Half-Baked Doctors Cannot Be Left Loose On Society; Permitting Unequipped Medical Colleges To Impart Substandard Medical Education Dangerous : SC [Read Judgment]

‘It would be dangerous and against the right to life itself, in case unequipped medical colleges are permitted to impart substandard medical education without proper facilities and infrastructure.’While cancelling admissions made to four self-financing medical colleges in Kerala, the Supreme Court has observed that permitting unequipped colleges to impart substandard medical education...

Breaking: SC Issues Directions On Examination Of Witnesses In Criminal Trial [Read Judgment]

 ‘While deciding an Application under Section 231(2) of the Cr.P.C., a balance must  be struck  between the  rights of  the  accused, and  the prerogative of the prosecution to lead evidence’The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, listed out ‘practical guidelines’ to be followed by trial courts in the conduct of a criminal trial, ‘as far as possible’.While setting aside a Kerala...

Even A Woman Of Easy Virtue Has A Right Of Refuse To Submit Herself To Sexual Intercourse To Anyone, SC Restores Conviction In Gangrape Case [Read Judgment]

‘The evidence of such a woman cannot be thrown overboard merely because she is a woman of easy virtue.’Even assuming that the prosecutrix was of easy virtue, she has a right of refuse to submit herself to sexual intercourse to anyone, said a Supreme Court bench while restoring conviction of four men accused in a gangrape case.BackgroundBefore the trial court, the accused in their...

Principles Of “Double Jeopardy” Will Not Apply When Accused Was Discharged Due To Lack Of Proper Sanction: SC [Read Judgment]

‘There was no bar for filing fresh/supplementary charge sheet after obtaining a valid sanction for prosecution.’The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that when the accused was discharged due to lack of proper sanction, the principles of “double jeopardy” will not apply, and there is no bar for filing fresh/supplementary charge sheet after obtaining a valid sanction for prosecution.In...

SC To Hear CLAT Petitions After Diwali Break

The decision of the Consortium of National Law Universities for CLAT-2019 to be conducted offline and for a permanent CLAT secretariat to function all year long was communicated to the Supreme Court on Tuesday.The bench of Justices S. A. Bobde and L. Nageswara Rao was hearing a PIL by academician Shamnad Basheer seeking the setting up of a permanent body to hold the CLAT.The decision was taken...

SC Modifies Time Slot For Bursting Crackers; States Can Fix Timings But Cannot Exceed Two Hours A Day

Modifying its October 23 order fixing a slot of 8 pm to 10 pm for bursting firecrackers on Diwali, the SC today said that that respective state governments will be at liberty to fix the time slots for bursting crackers, subject to the condition that timings should not exceed two hours a day.A bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan agreed to modify its earlier order on...

Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case: SC Directs Transfer Of Main Accused Brajesh Thakur To Patiala Jail, Asks Why Ex-minister Manju Verma Has Not Been Arrested

The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Bihar police why former state minister Manju Verma has not been arrested in a case related to the recovery of ammunition in a Muzaffarpur shelter home where several girls were allegedly raped.A bench of Justices M B Lokur, S A Nazeer and Deepak Gupta also directed that Brajesh Thakur, prime accused in the Muzaffarpur shelter homes sexual abuse case, be...

Breaking: SC Directs Hyderabad Police To Provide Adequate Security To Satish Sana, The Complainant Against Rakesh Asthana [Read Petition]

A three Judge Bench of Supreme Court on Tuesday directed  the Hyderabad Police to provide adequate security to Satish Sana, the original complainant in the alleged bribery case against CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana.The Bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices U U Lalit and K M Joseph refused to stay CBI summons against Sana.The Bench has also also rejected his plea...

CBI vs Asthana : CBI Officer A K Bassi Moves SC Seeking SIT Probe In Case Against Rakesh Asthana [Read Petition]

CBI Officer A K Bassi, who was investigating the case against Rakesh Asthana, has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking probe by a Special Investigation Team into the allegations against Asthana.Bassi, the deputy of CBI Director Alok Verma, was taken off investigation and transferred to Port Blair, Andamans, in a controversial order passed on October 24 by Nageshwar Rao, the officer...

SC Stays Order Allowing CBI Inquiry Into Graft Allegations Against TN CM Palaniswami [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has stayed the operation of the judgment of Madras High Court which ordered CBI inquiry into corruption allegations against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E. Palaniswami.The stay order was passed by the SC bench of CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice S K Kaul and Justice K M Joseph while admitting the special leave petition filed by Palaniswami against the Madras HC judgment. The stay will...

SC Sets Aside U’khand HC Order That Proposed Withdrawal Of Senior Designation Of A Lawyer Who Appeared Against His Previous Client

“Having gone through the entire matter, we are of the opinion that no such directions were called for in the matter.” The Supreme Court on Friday set aside some observations made by Uttarakhand High Court order that had proposed withdrawal/cancellation of the designation of Avtar Singh Rawat as a Senior Advocate.The bench of Justice AK Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan opined that no...

SC Refuses To Entertain Plea To Use Aadhaar To Trace Identity Of Unidentified Dead Body

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to the Centre and Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to utilise Aadhaar biometrics of unidentified dead bodies to trace their identity.A bench of justices Madan B Lokur, S Abdul Nazeer and Deepak Gupta said that petitioner Amit Sahni should approach the Delhi High Court as he has already filed a plea...