Recruiting Agency Can't Be Compelled To Fill Available Posts Even When Persons Of Desired Merit Are Not Available: SC [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court has re-iterated that the recruiting agency cannot be compelled to fill up all available posts even if the persons of the desired merit are not available. The Supreme Court has allowed an appeal filed by Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and has held that it was at liberty to set minimum qualifying cut-off marks in exam for appointment of Assistant Teacher...

Acquittal From Criminal Case Does Not Ipso Facto Absolve Delinquent From Disciplinary Action, Reiterates SC [Read Judgment]

The two proceedings, criminal and departmental, are entirely different.

No Room For Sympathy While Sentencing Terror Convicts: SC Restores 7 Yrs Imprisonment For Woman Convicted For Propagating ISIS Ideology [Read Judgment]

"The intensity of her participation and involvement were clearly made out. In the circumstances, there was no room for invoking sympathetic considerations"

"Protection of Wives Can't Be Achieved By Incarceration of Husbands".Plea In SC Challenges Law Criminalizing Triple Talaq [Read Petition]

Samastha Kerala Jamiathul Ulama, a religious organisation of the Sunni Muslim scholars and clerics in Kerala has filed a petition in Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019.The "Muslim Women(Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2019", commonly known as Triple Talaq Bill was recently passed by the Parliament...

SC Issues Notice On PIL For Measures Under Mental Health Act To Curb Child Suicides [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra on Friday issued notice to Centre and state governments on a PIL raising the issue of increasing number of child suicides.The petition prays for a direction to governments of Centre and States to implement 'public health programme' for the prevention and reduction of suicides in their respective jurisdiction as provided under Section 29...

Fundamental Right To Privacy Not Absolute And Must Bow Down To Compelling Public Interest: SC [Read Judgment]

The fundamental right to privacy cannot be construed as absolute and but must bow down to compelling public interest, remarked the Supreme Court in its judgment holding that a Judicial Magistrate can order a person to give a sample of his voice for the purpose of investigation of a crime.The three judge bench comprising the Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Deepak Gupta and...

Unnao Girl Critical, SC Told; Family Given Liberty To Decide On Shifting Her To AIIMS; Transfer Of Road Crash Case To Delhi Stayed

The teenage girl of Unnao who survived the road crash on July 28 is unconscious and continues to be on ventilator support, amicus curiae Senior Adovcate V Giri told the Supreme Court on Friday.The amicus also informed the Court that the girl's family was satisfied with the treatment at King George's Medical College Hospital, Lucknow. The bench comprising CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices Deepak...

Ayodhya-Babri Title Dispute : SC Says Mediation Attempts Failed; To Hear Appeals From August 6

The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Friday said that it will start hearing the appeals related to Ayodhya-Babri Masjid title dispute on day to day basis from August 6.The Court told the parties that it has received a report from the SC-appointed panel comprising former SC judge Justice F M Kalifulla, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and Senior Advocate Sriram Panchu stating that the...

SC Asks Centre To Decide On Justice Kureshi's Elevation By August 14

The Court was hearing the petition filed by Gujarat High Court Advocates Association.

Breaking - Magistrate Has Power To Direct An Accused To Give Voice Samples During Investigation Without His Consent : SC [Read Judgment]

In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court on Friday held that a judicial magistrate can direct an accused to provide his voice samples for investigation even without his consent.The three-judges bench led by the CJI thus settled the confusion which arose out of the split verdict in the 2012 verdict by a two judges bench in Ritesh Sinha v State of UP.The CJI-led bench said that in the absence...

SC Transfers Trial Of Unnao Cases To Court Of Delhi District Judge Dharmesh Sharma [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Thursday appointed Dharmesh Sharma, District Judge, West, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi to hold the trial in four cases related to Unnao rape.The CJI-led bench transferred the cases from CBI Court, Lucknow to Delhi in the suo moto proceedings based on the letter by family of Unnao rape survivor seeking protection from intimidation by accused. The mother of the survivor...

Breaking: Gang Rape And Murder Of Minor Girl: SC Confirms Death Sentence [Read Judgment]

"There can be no doubt that today's judgment is in keeping with the legislature's realisation that such crimes are on the rise and must be dealt with severely.""