[Ayodhya Hearing] [Day 7] 'Muslims Cannot Claim Ownership Merely Because They Offered Prayers At Disputed Site', Submits Counsel For Ram Lalla

On the seventh day of the Ayodhya hearing, Senior Advocate CS Vaidyanathan resumed his arguments on behalf of Ram Lalla Virajman. Through archaeological evidence including maps, photographs and an ASI report, based on a survey conducted in 2003, Vaidyanathan attempted to persuade the constitution bench that before the Babri Masji was constructed, there existed a temple of Lord Ram at the...

Will Take A Decision On Elevation Of Justice Kureshi Within A Week, Centre Tells SC

The Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Friday told the Supreme Court that the Centre will take a call on the SC Collegium's recommendation to elevate Justice Akil Kureshi as Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court within a week.On this, the bench of CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices S A Bobde and Abdul Nazeer adjourned the hearing of the petition filed by Gujarat High Court Advocates Association...

Jammu & Kashmir: SC Pulls Up M L Sharma For Shoddy Petition; Plea Against Media Curbs Adjourned

(Updated)The Supreme Court today pulled up Advocate M L Sharma for filing a shoddy petition challenging the August 5 Presidential Order on Article 370 on the very next day of its issuance.The special bench of CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices S A Bobde and Abdul Nazeer was considering the petitions filed by M L Sharma and Anuradha Bhasin, Executive Editor of Kashmir Times, against the Centre's...

AG Bats For Setting Up Four 'Courts Of Appeal', Says It Will Solve The Problem Of Case Pendency [Read Speech]

In his speech delivered at the Independence day function today at the Supreme Court, the Attorney General of India KK Venugopal has mooted the idea of having Courts of Appeal.According to the Attorney General, these four Courts of Appeal should be located in the four regions of the country in the vicinity of the three Charter High Courts and of the Supreme Court. This comes after the...

Section 292BB Income Tax Act Does Not Save Complete Absence Of Notice, Holds Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

"For Section 292BB to apply, the notice must have emanated from the department. It is only the infirmities in the manner of service of notice that the Section seeks to cure. "

[Ayodhya Hearing ][Day 6] 'Mosque Occupied The Janmasthan', Sr Adv Vaidyanathan Quotes Accounts Of Historians, Travelers

Continuing his endeavour to prove the existence of the Janmasthan temple and the subsequent erection of the Babri Mosque on its ruins, Senior Counsel C. S. Vaidyanathan drew the bench's attention to a 1986 publication based on the research of scholar Hans Bakker. "It would seem that under Muslim supremacy it was possible for Hindu religious life to continue on a modest scale in old...

Second Appeal Not To Be Dismissed Merely On The Ground Of 'Concurrent Findings': SC [Read Judgment]

"If the Appellate Court affirms the finding, it is called "concurrent finding of fact" whereas if the finding is reversed, it is called "reversing finding". "

Plea SC Seeks Establishment Of Community Kitchens Across The Country To Combat Hunger and Malnutrition[Read Petition]

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court, seeking to establish state-funded or Public Private Partnership (PPP) community kitchens pan-India, to eradicate hunger, malnutrition and starvation deaths prevalent in the country. Community kitchens are institutions that provide cheap or free nutritious food as a service to the general public usually run by...

Judge Can Recuse From A Case At His Own Volition, But Not At the Mere Asking Of Litigant: SC [Read Order]

"Recusal, at the asking of the litigating party, cannot be countenanced unless it deserves due consideration and is justified."

"Don't Speak A Word And Don't Aggravate The Issue":SC Warns Against Politicisation Of Demolition of Temple in Delhi

The Supreme Court Tuesday warned against politicising the demolition of a Guru Ravidas temple in Tughlaqabad forest area here on its order and threatened to initiate contempt proceedings against those provoking dharnas and demonstrations. "Don't think we are powerless. We know the seriousness of the issue," a bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra said when the counsel appearing for the...

Efforts Must Be Made To Delink Crucial Aspects Of CBI From Control Of Govt. To Ensure It's Administrative Autonomy : CJI [Read Full Text Of Speech]

"True, in a number of high-profile and politically sensitive cases the agency has not been able to meet the standards of judicial scrutiny. Equally true it is that such lapses may not have happened infrequently. Such instances reflect systemic issues and indicate a deep mismatch between institutional aspirations, organisational design, working culture, and governing politics"

[Ayodhya] [Day 5] : 'There Cannot Be Joint Or Adverse Possession Of The Birthplace, Which By Itself Is A Deity', Submits Sr Adv C S Vaidyanathan

On Day 5 of the hearing in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute, Senior Advocate C. S. Vaidyanathan, for Ram Lalla, sought to make the argument that the 'Janmasthan' is in itself the deity, and that there cannot be any adverse possession, joint possession of it or title claim to it. "There is some conceptual confusion by the High Court. There are 3 concepts- the deity, the abode (or...