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Indefinite Suspension Not Permitted; Consider Reinstatement Of Tihar Jail Officials Suspended In Unitech Case: Supreme Court
Dealing with an application filed in the Unitech case, the Supreme Court today directed the competent authority to decide within 4 weeks the issue of reinstatement of 32 Tihar jail officials, who were suspended pursuant to its 2021 order for extending undue help and assistance to ex-Unitech promoters Sanjay Chandra & Ajay Chandra while they were in jail.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and...
Supreme Court Imposes Rs 2 Lakh Cost On Petitioner Over Repeated Bail Applications, Asks Police To Arrest Him
The Supreme Court recently imposed costs of Rupees Two Lakhs on a petitioner who intended "to take undue advantage of procedural law" after he withdrew his anticipatory bail application twice before the High Court before moving the Apex Court. The bench of Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice Arvind Kumar was hearing a plea for anticipatory bail. The bench noted that before the High Court...
Supreme Court To Pass Orders On SCBA & SCAORA Application To Clarify Direction On Recording Lawyers' Appearances
The Supreme Court on Thursday (January 23) said that it will pass orders clarifying the directions on the recording of appearances of advocates in cases.A bench comprising Justice Bela M Trivedi and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma was hearing a Miscellaneous Application jointly filed by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA)...
Testimony Of Witness Shouldn't Be Discarded Merely Because Of Relation With Victim : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court (on January 22) observed that being a victim's close relative does not automatically make a witness “interested” or biased. Distinguishing between an interested witness and a relative witness, the Court said:“The term "interested" refers to witnesses who have a personal stake in the outcome, such as a desire for revenge or to falsely implicate the accused due to enmity...
NDPS Act | Bald Allegation Of S. 52A Non-Compliance Won't Result In Acquittal Unless Foundational Facts Of Non-Compliance Proved : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court reiterated that unless the foundational facts of non-compliance of Section 52A of the NDPS Act are not proved by the accused, he cannot assert a bald allegation that the conviction for possessing contraband cannot be sustained due to non-compliance of Section 52A. The bench comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan was hearing the case where the accused was booked...
NDPS Act | Prosecution Must Establish Contraband Was Seized From 'Conscious Possession' Of Accused : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court reiterated that to prove offences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act), the prosecution must establish that the contraband was seized from the 'conscious possession' of the accused."Conscious possession refers to a scenario where an individual not only physically possesses a narcotic drug or psychotropic substance but is also aware of its...
Arbitration Act | Courts' Jurisdiction Under Sections 34 and 37 Do Not Extend To Modifying Arbitral Award: Supreme Court Reiterates
Recently, the Supreme Court affirmed the principle laid down in National Highways Authority of India vs. M. Hakeem & Another that the jurisdiction of the Courts under Sections 34 and 37 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 (1996 Act) will not extend to modifying an arbitral award.The bench comprising Justices PS Narasimha and Manoj Misra was hearing the case dealing with the...
Village Police Patil Not Police Officer; Confession To Him Admissible As Extra Judicial Confession : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently reiterated that an extra-judicial confession is a “weak type” of evidence and thus requires a great deal of care and caution. Where extra-judicial confession is surrounded by suspicious circumstances, its credibility becomes doubtful and would lose its importance., the Court said while placing its reliance upon Balwinder Singh vs. State of Punjab (1995) 4...
Supreme Court Confers Senior Designations On 4 Former High Court Judges
In a full Court meeting today (January 22), the Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and the other judges of the Supreme Court including members of the Collegium comprising Justices B.R. Gavai, Surya Kant, Hrishikesh Roy and Abhay S. Oka have designated the following former Chief Justice/Judges of the High Courts as Senior Advocates with effect from January 22:1. Arvind Singh Sangwan,...