Violation Of SC Order Directing Declaration Of Criminal Antecedents Of Candidates: SC Issues Notice To Dy. Election Commissioners, Law Secy.

Ahead of the General Elections of 2019, the Supreme Court on Friday issued contempt notices to three Deputy Election Commissioners for the failure of the Election Commission of India to ensure the disclosure of criminal antecedents of candidates, and to the Law Secretary and the Cabinet Secretary for the government of India's omission to bring a law debarring such candidates from...

'Second FIR Not Barred Merely Because Motive In Both Offences Are The Same'; SC Upholds Life Sentence Of Saravana Bhavan Founder For Murder [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the life sentence awarded to P Rajagopal - the founder of famous South Indian restaurant chain Saravana Bhavan - and five of his aides for murder of Santhakumar in 2001.The bench of Justices N V Ramana, Mohan M Shantanagoudar and Indira Banerjee dismissed the batch of appeals filed by accused against the 2009 judgment of Madras High Court. The trial court...

Meet Six Women Lawyers Designated As Senior Advocates By SC Today

Today, the Supreme Court designated 37 advocates as senior advocates.Six women feature in that list. They are :Madhavi Goradia DivanAnitha ShenoyAparajita SinghMenaka GuruswamyAishwarya BhatiPriya HingoraniMadhavi Divan is at present an Additional Solicitor General in the Supreme Court. She was appointed ASG on December 17, 2018 and will hold office till June 30, 2020. Advocate Divan obtained...

Breaking: SC Designates 37 Lawyers As Senior Advocates [Read List]

Supreme Court has designated 37 lawyers as Senior Advocates. Here is the Full ListMadhavi Goradia Divan R. Balasubramanian Anitha Shenoy Aruneshwar Gupta Jugal Kishore Tikamchand Gilda Sanjay Parikh Preetesh Kapur Ashok Kumar Sharma Deepak Madhusudan Nargolkar Ajit Shankarrao Bhasme Nikhil Nayyar S. Wasim A. Qadri M. G. Ramachandran Manish Singhvi Gopal Sankaranarayanan Mohan Venkatesh...

Criminal Antecedents Of Candidate Cannot Be Said To Be 'Clear' When Acquittal Is By Granting Benefit Of Doubt: SC [Read Order]

“It cannot be said to be case of clear acquittal, in criminal case, he was given benefit of doubt not acquitted because the case against him was found to be false.”

SC Collegium Recommends Transfer Of Rajasthan HC Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog To Bombay HC [Read Resolution]

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended transfer Justice Pradeep Nandrajog, the current Chief Justice Rajasthan High Court to Bombay High Court.The Collegium comprising of CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices SA Bobde, NV Ramana, Arun Mishra and RF Nariman took note that the present Chief Justice of Bombay High Court Justice N.H. Patil, is retiring on 6th April, 2019. ":Office of the Chief Justice...

SC Issues Notice To Vodafone & Airtel On CBI's Plea Alleging Non Cooperation By Telecos In Saradha Chit Funds Case

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on CBI's plea alleging non-cooperation on the part of telecom operators Vodafone and Airtel in not sharing the Call Detail Records (CDR) of Saradha Group directors Sudipta Sen and Debjani Mukherjee. The bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi required the companies to reply by April 8 even as Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi refuted the...

Buyer Cannot Be Required To Wait Indefinitely For Possession: SC Asks Developer To Refund The Buyer [Read Judgment]

"A buyer can be expected to wait for possession for a reasonable period. A period of seven years is beyond what is reasonable."

Benefit Of Probation Can't Be Extended To An Accused Convicted For An Offence Punishable With Life Imprisonment: SC [Read Order]

"There is no dispute that an offence under Section 326 IPC which carries a sentence of life imprisonment cannot be compounded either under Section 360 Cr.P.C. or under Section 4 of the Act."

[Tribunals- Day-2] If Your Lordships Finds Speaker's Certificate Invalid, Whole Finance Act With Amendments To All Statutes Will Go":AG

In his turn, Attorney General K. K. Venugopal on Thursday defended the passage of the Finance Act of 2017 as a Money Bill in circumvention of the Rajya Sabha. A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court was hearing the challenge to the introduction as a Money Bill of the Act, which altered the mode of selection, appointment, removal, and the qualifications and terms of service of the...

State Can Include Proceeds From Inter-State Sale In Total Turnover To Classify Dealers For Sales Tax Slab : SC [Read Judgment]

A challenge to the constitutionality of Section 6B of the Karnataka Sales Tax Act 1957 on the ground that it permitted State to include proceeds from inter-state sale in 'total turnover' was repelled by the Supreme Court.The petitioner's argument was that since States cannot impose tax on inter-state sale, inclusion of such sale in 'total turnover' is not permissible as per Article 286...

Drunkenness While On Duty A Serious Misconduct: SC Upholds Dismissal Of A Police Constable [Read Judgment]

"Having regard to the seriousness of the charge of misconduct and the fact that the respondent was a member of the police service, we find no justification for the High Court to interfere with the order of dismissal."