SC Collegium Recommends Transfer Of High Court Judges [Read Resolutions]

The Supreme Court collegium has resolved to transfer some High Court judges. The Collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice MB Lokur, Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice AK Sikri has made the following recommendations: The proposal to transfer Justice Pritinker Diwaker from Chhattisgarh High Court to Allahabad High Court has been reiterated. The...

Babri Demolition Case: SC Seeks Report From Trial Judge On How He Intends To Complete The Trial

Trial Judge  S K Yadav moved SC stating that his promotion was stayed by the Allahabad High Court on the ground that the apex court had directed him to complete the trial.The Supreme Court Monday sought a report from a sessions judge in a Lucknow court on how he intends to complete the trial in the Babri Masjid demolition case involving BJP veterans L K Advani, M M Joshi and Uma Bharti...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

SC Strikes Down 157 Year Old Law Criminalizing Consensual Homo-Sexual Acts Between Adults; Holds Section 377 IPC Unconstitutional To That Extent (Navtej Singh Johar & Ors V. Union Of India)In a landmark Judgment, Supreme Court of India struck down a 157-year-old law which criminalizes consensual homosexual acts between adults. The Five Judge Bench has declared Section 377...

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: Tamil Nadu Govt. Recommends Release Of All Seven Convicts

The Tamil Nadu Government has reportedly decided to recommend to the State Governor Banwarilal Purohit the release of all seven life convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.An NDTV report quoted State Minister D. Jayakumar as saying that a resolution to this effect was adopted at the State Cabinet which met in Chennai under Chief Minister K. Palaniswami’s leadership."We have...

Persons Without Shelters Cannot Be Left To Fend For Themselves: SC Pulls Up States For Lack Of Concern For The Urban Homeless [Read Order]

‘Housing is a basic need of everybody and when there is a Policy and a Plan prepared by the Union of India, it should be implemented in letter and spirit by all the States/Union Territories.’Sorry state of affairs, this is how the Supreme Court bench described the progress made in compliance of its directions pertaining to formation of committees to look into the issue of shelter for...

Pak Supreme Court Restores Bar Entrance Examination; Bans 3 Year LLB Courses [Read Order]

“An independent, competent, honest and industrious Judicature requires an equally independent, dynamic, honest and dedicated Bar in order to effectively provide justice in accordance with law to all members of the society.”Pakistan Supreme court has issued significant directives in the realm of legal education including restoration of Bar Entrance Examination and banning three years...

‘Trial Through WhatsApp?’: SC Blasts Jharkhand Court For Delivering Order Through The App

Have you ever heard of a trial in a criminal case being conducted through instant messaging app WhatsApp? Bizzare but true.This particular case has reached the Supreme Court, which was left wondering as to how this kind of a "joke" was allowed to happen in a court of law in India.The case, involving a former minister of Jharkhand and his MLA wife, saw the lower court judge in Hazaribagh...

Section 377: Centre's 'Neutral Stand' Not Appreciated By The Supreme Court

"The ambivalence of the government does not obviate the necessity for a judgment on the issues raised", observed Justice ChandrachudThe 'neutral' stand taken by the Central Government in Navtej Singh Johar case regarding the validity of Section 377 IPC did not impress the Supreme Court much.In his separate judgment, Justice D Y Chandrachud expressed disappointment over the Centre's lack...

Outside Food In Multiplexes: SC Stays Proceedings Before Bombay & Madhya Pradesh HCs, To Hear All HC Cases Together [Read Order]

The Supreme Court is all set to hear petitions and PILs before high courts in the country regarding outside food for cinemagoers in multiplexes together.On Friday, the division bench of Justice Rohinton F. Nariman and Justice Indu Malhotra stayed proceedings before the Bombay High Court and Madhya Pradesh High Court in petitions seeking regulation of exorbitant prices at multiplexes.The...

All-Women SC Bench Convicts Teacher Who Assaulted Class-II Student Leading To Vision Loss In Left Eye [Read Judgment]

A Supreme Court judgment delivered by a women-only bench is a rarity.One such judgment has been delivered by the all-women bench which sat on September 5, convicting a school teacher whose assault on a second standard student resulted in loss of vision in the left eye of the latter.Before Justice R. Banumathi and Justice Indira Banerjee sat in Court No.12 on September 5 and 6, there was only...

Railways Empowered To Frame Its Own Rules To Lay Down Service Conditions Of Its Employees: SC [Read Judgment]

“We also hold that the IREM has statutory force and has been issued in exercise of powers vested under the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution.”Calling shots to a legal battle between promotees and direct recruits, the Supreme Court has held that the Railways is not bound by the memorandum issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) and are empowered to frame its...

When Can Appeals Be Dismissed As ‘Not Pressed’ And ‘As Withdrawn’, SC Explains [Read Judgment]

Neither there was any express prayer made by the MUDA and nor it could be inferred from the document relied on by the Division Bench at the instance of respondents (writ petitioners) for forming an opinion “not to press the appeal”. While restoring the writ appeals which were dismissed by the Karnataka High Court as ‘not pressed’, the Supreme Court has explained when, and when not,...