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Hemant Soren's Interim Bail Plea : Live Updates From Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will hear today JMM leader and former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's plea for interim bail for election campaigning.He has been under custody since January 31 when he was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with an alleged land scam.A vacation bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma will hear the matter. The ED has filed a...
If Hemant Soren Is Granted Interim Bail For Campaigning, Then All Jailed Politicians Will Seek Similar Treatment: ED Tells Supreme Court
In the latest development, the Enforcement Directorate has filed a reply before the Supreme Court, opposing the interim bail plea of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, who is in judicial custody since his arrest by the agency in a money laundering case related to an alleged land scam.It may be mentioned that up until May 17, a bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar...
To Punish A Person For Casteist Insults Under SC/ ST Act, Comments Have To Be Made Within Public View: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, while deciding a case arising out of a complaint made for an offence under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (Act), observed that an allegation of insult has to satisfy the requirement of having been made within public view. In the present case, the appellant had alleged that an offence under the Scheduled Caste and...
Electricity Act | SEZ Developer Not Ipso Facto A 'Deemed Distribution Licensee', Must Apply For Recognition And Be Scrutinized : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently held that SEZ developers, though conferred the status of "deemed distribution licensee" under the Electricity Act, must apply in terms of applicable Regulations and be scrutinized. The court further distinguished between regular distribution licensees and deemed distribution licensees to set aside a pre-condition imposed on an applicant requiring infusion of...
Belonged To RSS From Childhood To Youth, Ready To Go Back: Justice Chitta Ranjan Dash Bids Farewell To Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court on Monday bid farewell to Justice Chitta Ranjan Dash in a full-court reference.Justice Dash graduated in Law from Madhu Sudan Law College, Cuttack in the year, in 1985. Obtained Degree of LL.M. as a Non-collegiate candidate in Utkal University.He enrolled as an Advocate in 1986 and joined the service in the Cadre of Orissa Superior Judicial Service (Senior Branch) as...
Bail Can Be Cancelled By Same Court Which Granted It If There Are Serious Allegations Even If Accused Hasn't Misused Bail : Supreme Court
In a recent decision, the Supreme Court observed that the same Court which granted bail to an accused can cancel the bail if there are serious allegations against him although the accused has not misused the bail.“If there are serious allegations against the accused, even if he has not misused the bail granted to him, such an order can be cancelled by the same Court that has granted the...
Lok Sabha Candidate Moves Supreme Court Saying Returning Officer Denied Him Form 17 Records Of Votes Polled
Advocate Mehmood Pracha, who contested in the Lok Sabha elections as an independent candidate from Rampur(UP) constituency, has filed an intervention application in the Supreme Court saying that the Returning Officer has not furnished to him the copies of the Form 17C record of votes polled in the constituency. Pracha has sought to intervene in the application filed by the Association...
'We Want Younger Bar To Grow' : Supreme Court Judge Requests Seniors To Give Vacation Time For Younger Advocates To Argue
Today, the Supreme Court (on May 20), while hearing a civil appeal, orally stressed that the young members of the bar should be given the opportunity to argue during vacation time. The matter in which this exchange took place was placed before the bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Sanjay Karol. Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who was appearing for the petitioner,...
[Lok Sabha Elections] Calcutta High Court Restrains BJP From Running Advertisements Against TMC Which Violated Model Code Of Conduct, Slams ECI For Inaction
The Court clarified that during elections the print media shall refrain from publishing any unverified information against any candidate or political party either directly or impliedly as per guidelines issued by the Press Council of India.
Supreme Court Quashes Conviction For Stalking Due To Marriage Between Convict & Complainant
The Supreme Court recently quashed the conviction of a man for the offence of stalking (Section 354D) and criminal intimidation (Section 506) of the Indian Penal Code after noting that the convict and the complainant married each other during the pendency of the appeal before the Supreme Court.The appellant was tried for the offences of sexual harassment (Sections 11, 12 of POCSO Act),...
'Sentencing Shall Not Be A Lottery' : Supreme Court Recommends Union To Frame Sentencing Policy To Reduce Judge-Centric Disparities
Observing that there existed wide disparity in sentencing of convicts as it is completely judge-centric, the Supreme Court has recommended that the Union Government on the feasibility of introducing a comprehensive sentencing policy and a report thereon, within a period of six months“As it is an important aspect which has escaped the attention of the Government of India, we recommend...