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Supreme Court Dismisses Justice Yashwant Varma's Plea Challenging CJI's Recommendation For His Removal
The Supreme Court today(August 7) dismissed the writ petition filed by Allahabad High Court Judge Justice Yashwant Varma challenging the in-house inquiry report, which indicted him in the case-at-home scandal, as well as the then Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna's recommendation made to the President and the Prime Minister for Justice Varma's removal.A bench comprising Justice Dipankar...
S. 389 CrPC | To Suspend Sentence, HC Should Assess If Convict Has Fair Chance Of Acquittal : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (Aug. 6) set aside the Rajasthan High Court's order granting bail and suspending the sentence of a man convicted under the POCSO Act for sexually assaulting a minor girl, observing that the High Court failed to assess whether the convict has a fair chance of acquittal.“One would have expected the High Court hearing an application under Section 389 of Cr.P.C....
Why Outstanding Advocates Not Being Appointed As Judges? Need Answers From Central Govt : Justice MB Lokur
Justice Madan B Lokur, former Supreme Court Judge, on Wednesday (August 6), raised concerns about the rising executive interference in the judges' appointment process and called for more transparency on why the Government was not appointing certain candidates, despite their reputation as outstanding advocates."We have had several problems in the appointment of judges in the recent past. There...
Courts Should Not Be Used To Settle Scores Between Political Parties; Fight Political Battles Before Electorate : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today (August 6) reiterated that political parties cannot use the Courts to fight their political battles. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, Justice K Vinod Chandran and Justice NV Anjaria observed while hearing the petitions filed by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party as well as the Tamil Nadu Government against the Madras High Court's interim...
Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Petition Challenging S 17A Prevention Of Corruption Act
The Supreme Court today(August 6) reserved judgment in a writ petition challenging the constitutionality of Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act("PC Act"), which was introduced through an amendment in 2018. The writ petition was filed by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation.A bench comprising Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice KV Viswanathan heard Advocate Prashant Bhushan(for...
Mere Pendency Of Criminal Cases Alleging Simple Fraud No Bar To Arbitration : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has allowed the arbitration proceedings to continue in multi-crore Bihar Public Distribution System (“PDS”) Scam, stating that mere pendency of the criminal proceedings in offences involving simple fraud like cheating, criminal breach of trust doesn't bar a dispute from being referred to an arbitration. “The mere fact that criminal proceedings can or have been...
'Child' Includes 'Orphan Child': Supreme Court Orders Survey To Find If Orphans Are Given Benefits Under Right To Education Act
The Supreme Court today(August 6) directed the States and Union Territories to carry out surveys to find out whether orphan children are getting the benefit of free and compulsory education under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education, 2009 ("RTE Act") or not. The Court passed the order in a writ petition seeking care and protection of orphan children in the country.Before a...
