Is Statement Recorded Under Section 67 NDPS Act A 'Confessional Statement'? SC Begins Hearing

The Supreme Court has begun hearing an important case on the issue whether a statement recorded under Section 67 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Act can in law be a confessional statement or not. The hearing of the reference in Tofan Singh vs. State of Tamil Nadu by the bench comprising of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice L. Nageswara Rao and...

SC Asks UPSC Secretary To Appear In Court, Inform Whether Panel Formed For DGP Selection

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the UPSC secretary to personally appear and inform the court if the commission prepares a panel of senior IPS officers for director general of police (DGP) appointments by state governments. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi sought the presence of the Union Public Service Commission secretary at 10.30 am on Wednesday to ascertain whether...

SC Declines Permission For BJP's Ratha Yatra In WB, Asks To Submit Revised Scheme To Govt [Read Order]

"Looking into the details of the proposed Rath Yatras and the order of the State Government, dated 14.1.2019, we cannot say that the apprehensions expressed by the State Government are totally unfounded", said the Bench

Prevent "Another Black Day": Ex-Delhi HC Judge Kailash Gambhir To President on Proposed Elevation of Khanna, Maheshwari JJ

Former Delhi High Court judge and Senior Advocate Kailash Gambhir has written to the President of India, questioning the Supreme Court Collegium's recommendation to elevate Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Dinesh Maheshwari to the Supreme Court. The letter claims that the decision has sent shockwaves across the entire legal and judicial fraternity, and calls it "appalling and outrageous" and...

Make Reports Of CVC, Justice Patnaik Public; Reconvene Committee To Appoint CBI Director: Kharge Writes To PM [Read Letter]

The Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge has urged Prime Minister Modi to make public the reports of the Central Vigilance Commission and Justice A K Patnaik in relation to former CBI Director Alok Verma. "The Government should come clean by releasing the CVC Report, the report of Justice Patnaik and minutes of the meeting held on 10th January 2019 so that the public can draw its...

SC To Hear Zakia Jafri's Plea Against Clean Chit To Modi In Guj Riots After Four Weeks

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would hear a plea by Zakia Jafri, challenging the SIT's clean chit to then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi in connection with the 2002 Godhra riots, after four weeks. Zakia, the wife of ex-MP Ehsan Jafri who was one of the 68 killed in Ahmedabad's Gulberg society, has challenged the Gujarat High Court's October 5, 2017 order rejecting her plea...

Traffic Ramaswamy Moves SC For CBI Probe Into CM Palaniswami's Involvement In Kodanad Estate Break-in And Murder

Social activist KR Ramaswamy, popularly known as Traffic Ramaswamy, has moved the Supreme Court seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the Kodanad estate case that has put Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami under the scanner. In April 2017, the security guard of the Kodanad estate, Jayalalithaa's retreat home in the hilly district of the Nilgiris, was found dead....

Sabarimala : SC Unlikely To Hear Review Petitions On Jan 22 As Justice Malhotra Is On Leave

The Supreme Court constitution bench is unlikely to consider the review petitions against the September 28 judgment in Sabarimala matter as Justice Indu Malhotra is on medical leave, indicated CJI Ranjan Gogoi today.This was told by the CJI when a mentioning was made by Advocate Mathews Nedumpara, who is appearing for one of the review petitioners. Nedumpara's request was for making...

Why No 'Human Rights Court' Yet? SC Pulls Up States [Read Order]

“Except in few States, there is no compliance of these orders and Session Judges have not been designated as Judges of Human Rights Courts created by the Act.”

SC Adjourns Plea Of Assam Based NGO Against Grant Of Citizenship To Illegal Migrants

The Court adjourned hearing in view of the Citizenship Amendment Bill pending in the Rajya Sabha

Involuntary Statement Leading To 'Section 27 Recovery' Has No Evidentiary Value: SC [Read Judgment]

"However, if such a statement is made under undue pressure and compulsion from the investigating officer, as in the present matter, the evidentiary value of such a statement leading to the recovery is nullified."

SC Agrees To Hear Fresh Challenge To Article 370 On April 2

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear the PIL filed by BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay challenging Article 370 of the Constitution of India on April 2. The CJI-led bench tagged the PIL with another similar case filed by Vijayalakshmi Jha which stands posted on April 2.Upadhyay's PIL challenges Article 370 of the Constitution, which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir. The...