SC Refuses Urgent Hearing Of Plea Against Release Of Film 'Ram Ki Janmabhoomi'

Supreme Court Thursday refused to stall the release of film 'Ram Ki Janmabhoomi' which is scheduled to hit the screens across the country on March 29. A plea seeking to stall the release of the film was mentioned before a bench headed by Justice S A Bobde and the petitioner claimed that the release of the movie will vitiate the ongoing mediation proceeding in the Ayodhya land...

"All Tribunals Should Be Brought Under One Nodal Agency To Ensure Efficient Functioning" : SC Asks Govt. To Reply In Two Weeks [Read Order]

"While there cannot be a doubt that to streamline the task of their efficient functioning, the tribunals should be under a nodal agency, as observed in L. Chandra Kumar, we would like the government of India to let the court have the benefit of its views on affidavit by the competent authority",states the Order

'Retrograde Step' : Election Commission Opposes Anonymity Of Electoral Bonds Scheme [Read Affidavit]

Anonymous corporate donations could lead to the increased use of black money for political funding through shell companies, expressed the ECI.

Companies Act Does Not Stipulate Any Period For Completion Of Serious Fraud Investigation: SC [Read Judgment]

Holding that there is no stipulation of any fixed period for completion of a Serious Fraud investigation, the Supreme Court has observed that the stipulation in sub-section (3) of Section 212 of the Companies Act, 2013, in relation to the submission of the report, is not mandatory, but directory.The bench comprising Justice AM Sapre and Justice UU Lalit were dealing with an appeal filed by...

Remand Order Cannot Be Challenged In Habeas Corpus Petition: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has observed that the act of directing remand of an accused is a judicial function and the challenge to the order of remand is not to be entertained in a habeas corpus petition. While allowing the appeal filed by Serious Fraud Investigation Office against the Delhi High Court order in a habeas corpus petition, the bench comprising Justice AM Sapre and Justice...

SC Sentences Nedumpara To 3 Months Jail For Contempt; Bars From Practising In SC; Suspends Sentence On Undertaking

Nedumpara has also been barred from practising in SC for one year.

Tribunals CB [Day-1, Session-1] There Is A Strong View Point That Post-Retirement Appointments Is A Scar On Independence Of Judiciary, Says CJI

"There is no dispute that most of these tribunals are virtually non-functioning either for the lack of infrastructure or manpower...there is a very practical solution and the idea is to have as few tribunals as possible. And to ensure uniformity on the quasi-judicial side", remarked Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Wednesday. The Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice was hearing on...

SC Directs TN Govt. To Ensure There Is No Defacement Of Public Places With Political Slogans And Politicians' Photos [Read Order]

"What the court desired the State to do is to take preventive steps from defacement/disfigurement of public places by slogans, particularly election slogans when the elections are round the corner."

Plea For Prohibiting Candidates From Contesting From More Than One Constituency: SC Agrees To Hear After Two Weeks

Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a petition seeking directions to restrict candidates from contesting from two constituencies simultaneously after two weeks.The bench of Justices S A Bobde, M M Shantanagoudar and S Abdul Nazeer was hearing a PIL filed by Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay praying that Section 33(7) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, which allows a person to contest...

Complaint Under Section 138 NI Act Maintainable Against Dishonour Of Cheques Issued In Pursuance Of Agreement For Sale: SC [Read Judgment]

"Though it is well settled that an agreement to sell does not create any interest in immovable property, it nonetheless constitutes a legally enforceable contract between the parties to it."

Forest Act- Magistrate Can't Invoke Jurisdiction Under S.451 CrPC To Release A Seized Vehicle, Once Authorized Officer Initiates Confiscation Proceedings:SC [Read Judgment]

Statutory interpretation must remain eternally vigilant to the daily assaults on the environment, said the Supreme Court while it set aside the Madhya Pradesh High Court order that directed the Magistrate to order interim release of a vehicle seized for being involved in the illegal excavation of sand from the Chambal River. The bench comprising Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice...

Averment Of Political Rivalry By Itself Does Not Constitute A 'Plea Of Mala Fides': SC [Read Judgment]

"Such averments by itself do not constitute a plea of mala fides without there being any substantial material in its support."