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...

SC Dismisses Fresh Plea To Declare Mosque As An Integral Part Of Namaz Of Muslim Community

 “The said prayers had been considered by this Court in M. Siddiq (D) Thr. LRs. Vs. Mahant Suresh Das and others etc. and reference to a larger Bench has been refused.”The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a new writ petition that sought a declaration that mosque is an integral part of Namaz of a Muslim Community.The bench comprising of CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul...

Salary Challenge: There Cannot Be Compulsion To Contribute To CM's Flood Relief Fund, SC Dismisses Kerala Govt.'s Petition

The Supreme Court today dismissed the special leave petition filed by Kerala Government against the order of Kerala High Court which stayed the condition in a Government Order (GO) that mandated that government employees unwilling to contribute their one month’s salary to the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF) should give a written declaration to that effect.While repelling...

CBSE Says Answer Sheets Available For Rs 2 Per Page, SC Disposes Of Contempt Petition

With the CBSE chairperson stating on oath that the board is providing evaluated answer sheets for Rs 2 per page if the same is being sought specifically under the RTI Act, the Supreme Court on Monday disposed of the contempt petition against CBSE for charging an exorbitant fee of as much as Rs 1,000 and Rs 1,200 from candidates of Class X and XII, respectively.A bench of Chief Justice...

SC Prohibits Plying Of 15-yr Old Petrol, 10-yr Old Diesel Vehicles In NCR [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Monday prohibited the plying of 15-yr-old petrol and 10-yr-old diesel vehicles in the national capital region (NCR) and directed the transport department to announce that such vehicles will be impounded if found plying.The Bench comprising Justice MB Lokur, Justice S. Abdul Nazeer and Justice Deepak Gupta has directed the matter to be listed on November 1, for...

Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad: 2 Girls Evicted From College Hostel Allegedly After #Metoo Facebook Post; Students Allege Trampling Of Dissent

The news about the eviction of two female students from Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad on October 26 generated a furore of sorts among the legal community.Media reports claimed that the two girls, Apoorva YK, and Snigdha Jayakrishnan, both fourth-year BA LLB students, were castigated for having spoken out against Asst. Professor Srinivas Methuku on Facebook and accusing him...

SC Adjourns Ayodhya Case To January 2019 For Fixing The Hearing Date

The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice S. K. Kaul and Justice K. M. Joseph listed the string of appeals against the 2010 verdict of the Allahabad High Court in the Ram Janmabhoomi- Babri Masjid dispute in the first week of January, 2019 for fixing the date of hearing by an appropriate bench.“It will come up in the first week of January not for hearing but for...

Breaking: SC Stays Bombay HC Order Disallowing Extension Of Time For Filing Charge Sheet Against Activists In Bhima Koregaon Case [Read Order]

Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Bombay High Court Judgment which disallowed the extension of time granted to Police to conclude probe and file charge sheet in the Bhima Koregaon violence case.The Bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices SK Kaul and KM Joseph also issued notice on the SLP arising out of the judgment dated October 24 of the Bombay High Court by virtue of which...

Bhima Koregaon: SC Issues Notice To Gautam Navlakha On Maharashtra Govt.'s Plea Against His Release

The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice S. K. Kaul and Justice K. M. Joseph on Monday issued notice on the SLP preferred by the government of Maharashtra against the Delhi High Court order releasing activist Gautam Navlakha from house arrest five weeks after he and four other rights activists were taken into custody in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence.The...

Centre Justifies The Amendments Made In SC/ST Act To Overcome SC Judgment

The Centre has justified before the Supreme Court the amendments brought in the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act to overcome the controversial apex court's Judgment in Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan case, diluting the provision of arrest under the law.The government also said Parliament has the power to bring such amendment.Parliament had on August 9 passed...

Legislators Practicing Law: Review Petition Filed Before SC [Read Petition]

Days after the Supreme Court refused to place fetters on legislators practising law, lawyer and BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has now filed a review petition against this judgment.The petition, filed through Advocate RD Upadhyay, now alleges that the matter was earlier reserved without a “full-fledged hearing”, despite the fact that it involves “intricate Questions of...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

HC Can’t Modify Life Sentence To ‘Period Already Undergone’ While Upholding Conviction Of Murder [Jitendra @ Kalla V. State of Govt. of NCT Delhi] The Supreme Court observed that in a murder case, the high court as an appellate court, cannot modify the life imprisonment imposed by the trial court to period already undergone.‘Fact’ In Section 27 Of Evidence Act Not Limited To...