States Can Impose Restrictions To Consider Remission Claims: SC Upholds Rajasthan Rule [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Rule 8(2)(i) of the Rajasthan Prisons (Shortening of Sentences) Rules, 2006. The said rule provided that an application for shortening of sentences and premature release of a prisoner who has been sentenced-to imprisonment for life for an offence for which death penalty is one of the punishment provided by law or who has...

'Chowkidar Remarks Made In The Heat Of Political Campaign', Rahul Gandhi Tells SC [Read Affidavit]

Congress president Rahul Gandhi filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court saying that 'Chowkidar' remarks were made during political campaign at the 'heat of the moment' and clarified that he did not have the slightest intention to bring SC into the political arena or disrepute. On April 15, the top court had sought Gandhi's explanation on a petition filed by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi, who...

TikTok Ban : SC Says Ban Will Stand Lifted If Madras HC Fails To Decide On Interim Order By April 24

Taking note of the fact that the Madras High Court has posted the case against Tik Tok on April 24, the Supreme Court today refrained from passing any orders on the appeal by the mobile app's operator. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said if the Madras High Court fails to decided on the plea of TikTok app against the ban by April 24, then its ban order will...

"Grave Failure Of Due Process", Sr Adv Raju Ramachandran On SC's Saturday Sitting

Senior Advocate and former ASG Raju Ramachandran termed the special sitting held by Supreme Court on Saturday in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against Cheif Justice of India a 'grave failure of due process'.In a response given to Live Law, he said :"When an allegation of sexual harassment is made,the person concerned is fully entitled to assert his innocence, but without shaming...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up

Tenants Can Be Evicted Only By Following Procedure Laid Down In Applicable Rent Control Laws [Dr. RS Grewal Vs. Chander Parkash Soni] The Supreme Court observed that the protection offered to a statutory tenant by Rent Control Laws can only be overcome by following the procedure laid out in such laws. The bench comprising Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Hemant Gupta observed...

Sexual Harassment Allegations Against CJI: SC Leaves It To Media To Take Off 'Undesirable' Materials [Read Order]

"We refrain from passing any judicial order at this moment leaving it to the wisdom of the media to show restraint, act responsibly as is expected from them."

Sexual Harassment Allegations Against CJI: SC Says Bigger Plot To Deactivate Office Of CJI

In response to some media reports on sexual harassment allegations against CJI Ranjan Gogoi made by a former Supreme Court employee, a three-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court comprising of the CJI, Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna held a special sitting today. The notice by registry had stated that the sitting is to deal with a matter of 'great public importance touching upon...

SC Bans Mining Along Kaziranga National Park; No Construction In Nine Animal Corridors [Read Order]

In a major boost to conservation of wildlife in this UNESCO world heritage site, the Supreme Court has banned mining and related activities along the Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve (KNP) and in the catchment area of the rivers/streams and rivulets which originate in the Karbi Anglong Hill ranges and flow into the park. A bench of Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Deepak Gupta...

Plea In SC Against Writing-off NPAs And Waiving-Off Loans By Banks [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court has been moved in a PIL to restrain banks from Technical write-off of NPAs and from waiving off loans with a view to ensure fair usage of public funds which belong to the country's economy. It has been contended that this practice of loan-waiving adversely affects the economy by increasing the fiscal deficit due to Technical writing-off of NPAs. "The technical write-off...

Section 138 NI Act: Notice Demanding 'Loan Amount' Not Invalid If It Is Same As 'Cheque Amount': SC [Read Order]

"Notice issued under Section 138 of the NI Act has to be only for the cheque amount and not for any other amount more than the cheque amount."

Bombay HC Quashes FIR Against Journalist For Suicide Of Jawan After Sting Video

"The deceased committed suicide because his seniors scolded him and not because of the accused", observed the bench.

SC Acquits Murder Accused After 20 Years, Finding That He Was Juvenile At The Time Of Incident [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court acquitted a murder accused after 20 years of commission of alleged murder on the crucial finding that the he was a minor at the time of commission of the offence. In the case Ashok Kumar Mehra & Anr v. State of Punjab, the appellant along with his father was convicted for the offences under 302 r/w 34 of IPC and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life by the High Court...