SC Issues Notice On Plea By 21 Political Parties For 50% VVPAT Verification

The Supreme Court today issued notice on a petition filed by leaders from 21 political parties seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India(ECI) to randomly verify at least 50 per cent votes using Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails (VVPATs) in the polls to 17th Lok Sabha.The bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has asked the ECI to give its response on March...

Breaking: SC Sets Aside Life Ban Imposed On Cricketer Sreesanth; Asks BCCI To Take Fresh Decision On Punishment [Read Judgment]

Partly allowing the appeal of cricketer S Sreesanth, the Supreme Court today set aside the life ban imposed by the Board of Control of Cricket in India(BCCI) on him for indulging in spot-fixing during 2013 Indian Premier League.The bench comprising Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice KM Joseph has directed the disciplinary committee of BCCI to take a decision on the quantum of punishment within...

"There Was A Mistake, Certain Pages Of CAG Report Omitted From The Copies Given To Your Lordships": AG Tells SC [Rafale Courtroom Exchange]

"There has been a mistake. In the copies of the CAG report given to Your Lordships, certain pages had been omitted. It is important because why the price was redacted from the report is mentioned in it. Any disclosure of the price would violate the IGA (Inter-governmental Agreement between India and France)", said Attorney General K. K. Venugopal at outset as the hearing on the review...

Anonymous Electoral Bonds Promote Transparency In Funding Of Political Parties, Centre Tells SC

The scheme of electoral bond will "promote transparency in funding and donation received by political parties", said the affidavit filed by the Central Government today in Supreme Court.The affidavit is filed countering the petition filed by Communist Party of India(Marxist), which challenges the scheme as "an obscure funding system which is unchecked by any authority" Electoral bonds...

#Rafale: SC Reserves Orders On Preliminary Objections By Centre That Court Cannot Examine 'Privileged' Documents

In the Rafale review, the Supreme Court today reserved orders on the preliminary objections raised by the Central Government that the documents presented by the petitioners cannot be relied on by the Court as they are "privileged" documents. The Attorney General opened the arguments today by saying that the documents presented are privileged documents , which cannot be considered in evidence...

Mere Disclosure Of Names By Some Witnesses During Trial Not Enough To Add Persons Not Named In FIR As Additional Accused: SC [Read Judgment]

“Additional accused cannot be summoned under Section 319 of the Code in casual and cavalier manner in the absence of strong and cogent evidence”

Married Daughter Also Has A Right Of Succession In The "Lease Premises" Under Goa Succession Law: SC [Read Judgment]

"Under the provisions of the erstwhile Portuguese Civil Code, 1867 and/or under the provisions of the Inventory Proceeding Act, 2012, there is no further classification between a daughter married or unmarried and son."

"Someone Sitting In Delhi Is Filing Affidavits In Respect Of Detention Centres In Assam!":CJI [Courtroom Exchange]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday required the state of Assam to satisfy the court that its Foreigner Tribunals are functioning efficiently and that the adjudications are carried on in accordance with the well-established principles of law.The bench headed by Chief Justice was hearing a PIL filed by activist Harsh Mander through advocate Prashant Bhushan on the plight of foreigners in...

Rafale Petitioners Guilty Of Leakage Of Sensitive Information: Centre Submits In SC, Seeks Removal From Records

Even though the Central Government maintains secrecy, the petitioners and the deponent of the affidavit of the Review Petition are guilty of leakage of sensitive information, which offends the terms of the agreements. Additionally, those who have conspired in this leakage are guilty of penal offences under the Indian Penal Code including theft by unauthorized photocopying and leakage of sensitive official documents affecting National Security. These matters are now a subject of an internal enquiry which has commenced on 28.02.2019, and it is currently in progress. In particular, it is of utmost concern to the Central Government to find out where the leakage took place so that in future the sanctity of decision making process in governance is maintained".

Only Officers With Minimum Service Of 6 Months Left Should Be Considered For DGP Appointment, Clarifies SC [Read Judgment]

Clarifying last year's order on police reforms in the Prakash Singh Badal case, the Supreme Court today said that only officers who have a minimum of six months tenure left in service should be considered for the post of Director General of Police (DGP). A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the recommendation for post of DGP by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)...

Why No Mechanism To Monitor Assets Of MPs And MLAs? SC Asks Centre

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to explain in two weeks why it has not set up a permanent mechanism to monitor the undue accretion of assets by elected representatives as directed by it last year. On Feb 16 last year, the apex court had said the undue accretion of assets by lawmakers was a "sure indicator" of the beginning of a failing democracy, which if left unattended,...

SC Curious About Fate Of Persons Whose Name Appears In Electoral Roll But Not In Final NRC [Read Order]

"The question that looms large and what the Court would like to be informed about is the precise relationship between the final N.R.C. which is due to be published on 31.7.2019 and the electoral rolls."