SC allows rape victim to abort 24-week-old foetus as mother’s life in danger [Read Order]

The Supreme Court today allowed a 26-year-old alleged rape victim to abort a 24-week old foetus with severe abnormalities (despite a ban on medical termination of pregnancy beyond 20 weeks) as a medical board ordered by it declared that there was a danger to the mother’s life.A bench headed by Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar made it clear that the exception can be considered only in cases where...

SC directs Union and States to consider prohibition of use, sale and disposal of Plastic bags [Read Judgment]

It is evident that the situation is very alarming, the Bench said.Directing the Union and State Governments to consider prayers in a Writ Petition filed by Karuna Society for Animals & Nature, seeking prohibition of use, sale and disposal of plastic bags in all municipalities and municipal corporations, the Supreme Court has observed that ‘the situation is very alarming’.The Apex...

John Doe Denied For Dishoom: End of an IP Era?

In a significant development for both IP law and Bollywood, the movie Dishoom(starring John Abraham, Varun Dhawan and Jacqueline Fernandez) was denied a John Doe order by the Bombay high Court yesterday.This might perhaps rate as the first ever Bollywood movie where a John Doe order was denied in such strong terms (though the order leaves some scope for plaintiffs to return to court with a...

Justice Kalifulla retires; His approach to BCCI case was “like a Cricket Captain” says CJI

Supreme Court Judge Justice F M I Kalifulla, who was part of the bench along with Chief Justice T S Thakur which ordered carrying out of sweeping changes in the structure, management and functioning of the BCCI retired yesterday.Kalifulla who was the Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court was elevated to the Supreme Court in April 2012.At the farewell function organized by the...

Judicial process not an answer to every social ill: SC [Read Judgment]

SC dismissed a PIL for the inclusion of moral science as a compulsory subject in the syllabus of school education.The jurisdiction of Court under Article 32 is not a panacea for all ills but a remedy for the violation of fundamental rights, said the Court. Supreme Court of India Today has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation filed by Mrs Santosh Singh, an Advocate-on-record,...

Regulatory Mechanism for Legal profession: Law Commission invites suggestions from Bar Councils and Associations

Supreme Court of India in Mahipal Singh Rana vs. State of Uttar Pradesh, had observed that there is an urgent need to review the provisions of the Advocates Act dealing with regulatory mechanism for the legal profession. Three Judge Bench comprising of Justices Anil R. Dave, Kurian Joseph and Adarsh Kumar Goel had also requested the Law commission and Government of India to take...

Access to Justice is a fundamental right guaranteed under Article 14 & 21 of Constitution: SC Constitution Bench [Read Judgment]

The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court has held that access to Justice is a Fundamental Right guaranteed to citizens by Article 14 and Article 21 of the Constitution of India.The five Judge Bench comprising of Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur, Justices Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla, A.K. Sikri, S.A. Bobde, and R. Banumathi has made the above observation while answering a reference...

Cap of 14 Years Rule on aggregate Punishment is not applicable to Sessions Court: SC Constitution Bench [Read Judgment]

The Constitution Bench of Supreme of India Today has finally corrected the wrong interpretation given to Section 31(2) of Code of Criminal Procedure Code, by holding that the cap of 14 years Rule on aggregate punishment is not applicable to Sessions Court.The Bench comprising of Chief Justice TS Thakur and Justices FMI Kalifulla, A.K. Sikri, S.A. Bobde and R. Banumati has made this...

Multiple Life Sentences will run concurrently, Remission of one will not affect the other: SC [Read Judgment]

In a landmark Judgment, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India Today has categorically held that while multiple sentences for imprisonment for life can be awarded for multiple murders or other offences punishable with imprisonment for life, the life sentences so awarded cannot be directed to run consecutively. The Bench further clarified that such sentences would, however, be...

Legalise Betting? Bring BCCI under RTI? SC leaves it to Law Commission and the Government [Read Order]

Chief Justice T S Thakur-led bench which accepted majority of the suggestions of the Justice Lodha panel aimed at sweeping reforms in the management and governance of cricket in the country significantly asked the Centre and the Law Commission to examine the recommendation to legalise betting.The law panel has also been asked to examine if the BCCI, the richest cricket board in the world can...

As Cured persons languish in Mental Hospitals, SC issues notice to 6 states [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court today issued notices to six states on a petition seeking release of nearly 300 persons, who are still languishing in mental hospitals in Uttar Pradesh, some of them for several years, despite being cured of their ailments.A bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice A M Khanwilkar issued notices to Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal Rajasthan, Kerala, Jammu and Kashmir and...

Its final. No minister, civil servant, 70+ members in BCCI: SC [Read Order]

The Chief Justice-led bench of the Supreme Court today accepted Justice R M Lodha panel’s recommendations aimed at sweeping reforms in the functioning of the BCCI almost in toto which also meant that no minister and civil servant can become a member in the BCCI.The court also approved the upper age limit at 70 years for holding posts in the BCCI and said selection of players shall be done...