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Mere Absconding By Accused & Remaining Untraceable For Long Can't Establish Guilt : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (12.12.2023) acquitted a man convicted by the High Court of Madras under Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the IPC, holding that the prosecution was unable to establish the accusation against him beyond reasonable doubt. The Court said he was entitled to be acquitted as it is what the justice of the case demands.The prosecution contended...
Manipur Violence | Supreme Court Asks State To Inform Steps Taken To Restore Places Of Worship To Court Appointed Committee
The Supreme Court today (15.5.2023) directed the State of Manipur to furnish to the court appointed committee steps it had taken to restore the places of worship which had been destructed in the ethnic violence. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra also recorded the assurance given by Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta that necessary...
'Can't Entertain Every Dispute Between Delhi Govt & LG' : Supreme Court Asks DCPCR To Approach Delhi HC
The Supreme Court today (15.12.2023) remarked that not every issue between the Delhi Government and the Lieutenant Governor could be covered under an Article 32 petition before the Supreme Court. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra was hearing a petition filed by the Delhi Commission of Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) over the alleged...
No Harm Will Be Caused To Mukhtar Ansari In Jail : UP Govt Tells Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday (15.12.2023) recorded the statement of the State of Uttar Pradesh that protection of Gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari will be ensured in jail in a plea moved by his son, Umar Ansari apprehending 'serious and imminent threat' to his father's life who is currently lodged in Banda Jail in Uttar Pradesh, in a conviction for murder. A bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy...
Supreme Court Grants Extension To Maharashtra Speaker Till January 10 2024 To Decide Shiv Sena Disqualification Pleas
The Supreme Court today granted an extension to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker to decide the disqualification petitions filed in relation to Shiv Sena rift by January 10, 2024. It may be recalled that earlier, the Apex Court had directed for the pleas to be decided by December 31, 2023. Appearing before a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice...
Krishna Janmabhoomi Case | Supreme Court Refuses Oral Plea To Stay HC Order Appointing Commissioner To Inspect Shahi Eidgah Mosque
In the latest development in the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Eidgah Mosque dispute, the Supreme Court on Friday (December 15) refused an oral plea raised by the Mosque committee to stay the order passed by the Allahabad High Court yesterday allowing an application for the appointment of a court commissioner for the inspection of the mosque.A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti...
Supreme Court To Hear Mahua Moitra's Plea Against Expulsion From Lok Sabha On January 3
The Supreme Court on Friday (December 15) adjourned until January 3 the hearing of Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra's plea against her recent expulsion from the Lok Sabha over allegations of unethical conduct. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti was hearing Moitra's writ petition challenging her expulsion from the Indian parliament's lower house. The former Member of...
If Judges With Constitutional Protection Do Not Exhibit Boldness, We Can't Expect Others In Administration To Do So: Justice SK Kaul
On his last working day, Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul stressed the need for the judges to exhibit boldness, since they have Constitutional protection."If with the constitutional protection that we have, we are not able to exhibit this, we cannot expect other parts of the administration to do so," Justice Kaul said at the Full Court reference held to bid farewell to...
Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Consular Assistance To Indian Detained In Czech Over Gurpatwant Singh Pannun Murder Plot
A habeas corpus petition has been filed in the Supreme Court on behalf of Nikhil Gupta, accused by the United States of America of conspiring to assassinate Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, seeking the intervention of the Government of India regarding his detention in the Czech Republic. It is alleged in the petition that his detention in a foreign country, at the instance of...
'Hadiya Living Freely, Not Under Illegal Detention' : Kerala High Court Closes Hadiya's Father's Habeas Corpus Petition
The Kerala High Court today closed the Habeas Corpus petition filed by the father of Dr Akhila @ Hadiya alleging that his daughter had been missing since the last month and they were unable to contact her.A division bench comprising Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice C. Pratheep Kumar observed that Hadiya is not under any illegal detention and thus the Habeas Corpus Petition was not...
Basic Structure Doctrine Has Come To Stay Having Been Accepted By The Parliament Itself: Fali S Nariman
While delivering the inaugural address at the second Ashok Desai Memorial Lecture, renowned jurist and senior advocate Fali S Nariman (on December 12) spoke about the judicial interference vis-à-vis parliament's powers to amend the constitution. Talking about the basic structure doctrine, Nariman said, “Basic structure theory was the response of an anxious and activist Court to the...