"Somebody Has To Wake Up";SC Pulls Up Bihar Govt Over Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Rapes

“What is going on in the country? In the year 2016 astonishing number of 38, 947 rapes were committed which means 106 rapes a day…every six hours somebody is raped…look somebody has to wake up.. these incidents must stop”, Justice Madan B LokurThe Supreme Court today pulled up the Bihar government in connection with the rape of minor girls in a Muzaffarpur shelter home run by an NGO...

Breaking: Assam NRC-"We Would Hold Both Of You In Contempt And Send To Jail": SC To NRC State Coordinator And Registrar General [Read Order]

In a hearing convened suo motu, the Supreme Court on Tuesday came down heavily on the State Coordinator for NRC, Mr. Prateek Hajela, and the Registrar General of India, Mr. Shailesh, for statements made to the press concerning the adjudication of the claims and objections as to inclusions/exclusions in the draft NRC.Reprimanding Mr. Hajela, Justice Ranjan Gogoi said, “You have said that so...

SC To Hear Petition Alleging Custodial Torture Of Lawyer & Activist Talib Hussain Tomorrow

The Supreme Court will on Wednesday hear a habeas corpus petition filed by a family member of Talib Hussain, who led the crusade for justice in the Kathua gang-rape and murder case, alleging that Talib has been brutally assaulted inside the Samba police station where he is in police remand on charges of rape and possession of weapons.The matter was mentioned today by Advocate Sunil...

In A First, Supreme Court Has Three Sitting Woman Judges Today

Today, Justice Banumathi is presiding over Court Number-12, Justice Indu Malhotra sits with Justice RF Nariman in Court Number-9 and Justice Indira Banerjee sits with Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice DY Chandrachud in Court Number-1.The swearing-in ceremony of Justice Indira Banerjee as a Supreme Court judge held today did more than just appoint her to the highest judicial institution...

Breaking: Justices Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran and KM Joseph Sworn In As SC Judges; No Changes In Order Of Seniority

Three new judges— Justice Indira Banerjee, Justice Vineet Saran and Justice KM Joseph were sworn in today at 10:30 am in the Chief Justice’s Court, raising the total number of judges to 25, as against the sanctioned strength of 31 judges.Justice Banerjee enrolled as an Advocate in July, 1985, and practiced extensively on the Original and Appellate Sides of Calcutta High Court. She...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

Benefit of Ambiguity In Tax Exemption Notification Should Go In Favour Of Revenue Department: SC Constitution BenchIn an important judgment in the realm of taxation laws the Constitution bench of the Supreme Court in Commissioner of Customs (Import), Mumbai vs. M/s. Dilip Kumar and Company, ruled that exemption notifications should be interpreted strictly and that the burden of...

No Anticipatory Bail, Preliminary Inquiry: Loksabha Passes Schedule Caste & The Schedule Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2018

Even as the review of the controversial verdict of the Supreme Court in Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan lies pending, the 2018 Amendment to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act of 1989 has been cleared by the Lok Sabha on Monday, rendering the judgment redundant.By way of the Amendment, a new section 18A has been inserted in the Act of 1989, which does away...

Death For Child Rape: Parliament Passes Criminal Law Amendment Bill

The Parliament on Monday passed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, making the rape of a girl below the age of twelve years an offence punishable with death. To this end, the Bill amends provisions of Indian Penal Code(IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure, Evidence Act and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO).It replaces the Ordinance promulgated by the Central Government in...

“Why Throw Waste In Front Of Houses Of Poor? Will You Put It In Raj Niwas Marg? ” SC Says Delhi Facing Emergency-Like Situation In Waste Management

The court fumed at Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Pinky Anand's submission on residents of Sonia Vihar objecting to a landfill site, saying the people had every right to question the decision and and even went on to say that the civic body should dump the waste on the Raj Niwas Marg, where Delhi Lieutenant Governor's official residence is located, instead of treating people...

Seniority Issue of Justice K M Joseph : Senior SC Judges Meet CJI ; CJI Agrees to Discuss With AG

Senior Supreme Court judges have met the Chief Justice of India Justice Dipak Misra to discuss the issue of seniority of Justice K M Joseph.The judges essentially assert that since Justice Joseph was the first to be recommended by the Supreme Court collegium, his name should have been first in the appointment notification. However, the notification names him third, making him junior to the...

SC Finally Notifies Guidelines To Regulate Designation Of Senior Advocates [Read The Guidelines]

The Supreme Court of India on the administrative side has finally issued guidelines to regulate conferment of designation of Senior Advocates, in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court in October last year on Senior Advocate Indira Jaising’s petition.The guidelines, called the “Supreme Court Guidelines to Regulate Conferment of Designation of Senior...

Seniority Fiasco of Justice K M Joseph

It is really unfortunate that Justice K M Joseph has been placed junior to Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice Vineet Saran. By issuing the order of appointment in such a manner, the Centre has acted contrary to the intention of the Supreme Court Collegium.It is clear from the Collegium resolution of the Supreme Court of July 16 that they were "reiterating" the recommendation of Justice...