Democracy And Dissent- Powerful Speech By Justice Deepak Gupta

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COVID-19: Justice Subramaniam Of Madras HC To Donate 1 Month Salary For Welfare Of Unorganized Labour Force

A judge of the Madras High Court, Justice SM Subramaniam has decided to contribute his one month's salary of Rs. 2.25 lakh, for the welfare of unorganized labour force who have lost their earnings due to industrial standstill in the face of COVID-19 pandemic, the Hindu reported. A cheque for the same will be handed over to the State Chief Secretary today, i.e. March 21. Recently,...

Ex-CJI As Rajya Sabha MP : Some Warning Signals

The dark shadow cast on the high reputation of the judiciary and on recent judgments should be cleared as soon as possible by all legal means available to re-erect the edifice of faith of the society in the institution.

Kerala HC Slaps 50K Costs On Man Who Moved Court Seeking Home Delivery Of Liquor In View Of COVID 19 Outbreak [Read Judgment]

The Kerala High Court came down heavily on a person who filed a writ petition seeking a direction to the Beverages corporation to take a decision to make available potable liquor for delivery to consumers in the State through online platforms. Justice AK Jayasankaran Nambiar imposed costs of Rs. 50,000 on Jyothish, the petitioner. In his representation to the Corporation, the...

SC Stays Kerala & Allahabad HC Orders Which Stopped Recovery Measures By Tax Authorities, Banks Citing COVID19 [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the general orders passed by the High Courts of Allahabad and Kerala which restrained all recovery proceedings by tax authorities under State and Centre, and by Banks and other Financial Institutions until April 6.These High Courts had passed the stay orders to cut down litigation in the wake of COVID 19 pandemic.In SC, a bench comprising Justices A...

Four Convicts Hanged To Death At Tihar Jail In Nirbhaya Case After Late Night Legal Battles [Read Timeline]

The execution of four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case - Mukesh Singh(32), Akshay Kumar Singh(31) , Vinay Sharma(26) and Pawan Kumar Gupta(25) - was carried out at Tihar Jail, Delhi on Friday morning at 5. 30 AM.Though the convicts made late night attempts to stall the execution by filing a revision petition in the Delhi HC and also a writ petition in the Supreme Court,...

Nirbhaya Case : SC Dismisses Final Plea Of Convicts To Stay Execution After Past Midnight Hearing [Read Order]

Hours before the scheduled execution, the convicts in the Nirbhaya case knocked the doors of the Supreme Court past midnight, hoping for a last minute judicial intervention to extend their lives.But the last ditch effort of the convicts met with no success, as the bench comprising Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and A S Bopanna dismissed the plea, after a special sitting which commenced...

[Breaking] SC Orders Floor Test In Madhya Pradesh Assembly Tomorrow For Kamal Nath Govt [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered that floor test should be held tomorrow in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for proving the majority of Kamal Nath Government.The test should be by show of hands, and should be videographed.A bench comprising Justices D Y Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta passed the order in the petition filed by former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and other BJP...

[Breaking] Nirbhaya Case : Delhi Court Rejects Fresh Plea By Convicts To Stay Execution Of Death Sentence

A Delhi Court on Thursday dismissed the plea moved by Nirbhaya case convicts for staying their execution scheduled to take place tomorrow at 5. 30 AM.Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana of Patiala House stated that the petition was "bereft of merits"."No valid ground has been brought to my notice to justify the stay of execution of death warrants", the Court said.Referring to the...

Breaking: Nirbhaya Case : SC Dismisses Pawan Gupta's Curative Petition Against Dismissal Of Juvenility Claim [Read Order]

A day before the scheduled hangings in the Nirbhaya case, the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the curative petition filed by death row convict Pawan Kumar Gupta challenging the dismissal of his claim of juvenility at the time of offence.A 6-judge bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, Arun Mishra, R F Nariman, R Banumathi , Ashok Bhushan and A S Bopanna heard the petition in chambers...

Ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi Takes Oath As Nominated Member Of Rajya Sabha [Video]

Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi took oath as Rajya Sabha member at 11 AM on Thursday. On Monday night, the President of India had nominated Justice Gogoi to Rajya Sabha as a nominated member.Justice Gogoi has been nominated to fill the vacancy caused due to the retirement of one of the nominated member, Senior Advocate K.T.S. Tulsi. Other nominated members in the Rajya Sabha are Swapan Dasgupta,...

MP Floor Test Hearing [Day-2] Live-Updates From Supreme Court

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