Justice Sikri Recuses From Hearing Plea Against Appointment Of Nageshwar Rao As Interim CBI Director

After CJI Gogoi, Justice Sikri today recused from hearing the petition against appointment of Nageshwar Rao as interim CBI Director.The matter will be listed tomorrow before another bench.On Monday, CJI Gogoi had recused from hearing the matter, citing that he was a part of the committee which will decided on the next CBI Director on January 24. The matter was therefore assigned to the...

Promotion To Be In Accordance With The Rules As They Exist During Its Consideration: SC [Read Judgment]

"The entire basis of the decision of the High Court was that those who were recruited prior to the restructuring exercise and were holding the post of Havildars had acquired a vested right of promotion to the post of Naib Subedar. This does not reflect the correct position in law."

Mere Delay In Passing The Award By Itself Cannot Be The Ground To Appoint Another Arbitrator: SC [Read Judgment]

“Mere neglect of an arbitrator to act or delay in passing the award by itself cannot be the ground to appoint another arbitrator in deviation from the terms agreed to by the parties.”

Disappointed That December 12 Collegium Decision Was Not Published, Says Justice Lokur

Justice Madan B Lokur, former Supreme Court judge, today said that he was disappointed that the collegium decisions of December 12 were not uploaded."Once we take certain decisions, they have to be uploaded. I'm disappointed that they were not", he said, while speaking to journalist Rajdeep Sardesai at an event organized by "The Leaflet" the Constitutional Club of India, New DelhiHis...

SC Upholds Allahabad HC Direction To Apply Subject-Wise Reservation In Teaching Posts In Universities.

The HC observed that if university is taken as the unit, it could result in some departments having all the reservations, and some departments having only unreserved candidates.

File Inputs On Prevention Of Torture Bill Within 3 Weeks: SC Directs States, UTs [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses and inputs from States and Union Territories on the Prevention of Torture Bill, 2017 within three weeks.The direction was issued by a Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justice L Nageswara Rao and Justice Sanjiv Khanna, on a petition filed by former Union Minister Dr. Ashwini Kumar. The petition highlights the lack of a...

HC Approach Doubtful, Conviction Debatable: SC Grants Bail To 4 Convicts In 2002 Naroda Patiya case

"The High Court has reversed the acquittal only on the basis of evidence of two police witnesses. Prima facie, we find that the approach of the High court is debatable."

Candidates Clearing Prescribed Qualification After Cut-Off Date Can't Be Considered Qualified: SC [Read Judgment]

“We are not for a moment doubting the correctness of the reasoning of the Division Bench in this case, that eligibility of the candidates must be decided with reference to the qualification possessed as on the cut-off date and the qualification acquired later in point of time cannot make a candidate eligible.”

Will Do Away With Oral Mentioning Altogether Soon, CJI

On Wednesday, Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi again stressed on his endeavour to phase out the morning ritual of 'mentioning'. "The attempt is to do away with the practice of oral mentioning altogether...it takes up too much of the court's time...new guidelines are being put into place which will ensure that every urgent matter comes up on the docket within four days of its filing, at the most...

SC Imposes Rs.5Cr Penalty On A Medical College For Playing Fraud On It; Orders Prosecution Of Its Dean [Read Judgment]

“The bravado shown by the College in an attempt to cheat the MCI, the Government and this Court has to be condemned.”

Appointment Of Info Commissioners: SC Asks Centre To Explain How Those Who Have Not Applied For The Post Shortlisted

The Supreme Court on Tuesday required the Centre to explain how, in the appointment of Information Commissioners, the Selection Committee has shortlisted names of those who did not even apply for their candidature to be considered. Before a bench headed by Justice A. K. Sikri, it was contended that the appointment of information commissioners to the Central Information Commission (CIC)...

Child Born Out Of Marriage Between Muslim Man And A Hindu Woman Entitled To Claim His Father's Property: SC [Read Judgment]

""It would not be out of place to emphasise at this juncture that since Hindus are idol worshippers, which includes worship of physical images/statues through offering of flowers, adornment, etc., it is clear that the marriage of a Hindu female with a Muslim male is not a regular or valid (sahih) marriage, but merely an irregular (fasid) marriage."