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Supreme Court Asks Registry To Obtain Instructions From CJI For Listing Bilkis Bano Case Convicts' Application To Extend Time To Surrender
The Supreme Court on Thursday (January 18) agreed to hear applications filed by three of the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case seeking an extension of time to surrender before jail authorities.Senior Advocate V Chitambaresh, appearing for the three convicts, mentioned the matter before a bench led by Justice BV Nagarathna seeking urgent listing tomorrow since the time to surrender is expiring...
S.197 CrPC Applies Only To Acts In Discharge Of Public Servant's Official Duties; Fabrication Of Documents Not Part Of Official Duty: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 17), while deciding a criminal appeal, held that the prior sanction for prosecution as per Section 197 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is not required to prosecute a public servant for the act of creating fake documents as the alleged acts do not form a part of his official duty.In this case, the High Court had quashed the criminal proceedings against...
Ram Mandir Inauguration: BCI Chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra Requests CJI DY Chandrachud To Declare Holiday For All Courts On January 22
The Bar Council of India Chairpeson Manan Kumar Mishra has written to the Chief Justice of India, Justice DY Chandrachud, for granting holiday for all courts across the country on the occasion of inauguration of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on January 22, acknowledging its “cultural and national significance.”The letter written on January 17 by BCI Chairman, Senior Advocate Manan Kumar...
Bilkis Bano Case Convict Moves Supreme Court Seeking 4 Weeks Extension Of Time To Surrender In Jail
A convict in the Bilkis Bano case has filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking an extension of time by four weeks to surrender before the jail authorities.The application is filed by Govindbhai Nai, one among the eleven persons who were convicted for gangrape of Bilkis Bano and murders of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots. On January 8, the Supreme Court had set aside...
'When Question Of A Person's Liberty Is Involved, Even A Day's Delay Counts' : Supreme Court Criticises HC For Dragging Habeas Corpus Plea
Setting at liberty a 25-year old woman detained by her parents, the Supreme Court today (January 17) expressed anguish at the callous approach shown by the Karnataka High Court in the matter. Despite the woman stating that she wished to return to Dubai from where she had been taken by her parents, the High Court did not set her at liberty with immediate effect and rather postponed the...
Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Elections Of SCBA Multi-State Cooperative Housing Society, Results Subject To Court Orders
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 17) refused to stay the elections of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Multi-State Cooperative Group-Housing Society Ltd, scheduled to take place tomorrow, i.e. January 18, 2024.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra heard the matter today urgently after the petition was orally mentioned by...
When Does Enquiry Commence Under Prevention Of Corruption Act? Supreme Court Judges Differ In Chandrababu Naidu Case
In the Chandrababu Naidu case, the Supreme Court division bench, apart from disagreeing on the retrospective application of Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988(PC Act), also differed on the point of time for the commencement of enquiry under the PC Act.The issue was whether the enquiry in the case could be deemed to have commenced from 05.06.2018 when the Director General...
Bhima Koregaon Case | Supreme Court Directs Tagging Of Jyoti Jagtap's Bail Plea With Shoma Sen's Appeal
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 17) directed the bail plea of activist and Bhima Koregaon-accused Jyoti Jagtap to be tagged with co-accused Shoma Kanti Sen's appeal and heard together.A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sanjay Kumar was hearing Jagtap's petition challenging the Bombay High Court's decision to reject her bail application. She has been lodged in jail since September...
Supreme Court Reserves Verdict On AAP Leader Satyendar Jain's Bail Plea In Money Laundering Case
After four days of hearing, the Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 17) reserved its verdict on Aam Aadmi Party leader and PMLA-accused Satyendar Jain's bail plea.Jain was arrested by the central agency in May 2022 on charges of money laundering. He, along with others, were accused of laundering money through three companies during 2010-12 and 2015-16. A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi...
Supreme Court Lawyers Write To CJI DY Chandrachud Seeking To Revive Practice Of Circulating Adjournment Letters
281 lawyers have written to Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud objecting to the Supreme Court's decision to discontinue until further orders the practice of circulating adjournment letters or slips one day before a matter is listed.Last year, ahead of the annual winter break, the top court notified a change in the process of seeking adjournment "in the interest of litigants". The...