Breaking - Chinmayanand Case : SC Directs SIT Probe Into Sexual Harassment Allegations Made By LLM Student [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to constitute a Special Investigation Team(SIT) to investigate the sexual harassment allegations made by an LLM student against senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Swami Chinmayanand.The order was passed by the bench of Justices R Banumathi and A S Bopanna in a suo moto case taken on the news reports about LLM student...

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Section 313 CrPC: Inculpatory Material As Not Put To The Accused Must Be Eschewed [SamsulHaque vs. State of Assam] The Supreme Court has reiterated that the incriminating material that came in evidence is to be put to the accused during his examination under Section 313 of the Criminal Procedure Code.The bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice KM Joseph said that this is...

INX Media : SC Asks Chidambaram To Move Lower Court For Bail; Directs CBI Court To Extend Police Custody If Interim Relief Is Declined [Read Order]

[Update at 03:20 PM :When the bench assembled post-lunch, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta made a mention seeking modification. The SG said that the order effectively asks Chidambaram to be released on bail. He requested the bench to take up matter tomorrow and said that CBI will seek only police custody of Chidambaram till tomorrow. Accordingly, the bench modified the order, directing the...

Food Security : SC Issues Notice On Plea For Establishing Community Kitchens In Country

The Supreme Court has asked the centre to file its reply to the petition seeking setting up of community kitchens pan-India, to eradicate hunger, malnutrition and starvation deaths prevalent in the country.The petition filed by social activists Anun Dhawan, Ishann Dhawan and Kunjana Singh through Advocates Asima Mandla, Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi and Mandakini Singh was listed for admission...

SC Lists For Tomorrow Senior Adv Dhavan's Contempt Plea On Threats For Representing Muslims In Ayodhya Case

The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court hearing the Ayodhya-Babri case has listed for tomorrow the contempt petition filed by Senior Advocate Rajeev Dhavan.The petition was mentioned by Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal before the bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi.The petition was filed last Friday by Senior Advocate Dhavan, alleging that he was threatened for representing Muslim parties in...

Outer Limit Of 120 Days To File 'Section 34' Application To Set Aside Arbitral Award Not Diluted By 2015 Amendment: SC [Read Order]

"Subsequent amendment in 2015 would not change the character of the mandate under Section 34(3) of the Act."

Rs 60,000 Crores Have Been Realized Through Successful Resolution Plans Under IBC : Justice S K Kaul

The central promise of the IBC has been to guarantee a time bound resolution of bad debt, said Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, judge of the Supreme Court of India, while giving a talk at the Symposium on 'Recovery and Resolution- Emerging Challenges before Recovery Tribunals & NCLTs' on Saturday at Chennai."The central promise of the IBC has been to guarantee a time bound resolution of bad...

Subsequent Bail Application Maintainable Before Sessions Court After Withdrawal Of First One Filed Before HC: SC [Read Order]

"There is no provision in CrPC or law laid down by this Court that once an accused has withdrawn his bail application before the High Court, he cannot file a subsequent bail application before the Sessions Court and that his subsequent bail application would lie before the High Court only."

Judicial Service- HC Can't Modify/Relax Instructions Issued By Public Service Commission: ReiteratesSC [Read Judgment]

"Strict adherence to the terms and conditions of the Instructions is of paramount importance."

Kerala District Judge Selection- No Appointment Be Made From In-Service Candidates Against Bar Quota: SC [Read Order]

The Supreme court, while considering a writ petition challenging the constitutional validity of Rule 3(2)(f) of the Kerala State Higher Judicial Service Special Rules, 1961, has directed that no new appointments be made from now onwards of in-service candidates against quota reserved for Bar.In an order passed on 23rd August, the bench comprising Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman and Justice...

Assam NRC Final List Published, Over 19 Lakh People Excluded [Read Press Release]

The final list of National Register of Citizens (NRC) has been published as per the deadline set by the Supreme Court.The list is available in the website nrcassam.nic.in and through NRC seva kendras.As per a press release by the NRC Co-ordinator, the final list has excluded over 19 lakh persons (19,06,657) out of 3.3 crore applicants. The draft list published last year had nearly 40...

[Ayodhya Hearing] [Day 15] : Ready To Forgo One-Third Claim In Disputed Land, Shia Body Tells SC

The Shia Wakf Board on Friday told the Supreme Court that it was ready to forgo one third of 2.77 acre of disputed land allotted to Muslim bodies by the Allahabad High Court to Hindus for construction of a temple at Ayodhya. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, which concluded hearing of arguments from the Hindus' side, was told by the Shia Board that Mir...