Supreme Court Rejects Plea To Disqualify BCI Chairman Manan Kr Mishra From Rajya Sabha

The Supreme Court today rejected a challenge to the Delhi High Court's dismissal of a plea seeking to disqualify Bar Council of India Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra from Rajya Sabha.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh passed the order, finding no grounds to interfere with the order of the High Court, except to the extent of imposition of cost on the petitioner. Exempting...

Supreme Court Lists Godhra Carnage Appeals For Final Hearing On February 13

The Supreme Court today (January 16) stated that it is not going to further adjourn the criminal appeals pending in the 2002 Godhra train burning matter. It has now posted the appeals for final hearing as item no. 1 on February 13.A bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Aravind Kumar expressed displeasure about the parties seeking adjournment in this matter. Justice Maheshwari said: "We...

Private Defence Must Be Strictly Preventive, Not Punitive Or Retributive In Nature: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court (on January 09) observed that private defence must be strictly preventive and not punitive or retributive. The Court reiterated that causing death can only be justified when the accused is faced with a reasonable apprehension of death or grievous hurt. The impending danger must be present, real or apparent., the Court said.The Bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan...

Supreme Court Grants Bail to JJM Scam Accused Padam Chand Jain In PMLA Case, Clarifies That Bail To Manish Sisodia Was Not Granted Under Article 142

While granting bail to Jal Jeevan Mission scam accused Padam Chand Jain in a money laundering case, the Supreme Court today clarified that the order granting bail to former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia was not passed in exercise of powers under Article 142 of the Constitution.The matter was before a bench of Justices BR Gavai, AG Masih and K Vinod Chandran, which noted that Jain has...

Supreme Court To Reconstitute Bench On Coal Block Allocation Cases After Justice KV Viswanathan's Recusal

Supreme Court Judge Justice KV Viswanathan today (January 16) recused from the hearing the batch of pleas relating to the 2014 Coal Block Allocation cases. The bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna, Justices Sanjay Kumar and KV Viswanathan was hearing the applications filed by the Enforcement Directorate in ML Sharma Coal Scam case. Justice Viswanathan revealed that he had appeared as an advocate in...

Calcutta High Court Orders Compensation Over Pregnant Lady's Death Due To 'Contaminated Saline', State Hands Probe To CID

The Calcutta High Court has directed the state of West Bengal to provide compensation to the family of a pregnant lady who had died due to being given allegedly contaminated saline at a government hospital. Four other pregnant women were reportedly in intensive care after being administered the same solution.These observations were made by a division bench comprising Chief Justice TS...

Limitation Period For Husband's Plea To Annul Child Marriage Starts From Age 18 Or 21? Supreme Court To Decide

The Supreme Court today issued notice on a petition raising the issue as to whether the age of 'majority' - for males - when computing limitation period for filing a petition seeking annulment of marriage under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA), should be 18 years or 21 years.A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and Ahsanuddin Amanullah passed the order, while dealing with...

Justice K Vinod Chandran Takes Oath As Supreme Court Judge

Justice K Vinod Chandran was sworn in as a Judge of the Supreme Court today. Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna administered the oath to Justice Vinod Chandran.It was on Tuesday (January 14) that the Central Government notified the appointment of Justice Vinod Chandran, who was the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, as a Supreme Court Judge, following a recommendation made by the...

Order II Rule 2 CPC Bar Won't Apply When Reliefs In Second Suit Are Based On A Cause Of Action Different From First Suit : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today (Jan. 15) ruled that a subsequent suit filed on a different cause of action would not be subject to the bar under Order II Rule 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 ("CPC"). The Court justified the filing of a subsequent suit for specific performance of an agreement to sell, following the institution of an earlier suit seeking a permanent injunction, noting that...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Elevation Of Judicial Officers As Judges Of Telangana & Andhra Pradesh High Courts

The Supreme Court Collegium has passed two separate resolutions recommending the elevation of four judicial officers as Judges of the High Court of Telangana and two judicial officers as Judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.Telangana High Court.The Collegium in its meeting held on 11th January, 2025 has approved the proposal for the appointment of the following Judicial Officers, as Judges...

West Bengal SSC Recruitment | HC Qaushed Appointments On Casual Enquiry, Without Forensic Reports : Appointees Tell Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today (January 15) heard the arguments of the petitioners in the West Bengal Teachers SSC Recruitment Scam. The bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar was hearing the batch of petitions challenging the Calcutta High Court's order setting aside the appointments by the WB School Selection Commission to over 24,000 teaching and non-teaching posts in...

Duty Of Government & Local Authorities To Provide Basic Toilet & Sanitation Facilities Within Court Premises : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court (today on January 15), while issuing a set of directions for the construction of toilet facilities in Court premises across India, noted that the same would protect privacy and remove threats to ladies and transgender persons.The Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan, passed this order while deciding a writ petition filed by Rajeeb Kalita in 2023. The...