Supreme Court To Hear Next Week Plea Against Jharkhand DGP

The Supreme Court's 3-judge bench is scheduled to hear the plea against the holding of office by the present Director General of Police (DGP) of Jharkhand, Anurag Gupta, on the ground that his continuation is contrary to the decision in Prakash Singh v. Union of India. Senior Advocate Anjana Prakash Gupta, representing certain social activists who have moved against the Director General of...

Supreme Court To Hear Plea To Allow BS-VI Compliant End-of-Life Vehicles To Ply In Delhi-NCR

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear an application seeking to allow vehicles meeting the BS VI emission standards to operate in the National Capital Region regardless of their end-of-life period (10 years for diesel vehicles and 15 years for petrol vehicles).A bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran agreed to list the matter next Monday, after...

Pursuing Judges' Appointment Issue With Govt On Administrative Side : CJI BR Gavai

Chief Justice of India, BR Gavai today (July 24) said that the Supreme Court was pursuing on its administrative side the issue of pending judicial appointments with the Union Government.CJI made this statement when Senior Advocate Arvind Datar and Advocate Prashant Bhushan jointly mentioned the petitions seeking directions to the Union Government to act on Collegium recommendations in...

7/11 Mumbai Blasts :Supreme Court Stays Bombay HC's Acquittal Judgment; But Says Accused Not Required To Go Back To Prison

The Supreme Court today(July 24) issued notice in the criminal appeals filed by the State of Maharashtra challenging the Bombay High Court's judgment which acquitted all 12 accused in the 7/11 Mumbai train blasts case of 2006.Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta, appearing for the State of Maharashtra, told the bench comprising Justice MM Sundresh and Justice NK Singh, that he was not...

West Bengal Govt Approaches Supreme Court Challenging Calcutta HC Staying New OBC List Notification

The State of West Bengal has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court's order staying the new list of Other Backward Classes (OBCs).Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, for the State, mentioned the matter before Chief Justice of India BR Gavai for urgent listing, upon which the CJI agreed to list it next Monday."A writ petition was filed challenging the new list, saying we have...

Doctrine Of Merger Inapplicable To Orders Obtained By Fraud : Supreme Court Outlines Exceptions To Merger Rule

The Supreme Court (July 23) held that if a High Court's decision, later upheld by the Supreme Court, was obtained by fraud, the aggrieved party may challenge it by filing an appeal against the High Court's order before the Supreme Court, rather than seeking a review of the Supreme Court's judgment. The Court held that the doctrine of merger (where the lower court's decision merges with...

Supreme Court Reserves Verdict On TN Health Minister's Plea In Land Grab Case, To Decide If Sanction Needed To Prosecute For Offence In Past Office

The Supreme Court today (July 23) reserved judgment in a plea moved by Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma. Subramanian and his wife, challenging the Madras High Court's order refusing to quash the chargesheet against them in an illegal government land grabbing case in Guindy, Chennai. The Court dealt with an interesting issue of law as to whether a sanction to prosecute Subramanian, who is now a...

Supreme Court Seeks Response Of Centre, States On Plea To Curb Heatwave Deaths, Protect Workers In Unorganised Sectors

The Supreme Court today (July 23) sought a response from the Union and State Governments in a plea seeking comprehensive measures to protect workers in unorganised sectors from heat wave effects and prevent deaths due to the rising temperature. The bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and Joymalya Bagchi agreed to consider the matter and issued notice on the petition. The...

'Fraud Unravels Everything': Supreme Court Recalls Its Own Order Obtained By Fraud Back In 2022

In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court today (July 23) held that any judgment or order obtained by fraud is a nullity and can be challenged even in collateral proceedings, without necessarily being assailed in appeal, revision, or writ proceedings.A bench comprising Justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta, and Ujjal Bhuyan applied this principle to set aside its own 2022 judgment delivered...

BCI's Power To Inspect Law Colleges: Supreme Court Seeks 'Independent, Transparent' Mechanism For Periodical Inspection

The Supreme Court recently called on the Bar Council of India to suggest an independent mechanism for annual/ periodical inspection of law colleges/ universities. While issuing notice on a petition challenging Bombay HC judgment which upheld a notice of inspection issued by BCI to petitioner-Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University Law School, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and...

BREAKING | Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Removal Of Vijay Shah From Ministerial Post Over Col Sofia Qureshi Remarks

Congress Leader Dr Jaya Thakur has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court seeking removal of BJP Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah from the ministerial position over his remarks on Colonel Sofia Qureshi during 'Operation Sindoor'. Colonel Sofiya Qureshi had become the face of 'Operation Sindoor' after she gave press briefings about the military operations carried out by the Indian Air Force...

'Who Is Behind You? Don't Misuse VC': Supreme Court Tells Woman Litigant, Offers Her Legal Aid & Travel Expenses To Appear Physically

"What's the problem if I appear through virtual mode?" argued a woman party-in-person today before the Supreme Court.A bench of Justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta and Ujjal Bhuyan was dealing with a miscellaneous application filed by the petitioner, when it asked her as to why she could not appear and argue before the Court physically, despite being offered legal aid and travel...