'Non-Recovery Of Corpse Relevant In Considering Chain Of Circumstances' : Supreme Court Reverses Conviction In Murder Case

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, reversed a conviction recorded by the Trial Court, affirmed by the Tripura High Court on the ground that major links of the chain of circumstances had not been proved by the prosecution evidence in a case based on circumstantial evidence. A Bench comprising Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice Vikram Nath was of the opinion that in the facts and circumstances of...

Mere Acquittal In Criminal Case Does Not Entitle An Employee To Reinstatement In Service : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that mere acquittal does not entitle an employee to the reinstatement in service.If a person is acquitted or discharged, it cannot obviously be inferred that he was falsely involved, or he had no criminal antecedents, the bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela M Trivedi observed.In this case, the petitioner was appointed to the post of constable in the Jammu...

Judges' Pension : Most States Report Compliance Of Supreme Court Directions To Disburse Arrears

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, was informed that most State Governments have complied with the directions regarding disbursal of the pension arrears to retired arrears after enhancement.On 07.02.2023, noting that some States Government have not complied with its earlier decision regarding enhancement of pension, to the extent they have defaulted in depositing pension arrears due to...

Section 28 Specific Relief Act - Time To Deposit Balance Sale Consideration Cannot Be Extended As A Matter Of Course : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently rescinded a sale agreement after noting that the plaintiff, who secured a decree for specific performance of the contract, had failed to deposit the balance sale consideration within time.Observing that the time for paying sale consideration cannot be extended as a matter of course, the Apex Court found fault with the trial court for condoning the huge delay of 853...

Mere Fact Of Commission Of Suicide Itself Not Sufficient To Raise Presumption Under Section 113A Evidence Act : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that the mere fact of commission of suicide by itself would not be sufficient for the court to raise the presumption under Section 113A of the Evidence Act, and to hold the accused guilty of Section 306 IPC(abetment to suicide).In this case, the accused (husband, mother in law and father in law) were convicted under Section 498A and Section 306 read with Section 34 of...

After Rajasthan Govt’s Internet Shutdown To Prevent Cheating In Public Exam, Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Enforcement Of Shutdown Guidelines

After mobile internet services were suspended in 11 districts in Rajasthan to prevent cheating in a competitive examination to recruit government schoolteachers, a petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking the implementation of the Anuradha Bhasin guidelines for internet shutdowns.The petitioner Chhaya Rani, an advocate practising in the Rajasthan High Court, said that as a...

Uddhav Thackeray vs Eknath Shinde : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing In Shiv Sena Case [March 1]

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will continue hearing today the cases related to rift in Shiv Sena.A bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud will hear the matter. Justices MR Shah, Krishna Murari, Hima Kohli and PS Narasimha are the other members of the bench.The bench started hearing the matter on merits from February 21. On February 16, it had decided to defer a decision on the...

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear TN Govt Challenge To Madras HC Relaxing Conditions For RSS Route March On Mar 3

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear on Friday (March 3) the petition filed by the Tamil Nadu Government challenging the order of the Division Bench of the Madras High Court, which set aside conditions imposed by the Single Judge on the route march sought to be carried out by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in the State.Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi mentioned the matter on...

Supreme Court Directs Tamil Nadu Government To Consider Premature Release Of Convicted Sri Lankan Citizen In Jail For Over 35 Years

The Supreme Court recently directed the Tamil Nadu government to consider the premature release of a convicted Sri Lankan citizen, incarcerated for over 35 years.A Bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Justice Rajesh Bindal was considering a petition challenging the denial of the petitioner’s premature release based on a 2018 policy. “We direct the State of Tamil Nadu to reconsider the issue...

Shiv Sena Case | Uddhav Side Urges Supreme Court To Restore Status Quo Ante As On June 27, 2022

In the Shiv Sena case, the Uddhav Thackeray side concluded their arguments before the Supreme Court on Tuesday.The matter was heard by a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice MR Shah, Justice Krishna Murari, Justice Hima Kohli, and Justice PS Narasimha. Tuesday's arguments were made by Senior Advocate AM Singhvi and continued by Senior Advocate Devadatt Kamat. Last week, Senior...

Supreme Court Issues Notice To TN Govt On Missing Of Case Diaries Of Temple Idol Theft Cases

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the State of Tamil Nadu in a plea relating to the missing of 41 case diaries regarding the investigation of temple idol theft cases.The bench of Justices V. Ramasubramanian and Pankaj Mithal was hearing an SLP arising from the July, 2022 decision of the Madras High Court disposing off a writ petition by Advocate Elephant G. Rajendran in respect of...

Highest Z+ Security Should Be Provided To Mukesh Ambani & Family Throughout India & Abroad; Cost To Be Borne By Ambanis : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has directed that the Highest Z+ Security Cover provided to billionaire businessman Mukesh Ambani and his family is not restricted to Mumbai, but be made available across India and also when they are traveling abroad. The cost, as per the order of the Supreme Court, is to be borne by the Ambanis. A Bench comprising Justice Krishna Murari and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah...