SC Warns Of Intervention In Case Allahabad HCBA Strike Is Not Called Off

The Supreme Court has warned that if the long drawn strike by the Allahabad High Court Bar Association continued, it will have to "work out the certain modalities so that the people are not deprived of the judicial remedy". Last week the bench of Justices Arun Mishra and M R Shah had criticized the call for strike observing that "Bar Associations are not supposed to settle their...

SC Orders 20 Lakhs Compensation To Compulsorily Retired Judicial Officer [Read Order]

" We hold that the appellant has not committed any act unbecoming of a judicial officer."

Assam NRC-Tribunals Are Functioning In An Arbitrary Manner: Justice Madan Lokur

The 'People's Tribunal' on 'Contested Citizenship in Assam: Constitutional Processes and Human Cost', orchestrated by various human rights organizations and campaigns concluded on Sunday at the Indian Society of International Law, Delhi.The jury of the People's Tribunal comprised of eminent members and scholars from the legal fraternity such as Justice (Rt.) Madan Lokur, Justice (Rt.)...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

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 VII...

Doyen Of Criminal Law Ram Jethmalani Passes Away

Senior Advocate Ram Jethmalani, 95, passed away on Sunday morning. He has served as India's Union Law Minister and as chairman of the Bar Council of India.He has appeared in many high profile criminal cases, and is widely respected as the doyen of criminal law.He was born on September 14, 1923, in present day Pakistan. He obtained law degree at the age of 17. After partition, he shifted to...

Criticism Of Executive, Judiciary, Bureaucracy Or Armed Forces Not Sedition : Justice Deepak Gupta

Justice Deepak Gupta, judge of Supreme Court, spoke at length about the chilling effect caused by sedition law on legitimate criticism on the organs of state. He also mentioned about the threat of contempt action stifling fair criticism of judiciary."The judiciary is not above criticism. If Judges of the superior courts were to take note of all the contemptuous communications received by...

"Sedition Law Most Abused Today, Criticism Against Govt In Power Does Not Make Any One Less Patriotic": Justice Deepak Gupta

"The last few years have given rise to a number of cases where the law of sedition or creating disharmony have been misused rampantly by the police to arrest and humiliate people who have not committed the crime of sedition as laid down by the Constitution Bench of Supreme Court". "The manner in which the provisions of Section 124A are being misused, begs the question as to whether we should have a relook at it. Freedom of expression being a constitutional right must get primacy over laws of sedition"

'Do Not Give Sops', SC Observes On Delhi Govt Proposal For Free Metro Rides For Women

"If you will allow people to travel for free, then the Delhi metro may go into loss", the bench made oral observations.

Madras HC CJ Tahilramani Likely To Resign Over Transfer Proposal

Madras High Court Chief Justice V K Tahilramani is likely to resign, reports the NDTV. She is the senior most among HC Chief Justices of the country.The move is seemingly in protest of the Supreme Court collegium's proposal to transfer her to Meghalaya High Court.As per a report in 'The Hindu', she made her plan public on Friday night during a dinner hosted by six Madras HC judges, who were...

'Tell Judges in Kerala That They Are Part of India': Justice Arun Mishra In Malankara Church Matter

"Tell judges in Kerala that they are part of India," the Supreme Court said on Friday while taking strong exception to the state high court's tinkering of its 2017 verdict on right to conduct administration and prayers in churches in a dispute between two factions.The top court set aside the Kerala High Court order that prayer services at the churches should be performed alternately by the...

Unnao Case : SC Grants CBI Further Extension Of 2 Weeks To Complete Probe

The Supreme Court bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose on Friday granted CBI a further extension of 2 weeks to complete its probe into the road crash which left the Unnao rape survivor and her lawyer severely injured and killed two of her relatives.Earlier on August 19, the CJI-led bench had granted two weeks extension over the 14 days time initially given to the agency to...

Even A Year After Sec.377 Verdict, Centre Has Not Acted On SC Direction To Give 'Wide Publicity' For Judgment

The SC had called upon the Centre to give wide publicity to the verdict at "regular intervals".