SC Directs CBI Court To Accept Adarsh Housing Complex Land As Security To Defreeze Society’s Bank Account [Read Judgment]

‘Though the application is seriously opposed by both the respondents, the fact remains that the land was allotted to the appellant by the State of Maharashtra on payment of Rs. 12.61 crores, as per Allotment Letter dated 09.07.2004.’The Supreme Court has allowed defreezing of bank account of Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society Ltd by furnishing security of the land in which the housing...

[Adultery] [Day-2 Session-1]Absurdity Of S.497 Lies In The Fact That It Legalises Adultery If Committed With The Consent Of Husband; Is The Wife Being Treated As Chattel?: Justice Indu Malhotra

Day 2 of the hearing in the PIL praying for the decriminalisation of the act of Adultery witnessed some interesting observations from the Supreme Court five-judge bench.“The argument against you (the petitioner) is that section 497 protects the sanctity of marriage.However, if a married men has sexual intercourse, outside his marriage, but with an unmarried woman, that does not amount to...

Bihar Shelter Home Rape Case: SC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance; Restrains Media From Publishing Even Blurred/ Morphed Photos Of Minor Rape Victims

The Supreme Court on Thursday took suo motu cognizance of the alleged sexual exploitation and torture of more than 30 minor girls in a shelter home in Muzaffarpur in Bihar, issuing a notice to the State as well as the Ministry of Women and Child Development.The Bench comprising Justice MB Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta also expressed concern over media houses revealing the identity of...

Breaking: SC Directs Appointment Of Professionally Qualified Court Managers In All Principal District And Sessions Courts For Better Court Administration [Read Judgment]

Lamenting how judicial infrastructure has been given relatively low importance with infrastructure in courts in interior parts of the country being on ventilator, the Supreme Court on Thursday underlined some vital features which have to provide in all court complexes across India including court managers with MBA degree for ensuring efficient court administration in every...

Much Like An Earlier RTI Response, Govt Dodges Question On Justice Narayan Shukla’s Removal In Lok Sabha

The Government on Wednesday dodged another question in the Lok Sabha regarding action taken by it to facilitate the removal of Justice Narayan Shukla of Allahabad High Court, as recommended by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. Justice Shukla was investigated against for granting permission to a private medical college to admit students despite a ban by the Medical Council of India as well...

"Culture of Banning Books Directly Impacts Flow Of Ideas", CJI Misra on Plea To Ban Malayalam Novel "Meesha"

While hearing a plea to ban Malayalam novel "Meesha", the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra observed that "the culture of banning books directly impacts the flow of ideas, unless it hits Section 292 of the Indian Penal Code".The petition alleged that the novel, which was being published in serialized form in Malayalam weekly "Mathrubhumi" before it was discontinued following...

Longer Wait For SC Hearing On Pending Issues In Kejriwal Vs LG Turf War

The bench of Justice A K Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan of the Supreme Court today did not give a specific date on which it would hear pending petitions pertaining to Delhi’s Arvind Kejriwal government’s turf war with the Lt Governor.After it was urgently mentioned, Justice Sikri had yesterday evening told Senior advocates P Chidambaram and Indira Jaising who appeared for Delhi...

Courts Must See That The Public Doesn’t Lose Confidence In The Judicial System: SC Cautions Courts Against Casual Approach In Sentencing [Read Judgment]

‘Imposing inadequate sentences will do more harm to the justice system and may lead to a state where the victim loses confidence in the judicial system and resorts to private vengeance.’ Expressing shock about a Rajasthan High Court judgment that had reduced sentence in a criminal case to period already undergone which was only six days, the Supreme Court had observed that...

Supreme Court Reserves Judgment In Sabarimala Women's Entry Case

In the post-lunch session on day 8 of the hearing of Sabarimala matter, Ms. Jaising prayed that women be accorded the same treatment, in context of the Sabarimala Temple, as the Harijans who were earlier disabled from entering places of worship.It was her contention that to restrain women from offering prayers at the Temple on the premise of preservation of ‘perpetual celibacy’ of the...

SC Orders Attachment Of Bank A/c, 40 Movable Properties Of Real Estate Major Amrapali

“Does your client (Amrapali) feel that they are above everybody? Are they law unto themselves? They are defrauding the poor people. Ask them not to play hide and seek with the court”, a bench of justices Arun Mishra and U U Lalit told the group’s lawyer P S Patwalia Pulling them up for “defrauding investors and playing dirty games with the court”, theSupreme Court today...

Cracker Ban: Smoke Dangerous For Kids: SC; Child Petitioners Field Top Surgeon To Bolster Case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would soon decide if to resume the ban on sale of firecrackers ahead of this year’s Diwali (November 7) in Delhi and NCR or whether to just regulate the sale but agreed that children are the worst affected by pollutionThe bench of justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan was hearing PIL filed by kid petitioners- Arjun Gopal, Aarav Bhandari and Zoya Rao...

Indian Supreme Court Begins Hearing Petitions Seeking Decriminalization Of Adultery [Section 497 IPC]

After reserving its judgment in the Sabarimala Temple entry case, the Supreme Court five judge bench on Wednesday commenced hearing in the PIL seeking decriminalisation of the act of Adultery.Praying that section 497 of the IPC and section 198(2) of the Cr. P. C. be struck down altogether, the petition questions the statutory immunity from prosecution for the offence of adultery which has...