Breaking; Four New Judges of Supreme Court to be sworn-in on Friday at 10.30 AM [Updated] Read the Circular]

Madhya Pradesh Chief Justice Ajay Manik Rao Khanwilkar, Allahabad Chief Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, Kerala Chief Justice Ashok Bhushan, and Senior Advocate Mr. L. Nageswara Rao are  to be sworn as Judges of Supreme Court of India on Friday at 10.30 PMThere will be a full Court reference at High Court of Kerala at 10.30 AM Tomorrow in honour of Chief Justice Ashok Bhushan on his...

It would be a healthy functioning of our democracy if all subordinate legislation were to be “transparent"; SC [Read Judgment]

Parliament has to take up this issue and frame a legislation along the lines of the U.S. Administrative Procedure Act by which all subordinate legislation is subject to a transparent process, suggested the Bench.The two Judge Bench of the Supreme Court of India today has made certain significant observations relating to transparency, right to information and openness in Governance. The...

Breaking; SC issues Landmark guidelines on Drought Management [Read Guidelines]

A two judge bench of the Supreme Court of India today has issued landmark guidelines for disaster /drought management. The bench comprising of Justices Madan B. Lokur and N.V. Ramana has issued the directions in a public interest litigation filed by Swaraj Abhiyan.The writ petition was filed in the backdrop of a declaration of drought in some districts or parts thereof in nine States that...

Need for Sanction before passing an order for investigation u/s 156(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973

Chapter XII of the Code of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (for short, the Code) deals with information to the police and their powers to investigate. The Chapter deals, so to say, with A to Z of first information given to the police (in cognizable or non-cognizable cases), and police investigation leading to final report under Section 173 of the Code. Section 156 specifically deals with...

Is NEET an issue between Center vs. State or an Issue concerning Lakhs of Students?

The fundamental rights and duties including those under Articles 14, 20, 21, 25 and 15, 16, 19, 30 of the Constitution are applicable to all citizens of India.Our Constitution, under cultural and educational rights states that any section of citizens residing in the territory of India or any part thereof having a distinct language, script or culture of its own shall have the right to conserve...

#NEET; States can't conduct their own exams; Candidates who appeared in NEET-1 can also appear in NEET-II by giving up NEET-1; SC [Read Order]

Special provisions for reservation of any category are not subject matter of the NEET nor rights of minority are in any manner affected by NEET, said the Bench.The constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India Today has clarified that the State Governments cannot conduct state level entrance examinations for the admission to Medical Colleges. The Court also held that the students who...

[Read Judgment] Uttarakhand High Court upholds Disqualification of Rebel MLAs; SC to hear the matter Today

Uttarakhand High Court Today, has dismissed the Petitions filed by Nine Congress rebel MLAs challenging the Speaker’s decision to disqualify them on the ground of alleged anti-party activities. The decision is significant in view of Tomorrow’s floor test.  The MLAs has approached the Supreme Court against the Order of High Court and the Supreme Court is likely to hear the Plea at...

More than 70,000 Judges required to clear the pending Cases; Chief Justice Thakur

Access to Justice is a fundamental right and no government can afford to deny its people their fundamental right, he saidChief Justice of India Justice TS Thakur today, while inaugurating the centenary celebrations of Orissa High Court at Cuttack, said that 'we require more than 70,000 judges to clear backlog of cases'.“While the Law Commission of India in 1987 had suggested for having...

SC directs Gujarat Govt. to compensate Madhya Pradesh workers who died as a result of Silicosis contracted in Gujarat [Read Order]

In a landmark decision on 4th May, the Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Kurian Joseph and Rohinton Fali Nariman, directed the Gujarat Government to deposit Rs.3 lakhs each to the kin of 238 workers from Madhya Pradesh, who lost their lives due to Silicosis, an occupational disease, which they contracted while working in stone crushing in Gujarat’s Godhra district.The petition, filed...

"I can't speak on behalf of the entire SC, But left to myself, I would not do it"; Justice Lokur on 'in limine' dismissals of SLPs against HC Confirmation of Death Sentence

Yesterday's event at Teenmurti Bhavan, New Delhi, where the National Law University, New Delhi, released the Death Penalty India Report was a memorable one. The panel discussion, moderated by Omair Ahmad, Books Editor at The Wire, included Justice Madan B Lokur, well-known advocate, Nitya Ramakrishnan, and the Director of the Centre on the Death Penalty, NLU, Anup Surendranath. Here are...

Death Row convicts mostly backward, uneducated and first time offenders, reveals NLU-D Death Penalty report [Read Report]

95% of death sentences imposed by the trial courts either commuted or resulted in acquittals at the appeal stages.The Centre on the Death Penalty has published much awaited Death Penalty India Report today. In the function held today in Teen Murti Bhavan, Justice Madan B. Lokur, Ms. Nitya Ramakrishnan and Dr. Anup Surendranath discussed the report.Most important finding in the reports seems to...

Breaking; ‘There is something rotten in the State of Medical Colleges’ SC imposes 5 Cr Cost on KIMS for playing with future of students [Read Judgment]

Quality in medical education is equally important, if not more, than quantity, the Bench remarked.The Supreme Court, coming down heavily on Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) for venturing adventurist litigation and playing with future of students, has directed the Medical council of India to restrain it from increasing the intake of students from 100 students to 150 students...