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Contents Of FIR Inadmissible & Cannot Be Proved Through Investigating Officer If Informant Died A Natural Death : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently clarified that for an FIR lodged by a deceased person to hold any evidentiary value, its contents must be corroborated and proved. Elaborating, the Court said that if an informant's death has no connection whatsoever with a complaint lodged then the FIR's contents will not be admissible in evidence. Thus, in such cases, the contents cannot be proved through...
AmiQuiz Curiae National Legal Quiz - North Zone Round In Delhi On Feb 16
The North Zone rounds of 'Amiquiz Curiae', the national legal quiz for lawyers, will be held in New Delhi on February 16.Justice KV Viswanathan, Judge of the Supreme Court, and Justice Vibhu Bakhru, Judge of the High Court of Delhi, will be the Chief Guests.The South, East and West Zonal Rounds of the quiz were held in Bengaluru, Calcutta, and Mumbai respectively. The South Round was held...
'Oral Undertaking Falls Within Scope Of Arbitration Clause' : Supreme Court Upholds Award Against Husband For Operation In Wife's Demat Account
The Supreme Court today (February 10) held that an oral contract undertaking joint and several liability falls within the scope of an arbitration clause.Holding so , the Court affirmed an arbitral award against a husband, finding him jointly liable for the award due to a debit balance in a joint demat account registered in his wife's name.The Court rejected the contention that the...
1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Cases : Appeals Have To Be Filed Seriously, Not For The Sake Of It, Says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (February 10) agreed to hear in detail a petition seeking the implementation of the recommendations of the Justice SN Dhingra Committee regarding the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases.Justice Dhingra committee, constituted by the Supreme Court in 2018, had submitted its report in January 2020 opining that the investigation was derailed in several riot cases and...
Supreme Court Reprimands Registry For Accepting Affidavit From Party Not Impleaded, Seeks Report On Its Working
The Supreme Court recently again expressed strong displeasure with its Registry's repeated procedural lapses. This time the Court criticized the registry officials for accepting a counter-affidavit from an individual who was not even impleaded as a party in the case. The Court noted that the Registry is accepting documents from persons not even parties to the case without caveats and often...
Supreme Court Summons Chief Secretaries Of AP, Delhi & JK To Explain Failure To Act Against Misleading Medical Ads
The Supreme Court today asked Chief Secretaries of Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and Jammu & Kashmir to appear on March 7 virtually and explain why they haven't complied with directions passed by the Court earlier to act against misleading medical advertisements.Hearing a writ petition filed by the Indian Medical Association, the Court also asked them to explain why they have not filed...
'How Could Governor Send Re-passed Bills To President?' : Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Tamil Nadu Govt Plea
The Supreme Court today(February 10) reserved judgment on the writ petitions filed by the Tamil Nadu Government against its Governor Dr RN Ravi withholding assent for 12 bills, the oldest of them pending since January 2020. Once the Bills were re-enacted in a special session by the Government, the Governor sent some of the re-passed laws to the President for reconsideration....
'How Can Convicted Politicians Come Back?' : Supreme Court Seeks Union, ECI Stand On Lifetime Bar For MPs/MLAs After Conviction
In a PIL challenging election of convicted persons as MPs/MLAs, the Supreme Court today observed that criminalization of politics is a very major issue and sought the responses of Union of India and Election Commission on the challenge to constitutional validity of Sections 8 and 9 of Representation of People Act.A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Manmohan was dealing with the public...
