Breaking : Collegium Proposes Elevation Of Justices Krishna Murari, Ravindra Bhat, Ramasubramanian and Hrishikesh Roy As SC Judges [Read Resolution]

The SC Collegium has recommended the elevation of four Chief Justices of High Courts as Supreme Court judges.They are :Justice Krishna Murari, Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court.Justice S Ravindra Bhat, Chief Justice of High Court of RajasthanJustice V Ramasubramanian, Chief Justice of High Court of Himachal PradeshJustice Hrishikesh Roy, Chief Justice of High Court of...

Law Student Who Accused Swami Chinmayanand Found In Jaipur, Says UP Govt ; SC Seeks Her Production Before It Today Itself

After the Uttar Pradesh Government informed the Supreme Court on Friday that the law student, who had allegedly gone missing after levelling sexual harassment allegations against senior BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand, was found with her friend in Rajasthan, the Court sought her production before it today itself.The state counsel told the bench of Justices Banumathi and Bopanna that she was...

[Ayodhya Hearing][Day 15] After 500 yrs, Examining Babur's Dedication Of Mosque 'Little Problematic': SC

The Supreme Court Thursday termed as a "little problematic" the demand of a Hindu body that it judicially scrutinise, after almost 500 years, whether Mughal emperor Babur dedicated the disputed structure in Ayodhya to the 'Allah' for it to be a valid mosque under the tenets of Islam.The counsel for 'Akhil Bhartiya Sri Ram Janam Bhoomi Punarudhar Samiti' told a 5-judge Constitution bench,...

Acting Chief Justice Of Jharkhand HC Justice Prashant Kumar Passes Away

Acting Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court Justice Prashant Kumar has passed away today at 5.15 am.He was appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Jharkhand on 7th of June 2019.He enrolled as an Advocate on 01st October, 1980 with Bihar State Bar Council and practiced in Patna High Court, Patna and its Bench at Ranchi from 1980 to 1991 in Constitutional and Service Matters....

Judicial Service-A Candidate Applied For General Category Cannot Subsequently Claim Seat Reserved For Disabled Candidate:SC [Read Judgment]

"The claim under the PWD category should have been made in the application and the disability certificate should have been produced along with the application"

INX Media : SC To Pronounce Orders On Chidambaram's Bail Plea On Sep 5

The Supreme Court bench of Justices R Bhanumati and A S Bopanna on Thursday reserved orders on the petition filed by former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram against the August 20 judgment of the Delhi High Court that refused him pre-arrest bail in the INX media scam case.The Court has directed the Enforcement Directorate(ED) to submit the materials collected by it in a sealed cover...

Justice Sunil Gaur, Who Denied Bail To Chidambaram, Tipped To Head PMLA Appellate Tribunal

Government is likely to appoint Justice Sunil Gaur, who had rejected the bail plea of former finance minister P Chidambaram in the INX Media case, as chairman of the PMLA Appellate Tribunal, reports PTINotably, three days before retirement, Justice Gaur had denied anticipatory bail to former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram by terming him the "kingpin and key conspirator" of the INX...

[Ayodhya Hearing][Day 14]: Babur Neither Visited Ayodhya Nor Constructed Mosque By Demolishing Temple: Hindu Body Tells SC

Mughal emperor Babur neither visited Ayodhya nor ordered demolition of the temple to construct a mosque in 1528 at the disputed Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri masjid site, a Hindu body claimed before the Supreme Court on Wednesday. 'Akhil Bhartiya Sri Ram Janam Bhoomi Punarudhar Samiti', a defendant in a lawsuit filed by a Muslim party in the case, referred to the historical books like...

NDPS: Reverse Burden Of Proof Does Not Absolve Prosecution From Establishing Prima Facie Case Against Accused: SC [Read Order]

"Because there is a reverse burden of proof, the prosecution shall be put to a stricter test for compliance with statutory provisions."

INX Media - There Is No Retrospective Application Of PMLA Against Chidambaram : Solicitor General

Countering the arguments of Chidambaram's lawyers that Prevention of Money Laundering Act was being retrospectively applied to Chidambaram, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted on Wednesday that the money laundering continued even after the 2007 INX FDI deal. Senior Advocate Dr A M Singhvi had submitted yesterday that sections added to PMLA in 2009 were invoked against Chidambaram...

Take Measures To End Caste Discrimination In Campuses: Mothers Of Rohit Vemula, Payal Tadvi Move SC [Read Petition]

Mothers of Rohit Vemula and Dr Payal Tadvi have approached the Supreme Court seeking a sound mechanism to end the caste-based discrimination campuses.Rohit Vemula, a PhD Scholar at University of Hyderabad working for rights of the Dalit community, was a member of the Ambedkar Students Association. He committed suicide after he was suspended from his campus residence on the basis of a complaint...

SC To Consider Request For Suo Moto Action On The Case Of Missing Law Student

The law student from UP went missing after making sexual harassment allegations against BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand