Supreme Court Monthly Digest- September 2019

Unregistered Agreement Of Sale Can Be Used As An Evidence For Collateral Purpose Prakash Sahu V. Saulal The Supreme Court recently upheld a Trial Court order allowing the plaintiff to lead evidence on insufficiently stamped unregistered agreement of sale in his suit for recovery of earnest money said to be paid by him at the time executing the agreement for sale. Order...

Essar Insolvency: SC Starts Hearing Appeal Against NCLAT's Decision To Treat All Creditors Equally [Read Written Submissions]

The Supreme Court bench comprising of Justices R F Nariman, Surya Kant and Ramasubramanian started hearing on Wednesday the batch of appeals challenging the NCLAT's decision in Essar Steel insolvency resolution, one of the most crucial insolvency matters of the country. While approving ArcelorMittal's Rs 42,000 crore bid for the acquisition of Essar Steel, the NCLAT had held that...

Section 306 IPC [Abetment Of Suicide] Not Attracted Merely Because The Deceased Was Called A 'Call Girl': SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court upheld a High Court order discharging accused who were accused of abetting suicide of a girl. The allegations made in the complaint are: The accused boy and the deceased girl were in love relationship. When they came to home of the accused to inform the parents of the accused their decision to marry each other, his parents (other accused) refused to approve it and shouted at...

INX Media Case : SC Reserves Judgment On Chidambaram's Bail Plea

The Supreme Court on Friday reserved judgment on the petition filed by former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram against the September 30 judgment of the Delhi High Court which denied him regular bail in the INX Media case.The bench comprising Justices R Banumathi, A S Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy also heard the cross appeal filed by the CBI against the finding of the Delhi High Court...

Breaking : CBI Files Chargesheet Against Chidambaram, Karti and 12 Others In INX Media Case

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday filed chargesheet in the Special CBI Court Delhi against former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram, his son Karti, Peter Mukherjee and eleven others in the INX Media case. Peter Mukherjee's wife Indrani Mukherjee has been made an approver in the case.The Special CBI Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar will hear on framing of charges on Monday.During the...

'Willing To Give Place In Same Site For Reconstruction Of Guru Ravidas Temple', Centre Tells SC

In the case for reconstruction of Guru Ravidas Temple in Tughlakabad in Delhi, the Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that it was willing to offer 200 square meters of plot in the same site where the temple had existed before its demolition.Respecting the faith of the devotees of Guru Ravidas, Centre was ready to offer the space for temple reconstruction, submitted Attorney General K...

CJI Gogoi Makes Official Recommendation Naming Justice S. A. Bobde as Next CJI

In a letter addressed to the Union Law Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, CJI Ranjan Gogoi recommended that Justice S. A. Bobde should be made the next CJI. CJI Gogoi is set to retire on November 17 this year and while it was clear as per the tradition that Justice Bobde will be next in line for the position, Justice Gogoi made the official recommendation on Thursday. Justice Bobde enrolled...

PMC Bank Issue : SC Refuses To Admit PIL Against Withdrawal Limits

The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi on Friday refused to admit a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) bank issue. The bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi asked petitioner Bejon Misra, a Delhi based consumer activist who sought for a court order quashing the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) notification...

Ayodhya Case : Muslim Parties Deny Reports Of Settlement & Withdrawal Of Claim [Read Statement]

Denying the reports that Muslim parties have settled the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid case by giving up their claim over the disputed land, the Muslim parties have filed a statement in the Supreme CourtOn the final day of hearing of the case, there were reports that Muslim parties have withdrawn their appeal. Quoting Advocate Shahid Rizvi, lawyer of the Sunni Waqf Board, it was reported that...

SC Directs Centre To Transfer Assam NRC Co-ordinator To Madhya Pradesh Cadre [Read Order]

(Updated)The Supreme Court on Friday directed Assam NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela to be transferred inter-cadre to Madhya Pradesh immediately. Even though the bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi refrained from revealing the reasons for the transfer, the apparent danger to Hajela's life after the publication of the final NRC is being mooted as the basis of the transfer...

CBI Moves SC Against Bombay HC's Stay On Proceedings Against Lawyers Collective

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday filed a special leave petition before the Supreme Court against the July 25 order of the Bombay High Court which granted interim relief to the NGO Lawyer's Collective and its founders Senior Advocates Anand Grover and Indira Jaising..A Division bench headed by Justice Ranjit More, after hearing an application by Lawyer's Collective seeking...

Appeal Cannot Be Disposed Of Without Trial Court Record: SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court recently set aside a judgment of Delhi High Court which disposed of a criminal appeal without the record of the trial court before it.The bench comprising Justice NV Ramana, Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Krishna Murari was considering an appeal against a Delhi High Court order which upheld the conviction and sentence imposed on a man under Sections 498A and 304 IPC by...