BREAKING| RG Kar Rape-Murder Case : Life Imprisonment For Convict Sanjoy Roy [Live Updates ]

A sessions court in Kolkata is about to sentence Sanjoy Roy in the RG Kar rape and murder case. The court had stated that the minimum sentence would be life imprisonment while maximum sentence would be the death penalty.Follow this page for live...

Shocked To See Many Non-Meat Products Having Halal Certification : Solicitor General Tells Supreme Court

During the hearing of the pleas challenging Uttar Pradesh government's ban on halal-certified products, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta urged before the Supreme Court today that halal-certified products are costlier and the Court may have to consider the issue of people all across the country having to buy costlier halal-certified products just because they are demanded by a few.A bench...

Police Arresting Accused After Filing Chargesheet & Court's Cognizance Makes No Sense : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has deprecated the practice of police arresting an accused, who was not arrested during investigation after the Court has taken cognizance of the chargesheet.When the Court was informed that such a practice was being followed by the Uttar Pradesh police, it expressed surprise, terming the practice "unusual" . The Court said that such a practice does not make any sense.A...

Supreme Court Asks J&K&L HC To Install Proper VC Facilities In Jammu Court Holding Trial Against Yasin Malik

The Supreme Court on Monday (January 20) asked the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh to take immediate steps to install proper video-conferencing facilities in the Court in Jammu, which is holding the trial against Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik and other accused in the case related to the assassination of four Indian Air Force officials in 1989. A bench comprising Justice Abhay...

Lakhimpur Kheri Case : Supreme Court Asks UP Police To Enquire If Ashish Mishra Attempted To Influence Witnesses

The Supreme Court on Monday (January 20) asked the Superintendent of Police, Lakhimpur (Uttar Pradesh) to conduct a fact-finding enquiry into the allegations that Ashish Mishra attempted to influence the witnesses in the Lakhimpur-Kheri killings case.A bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh passed the direction while hearing an application filed by the family members of...

'Either You Decide Or We'll Hear' : Supreme Court Gives Last Chance To Union On Balwant Singh's Mercy Plea, Posts On March 18

The Supreme Court today (January 20) stated that either the Union Government will take a decision or the Court will decide on the merits of the mercy petition filed by Balwant Singh Rajoana, Babbar Khalsa terrorist, seeking commutation of the death sentence awarded to him in the Punjab CM Beant Singh assassination case. He is seeking commutation on the grounds of delay in considering the...

Supreme Court Stays Proceedings Against Rahul Gandhi In Criminal Defamation Case Over Remarks Against BJP & Amit Shah

The Supreme Court on Monday (January 20) stayed the trial court proceedings in the criminal defamation case filed against Congress MP and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi for allegedly saying that Bharatiya Janata Party members were "liars" and "drunk with power" and for calling Union Home Minister Amit Shah a "murder-accused".A bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed...

Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Telangana HC Decision Which Struck Down Local Quota Criteria For PG Medical Admissions

The Supreme Court recently refused to stay a Telangana High Court judgment which struck down amended criteria for determining 'local' status of candidates in post-graduate medical admissions.For context, the provisions struck down by the High Court(on December 17, 2024) included explanation clause (b) to Rule 8(ii) of the Telangana Medical Colleges (Admission into Post Graduate Medical...

Higher Court's Order Becomes Final, Trial Court's Order Gets Merged With It : Supreme Court Explains Doctrine Of Merger

Observing that there cannot be more than one decree or operative order governing the same subject matter at a given point in time, the Supreme Court explained the effect of merging the trial court's decree with that of the decree passed by the High Court in the second appeals. The doctrine speaks that once the superior court disposes of a case, whether by setting aside, modifying, or...

High Court Judgment Cannot Be Declared Illegal Under Article 32 Of Constitution : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that a High Court judgment cannot be declared illegal under Article 32 of the Constitution. The Court added that if petitioners are aggrieved by the impugned judgment for not being heard, they can either pray for its recall or challenge the same through a special leave petition.“In our considered opinion, under Article 32 of the Constitution, the judgment of the...

Supreme Court Asks 3 High Courts If Commercial Divisions Dealing With Admiralty Law Are Constituted

The Supreme Court recently sought a response from the Registrar Generals of the High Courts of Karnataka, Kerala and Orissa on the status of setting up Commercial Divisions dealing with admiralty cases.The bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar was hearing a commercial suit relating to admiralty and maritime law, when a circular dated 24.02.2022 issued by the High Court...

Bodily Injuries Not Necessary To Prove Sexual Assault; Victims Respond To Trauma In Different Ways : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court (on January 16) reiterated that bodily injuries are not necessary to prove sexual assault. It is a common myth that sexual assault must leave injuries., the Court said. Elaborating, the Court explained that victims react to trauma in different ways and it is not just to expect a uniform reaction."We must caution that bodily injuries are not necessary to prove sexual assault...