Long Court Vacations, Indiscriminate Use Of Writ Jurisdiction, Frequent Adjournments Etc. Reasons For Delay In Disposal Of Cases, Says Law Minister

There is no shortage of Judges in the Supreme Court of India, said the Law Minister today in Parliament.Replying to queries of two MPs, Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told the house that Supreme Court has reached its full strength of 31 Judges for the first time since 2009. As on 01.07.2019, there are 403 vacancies in the High Courts, the minister added.Minister's Reasons For Delay In Disposal...

Ram Janmabhoomi/Babri Masjid Title Dispute: SC To Hear Plea For Early Hearing Tomorrow

The Supreme Court shall hear on Thursday the plea for an early hearing of the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute. The application is scheduled to be taken up by the five-judge bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S. A. Bobde, D. Y. Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and Abdul Nazeer. The plaintiff in the first suit in the Ayodhya case, Gopal Singh Visharad, made a mention before...

Victim Need Not Obtain Leave For Filing Appeal Against Acquittal, It Should Be Dealt As A Regular Appeal, Reiterates SC

Reiterating that victim has a right to file the appeal against acquittal of the accused without seeking leave to Appeal, the Supreme Court observed that such appeal has to be dealt as a regular appeal.The bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice KM Joseph set aside the High Court judgment which had dismissed appeal of the victim (in fact styled as leave to appeal) on the...

Even Brief Judgments Of Supreme Court Passed After Grant Of Special Leave Are Binding Precedents: SC [Read Judgment]

"Once a special leave petition has been granted, the doors for the exercise of appellate jurisdiction of this Court have been let open."

Providing Transportation Facilities To Students Is Not Substitute To Establishing Schools For Elementary Education: Kerala HC(FB) [Read Order]

"State Government cannot shirk its duty to establish schools having classes 1 to 5 every one kilometre and of schools having classes 6 to 8 every three kilometres."

SC Agrees For Early Listing Of Petition Challenging Article 370 Of The Constitution

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed for an early listing of the petition challenging the constitutionality of Article 370 of the Constitution by virtue of which the state of Jammu & Kashmir is accorded a special status. The PIL, by BJP Leader and Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, seeks a declaration that the proviso to Article 370(3) has lapsed with the dissolution of the J &...

'Speaker Not Accepting Resignation': SC Agrees To Hear 10 Karnataka Rebel MLAs' Plea Tomorrow [Read Petition]

Amidst the political crisis in Karnataka, the Supreme Court agrees to hear on Thursday the plea of the rebel MLAs alleging that the Speaker has failed in his constitutional duty and is on purpose procrastinating the acceptance of their resignations. The matter was mentioned before Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi by Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi and Advocate Shubhranshu Padhi on behalf of the...

Filling Up Of Vacancies In Lower Judiciary: SC Directs States, HCs To Submit The Status Report On July 30, Summons Law Secretaries And Registrars

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked all States and Union Territories, and Registrar General of the jurisdictional High Courts to submit details of filling up of the vacancies in different cadres of the District and subordinate judicial services. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi has asked the concerned authority to inform the position with regard to filling up of...

Inter-State Sales Between Successor States After Reorganization Cannot Be Treated As Intra-State Sales: SC [Read Judgment]

"Creation of the new political State must be given full legal effect. "

Recent Supreme Court Judgments On Domestic Violence Act [2006-2019]

The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 came into force on 26 October 2006. The stated objective of the Act is "to provide for more effective protection of the rights of women guaranteed under the Constitution who are victims of violence of any kind occurring within the family".The Supreme Court of India has made some significant interventions and interpretations in the...

'Whether Rohingyas Entitled To Refugee Status in India?' SC Agrees To Hear In August

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to finally adjudicate the question of whether the members of the Rohingya community are entitled to refugee status and hence, immunity from deportation in August. The bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi decided to take up this central issue, "instead of deciding the supplementary questions", requiring the Counsel to file the gist of their...

Ayodhya-Babri Title Dispute : Plaintiff Seeks Early Hearing Of Appeals In SC Citing Lack Of Progress In Mediation

The plaintiff in the first suit in the Ayodhya-Babri title dispute case, Gopal Singh Visharad, made a mention before the Chief Justice on Tuesday for early hearing of the appeals.Senior Advocate P S Narasimha made the request citing the reason that "no progress is made in the mediation even after the first round".On this, CJI Gogoi asked the counsel to file appropriate application for...