Supreme Court Constitution Bench To Hear Tomorrow Reference On Judicial Officer's Eligibility For District Judge Appointment In Bar Vacancy

The Supreme Court Constitution Bench will tomorrow hear the issue of whether a judicial officer, who has already completed 7 years in the Bar, is entitled to be appointed as a District Judge against the Bar vacancy.The 5-judge bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, Justices MM Sundresh, Aravind Kumar, SC Sharma and K Vinod Chandran will consider the matter. The bench has been constituted after the 3-judge bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, Justice K Vinod Chandran and Justice NV...

SC Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Chief Justices At Patna, Manipur & Meghalaya High Courts

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of the Chief Justices of the High Courts of Patna, Meghalaya and Manipur. As per the recommendation made to the Union, the following shuffling is suggested : 1) Justice PB Bajanthri (Karnataka High Court) to be appointed as the Chief Justice of Patna High Court (he is presently the Acting Chief Justice); 2) Justice Soumen Sen (Calcutta High Court) as the Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court; 3) Justice M Sunder...

Supreme Court Allows Pharmacy Council's Application To Revise Timelines For Approval, Admission & Inspection Of Pharma Courses

The Supreme Court on September 8 approved the revised timelines proposed by the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) for completion of the process for grant of approvals to institutions and admissions to various pharmacy courses.The bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justices K Vindod Chandran and Atul S Chandukar was hearing an application filed by the PCI. The PCI had filed an application seeking modification in the time schedule that has been laid down by the Court in its 2012 decision in Parshavanath...

'Sorry State Of Affairs': Supreme Court Pulls Up Punjab National Bank For Settling With Borrower After Auction Sale Of Secured Property

The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up Punjab National Bank (PNB) for entering into a settlement with a borrower after already having auctioned the borrower's property. The court asked the bank to take a policy decision at the earliest to ensure that such instances do not recur. A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and Sandeep Mehta directed PNB to issue a final sale certificate to the auction purchaser. The Court was dealing with a plea filed by the auction purchaser, who was aggrieved...

Supreme Court To Hear Bail Pleas Of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam & Gulfisha Fatima In Riots Larger Conspiracy Tomorrow

The Supreme Court will hear tomorrow the petitions filed by Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima seeking bail in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case.A bench comprising Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice NV Anjaria will hear the matter.The petition of co-accused Meeran Haider is listed before a bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran.The petitions have been filed against the Delhi High Court's judgment delivered on September 2, dismissing their bail...

Can't Encroach Upon ECI Jurisdiction To Determine A Person's Eligibility For Inclusion In Voter List: Delhi Court In Sonia Gandhi Case

A Delhi Court on Thursday said that it cannot encroach upon the jurisdiction of the Election Commission of India by entertaining plea seeking FIR against Congress leader Sonia Gandhi for purportedly getting her name added in the electoral rolls of 1980, three years before getting Indian citizenship. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Vaibhav Chaurasiya of Rouse Avenue Courts dismissed in limine the complaint filed by Vikas Tripathi seeking criminal action against Gandhi, alleging that the...

Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case: Umar Khalid Calls Delhi Police FIR A 'Joke', Says Evidence Fabricated To Implicate Him

Umar Khalid on Thursday told a Delhi Court that he has spent five years in custody in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, calling it a “joke of an FIR.”The submission was made by Senior Advocate Trideep Pais before Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of Karkardooma Courts while opposing framing of charges against Khalid. The case relates to FIR 59 of 2020 investigated by Delhi Police's special cell. The UAPA case alleges a larger conspiracy in the commission of the 2020 North-East...

Delhi Court Refuses To Order FIR Against Sonia Gandhi For Inclusion In Voter List Prior To Acquiring Indian Citizenship

A Delhi Court on Thursday dismissed a plea seeking FIR against Congress leader Sonia Gandhi for getting her name added in the electoral rolls of 1980, three years before getting Indian citizenship, allegedly by using forged documents.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Vaibhav Chaurasiya of Rouse Avenue Courts pronounced the order. Detailed copy is awaited.Order was reserved by the judge yesterday. The plea was filed by Vikas Tripathi seeking criminal action against Gandhi.Senior Advocate Pawan...

'Private Defence Can't Be Weighed In Golden Scale' : Supreme Court Acquits Doctor For Killing Attacker Who Fired Pistol

The Supreme Court recently set aside the conviction and life sentence imposed on a doctor from Uttarakhand for shooting a man who had gone to his clinic armed with a pistol and fired at him, accepting his plea of private defence. A bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice N Kotiswar relied on the judgment in Darshan Singh v. State of Punjab and Anr., which culled out 10 principles governing private defence.“the right of private defence cannot be brushed aside and cannot be weighed in a golden...

Presidential Reference | Centre Requests Supreme Court To Declare Tamil Nadu Governor Case Judgment Wrong

On the last day of the hearing of the Presidential Reference on the issues related to grant of assent to Bills, the Solicitor General of India, for the Union, requested the Supreme Court to declare that the two-judge bench Tamil Nadu judgment does not lay down the correct law. After 10 days of hearing, the Supreme Court today reserved its opinion in the Presidential Reference on 14 questions, including whether timelines can be prescribed for the assent of Bills.Mehta referred to the 2G...

Supreme Court Reserves Judgment In Presidential Reference On Timelines For Bills' Assent After 10-Day Hearing

The Supreme Court on Thursday (September 11) reserved judgment in the reference made by the President of India under Article 143 raising questions related to the timelines for granting assent to Bills by the President and the Governor under Articles 200/201 of the Constitution.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, Justice Surya Kant, Justice Vikram Nath, Justice PS Narasimha and Justice AS Chandurkar heard the matter for ten days.The Presidential reference was made in May, soon...

TN MLA Jegan Moorthy Says Settlement Reached In Abduction Case; Supreme Court Extends Interim Anticipatory Bail

The Supreme Court today extended the interim order granting anticipatory bail to "Poovai" Jegan Moorthy, MLA of KV Kuppam, Tamil Nadu, in the case alleging his involvement in the abduction of a minor boy. The Bench of Justice Manoj Mishra and Justice NK Singh was hearing the challenge against the Madras High Court's order dismissing the anticipatory bail petition filed by Moorthy in connection with the alleged abduction of a minor boy. Advocate Muthucharan Sundresh, appearing for Moorthy,...