SC Issues Notice In Challenge Against Madras HC Curbing LG's Interference In Puducherry Government

The Supreme Court issued notice in the Special Leave Petition filed against the judgment of the Madras High Court that the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry has no right to interefere in the daily affairs of the elected government of Puducherry.The notice is issued in the Special Leave Petition filed by Puducherry LG Kiran Bedi."The Administrator is bound by the aid and advice of the Council...

Specific Performance: Plea Of Hardship Cannot Be Raised If Not Pleaded In Written Statement: SC [Read Judgment]

“The plea raised on behalf of the vendor on hardship cannot be permitted to be raised now, more particularly when no such plea was raised/taken in the written statement”

SC Notifies Vacation Benches, Probable Government Formation Cases Likely To Be Heard By CJI Bench

It is most likely that the CJI Bench would be hearing probable Government formation disputes if there is no majority for any political party.

SC Extends Time For Completing Ayodhya- Babri Land Dispute Mediation Till Aug 15

Constitution bench of the Supreme Court has extended the time given to the Ayodhya mediation panel to complete the process till August 15.Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said that the report of the Chairman of the court-appointed mediation committee has been received and the progress made in the process is noted- "The mediation is on and the Chairperson seeks an extension until August 15 to arrive...

SC Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Share Holders Accused Of 'Stealing' Company Documents To Produce Before Company Law Board [Read Judgment]

"Merely because the respondents have produced the copies of the documents in the CLB proceedings, it cannot be said that they have removed the documents with "dishonest" intention."

SC Rejects Sanjiv Bhatt's SLP Against Dismissal Of Bail Application In 23 Year Old Case [Read Order]

The Supreme Court today dismissed the special leave petition filed by former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt against the March 7 judgment of the Gujarat High Court which had dismissed his bail application.The sacked Gujarat cadre official has been in custody since September 2018 in a twenty three year old alleged drug planting case.The bench of CJI Ranjan Gogi, Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv...

SC To Consider Ayodhya-Babri Land Dispute Case Tomorrow

The Supreme Court constitution bench of CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices S A Bobde, Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and Abdul Nazeer will consider the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid land dispute matter tomorrow at 10.30 AM.Two months ago, the Court had referred the matter for mediation to a court appointed panel of former SC judge Justice F M Khalifullah, Sri Sri Ravi Sankar and Senior Advocate Sriram Panchu.It...

Information Contained In A Document Is A 'Corporeal Property' And Can Be Subject Matter Of Theft: SC [Read Judgment]

"Information contained in a document, if replicated, can be the subject of theft and can result in wrongful loss, even though the original document was only temporarily removed from its lawful custody for the purpose of extracting the information contained therein."

Rafale : Petitioners Raise Doubts On Reliability Of CAG Report [Read Rejoinder]

Responding to the counter-affidavit filed by the Government terming the perjury application in Rafale case "misconceived", the applicants have filed a rejoinder.The Government has placed heavy reliance on the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General to rebut the allegations levelled by the Yashwnat Sinha, Arun Shourie and Prashant Bhushan in the application.Regarding this, the...

Rafale : Perjury Application Misconceived; Based On Selective Leaks And Incomplete Information, Govt Tells SC [Read Affidavit]

The perjury application filed by review petitioners in the Rafale case is based on selective media reports and incomplete internal file notings procured illegally, says the counter affidavit filed by the Government."Media reports cannot form the basis for seeking initiation of 'perjury proceedings' since it is well settled that Courts do not take decisions on the basis of media reports",...

"If Some Papers Say He Is British Citizen, Will He Become British Citizen?" SC Rejects Plea On Rahul Gandhi's Citizenship

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the plea by two private persons to restrain Congress President Rahul Gandhi from contesting the 2019 General Elections until the determination of the 'dual citizenship' issue upon his supposedly procuring British citizenship. "Some paper says he has British citizenship so he becomes a British citizen? Merely because a company speaks of him as a...

Lawyer Is Not Just His Client's Mouthpiece; Be Responsible While Making Presentation To The Court: SC [Read Judgment]

"Time has come for these issues to be considered so that the citizen’s faith in the justice system is not lost."