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Whether S. 479 BNSS Limiting Maximum Detention Period Of Undertrials Apply Retrospectively? Supreme Court Seeks Union's Response
The Supreme Court today (on August 13), asked the Union to clarify whether Section 479 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) - the replacement of the Code of Criminal Procedure- would apply retrospectively to the undertrials across the country. This provision provides the maximum period for which an undertrial prisoner can be detained. Section 479 BNSS corresponds to Section...
Gujarat High Court Issues Notice To 'Times Of India' & 'Indian Express' For 'False & Distorted' Reports On Proceedings
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (August 13) issued notices to editors of the newspapers, the Times of India and the Indian Express, for misrepresenting the Court proceedings. The Court observed that the newspaper reports gave a wrong impression that the observations made by the bench during the hearing were its final opinion.The Court asked the newspapers to show cause for not...
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of 3 Advocates As Gujarat HC Judges, Remits One Proposal To HC For Reconsideration
The Supreme Court Collegium on Tuesday recommended the names of three advocates to be appointed as judges of the Gujarat High Court.The Collegium comprising the Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud, Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice BR Gavai recommended the following names:Advocate Sanjeev Jayendra Thaker;Advocate Deeptendra Narayan Ray @ D N Ray; andAdvocate Maulik Jitendra...
Supreme Court Chides Petitioner Who Threatened Suicide If Petition Was Rejected
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Sanjay Kumar and R. Mahadevan heard a petitioner-in-person who filed a petition pointing out several issues in the Engineering Colleges. The petitioner who spoke in Hindi told the court that he has been running from pillar to post to seek remedy before the Supreme Court and other forums and has wasted several years in that. The petitioner had...
BREAKING | Kolkata Doctor Rape-Murder: High Court Transfers Probe To CBI, Says State Police's Investigation Did Not Inspire Confidence
In a breaking development, the Calcutta High Court has transferred the investigation into the brutal rape and murder of a 2nd year PG medical student at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital, to the CBI.A division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya were hearing multiple pleas, including one by the parents of the victim seeking transfer of investigation to an...
Does 'PV Anwar' Judgment Mandating S.65B Evidence Act Certificate For Electronic Evidence Apply Retrospectively? Supreme Court To Decide
The Supreme Court has taken up the issue of whether the judgment in the case of Anwar PV v. PK Basheer & Ors., which clarified the law regarding the admissibility of electronic record as secondary evidence, should be applied retrospectively or only prospectively.A bench of Justice Surya Kant, Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan sought the assistance of Solicitor General...
Calcutta HC Questions State Over Allegations Of Doctor's Rape-Murder On RG Kar Campus Being Registered As Suicide, Directs Principal To Go On Long-Leave
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday heard multiple pleas over the brutal rape and murder of a 2nd Year PG student at the RG Kar Medical College and Hosptial campus after she had finished her midnight rounds and gone to rest in the campus's seminar hall. A division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya questioned the state government after allegations were...
Will Stop Schemes Like 'Ladli Behna' : Supreme Court Warns Maharashtra Govt Over Not Paying Land Acquisition Compensation
The Supreme Court today (on August 13) sharply rebuked the State of Maharashtra for not coming up with a reasonable amount for compensation in a case wherein the State illegally occupied a person's property nearly six decades ago and allotted a notified forest land instead.The Court gave a stern warning that if the State does not give reasonable compensation to the person who lost the...
Jostling & Pushing To Wriggle Out Of Arrest Didn't Amount to Criminal Use Of Force : Supreme Court Sets Aside Conviction U/S 353 IPC
The Supreme Court today (August 12) set aside the conviction and sentence of the appellant under Section 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.The present appeal challenges the order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court dated October 14, 2009, which confirmed the conviction of the appellant under Section 353 and sentence...
Misleading Ads : Supreme Court Closes Contempt Case Against Patanjali, Baba Ramdev & Acharya Balkrishna Accepting Apology, Gives Stern Warning
The Supreme Court today closed the contempt proceedings pending against Patanjali Ltd, its Managing Director Acharya Balkrishna and co-founder Baba Ramdev over the publication of misleading medical advertisements in breach of a court undertaking. While the notices issued to the contemnors were discharged, the Court warned that they should comply with all future orders of the court and not...
New Hindenburg Report Creates 'Atmosphere Of Doubt', SEBI Should Conclude Probe Against Adani : Plea In Supreme Court
In the wake of the latest report published by Hindenburg Research levelling allegations of conflict of interest on the part of SEBI Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch, an application has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to accept an earlier application which sought to direct the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to complete the pending investigations against the Adani group...