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'Lower Your Pitch, Are You Trying To Address The Gallery Outside The Court?' : CJI Pulls Up Lawyer During RG Kar Case Hearing
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Monday (September 9) pulled up a lawyer for making submissions in an aggressive tone during the hearing of the suo motu case over the rape and murder of RG Kar hospital doctor at Kolkata.The CJI did not appreciate the conduct of the lawyer, Advocate Koustav Bagchi and asked him to lower his pitch.The exchange happened shortly after the bench...
'Lawyers Have Such Unity That You People Can't Be Touched, Won't Permit This To Go On' : Supreme Court In 'Fake' SLP Case; Reserves Orders
The Supreme Court today reserved orders in a case where the petitioner denied filing any Special Leave Petition and claimed ignorance of advocates who represented him.Notably, the order impugned in the SLP had put an end to criminal proceedings against the only witness in the 2002 Nitish Katara Murder case. However, as informed by respondents during court proceedings, the SLP was filed in...
PMLA Prevails Over CrPC Regarding Procedure For Summoning Persons : Supreme Court
The provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, will prevail over the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) in relation to the summoning of a person, held the Supreme Court in the judgment dismissing the appeals of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira Banerjee challenging the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate for their appearance...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Acquittal Of Ram Rahim Singh In 2002 Murder Case Of Manager Ranjit Singh
The Supreme Court today (September 9) issued notice in a plea challenging the judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court acquitting self-styled Godman and Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and four others sentenced to life imprisonment by a CBI court in the 2002 murder of manager Ranjit Singh.A bench of Justices Bela M. Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma was hearing a challenge...
RG Kar Case| 'If This Document Is Missing, Something Is Amiss' : Supreme Court Asks West Bengal Police To Produce Postmortem 'Challan'
The Supreme Court on Monday (September 9), while hearing the Suo Motu case taken on the rape and murder of a doctor of the RG Kar Medical College Hospital at Kolkata, asked the State of West Bengal to produce the challan which was sent along with the dead body for post-mortem. The challan would have entries regarding the articles and materials sent along with the body for autopsy, the...
Supreme Court Dismisses Plea To Stop India's Military Exports To Israel Amidst Gaza Conflict
The Supreme Court on Monday (September 9) dismissed a petition seeking the suspension of military exports from India to Israel amidst the ongoing war against Gaza.The Court said that it was beyond its jurisdiction to direct the Government of India to not export materials to any country, as it was a matter which was completely within the domain of foreign policy.The bench comprising Chief...
RG Kar Case | 'Protest Can't Be At Cost Of Duty' : Supreme Court Asks Doctors In West Bengal To Return To Work
The Supreme Court on Monday (September 9) directed the doctors in the State of West Bengal, who are abstaining from duties as part of protests over the rape-murder at the RG Kar Medical College Hospital, to immediately return to work. If they return to work by 5 PM tomorrow, no adverse action be taken against them, the Court directed.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, for the State of West...
Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals Of TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee & Wife Against ED Summons In Coal Scam Case
The Supreme Court on Monday (September 9) dismissed the appeals filed by TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee and his wife-Rujira Banerjee challenging the Enforcement Directorate's summons in relation to a coal scam case. The duo, which claimed Calcutta to be its ordinary place of residence, challenged the ED summons insofar as they required attendance at New Delhi.The ED Summons was in relation to...
Kolkata Doctor's Rape-Murder : Live Updates From Supreme Court | RG Kar Hospital Case
The Supreme Court to hear today the suo motu case taken on the rape-murder of a doctor at the RG Kar Medical College Hospital, Kolkata.A bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud and comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra will hear the matter at 10.30 AM.Follow this page for live...
Supreme Court Pulls Up Rajasthan For Failing To Implement 1% Reservation For Blind Candidates In 1999 RPSC Recruitment
The Supreme Court recently pulled up the State of Rajasthan for not complying with the requirement of 1 percent reservation for persons suffering from blindness in state services in the 1999 recruitment process conducted by the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC).A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka, Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice Augustine George Masih was dealing with an appeal by...