Section 313 CrPC: Inculpatory Material As Not Put To The Accused Must Be Eschewed: SC [Read Judgment]

"The incriminating material is to be put to the accused so that the accused gets a fair chance to defend himself. This is in recognition of the principles of audi alteram partem."

Chidambaram's Custody Needed To Unravel Layers Of Money Laundering In INX Media Case, ED Tells SC [Read Affidavit]

Stating that there existed prima facie 'reasons to believe' that former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has indulged in money laundering, the Enforcement Directorate has filed a counter-affidavit in the Supreme Court, opposing his plea for pre-arrest bail.The ED has claimed that it has 'substantial evidence' to believe that Chidambaram and his aides created a web of shell companies to...

Breaking : Chidambaram's Police Custody In INX Media Case Extended By Four Days Till August 30

CBI Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar at the Rouse Avenue, Delhi on Monday extended the CBI custody of former Union Home and Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the INX media case by four more days till August 30.The Solicitor General asked for extension of custody by five more days stating that interrogation has not been completed. Chidambaram was confronted with one of the co-accused on Augsut...

Chidambaram Bail : Delhi HC Order 'Copy Paste' From ED's Sealed Cover Note, Says Sibal ; SC Extends Interim Protection In INX Case Till Aug 27

In a relief to former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram, the Supreme Court on Monday extended the interim protection from arrest earlier granted to him in the case registered by the Enforcement Directorate for alleged money laundering in the INX Media FDI transactions till tomorrow.The bench of Justices R Bhanumati and A S Bopanna passed the order after a lengthy hearing session which...

Breaking - INX Media : SC Dismisses Chidambaram's Plea For Anticipatory Bail In CBI Case As 'Infructuous'

The Supreme Court bench of Justices Bhanumati and A S Bopanna on Monday dismissed the petition filed by the former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram challenging the August 20 judgment of the Delhi High Court that refused pre-arrest bail to him in the case registered by Central Bureau of Investigation in the INX media case.The bench said that the petition has become 'infructuous' as...

SC Issues Notice On Plea To Set Up Online RTI Portals In States [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court bench headed by Justice N V Ramana on Monday issued notice to governments of Centre and States on a Public Interest Petition (PIL) seeking to direct all States establish online web portals for filing of online RTI applications. The bench, also comprising Justice Ajay Rastogi, was hearing the PIL filed by NGO Pravasi Legal Cell through Advocate Jose...

Supreme Court Monthly Digest- July 2019

Order VII Rule 11(d) CPC: Plaint Can Either Be Rejected As A Whole Or Not At All Madhav Prasad Aggarwal vs. Axis Bank Plaint can either be rejected as a whole or not at all, remarked the Supreme Court while reiterating that it is not permissible to reject plaint qua any particular portion of a plaint including against some of the defendant(s) and continue the same against...

J&K : Sitaram Yechury Files Habeas Petition In SC Against Detention Of CPI(M) Leader M Y Tarigami [Read Petition]

Challenging the detention of Kashmir politician Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami, general secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sitaram Yechury has filed a habeas corpus petition in the Supreme Court.Tarigami, a four-time CPI(M) MLA from Kulgam in the now dissolved J&K assembly, was detained on August 5 in the backdrop of central government measures to revoke the special status of...

Senior Advocate And Former Law Minister Arun Jaitley Passes Away

Senior Advocate and former Union Law Minister Arun Jaitley, 66, passed away. He was undergoing treatment at AIIMS New Delhi since August 9.A press release by AIIMS declared that he breathed his last at 12.07 PM today.Jaitley previously held the cabinet portfolios of Finance, Defence, Corporate Affairs, Commerce and Industry and Law and Justice in the Vajpayee government and the first...

Husband Liable To Pay Maintenance When Marriage Was Annulled Due To His Fault : SC Upholds Kerala HC Order

The Supreme Court recently upheld a Kerala High Court judgment that held that where the marriage happened to be annulled or declared null and void due to some mischief or wrong committed by the husband, he will have to pay maintenance under Section 125 of Cr.P.C despite declaration of nullity or annulment of marriage.The bench comprising Justice R. Banumathi and Justice AS Bopanna,...

313 CrPC-False Explanation By Accused Can't Be Used To Complete The Chain Of Circumstances To Establish His Guilt: SC [Read Judgment]

Such part of the evidence of a hostile witness which is found to be credible could be taken into consideration and it is not necessary to discard the entire evidence.

'Media Clampdown In National Interest' : Press Council Of India Intervenes In Kashmir Times's Plea In SC

Supporting the media restrictions and information blackout imposed in Jammu and Kashmir following the abrogation of its special status, the Press Council of India has filed an intervention application in the Supreme Court. The restrictions are in the interests of the "integrity and sovereignty of the nation', said the PCI in the application filed in the petition of Kashmir Times Executive...