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Manipur Violence : Supreme Court Appoints Officer To Monitor CBI Investigation, Includes Officers From Other States In SIT
The Supreme Court on Monday said that it will pass a slew of directions in relation to the Manipur violence cases to "restore a sense of faith in the rule of law and build a sense of confidence".The Court said that it will constitute a committee of three former female High Court judges to "look at diverse aspects on humanitarian nature". It will be a "broad based committee" looking at...
Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise Index [July 17 – 23, 2023]
SUBJECT WISE INDEXBailSupreme Court grants bail to Teesta Setalvad; calls Gujarat HC observations 'perverse', 'contradictory'. Teesta Atul Setalvad v. State of Gujarat, 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 554 : 2023 INSC 637ChequeNI Act | In cheque dishonour case, interim compensation can be ordered to be paid only after the accused pleads not guilty. Pawan Bhasin v. State of U.P., 2023 LiveLaw (SC)...
Central Civil Service Rules | Retired Employee Can Be Appointed As Inquiry Authority In Disciplinary Proceedings : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently held that the disciplinary authority under the Central Civil Service Rules is empowered to appoint a retired employee as an inquiry authority. It is not necessary that the inquiry officer should be a public servant. The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Bela M Trivedi was hearing an appeal against Odisha HC judgment which relied on...
'Trivial' : Supreme Court Quashes 2014 Criminal Case Over Petty Office Altercation
The Supreme Court quashed a chargesheet filed against an executive engineer in connection with an office altercation with his peon long back in 2014. The court took into account the trivial nature of the allegations. The court observed that there was no progress in the trial pending before Chief Judicial Magistrate since 2015. The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and...
Supreme Court Reduces Sentence Awarded To Woman For Assaulting Govt Official During Labourers Protest 30 Years Ago
The Supreme Court granted the benefit of probation to a social worker who was convicted of assaulting a public servant and reduced her sentence to 1 month. The incident related to 1992 when she had barged into the office of the Directorate(Women and Child Development) and abused and pushed a public official who got injured in her right finger.The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Abhay...
Registration Of All BS VI Diesel Compliant Vehicles Permissible In NCT Delhi : Supreme Court
In a recent order, the Supreme Court has clarified that the registration of all BS VI Compliant diesel vehicles is allowed to be done in NCT Delhi, irrespective of their requirement for the G-20 summit.The bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia said, “From a reading of the order it does appear that the order has been passed in the aforesaid terms but learned...
Allegations In Complaint Made In Good Faith To Lawful Authority Cannot Attract Offence Of Defamation : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court quashed a defamation case against a man accused of making defamatory allegations in his complaint before Sub Divisional Magistrate.It is not defamation to prefer in good faith an accusation against any person to any of those who have lawful authority over that person with regard to the subject-matter of accusation, the bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra...
Supreme Court Vacates Stay In A 16 Year Old Criminal Appeal; Pulls Up Appellant-Lawyer Who Sought Repeated Adjournments
The Supreme Court vacated a stay order in a 16 year old criminal appeal as it pulled up the appellant-lawyer for seeking repeated adjournments.On 19 October 2006, Gulshan Bajwa, a lawyer, was convicted by the Delhi High Court finding him guilty of criminal contempt of making reckless and undesirable allegations against the Judges. He was sentenced to simple imprisonment for a period of...
Judge Also Has A Public Duty To See That Guilty Man Does Not Escape : Supreme Court Upholds Conviction Of Man For Killing Wife
Judge also presides to see that a guilty man does not escape, the Supreme Court noted while it upheld conviction of a man accused of killing his wife."The law does not enjoin a duty on the prosecution to lead evidence of such character, which is almost impossible to be led, or at any rate, extremely difficult to be led. The duty on the prosecution is to lead such evidence, which it is capable...
Applications Filed For ‘Clarification/Addition’ While Evading The Recourse Of Review, Should Be Discouraged: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that 'applications' filed on the pretext of ‘clarification/addition’ while evading the recourse of review, ought not to be entertained and should be discouraged."Any alternation or addition to a judgment pronounced by Court can be made only to correct a clerical or arithmetical mistake or an error arising out of an accidental slip or omission", the bench of...
Pathological Labs In Kerala Covered Under ESI Act From 2007 & Not 2002 : Supreme Court Dismisses ESIC Appeal
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal by the Employees' State Insurance (ESI) Corporation challenging a 2008 Kerala High Court order that had held that the provisions of The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 will be applicable to a pathological laboratory from 2007 and not from 2002, by virtue of a 2007 government notification specifying that medical institutions would...