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...

Contempt: CBSE Denies Charging Exorbitant Fees For Providing Photostats Of Evaluated Answer Sheets To Candidates On Request [Read Affidavit ]

The CBSE has denied before the Supreme Court the allegation that it charged fees of Rs. 1,000 and Rs. 1,200 per subject for providing Photostats of evaluated answer sheets to the candidates of Classes X and XII.In an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, CBSE chairperson Anita Karwal said, “I deny that fee of rupees 1,200 for obtaining the photostat copies of evaluated answer books is...

Voluntary Retirement Schemes Have To Be Strictly Adhered To; Parts Of Other Schemes Can’t Be Imported Into Such Schemes: SC [Read Judgment]

‘What is offered by the employer is a package as contained in the Schemes of voluntary retirement, and that alone would be admissible.’The Supreme Court on Friday observed that voluntary retirement schemes have to be strictly adhered to, and the very objective of having such schemes would be defeated, if parts of other schemes are sought to be imported into such voluntary...

CJI Led Bench To Consider Ayodhya-Babri Masjid Land Dispute On Monday

The Supreme Court will consider the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid land dispute on October 29, Monday. The appeals arising from the 2010 judgment of Allahabad High Court pertaining to division of Ayodhya-Babri Masjid land is listed before the bench of CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice S K Kaul and Justice K M Joseph under the caption "direction matters".On September 27, a three judges bench of the then CJI...

Conditional Gifts Are Incomplete Until Conditions Are Complied With; Such Gift Deeds Can Be Cancelled By The Donor: SC [Read Judgment]

‘A conditional gift with no recital of acceptance and no evidence in proof of acceptance, where possession remains with the donor as long as he is alive, does not become complete during lifetime of the donor. When a gift is incomplete and title remains with the donor the deed of gift might be cancelled.’The Supreme Court has held that a conditional gift only becomes complete on compliance...

Bhima Koregaon : Review Petition Dismissed By Bench Headed By CJI Ranjan Gogoi [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the review petition filed against the refusal to order SIT probe in Bhima-Koregaon case in the petition filed by Romila Thapar and few others."We have perused the Review Petition as well as the grounds in support thereof. In our opinion, no case for review of judgment dated 28th September, 2018 is made out. The review petition is...

SC To Launch “Swachh Nyayalaya” Project On Law Day [Nov 26]Clean Courts With New Washrooms & Weeding Out Of Old Files On The Cards

With a view to extend the Centre’s flagship Swachh Bharat campaign to courts, the Supreme Court of India is set to launch the “Swachh Nyayalaya” project. Chief Justice of India Justice Ranjan Gogoi to launch the project on the occasion of Law Day on November 26.The vision of the project was presented by Supreme Court judge, Justice Madan B Lokur at the pre-launch function of the project...

Thousand New Cases Filed In A Week, We Have Only 11 Benches, Give Us A Solution: Chief Justice Gogoi

Ever since he assumed office, Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi has had a stern view about permitting urgent listing of matters upon being ‘mentioned’.On his very first day as the Chief Justice, he had asserted that the morning ‘mentioning’ ritual be confined to cases of extreme emergency, including those of demolition, eviction and death, subsequently warning that the advocates may lose...

SC Prevents Serial PIL Litigant Asok Pande From Filing New Petitions Until Payment Of Costs [Read Order]

The Supreme Court today has issued an order preventing Asok Pande, serial PIL litigant, from filing any new petitions until he pays cost of Rs.25,000 imposed by the Court on an earlier occasion for filing another PIL which was found to be frivolous.Asok Pande has a history of filing frivolous PILs, which have earned censures from the Allahabad High Court and Supreme Court on several...

Remarriage Not A Ground To Deprive A Man Custody Of His Children, Holds SC [Read Judgment]

“Merely because the appellant has decided to go ahead in life, and has had a second marriage, it provides no ground whatsoever to deprive him of the custody of the children as agreed upon”The Supreme Court on Friday held that merely because a man remarried and is residing with second wife’s child, he could not be deprived of the custody of his child.The bench comprising of Justice...

‘More Than Two Children’ Disqualification Rule In Orissa Gram Panchayats Act Attracts Even If One Child Is Given For Adoption: SC [Read Order]

‘The legislative emphasis is on the number of children that a prospective elected member has given birth to and not whether under provisions of different statutes in force, including the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, children born to such a person can be excluded from the family of the prospective elected member.’A news report on a ‘judgment by the Supreme Court which has...

Breaking : SC Directs CVC To Complete Enquiry Against Alok Verma In Two Weeks Under Supervision Of Justice A K Patnaik;Nageswara Rao Can't Take Any Policy Decisions Till Then [Read Order]

(Story updated with order)Hearing the plea of CBI Director Alok Verma against the October 23 orders of the CVC and the Central government divesting him of all powers and functions and giving charge to M. Nageshwara Rao in the meantime, the Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi issued a string of interim measures on Friday-• the inquiry in respect of the allegations made...