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PMLA Oppressive, Has No Reasonable Procedure : Kapil Sibal
Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal called the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, (PMLA) oppressive and devoid of any procedure established by law guaranteed under Article 21. While addressing the Sikkim Judicial Academy, Sibal called out the Supreme Court for upholding the provisions of PMLA in Vijay Madanlal Choudhary v. UOI and not listing the review petition for two years. Sibal was...
Supreme Court Stays HC's Imposition Of Rs 1 Lakh Cost On Adv Mehmood Pracha, Seeks ECI's Response On Why Remarks Against Him Be Not Expunged
The Supreme Court yesterday stayed an Allahabad High Court order to the extent that it imposed a cost of Rs.1 lakh on Advocate Mehmood Pracha for "wasting Court's time" by filing a petition concerning videography during the electoral process.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan passed the order, issuing notice to the Election Commission for the limited purpose as to why...
All India Judicial Service For District Judiciary Would Be Absolute Disaster : Kapil Sibal
On Saturday, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, President of the Supreme Court Bar Association, criticised the Supreme Court Collegium, which is headed by the Chief Justice of India and four senior-most judges of the Supreme Court. He added that the judges appointed through the Collegium system are necessarily not on merits but no one wants to do away with it because there is "inbuilt pressure...
Why Video Conferencing Facilities Not Used To Produce Accused? Supreme Court Asks Maharashtra Home Secretary To File Affidavit
The Supreme Court has asked the State of Maharashtra to explain why Video Conferencing facilities are not being used to produce the accused in Court for trial proceedings.The Court has sought an affidavit from the Secretary of the Home Department of the Maharashtra Government. A bench comprising Justices Rajesh Bindal and R Mahadevan passed this order while noting that the trial in a case...
It's Our Compassion For Society Which Sustains Us As Judges : CJI DY Chandrachud
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjay Chandrachud on Friday said that a sense of compassion for the society sustains judges."But above all, what sustains us as judges? It is our sense of compassion for the society in which we render justice," he stated while addressing a felicitation function organised by the Bombay Bar Association in honour of the outgoing CJI.In this context, he referred...
Varanasi Court Rejects Plea Seeking ASI Survey To Find Out If 'Swayambhu Jyotirling' Lies Beneath Gyanvapi Mosque
Today, a court in Varanasi rejected a plea seeking an additional ASI (Archaeological Survey of India) survey of the entire Gyanvapi Mosque complex, focusing on the areas the ASI has not already surveyed, including beneath the mosque's central dome. Civil Judge (Sr. Div.), FTC Varanasi, Yugal Sharma dismissed the plea moved in February this year in the 1991 suit concerning the...
Senthil Balaji Corruption Case Assigned To District Judge With Reduced Caseload : Madras High Court Informs Supreme Court
The Madras High Court has informed the Supreme Court that the corruption and cheating cases arising out of the cash-for-jobs scam in which Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji is the prime accused have now been assigned to a district judge with a reduced caseload, who will only handle these specific cases.A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih recorded –“Pursuant to...
Supreme Court Allows Candidate With Locomotor Disability To Appear For Rajasthan Civil Judge Interview
The Supreme Court today (October 25) allowed a candidate with locomotor disability to appear for the interviews for Rajasthan Civil Judge. The bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing the plea of a petitioner who suffers from locomotor disability to the extent of 60% cleared the preliminary and main examinations with 111.5 marks. Sr Advocate Shadan Farasat appearing for...
SC/ST Act: Sessions Court In Karnataka Convicts 101 People In Decade Old Atrocities Case, Sentences 98 Of Them To Life Imprisonment
A sessions court in Koppal district of Karnataka on Thursday convicted 101 persons in a decade old case of atrocity against members of the Scheduled Caste community at Marakumbi village.Special Judge C Chandra Sekhar observed,“To show mercy in a case like this would be travesty of justice. Considering the fact that the injured victims, male and female, belong to Scheduled Caste and that...
Mumbai Court Suspends 15-Day Jail Term Awarded To Sanjay Raut In Defamation Case By Kirit Somaiya, His Wife
A sessions court in Mumbai's Mazgaon on Friday suspended the sentence of 15 days jail term imposed on Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and parliamentarian Sanjay Raut, who was convicted by a Magistrate Court, for defaming BJP leader and former MLA Kirit Somaiya and his wife Medha Somaiya.Additional Sessions Judge SP Pingale also granted bail to Raut, on a surety of Rs 50,000. Notably, Raut was convicted...
Supreme Court Allows Candidate With Muscular Dystrophy To Participate In NEET-UG 2024 Counselling
The Supreme Court on Friday (October 25) permitted a candidate suffering from muscular dystrophy to participate in the ongoing counselling for NEET-UG 2024, considering that the expert report opined that the candidate could pursue the MBBS Course with the help of assistive devices.The bench of CJI DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing a plea by a candidate facing...
Supreme Court Allows Car Owner To File Representation Against Ban On 10-Year-Old Diesel & 15-Yr-Old Petrol Vehicles In Delhi-NCR
The Supreme Court on Friday (October 25) allowed an applicant to file a representation before the Delhi Government authority raising grievances against the ban on diesel vehicles older than 10 years and petrol vehicles older than 15 years in Delhi NCR. The applicant, who challenged the ban, sought an alternative direction that it should not be given retrospective effect before April 7, 2015,...