'Meat Affordable Means of Protein For Poor': Supreme Court On Plea To Curb Killing Of Animals

The Supreme Court on Friday(February 2) heard a plea which seeks the curb the killing of animals and to switch over to lab-generated meat for consumption. A Bench Justices KM Joseph and JB Pardiwala informed that it will hear the matter after the judgement in the Jallikattu matter is delivered and therefore, deferred it by a month. "There's a Constitution Bench which is hearing...

Interim Victim Compensation Cannot Be Imposed As A Condition For Bail: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that interim victim compensation cannot be imposed as a condition for bail."Victim compensation is simultaneous with the final view taken in respect of the alleged offence, i.e., whether it was so committed or not and, thus, there is no question of any imposition pre-finality of the matter pre-trial", the bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S Oka...

Remembering Shanti Bhushan : A Look At Notable Cases Fought By Him

Acclaimed lawyer and Senior Advocate Shanti Bhushan passed away at his home in Delhi at 7PM on 31st January. He was aged 97 years. Shanti Bhushan also served as the Union Law Minister from 1977 to 1979 during the post-emergency era in the Morarji Desai government. During his illustrious career that ran for over six decades, Bhushan was not just a part of but also pivotal to several important cases before the Supreme Court of India. Few of those cases are as follows: State of Uttar...

'Democracy Has Nowhere Collapsed Due To Judiciary Overprotecting Human Rights' : Arvind Datar Defends Basic Structure Doctrine

While delivering the 19th Justice P. D. Desai Memorial Lecture on the topic 'Fifty Years of Basic Structure - Judicial Overreach or Constitutional Necessity', Senior Advocate Arvind Datar on Saturday said that the basic structure does not act as a stumbling block or thwart an elected government's proposal for social reform. He also said that the Supreme Court has never come in the way of...

‘12,471 Cases Disposed of by Supreme Court, While 12,108 Cases Instituted in Last Three Months,’ Chief Justice DY Chandrachud

As the Supreme Court of India prepares to complete a quarter of a year under the leadership of Chief Justice Chandrachud, the senior most judge of the top court revealed that 12,471 cases were disposed of in that duration, as against the 12,108 cases that were filed, indicating that the rate of disposal has been higher than the rate of the institution of cases in the last three months....

BREAKING| Centre Notifies Appointment Of 5 Judges To Supreme Court, Working Strength Rises To 32

Accepting the recommendations made by the Supreme Court collegium, the Centre today notified the appointment of 5 Judges to the Supreme Court.The 5 judges whose appointments have been notified are:1. Justice Pankaj Mithal, Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court,2. Justice Sanjay Karol, Chief Justice of Patna High Court,3. Justice P. V. Sanjay Kumar, Chief Justice of Manipur High Court,4....

Supreme Court Holds Special Saturday Sitting; Stays Demolition Order Passed By Calcutta High Court

A Supreme Court bench comprising Justice V. Ramasubramanian and Justice Hrishikesh Roy held a special sitting on Saturday to hear a petition challenging the interim order of Calcutta High Court to demolish a building. The petition filed through Advocate-on-Record, Mr. Kush Chaturvedi was heard through Video-Conferencing. The Judges appeared from their chambers. Senior Advocate Siddharth...

BREAKING - Delhi Court Discharges Sharjeel Imam, Asif Iqbal Tanha In 2019 Jamia Violence Case

A Delhi Court on Saturday discharged Sharjeel Imam and Asif Iqbal Tanha in a case connected to the incidents of violence at Jamia Milia Islamia University in December, 2019.Additional Sessions Judge Arul Verma passed the order. The FIR alleges offences of rioting and unlawful assembly - Section 143, 147, 148, 149, 186, 353, 332, 333, 308, 427, 435, 323, 341, 120B and 34 of IPC have been...

Can Section 482 CrPC Petition Be Dismissed Solely On The Ground That Discharge Application Is Pending? Supreme Court Issues Notice

Can High Court dismiss a petition under Section 482 CrPC solely on the ground that a discharge application is pending? The Supreme Court issued notice in a Special Leave Petition which raised this issue.In this case, the petitioners- accused had approached the Madras High Court seeking quashing of criminal proceedings against them. The court noticed that during the pendency of this petition,...

‘Talent Is Not Monopoly Of Those Who Stay In Metropolitan Areas’: CJI Chandrachud While Inaugurating 'Virtual High Courts' In Odisha

Chief Justice of India Dr. Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud on Friday virtually inaugurated ‘Virtual High Courts’ in 10 different districts of Odisha. While speaking on the occasion, he said talent has no geographical boundaries and it is not the ‘monopoly’ of those who stay in metropolitan areas. He underlined the importance of facilities like 'Virtual High Courts'...

VRS Employees Cannot Claim Parity With Others Who Retired On Achieving Age Of Superannuation: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that employees who retired under the Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) cannot claim parity with others who retired upon achieving the age of superannuation for the purposes of pay revision. Factual Matrix leading to the Civil AppealWhat was up for challenge before the bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and S. Ravindra Bhat in this civil appeal was a decision of...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022 - Criminal Major Acts

Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Appeal against High Court order setting aside criminal proceedings on the ground that taking cognizance by magistrate was barred by limitation - Allowed - The High Court made a fundamental error in assuming that the date of taking cognizance i.e., 04.12.2012 is decisive of the matter, while ignoring the fact that...