Acid Attack Victims Can Approach State Legal Services Authorities If Compensation Is Delayed Or Defaulted: Supreme Court

While hearing a PIL seeking efficient compensation for victims of acid attack, the Supreme Court today (March 20) granted liberty to the affected survivors to approach the State Legal Services Authorities(SLSA) in case of any default or delay in receiving the compensatory amount. The Court also granted additional time to the Union and several states to file their responses. SLSAs were...

SC Collegium Recommends Transfer Of Orissa HC Acting Chief Justice Arindam Sinha To Allahabad HC

The Collegium of the Supreme Court has recommended to transfer the Acting Chief Justice of Orissa High Court Justice Arindam Sinha as a Judge of the Allahabad High Court. He has been at the helm of Odisha Judiciary since the superannuation of the former Chief Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh on January 19, 2025.Justice Sinha originally belongs to the Calcutta High Court, where he was appointed...

Bombay High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Nitin Gadkari's Election To 18th Lok Sabha From Nagpur; Imposes Costs On Petitioner

In a relief to Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, the Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition challenging his election to the 18th Lok Sabha from the Nagpur constituency, wherein he was accused of resorting to 'malpractices' by printing voter slips with his photos and BJP symbol on it and distributing the same to the voters.Single-judge Justice Urmila Johsi-Phalke dismissed...

Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Reconsidering Senior Designation Criteria, Indira Jaising Suggests Reducing Interview Marks

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its judgment on the issue of reconsideration of the Indira Jaising judgments of 2017 and 2023, which lay down guidelines for the conferment of senior advocate designations.A three-judge bench comprising Justices Abhay Oka, Ujjal Bhuyan, and SVN Bhatti today heard submissions from Senior Advocate Indira Jaising, the petitioner in the petitions in which...

SC Collegium Recommends Appointment Of 8 Judicial Officers As Gujarat High Court Judges

The Supreme Court Collegium recommended the appointment of eight judicial officers as judges of the Gujarat High Court.They are:1. Liyakathussain Shamsuddin Pirzada,2. Ramchandra Thakurdas Vachhani,3. Jayesh Lakhanshibhai Odedra,4. Pranav Maheshbhai Raval,5. Mool Chand Tyagi,6. Dipak Mansukhlal Vyas,7. Utkarsh Thakorbhai Desai, and8. Rohenkumar Kundanlal ChudawalaThe Gujarat High Court...

Magistrate Cannot Direct Police To Include Accused In Charge Sheet; Instead Issue Summons To Person Proposed To Be Added : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently observed that if a court intends to add a person as an accused, it cannot direct the police to include their name in the charge sheet. Instead, the court may ssue a summons to the proposed accused if sufficient grounds exist, even if they are not named in the charge sheet. The bench comprising Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra heard...

Land Acquired By Govt Cannot Be Transferred Back By Beneficiary To Original Owner Through Private Agreement : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today (March 20) ruled that land acquired by the government through its sovereign power of eminent domain for public purposes cannot be transferred back to the original owner by the beneficiary of the acquisition through private agreements.A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar heard a case in which the Delhi Agricultural Marketing...

Supreme Court Criticises Anticipatory Bail Condition That Accused Should Be Arrested After Filing Of Chargesheet

The Supreme Court recently disapproved of the Patna High Court's anticipatory bail order which imposed a condition that upon filing of the charge sheet, the trial court shall take coercive steps against the applicant, including an arrest. The bench comprising Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Prashant Kumar Mishra called the imposition of such a condition to be unwarranted and instead, said...

'Police Being Biased' : Supreme Court Rebukes UP Police For Wrong Application Of Conversion Law

The Supreme Court today (March 20) rebuked the Uttar Pradesh Police for arbitrarily handling an alleged case of rape where the offences under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 have been invoked. The bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar was hearing a bail plea filed by the petitioner who is accused in a case of alleged rape and...

Supreme Court Grants Interim Protection From Eviction To Over 19000 Maharashtra Street Vendors

The Supreme Court recently granted interim protection from eviction to 19000 odd street vendors in Pimpri-Chinchwad near Pune in Maharashtra.The Court said that until the exercise of identifying/notifying the hawking and non-hawking zones is contemplated in accordance with the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014, status quo be maintained and...

'Can You Withhold Entire Office & Staff Under Your Control?' : Madras High Court Orally Asks ED To Halt Probe Against TASMAC Till March 25

The Madras High Court on Thursday (March 20) orally asked the Enforcement Directorate not to proceed with its investigation against the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) in an alleged money laundering case till the next date of hearing. A division bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice N Senthilkumar directed the ED to file a counter to the petition filed by TASMAC challenging...

Supreme Court Expresses Inclination To Transfer Gold Smuggling Case Trial From Kerala To Karnataka

The Supreme Court on Thursday(March 20) orally expressed a prima facie inclination to transfer the trial of the money laundering case related to the 2020 gold smuggling case from Kerala to Karnataka.The Court orally observed that since the prima facie allegations are "serious", the plea of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to transfer the trial should not be opposed.A bench of Justice...