray Or Intermittent Acts Of Temple Management Will Not Make One A Shebait' : SC Rejects Nirmohi Akhara Claim In Ayodhya

The five judges bench of the Supreme Court in the Ayodhya land title dispute case on Saturday held that thedisputed land belongs to the Hindu deity Ram Lalla and that Nirmohi Akhara is not a shebait of the deity. A shebait/devotee is the one who serves and sustains the deity in the capacity of a manager. The property of the temple is regarded as vesting with the deity who cannot...

'We Have To Guard Ourselves Against Gradual Erosion Of Democratic Space' : Justice Chandrachud In Discussion With Sr Adv Datar & Prof Ginsburg

The event of the book launch of "How to Save a Constitutional Democracy" by Professor Tom Ginsburg, Leo Spitz Professor of International Law, Ludwig and Hilde Wolf Research Scholar, and Professor Aziz Z. Huq, was held by the University of Chicago Center in New Delhi on September 24. The event witnessed a stirring discussion on the principles of Constitutional Law in a democracy between...

What Is The Ayodhya Act As Per Which Centre Should Form The Trust For Temple Construction?

While holding that the disputed land in Ayodhya belongs to the Hindu deity Ram Lalla, the 5 judges bench of theSupreme Court has directed the Central government, which until now held the vested interests in the area, to formulate a scheme for setting up a trust which shall be transferred the possession of the inner and outer courtyards. The direction comes in view of the powers vested...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

[Ayodhya] : SC Allows Temple Construction In Disputed Land; Alternate Plot Of 5 Acres For Mosque [M. Siddiq V. Mahant Suresh Das] In an unanimous verdict, the Supreme Court held that the entire disputed land of 2.77 acres in Ayodhya must be handed over for the construction of Ram Mandir. At the same time, the Court held that an alternate plot of 5 acres must be allotted to the Sunni...

AICTE Not Entitled To Regulate Degrees/Diploma In Architecture Education: SC

Norms and Regulations set by Council of Architecture and other specified authorities under the Architects Act would have to be followed by an institution imparting education for degrees and diplomas in architecture.