'Strange': Supreme Court Slams NCPCR For Filing Petition Seeking 'Vague & Omnibus' Directions Against Missionary Organisations

The Supreme Court recently criticised the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) for filing a writ petition seeking "vague and omnibus" directions against alleged illegal child trade by missionary organisations.The Court termed the NCPCR's petition "strange" and said that a statutory organisation could not have filed a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution...

'Registry Has Messed Up The Cause List' : Justice AS Oka Expresses Dismay

Justice Abhay Oka today (October 1) expressed dismay over the Registry's handling of Tuesday's cause list for his bench, noting that it was confusing.Justice Oka commented, “Matters which have been listed on top have gone down. There is a complete mistake committed by the Registry.”The first case yesterday as per Court order was listed as Item No. 4, and two cases supposed to be taken up...

[Don't Miss This!] LiveLaw Academy's Advanced Course On Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 By Senior Advocate & Ex-Judge BG Harindranath! [Deadline: 4th Oct!]

In 2020, the Government of India embarked on an ambitious exercise of reforming the Criminal Justice System. On 11th August 2023, three bills titled Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 and Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023 seeking to repeal and replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973 and the Indian...

Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Pleas Of SHUATS VC & Officials To Quash Cases Under UP Religious Conversion Law

The Supreme Court on October 1 reserved the judgment in a batch of petitions seeking to quash the criminal cases against the Vice Chancellor and other officials of the Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Science (SHUATS), Prayagraj over alleged forced mass religious conversions of people to Christianity. The Special Leave Petitions under Article 136 were filed before...

NALSA Says It Doesn't Have Funds But Accommodates Judges In 5-Star Hotels For Conferences : Justice Dipankar Dutta

Speaking at a public event yesterday, Justice Dipankar Dutta of the Supreme Court highlighted the irony of the National Legal Services Authority accommodating judges in 5-star hotels for conferences while claiming that it did not have funds to bear the legal expenses of a poor litigant.Justice Dutta was speaking in a discussion which preceded the inaugural AK Sen Memorial Lecture by Justice...

Delhi Police's Prohibitory Orders Affecting Ramlila & Religious Gatherings : Kalkaji Temple Priest Approaches Supreme Court

A Petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the prohibitory order issued by the Delhi Police banning the assembly of five or more persons, dharnas, protests etc in Delhi from September 30 to October 5 (both days inclusive).The petitioner is Sunil, a priest of the Kalkaji temple and the Secretary of the Manas Naman Sewa Society, which organises the grand Ramlila fair at the...

Supreme Court Issues Contempt Notice To Jharkhand Police Officers For Filing Chargesheet Violating Interim Order

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (October 1) issued a contempt notice to three officers of the Jharkhand Police for filing a charge sheet in a case despite an interim order by the Court barring any further action in the FIR.“It is a case of gross contempt of this Court. What oversight? Only reason is the husband of the first informant is IPS officer. That is the only reason”, Justice Oka...

Supreme Court Sets Aside Madras HC Judgment Which Was Signed & Uploaded After Judge's Retirement

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (October 1) restored a quashing petition related to a corruption case to the file of the Madras High Court, noting that the judgment in the case was signed and uploaded after the judge, Justice T. Mathivanan, had retired.Justice Abhay Oka, after dictating the order, emphasized, “There should not be a single incident like this” referring to the issuance of...

Supreme Court Seeks Personal Presence Of Telangana DGP In View Of 'Disconnect Between Prosecution & Govt Counsel'

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (October 1) expressed surprise over the lack of communication between the prosecution and the Telangana's Government Counsel over the date of filling the chargesheets in a criminal cases.Taking serious note of 'disconnect between the prosecution and the Government', the Court has directed the presence of the Director General of Police (DGP) of Telangana for the...

Supreme Court Closes Contempt Case Filed By Ex-Air Force Officer Who Contracted HIV Due To Blood Transfusion At Military Hospital

The Supreme Court today closed the contempt case filed by an ex-Air Force officer, aggrieved by the Armed Forces' failure to pay Court-ordered compensation for medical negligence at a military hospital that resulted in his contracting HIV.The matter was before a bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan which, in the interest of the parties, modified its earlier order and directed that...

Changes To Government Order Cannot Be Applied Retrospectively To Alter Established Seniority Rankings : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that the seniority of the entire cadre working in an establishment could not be disturbed via a subsequent modification in the Government Order (G.O.) fixing the seniority of an employee in an establishment. The bench comprising Justices Sandeep Mehta and R. Mahadevan said that giving a retrospective effect to the modification made in the G.O. (based on which...

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Challenge To Centre's Circular Treating OCIs As NRIs For Admissions

The Supreme Court on Monday (September 30) agreed to consider the plea by an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) who has challenged government circular treating OCIs to be NRIs for the purposes of admissions in medical and engineering courses. The bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing a challenge to the Punjab and Haryana High Court's order...