[Breaking] 'My Statements Are Well Considered And Well Thought Of': Prashant Bhushan Declines SC's Offer For Time To Reconsider Statement

Advocate Prashant Bhushan on Thursday declined the Supreme Court's offer for time to reconsider the statement made by him in the Court justifying his tweets and expressing dismay at the contempt verdict.Justice Gavai asks Bhushan : Would you like to reconsider your statement?Bhushan : I don't want to reconsider the statement. As regards giving time, I don't think it will serve any...

[Contempt] "I Do Not Ask For Mercy, I Do Not Appeal to Magnanimity, I am Here To Cheerfully Submit to Any Penalty": Prashant Bhushan Tells SC Quoting Gandhiji

"My tweets were nothing but a small attempt to discharge what I considered to be my highest duty at this juncture in the history of our republic. I did not tweet in a fit of absence mindedness. It would be insincere and contemptuous on my part to offer an apology for the tweets that expressed what was and continues to be my bonafide belief. Therefore, I can only humbly paraphrase what the father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi had said in his trial: I do not ask for mercy. I do not appeal to magnanimity. I am here, therefore, to cheerfully submit to any penalty that can lawfully be inflicted upon me for what the Court has determined to be an offence, and what appears to me to be the highest duty of a citizen."

[Suo Moto Contempt] Right Of One Appeal: A Requirement Of Due Process

According to media reports of 19 August 2020, Justice Kurian Joseph, former Judge of the Supreme Court, has formulated the following question in the context of contempt of Court proceedings: "…whether a person convicted by the Supreme Court of India in a suo-motu case should get an opportunity for an intra-court appeal since in all other situations of conviction in criminal matters, the convicted person is entitled to have a second opportunity by way of an appeal. Under Section 19 of the...

AP HC Requests Justice R V Raveendran To Inquire Into Phone Conversation Designing Plot Against HC CJ & Senior SC Judges [Read Order]

The Andhra Pradesh High Court last week ordered inquiry by a retired judge of the Supreme Court into the genuineness of an alleged telephonic conversation between a former High Court judge and a principal junior civil judge, who is under suspension, conspiring to design a plot against the Chief Justice of the High Court and senior judges of the SC. A bench of Justices M. Satyanarayana Murthy...

[Breaking] Justice Kurian Joseph Seeks Intra-Court Appeal For Suo Moto Contempt Verdict; Says 'Avoid Even Remotest Possibility Of Miscarriage Of Justice'

Former Supreme Court judge, Justice Kurian Joseph, has suggested that there should be a provision for intra-court appeal in verdicts passed by the top court in suo moto contempt cases.The statement from the retired SC judge comes in the wake of the recent verdict of the SC holding Advocate Prashant Bhushan guilty for contempt of court for two tweets about CJI and the judiciary.The SC is...

[Breaking] Sushant Singh Rajput Case : SC Orders CBI Probe; Holds Bihar FIR Valid; Asks Maharashtra Police To Assist

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the Bihar Government's order to transfer the probe in the case related to the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput to CBI.A single bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy held that Bihar police had jurisdiction to register FIR with respect to the suicide of Sushant Singh Rajput at the complaint of the actor's father, and held the transfer to CBI valid....

Prashant Bhushan Contempt: UK Lawyers Body Expresses Concern; Says 'Lawyers Entitled To Voice Legitimate Criticism'

"An independent and impartial judiciary is stronger when enabling open and public debate on its operations"

No Exception Can Be Taken To Constitution Of PM CARES Fund; But Still Open For Anyone To Contribute To NDRF : SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that "no exception can be taken to the constitution" of PM CARES Funds to meet the emergency situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic.The top court made this observation while disposing of a PIL filed by Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) seeking to transfer the funds from PM CARES to National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) created under...

[FULL VIDEO] LiveLaw Practitioner Series: "Forensic Evidence In Sexual Offences Against Women And Children" By Justice K Kannan

LiveLaw is organizing a webinar under its "LiveLaw Practitioner Series" today at 5:30 pm.Justice K Kannan, Former Judge, Punjab, and Haryana HC will speak on the topic "Forensic Evidence in Sexual Offences against Women and Children".The session would be moderated by Shreya Rastogi (Project 39A, NLU Delhi)The details of the webinar are as followsZoom...

[UGC VS STUDENTS] SC Hearing On Petitions Seeking Cancellation Of Final Year Exams [Courtroom Exchange]

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[Breaking] SC Dismisses Plea To Transfer PM CARES Funds To NDRF; Says Fresh National Disaster Plan For COVID-19 Not Needed [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition which sought transfer of the funds from PM CARES to National Disaster Rel Fund.The Court also held that there was no need for a fresh national disaster relief plan for COVID-19, and that the minimum standards of relief as issued under the Disaster Management Act prior to COVID-19 were enough.The bench also clarified that the Centre will be free...

'My Lord Or Your Honour?': How To Address Judges In India?

On 13th August 2020, an interesting exchange happened between the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and a lawyer on how to address the Court. A lawyer addressed the bench presided by the CJI, which was hearing the cases through video conference, as 'Your Honour'. "Are you appearing before the US Supreme Court?", CJI Bobde asked the lawyer. According to CJI, the use of ' Your Honour' is not...