West Bengal School Service Commission Act - Supreme Court Restricts Retrospective Application Of Provision Enabling State Govt To Transfer Teachers

The Supreme Court on Monday (October 9) stayed the retrospective application of Section 10C of the West Bengal School Service Commission Act, 1997, which was introduced by way of an amendment in 2017 and enables the transfer of a teacher from one school to another at the state government’s behest.A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia was hearing a special leave...

Caste Or Religion Of Litigant Should Never Be Mentioned In Judgments : Supreme Court To All Courts

The Supreme Court has deprecated the practice followed by certain Trial Courts and High Court of mentioning the caste or religion of a party in the cause-title of the judgment.While deciding a criminal appeal arising from a child sex abuse case in Rajasthan, the Supreme Court was surprised to note from the cause-title of the judgments of the Trial Court and the High Court that the...

Supreme Court To Hear Godhra Train Carnage Case Appeals In March 2024

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (October 11) posted a batch of appeals relating to the 2002 Godhra train carnage case for hearing in the second week of March 2024. The case includes the appeals filed by convicts and also the appeals filed by the State against certain acquittals. The State has also filed appeals challenging the High Court commuting the death penalty of eleven persons to...

PIL Claims Telangana Only State Without Crop Insurance Scheme To Protect Farmers, High Court Issues Notice

The Telangana High Court has issued notice to the State, Centre, Commissioner of Agriculture and Director of Horticultural in a Public Interest Litigation for implementation of the comprehensive 'Crop Insurance Scheme' in the State.The PIL was taken up by the division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice N.V. Shravan Kumar based on a letter authored by Advocate Rapulu Bhaskar...

'Send The Convicts Back To Jail, I'm Beseeching This Court; They Don't Deserve Mercy' : Bilkis Bano's Lawyer Tells Supreme Court

Bilkis Bano's lawyer told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that her rapists were treated with 'kid gloves' and favoured by the Gujarat government despite the gruesome and barbaric nature of the crime they committed.A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing a clutch of pleas against the decision of the Gujarat government to grant remission to the 11 convicts who had...

Supreme Court Signs MoU With IIT Madras For Collaborating On Usage Of Artificial Intelligence & Technology

The Supreme Court has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IIT Madras for collaborating on using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies for transcription tools, summarization of page transcript, translation Tool, exclusive streaming platform for court trials, process automation and large languages models. The move comes after CJI DY Chandrachud's visit to IIT Madras...

Accused Has No Right To Produce Any Material At The Time Of Framing Of Charge: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that at the stage of framing charges, the accused does not have the right to produce any material or documents to contest the case. The Court further emphasized that at the charges stage, the trial court should base its decision solely on the chargesheet material provided by the prosecution, presuming the material to be true for the purpose of determining the existence of...

Supreme Court Bench Split On Abortion Of 26-Week Pregnancy Of Married Woman, Refers To Larger Bench

While one judge said that the choice of the woman should be respected, the other judge said that the medical report about the possibility of the survival of the foetus made it difficult to allow abortion.

Supreme Court Refuses Abdullah Azam Khan's Request to Restrain Trial Court From Passing Conviction Order in Forgery Case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday(October 11) refused to restrain a trial court from passing an order of conviction against Samajwadi Party leader Abdullah Azam Khan in a forgery case. A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Prashant Kumar Mishra was hearing Khan’s special leave petition challenging an April 2023 order of the Allahabad High Court refusing to stay his conviction in a 15-year-old...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Transfer Of Manipur High Court Acting Chief Justice To Calcutta HC

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the transfer Acting Chief Justice of Manipur High Court MV Muralidaran to the Calcutta High Court. The original recommendation was made earlier this week.In a resolution signed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, and Surya Kant, the collegium has said that this decision has been made for...

Allahabad High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking 'Removal' Of Mathura's Idgah Mosque, Its Recognition As Krishna Janmabhoomi

The Allahabad High Court today dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking recognition of Mathura's Shahi Idgah Mosque site as Krishna Janam Bhoomi.A bench of Chief Justice Pritinker Diwaker and Justice Ashutosh Srivastava passed this order after reserving its verdict on the matter last month. A detailed order is awaited.#BREAKING | #AllahabadHighCourt DISMISSES PIL plea...

Marriage Considered 'Pious' In Indian Society: Divorce On Ground Of 'Irretrievable Breakdown Of Marriage' Not Always Desirable: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that it can exercise its discretion under the inherent powers under Article 142 of the Constitution of India for dissolving a marriage on the ground of 'irretrievable breakdown of marriage', even when one of the spouses opposes the dissolution of marriage. However, the Court said that such discretion must be exercised with great care and caution.The Court...