Breaking : SC Refers Ayodhya-Babri Land Dispute For Mediation; Panel Of Mediators Appointed [Read Order]

Noting that there is no legal impediment in doing so, the Supreme Court on Friday referred to court-appointed and court-monitored mediation the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute in the hope of a "permanent solution". The five-judge bench constituted a Three-member panel to be headed by (retd.) Justice F. M. I. Khalifullah. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and Senior Advocate Sri Ram Panchu shall...

Women's Day - "I Don't Think I Was Elevated As SC Judge Because I Was A Lady": Justice Indira Banerjee

Providing reservation to women undermines their capabilities, Supreme Court judge, Justice Indira Banerjee said Thursday while speaking at an event here on the eve of International Women's Day. Women should be capable in every respect and they have proven time and again to be so, Justice Banerjee said, at a seminar-cum workshop organised by the Citizen's Rights Trust. "If you...

Transfer Of Property Act Disputes Between Landlord-Tenant Arbitrable? SC Refers To Larger Bench [Read Judgment]

"It is clear that the Transfer of Property Act is silent on arbitrability, and does not negate arbitrability."

"I Am An Individual In My Own Right! We Identify As Individual Lawyers Not As Somebody's Wife Or Husband": Jaising To AG [Courtroom Exchange]

"You withdraw that statement, Mr. Attorney! ...I am an individual in my own right! ,We identify as individual lawyers and not as somebody's wife or husband! That is why we have not changed our names and I continue to be Indira Jaising!"

Medical Negligence- Award Of Compensation Cannot Go Restrictive When The Victim Is From Poor And Rural Background:SC [Read Judgment]

"We are impelled to make these observations in the context of an uncomfortable fact indicated on record that when the appellant was writhing in pain, she was not immediately attended at and was snubbed with the retort that 'the people from hilly areas make unnecessary noise'."

Consumer Forums Have Jurisdiction To Dismiss Complaints In Limine: SC [Read Judgment]

“However, such jurisdiction to dismiss the complaint in limine has to be exercised by the Commission having regard to facts of each case, i.e., in appropriate case.”

Ayodhya-Babri Title Dispute : SC To Pronounce Orders Tomorrow On Whether To Refer Case For Mediation

The Supreme Court constitution bench will pronounce orders tomorrow on whether to refer Ayodhya-Babri Masjid title dispute case to mediation or note.Yesterday, the bench of CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices S A Bobde, D Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and Abdul Nazeer had reserved orders on this plea.The Hindu groups yesterday stiffly opposed the reference to mediation. They submitted that the matter...

Breaking: Teachers Are Entitled To Gratuity, Holds SC After Recalling Erroneous Judgment [Read Judgment]

"The apparent error is that it was not brought to our notice that the Parliament, consequent upon the decision of this Court in Ahmadabad Pvt. Primary Teachers Association (supra), had amended the definition of "employee" as defined in Section 2(e) of the Payment of Gratuity Act by amending Act No. 47 of 2009 with retrospective effect from 03.04.1997."

Prashant Bhushan Refuses To Apologize In AG's Contempt Plea, AG Wants To Drop The Plea, SC Wants To Continue

Advocate Prashant Bhushan Thursday admitted before the Supreme Court that he made a "genuine mistake" by tweeting that the government had perhaps submitted fabricated minutes of a meeting of the high-powered selection committee on appointment of M Nageswara Rao as an interim CBI director. Attorney General K K Venugopal told a bench comprising justices Arun Mishra and Navin Sinha that in...

Lokpal: SC Asks AG To Inform The Date For Meeting Of Selection Committee Within 10 Days [ Read Order ]

The Supreme Court Thursday asked Attorney General K K Venugopal to inform it within 10 days about a possible date for meeting of the selection committee for appointment of Lokpal and its members. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi was informed by Venugopal that the search committee headed by former apex court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai has recommended three panels of names...

Supreme Court Monthly Digest- February 2019

Significant Rulings Minority Status Of Aligarh Muslim University: SC Refers The Matter To Seven Judge Bench The Supreme Court referred to seven-judge bench the issue of determining the correctness of minority status granted to Aligarh Muslim University. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi referred the matter to the larger bench for defining the parameters...

"The Contentious Issue Is Relating To Ram's Birth Place, That Is Not Negotiable": CS Vaidyanathan [Ayodhya Hearing- Courtroom Exchange]

At the outset of the Ayodhya hearing on Wednesday, it was contended that in view of Order VIII Rule 4 of the CPC, the instant dispute being in the nature of a representative suit, no part of the claim could be abandoned and no compromise could be effectively recorded unless the Court has given notice to all persons so interested. The Supreme Court five-judge bench had assembled to decide...