Executing Court Has No Jurisdiction To Decide Whether The Court Which Decreed The Suit Had Territorial Jurisdiction: SC [Read Judgment]

“The High Court has manifestly acted in excess of jurisdiction in reversing the judgment of the executing court which had correctly declined to entertain the objection to the execution of the decree on the ground of a want of territorial jurisdiction on the part of the court which passed the decree.”

Disclose Material Which Led To Alok Verma's Removal As CBI Director: Former Info Commissioner To President

Former Information Commissioner Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu has written to President Ram Nath Kovind, reiterating his demands for transparency in the process of appointment of Information Commissioners under the Right to Information Act. The letter also advocates for selection of Information Commissioners from diverse fields, rather than the current trend of choosing only those...

No Sales Tax Can Be Levied On Medicines, Implants, Consumables, Surgical Tools Used In Medical Procedures: Kerala HC [FB]

The Full Bench of Kerala High Court has ruled that medicines, implants and other materials used during procedures at hospitals do not constitute sale of goods, and hence, sales tax cannot be levied on these. The Bench comprising Justices K. Vinod Chandran, A. Muhamed Mustaque and Ashok Menon essentially opined that sale of drugs, implants and other consumables form a part of the...

Setback To Delhi Police: Court Refuses To Take Cognizance In JNU Sedition Case Against Kanhaiya& Others

Patiala House Court at Delhi questioned the Delhi police on Saturday for filing a charge sheet against former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in a 2016 sedition case without procuring requisite sanctions. Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Sherawat granted police time till February 6 to procure requisite sanctions after they told the court they will...

Justice Madan Lokur Attends Pakistan CJ's Swearing-In, Shares Bench With Him

The swearing-in ceremony of Pakistan's new Chief Justice of Supreme Court, Asif Saeed Khosa saw the attendance of several luminaries from across the world, including Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and former Supreme Court judge, Justice Madan B Lokur. According to Indian Express, Justice Lokur also shared a bench with the new Chief Justice and heard three cases for about 45 minutes...

SC Dismisses Miniratna PSU's Plea Against Demolition Of Wall In Elephant Corridor

Elephant has first right over forest, said the Supreme Court on Friday as it dismissed the plea of miniratna Public Sector Undertaking Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) and ordered it to demolish the entire 2.2 km of wall with barbed wire and razor-edge fencing right in the middle of an elephant corridor for expansion of its township in the proposed Deopahar reserve forest area, in close proximity...

Rape And Murder Of 8Yr Old Girl: SC Commutes Death Sentence To 25 Yrs Imprisonment Without Remission

The Supreme Court on Friday commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence, as confirmed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court, of a convicted for the rape and murder of an eight-year old girl. The bench of Justices S. A. Bobde, L. Nageswara Rao and R. Subhash Reddy noted that the appellant was charge-sheeted under Sections 5 and 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012,...

When Second Conviction For Murder Would Warrant Imposition Of Death Sentence? Read SC Judgment

“Like in many cases the intention seems to have been to severely injure or disfigure the deceased; in this case we think the intention resulted into an attack more severe than planned which then resulted in the death of the deceased.”

Complainant And IO Same: Two Judge Bench Doubts The Recent Three Judge Bench Judgment

"Since we are in respectful disagreement with the view taken in Mohan Lal (Supra), this matter may require consideration by a Bench of atleast three Hon'ble Judges."

Mere Allegations Of Harassment Without Proximate Positive Action Not Sufficient For Conviction U/S 306 IPC: SC

"In order to bring a case within the purview of Section 306 IPC, there must be a case of suicide and in the commission of the said offence, the person who is said to have abetted the commission of suicide must have played an active role by an act of instigation or by doing certain act to facilitate the commission of suicide."

SC Directs Kerala Govt To Give Adequate Protection To Two Women Who Entered Sabarimala [Read Order]

Kerala Govt submitted that 51 women have visited the temple after the SC judgment

Ensure Uniform Distribution Of Funds To States For Judicial Infrastructure Development: SC To Centre [Read Order]

The Supreme Court Thursday expressed its displeasure over the Centre not disbursing funds uniformly among the state governments for development and upgradation of infrastructure in subordinate judiciary. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi asked the Centre to ensure that the funds should be distributed uniformly in accordance with its policy decision under which a scheme has...