No black and white photographs in pleadings without prior permission of Court: SC directs Registry
“For a long time, the parties are placing on record black and white photocopies of photographs, mostly which are blurred.”
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SC stays proceedings against Shashi Tharoor over 2018 defamatory statements on PM Narendra Modi
Shashi Tharoor while addressing the audience at the Bangalore Literature Festival in 2018 had quoted lines from the article published by the Caravan magazine and which said that “Mr. Modi is like a scorpion sitting on a Shivling; you cannot remove him with your hand, and you cannot hit it with a chappal either.”
Supreme Court dismisses petitions seeking to stop export of arms & military equipments to Israel in the ongoing Gaza Conflict
Considering the petition seeking directions for the Union Government to cancel existing licenses/permissions and to stop the grant of new licenses to Indian companies, the Court stated that the self-imposed restraint on Courts entering into areas of foreign policy is grounded in sound rationale which has been applied across time.
Accused in custody can apply for anticipatory bail in connection with a different case: Supreme Court
“When procedural law doesn’t preclude the investigating agency from arresting a person in relation to a different offence while he is already under custody in some previous offence, the accused too cannot be precluded of his statutory right to apply for anticipatory bail only on the ground that he is in custody in relation to a different offence.”
Supreme Court sets aside MP High Court order transferring toddler’s custody from maternal aunts to father; Allows father and grandparents to meet child once a fortnight
Supreme Court said that this is not a case where custody of the child can be disturbed in a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India.
Supreme Court permits bank employees who secured job under SC/ST category to retain jobs despite caste descheduling by Karnataka Government
Supreme Court reiterated that neither State Government nor Courts have the authority to modify Scheduled Castes list promulgated by Presidential order
NRJ Series | When Supreme Court set aside murder and dacoity conviction due to ‘gravity and complexity of case’ requiring adequate consideration [(1953) 2 SCC 478]
This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment, on murder and dacoity, dating back to the year 1953.
SC reduces life sentence to 10 years imprisonment of man convicted for raping step-daughter, considering age and eight years of sentence undergone
‘No reason to interfere with the well-considered findings.’ The High Court’s and Trial Court’s decision for convicting the man for offence under Section 376 of IPC was upheld.
‘Chief Justice cannot individually reconsider recommendation’; SC directs HP High Court Collegium to collectively reconsider elevation of two District Judges
“This appears to be a case where there was no collective consultation amongst the three Constitutional functionaries of the High Court i.e. the Chief Justice and the two senior-most companion judges. The absence of plurality, in reconsideration as directed by the Supreme Court Collegium, is discernible.”
Supreme Court grants bail to Bhushan Steel former MD Neeraj Singal in money laundering case
Neeraj Singal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on 09-06-2023 in a bank fraud and money laundering case
Supreme Court dismisses former Principal Sandip Ghosh’s plea against Calcutta HC order transferring RG Kar College corruption case to CBI
Sandip Ghosh was the Principal of the RG Kar Hospital and College where the brutal rape and murder of a doctor took place on 9-08-2024. The Calcutta High Court on 13-08-2024 had transferred the investigation to CBI relating to the doctor’s death.
[Jaypee Infratech Resolution Plan] SC closes home buyers’ pleas after Suraksha Realty offers for allotment of homes or refund
About 538 home buyers, who paid more than 80% of the demand, will be given this option for allotment of the flat, in which event, the said home buyers will be treated on par with other home buyers.
SC partly closes suo motu petition after MP HC conditionally reinstates 4 of 6 terminated female judicial officers
Regarding the reinstatement of other two judicial officers, the Court will hear the matter on 24-09-2024, as the Full Court decided to not revoke their earlier resolutions and would place the adverse remarks and other materials against them before the Supreme Court in a sealed cover.
SC summarises sequence of application of Karnataka Stamp Act provisions on insufficiently stamped instruments
The Court pointed out that the object of the Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957 is not to exclude evidence or to enable parties to avoid obligations on technical grounds. Rather, the object is to obtain revenue even from such instruments which are at the first instance unstamped or insufficiently stamped.
Can over 40% Speech and Language disability hinder MBBS studies? Medical Board to examine as SC comes to aid of student
Dean of Pune’s Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College was directed to constitute a Medical Board to examine as to whether the speech and language disability of the petitioner would come in his way of pursuing the MBBS.
Criminal Law Roundup August 2024 | Top Cases on Bail; Contempt of Court; Forceful religious conversions; LGBTQ Rights; and more
Criminal law discussions that unfolded at the Supreme Court and various High Courts in the month of August
[Bulldozer action against accused] SC to frame pan-India guidelines against demolition of property of accused
The Court sought suggestions from all the parties, which can be considered in framing appropriate guidelines.
Supreme Court forms High-Powered Committee to negotiate with farmers protesting at Shambhu border for Minimum Support Price
Shambhu Border between the States of Punjab and Haryana was closed in February 2024 due to farmers’ protests, raising demands such as a statutory guarantee for the Minimum Support Price for crops.
Swati Maliwal Assault Case| Supreme Court grants bail to Arvind Kejriwal’s PA Bibhav Kumar
Bibhav was accused of slapping and abusing Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal.