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ED Requests Supreme Court To Remove Bansuri Swaraj's Name From List Of Appearances For ED In Sanjay Singh's Bail Order
The Directorate of Enforcement told the Supreme Court today that Advocate Bansuri Swaraj's appearance (on behalf the agency) has inadvertently crept into the order passed yesterday granting bail to Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh in the Delhi Liquor Policy case.The matter was mentioned by ED counsel Zoheb Hossain before a Bench led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who was sitting in a Special Bench...
Supreme Court Sets Aside Conviction In S.138 NI Act Case Based On Civil Court's Declaration That Cheque Was Only For Security
Observing that a judgment of the civil court will be binding on the criminal court to the extent of sentences or damages, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 2) set aside a conviction in a criminal case for cheque dishonour under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act based on a finding in a civil suit between the same parties that the cheque was offered as a security.While civil...
Supreme Court To Hear Pleas Seeking 100% EVM-VVPAT Tally After 2 Weeks
On a mentioning by Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, the Supreme Court today said that the matter pertaining to Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) data cross-checking against voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) records will be taken up after 2 weeks.The matter was mentioned before Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who is heading a Special Bench today alongwith Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Bela M...
After Karnataka, Tamil Nadu Moves Supreme Court Seeking To Direct Union To Release Disaster Relief Funds
The Tamil Nadu government has filed an original suit before the Supreme Court against the Union Government, claiming that the Union was withholding the relief funds for natural calamities. The state's plea, filed under Article 131 of the Constitution, requests the Court to instruct the Union government to provide over Rs. 37,000 crore in aid for damages caused by recent floods and...
Impermissible For High Court To Interfere With Acquittal Unless Trial Court's View Is Perverse Or Impossible : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 2) reiterated that in the event of the possibility of two views, if the trial court acquits the accused, then it would not be permissible for the High Court to interfere with the trial court's order of acquittal unless the view taken by the trial court was perverse. “In any case, even if two views are possible and the trial Judge found the other view to...
Maintain Old Panel Of Advocates For At Least Six Weeks After Govt Change To Avoid Adjournments: Supreme Court To States/UTs
Recently, the Supreme Court (on April 01) expressed its dilemma regarding how, for the last few months, the panel of Advocates in the States/Union Territories has witnessed change after the shift in political power. The Court observed that this change in the panel often results in adjournments. The Court added, “It is true that the States/Union Territories have the power to change...
Reckless Allegations: Supreme Court On PIL Seeking Inquiry Into Netaji's Death, Declaration That Independence Was Attained By Azad Hind Fauj
In a public interest litigation seeking inter-alia inquiry into the death of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, the Supreme Court on April 1 expressed serious displeasure with the allegations levelled against country's deceased national leaders and posted the matter for a deeper scrutiny into bonafides of the petitioner."Since the petition contains reckless and irresponsible allegations against...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Kerala HC's Judgment Recognizing Muslim Woman's Absolute Right To Divorce By 'Khula'
In a petition filed against a Kerala High Court judgment recognizing Muslim women's unconditional right to resort to khula (a form of divorce under Muslim personal law), the Supreme Court yesterday (April 1) issued notice. The Bench of Justices AS Bopanna and Sanjay Kumar was hearing the challenge brought by Kerala Muslim Jamaat and a private individual, vide two separate Special Leave...
Supreme Court Refuses To Accept Patanjali Ayurved's Apology In Contempt Case,Warns Baba Ramdev Of Perjury Proceedings
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 2) came down heavily on Patanjali Ayurved Ltd, its Managing Director Acharya Balkrishna and its co-founder Baba Ramdev while hearing the contempt case against them over the publication of misleading medical advertisements in breach of an undertaking given to the Court.Balkrishna and Ramdev were personally present before the Court following the direction...
Supreme Court Deprecates TN District Collectors' Refusal To Appear Before ED, Says They Showed Disrespect To Court & Constitution
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 2) chastised the District Collectors of Tamil Nadu who refused to appear in person before the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in pursuance to the summons issued by the central agency to them for investigating the money laundering case arising from the illegal sand mining activities.Strongly deprecating the District Collectors for their "cavalier approach",...
If State's Financial Mismanagement Caused Hardship, It's Not A Ground For Interim Relief Against Union : Supreme Court In Kerala's Suit
While refusing interim relief allowing the State of Kerala to raise additional borrowing of Rs 10,722 crores for the financial year 2023-24, the Supreme Court observed that if financial hardships are created by a State's financial mismanagement, then it can't be a ground to seek interim relief.“If the State has essentially created financial hardship because of its own financial...