SC Dismisses 'Saravana Bhavan' Founder Rajagopal's Plea To Extend Time To Surrender In Murder Case

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea of P Rajagopal, the founder of 'Saravan Bhavan' chain of restaurants, to extend time on health reasons to surrender to serve sentence in a murder case.On March 29, a bench of Justices Ramana, Shantanagoudar and Indira Banerjee had dismissed a batch of appeals filed against the 2009 judgment of Madras High Court convicting Rajagopal and his aides...

SC To Depute CBI, Police Officers To Keep Tab On Wrongdoings In Registry

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, in his administrative capacity as head of the judiciary, has taken note of allegations of listing of cases out of turn before various benches of the apex court, an official said, on the condition of anonymity.He has decided to appoint senior superintendents of police and superintendents of police from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Delhi...

Adjudication Of Litigation Is To Be Done On Merits As Far As Possible: SC [Read Judgment]

"Litigation should not be terminated by default, either of the plaintiff or the defendant."

SC Issues Notice To Aditya Talwar In ED's Plea Against Delhi HC Order

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on the Enforcement Directorate's challenge to a Delhi High Court order which allowed Antigua-based Aditya Talwar, an accused in a money laundering case, to appear through his lawyer in a lower court here. Hearing Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on the ED's objection to the liberty to corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar's son to not appear in person,...

SC Issues Notice On PIL For Establishing Human Rights Courts In Every District [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Monday issued notice to the Centre and states on a plea to specify and set up Human Rights Courts for each district across the country, as required under sections 30 and 31 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993. The petition by law student Bhavika Phore also seeks the appointment of special public prosecutors to...

SC Dismisses Brahman Samaj Plea To Ban 'Article 15' Screening

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the petition filed by Brahman Samaj seeking a ban on the screening of the film 'Article 15'.The bench headed by Justice S A Bobde said that the petitioner can approach the 'appropriate authority' with their grievances against the name and content of the movie.The Samaj approached the Court taking objection to the title of the film by stating that...

SC Agrees To Hear Challenge Against Maratha Quota On July 12

The CJI-led bench of the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on July 12 the challenge against the Bombay High Court judgment approving Maratha quota.In its judgment passed on July 27, the Bombay High Court had upheld the validity of reservation granted to the Maratha community by the state government under the socially and educationally backward class category (SEBC) in government jobs...

SC Dismisses Hindu Mahasabha's Plea For Allowing Muslim Women's Entry In Mosques

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by Akhila Bharat Hindu Mahasabha seeking an order permitting entry of women in mosques."Let a Muslim woman challenge it", remarked the Chief Justice of India, while dismissing the petition.The special leave petition was against a judgment of the High Court of Kerala which had dismissed the plea.In its judgment passed on October 11, the...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up

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...

SC Directs Kerala Govt. To Pay Rs. 5 Lakh Compensation To Four Children Affected By Endosulfan [Read Order]

"We see no reason and justification for the Government of Kerala to categorize these four individuals in the 'Other' category and to deny them payment of compensation."

Right To Shelter A Fundamental Right; State Has Constitutional Duty To Provide House Sites To Poor: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

"The right to shelter, therefore, does not mean a mere right to a roof over one's head but right to all the infrastructure necessary to enable them to live and develop as a human being. "

Liberal View Is To Be Adopted In Matters Of Condonation Of Delay, SC Tells NCDRC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has reiterated that, in matter of condonation of delay, the Consumer Commission should take liberal view.The bench comprising Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre and Justice Indu Malhotra set aside an order of National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission which had refused to condone a delay of 207 days in filing the revision petition before it. Referring to an old Supreme...