Articles tagged with: supreme court

SCOI Scoop: SC to hear Sanjay Dutt co-convict's curative tomorrow, could shed more light on Naz

The curative petition of Yusuf Mohsin Nulwala, a convict in the 1993 Mumbai blast case, will be heard by the Supreme Court tomorrow by the bench comprising the three senior-most Judges, namely, the CJI, TS Thakur, and justices Anil R Dave and JS Khehar beween 1:40 and 1:45 pm in their chambers tomorrow.

SCOI Report: Arunachal crisis hearing resumes on serious note as bench struggles to keep focus

The before the Constitution bench at court number 3 at 2 pm began on a serious note with the Attorney General, Mukul Rohatgi asking the bench whether it was at all required to copy thousands of pages of official correspondence at the chief minister’s office on various trivial matters, when what the petitioners want access to, is something else. The AG also claimed that the chief minister’s office in Itanagar is not sealed, and the petitioners have not yet made any attempt to claim access to the documents which they want.

SCOI Analysis: What could Naz's section 377 curative constitution bench look like and what can it do?

Even as the Supreme Court is yet to upload its order referring the curative petitions filed by Naz Foundation and others to the five Judge Constitution bench, a debate has already begun over the scope and composition of the bench among observers.

AoR exam gets much easier: Nearly a third pass (compared to 12% last year)

165 candidates passed this year’s advocates-on-record (AoR) exam this year - a huge increase compared to the 65 candidates out of 544 who passed a year ago.

It's happening: SC refers Section 377 curative to a Constitution Bench [LIVE]

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The Supreme Court has referred the section 377 curative petition to a Constitution Bench for further examination.

At 3pm today, will Thakur, Dave, Khehar do the highly unlikely and creatively reconsider section 377?

Chief Justice of India (CJI) TS Thakur, and justices Anil R Dave and Jagdish Singh Khehar, will hear the section 377 curative petition today at 3pm in the Supreme Court.

SC hears now-cold-feet petitioner for whom Madras HC nearly banned the BCI

The advocate petitioner SM Anantha Murugan, in whose case the Madras high court in October 2015 came down hard on the Bar Council of India (BCI), suggesting that the regulator should be dismantled and replaced with a body of experts, has told the Supreme Court that’s not what he wanted from the cour...

Post mortem: CJI Dattu's social justice bench experiment is now history, pending cases distributed to others

The social justice bench comprising justices Madan B Lokur and UU Lalit, set up by the previous chief justice of India, justice HL Dattu on 12 December 2014 has now officially ceased, and the cases which were part-heard before that bench, have been distributed to other benches.

SCOI scoop: SC's new UP Lokayukta choice, Sanjay Misra, too was opposed by CJ Chandrachud

Today’s judgment in Sachchidanand Gupta “Sachchey” vs State of UP through Chief Secretary and Others showed that the chief justice of the Allahabad high court had also opposed Justice Sanjay Misra’s name, which was proposed by the chief minister.

SC hits undo on its December UP Lokayukta appointment of Virendra Singh, picks new ex-judge

The Supreme Court appointed ex-Allahabad high court judge Sanjay Mishra as Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh, reported Mint , after the court had ordered ex-judge Virendra Singh to take up the post in December but admitting that the state government had not shared with the about reservations about the inte...

More basic / advanced lit strategy for Salman Khan: Files caveat in SC

“Bollywood actor Salman Khan filed a caveat petition in the Supreme Court today asking to be heard when the Maharashtra government’s appeal against his acquittal in the 2002 hit-and-run case comes up for hearing,” reported The Indian Express . A caveat would prevent the apex court from making any ex...

SC hears 2 governors, in 2 different cases: One perceives self as victim, critics perceive other as villain

The Supreme Court’s two constitution benches in adjacent court rooms of 1 and 3 heard two governors simultaneously at 2pm today: one a former governor, and an alleged victim of political vendetta, and the other a sitting governor, who allegedly conspired with the Centre to topple a duly-elected government by recommending President’s rule.

SCOI Analysis: Prez rule in Arunachal leaves both BJP and Cong embarrassed before SC

The case Nabam Rebia vs Registrar General, Gauhati High Court, will be heard at 2pm tomorrow (27 January) before the five-judge Constitution bench in Court No 3.

For 3rd time in 2 weeks, SC refuses to change mind on bullfighting, dismisses review

The Supreme Court yesterday declined to entertain three review petitions of its original 7 May 2014 judgment banning Jallikattu, reported The Hindu , only a week after the Supreme Court had ordered that the Centre’s restarting of Jallikattu was illegal and declined to vacate its order. As reported b...

SC stays Delhi HC's 60% Sanskriti school civil servant quota

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a Delhi high court order quashing the 60 percent admission quota for the wards of Group A officers of the All India Central Services in elite Sanskriti schools. An apex court bench headed by Justice Anil R Dave, however, said the quota will also cover the childre...

SCOI Analysis: Court misled? UP Lokayukta appointment issue becomes curiouser and curiouser

Court No 7 of Supreme Court was witness to a suspenseful hearing on 20 January as counsel after counsel told the Bench comprising justices Ranjan Gogoi and Prafulla C Pant that it had been misled by the Uttar Pradesh Government that Justice Virendra Singh, a former judge of the Allahabad high court, whom it appointed as the Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh under Article 142 of the Constitution, which gives the Court extraordinary powers to do complete justice in a case, was in the list of names being considered by the selection panel.

SCOI scoop: SC set to hear 5-minute review petition against its 2014 Jallikattu judgment

After having lost two rounds in the Supreme Court, first on 12 January and again on on 13 January the Jallikattu fans in Tamil Nadu appear to be a determined lot, keeping all their hopes in the Apex Court once again.

Open court for Red Fort attacker's death sentence reversal hearing in SC, before constitution bench

The Supreme Court on Tuesday permitted Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba militant Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq’s plea for an open court hearing of his petition seeking review of its 10 August 2011 verdict upholding his death sentence in the 22 December 2000 Red Fort attack case. Making exception to its 2 Sept...

Salman Khan, SRK sued for TV-shooting, wearing shoes in temple

A case was filed on Saturday against Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan in a court in Meerut for hurting the sentiments of the Hindu community. The case was filed before the special judicial magistrate’s court by the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, accusing the two actors of showing disres...

At CJI inauguration of MK Nambyar CLE academy: Reduce high lawyer fee; want better oath ceremony, more CLEs

The Bar Council of Kerala will now start constructing the MK Nambyar Academy for Continuing Legal Education, as its foundation stone was laid by Chief Justice of India (CJI) TS Thakur yesterday, reported The Hindu . At the inauguration ceremony, CJI Thakur defended the high litigation fees charged b...