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While rejecting the defendants’ application under Order VII Rule 10 of the CPC, the Civil Judge cited 2 non-existent Supreme Court rulings to back his decision.
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“Considering the pendency of very old criminal appeals, priority is usually given to the hearing of the appeals where the accused are in prison. The appeals against conviction where the accused are on bail take a backseat”.
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The Supreme Court had taken suo motu cognizance of the matter after an NGO ‘We the Women of India’ approached the Court against the impugned decision.
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Referring to relevant reports and studies, Supreme Court pointed out that the number of student suicides has now surpassed suicides committed by farmers due to agrarian distress, with a four percent rise in 2024 alone.
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While considering the petition, the Court took note of Article 6 of United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Arbitration (UNCITRAL) Rules, 2021 which deal with “Designating and appointing authorities”.
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An in-house enquiry was initiated by the Supreme Court after reports surfaced that a huge pile of unaccounted cash was found from the residence of Justice Varma.
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Justice Joymalya Bagchi formerly serving as Judge of Calcutta High Court was appointed to the Supreme Court on 10-3-2025 and is in line to become the CJI in 2031.
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“Although the law allows for travelling back of the revisional order of the High Court, yet it is far from ideal to do so after the passage of a substantial period of time. The correct approach to be adopted in cases like this is that the High Court should direct the Trial Court to stay its proceedings till the revision proceedings in respect of Section 319, CrPC are disposed of.”
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The Supreme Court Collegium, headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna, CJI, in its meeting held on 06-3-2025, recommended the name of Justice Bagchi for the Supreme Court.
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The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended the names of 5 Advocates to be appointed as Judges of the High Court.
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Permitting a stay on regulatory penalties under the guise of insolvency proceedings would undermine the very purpose of the CP Act and embolden errant developers to escape liability through insolvency proceedings.
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When appointed, Justice Joymalya will be in line to become Chief Justice of India after retirement of Justice KV Viswanathan.
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A vacancy in the office of the Chief Justice of the High Court of Orissa arose consequent upon retirement of Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh.
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The accused person’s Creta car dashed against the scooty on which the deceased couple was travelling along with their daughter. Due of the impact, couple died on the spot and their daughter was seriously injured. After the death of couple, the injured daughter and two other minor children of the couple became orphan.
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Justice N. Kotiswar Singh was serving as the Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, prior to being elevated as Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 18-7-2024.
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“The judgment of the Court will always be retrospective in nature unless the judgment itself specifically states that the judgment will operate prospectively”.
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The Petitioner further contended that the second proviso to the Section 8(8) of PMLA, 2002, is in contravention with the settled law provided under the PMLA, 2002.
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The Court found that circumstances in the instant case constituted more than a prima facie case to enable the prosecution to invoke Section 106 of the Evidence Act and shift the burden on the accused husband to explain what had happened on the day & date his wife died.
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In the instant case a husband was charged for the murder of his wife who died in mysterious circumstances by the Trial Court; however, MP High Court acquitted the husband as it found the child witness to be tutored.
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The Court found that circumstances in the case constitute more than a prima facie case to enable the prosecution to invoke Section 106 of the Evidence Act and shift the burden on the accused husband to explain what had happened on the day & date his wife died.
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