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Supreme Court Monthly Round-Up: April 2024
Here's a comprehensive overview of the Supreme Court of India proceedings during April 2024. This monthly digest aims to inform you about the latest judgments, orders, and Public Interest Litigations (PILs) filed in the Supreme Court during the month of April and also the updates of the Constitution bench hearing on the taxation matter of mineral-bearing lands and on overlapping...
Interview Also Be Done To Assess Suitability Of Judicial Officers For Promotion As District Judges In 65% Quota : Supreme Court Suggests
The Supreme Court in its recent judgement concerning the promotion of Judicial Officers by the Gujarat High Court, observed a few suggestions to enhance the 'suitability test' employed by the High Court for promoting judicial officers on the basis of 'Merit-cum-Seniority'. On May 17, the Court upheld the recommendations made by the High Court of Gujarat in 2023 for the promotion of Senior...
CrPC Not Retrospectively Applicable To J&K Before 31.10.2019; Prior Proceedings Should Comply With Old Law : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973(CrPC) will apply to Jammu and Kashmir only with effect from 31.10.2019, the date when the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act 2019 came into effect following the abrogation of the special status of J&K under Article 370 of the Constitution.The Court clarified that the CrPC will not have retrospective application to...
Hindu Succession Act | Hindu Woman Can Claim Full Ownership Of Property Under S.14(1) Only If She Possesses It : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that for a female Hindu to claim absolute ownership of an undivided property of a Hindu Undivided Family(HUF), she should have been in possession of the property.The bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and Sandeep Mehta, after referring to the statutory scheme and precedents, observed :“It is clear that for establishing full ownership on the undivided joint family...
Supreme Court Grants Interim Bail To PMLA Accused As Chargesheet Dropped Scheduled Offence
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 17) granted interim bail to a man who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate after noting that there is no scheduled offence as per the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) against him in the chargesheet filed in the predicate case.The Court noted that the proceedings under the PMLA can be initiated only if offences mentioned in the schedule of...
Supreme Court To Consider Plea On Acid Attack Survivors' Challenges To Complete 'Live Photograph' Requirement Of e-KYC Process
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 17) agreed to consider the issue of the lack of guidelines for an inclusive digital KYC process for acid attack survivors and persons with permanent eye damage. The bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra issued a notice in the petition and termed it an 'important issue'. "It's an important issue, we will issue notice,...
Can Muslim Women Claim Equality In Succession? Can Will Be Executed For Entire Property As Per Mohammedan Law? Supreme Court To Decide
The Supreme Court has decided to determine, inter-alia, whether Muslim women have the right to claim equality in succession in light of Article 14 (Right to equality) and 15 (Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth) of the Indian constitution. The question arose before the bench of justices C.T Ravikumar and Rajesh Bindal, who...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On RBI's Plea Against Merger Of Malappuram District Cooperative Bank With Kerala Bank, Orders Status Quo
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 17) issued notice on a petition filed by the Reserve Bank of India challenging the amalgamation of the Malappuram District Cooperative Bank in Kerala with the Kerala State Cooperative Bank.While issuing notice, the Court also directed to maintain status quo in all aspects in respect of the Malappuram District Cooperative Bank." Issue notice,returnable in July, ...
Resolve Row Over University VC Appointments Or Else We Will Appoint : Supreme Court Warns West Bengal Govt, Governor
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 17) while hearing an ongoing dispute between the West Bengal government and Governor CV Anand Bose(Chancellor of Universities) regarding the appointment of interim vice-chancellors (VC), warned both the parties that it will appoint the VCs if the parties fail to do it amicably.“The moment you will prompt us, we will pass some order and that order will...
Saw Images Of Forest Guards Dousing Fires With Banana Leaves : Supreme Court To Uttarakhand Govt, Seeks Permanent Solution To Forest Fires
The Supreme Court (on May 17), while hearing the matter regarding forest fires ranging across the State of Uttarakhand, was informed by the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that the State has taken the matter seriously. Further, the Court was also told that the Union officer alongwith the State's chief secretary and the Amicus Curiae would sit together to chalk out...