'What Is Defamatory In Saying MLAs Were Ready To Switch Parties?' Supreme Court Rejects AIADMK MLA's Plea Against TN Speaker

While refusing to entertain AIADMK's Babu Murugavel's challenge to quashing of a defamation complaint against Tamil Nadu Speaker M Appavu, the Supreme Court today observed that imputation in respect of political leaders crossing-over from one party to another can't be said to be defamatory.A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhatti was dealing with Murugavel's challenge to a Madras...

Litigant Seeking To Condone Delay Must Explain Why Appeal Was Not Filed From First Day Within Limitation Period : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that when a litigant applies to condone the delay in the filing of an appeal, then they should also explain why the appeal was not filed within the limitation period itself. In other words, an explanation of the delay from the period when the limitation ended is not sufficient. They have to explain why the appeal was not filed before the expiry of the...

Penalize Govt Officers Who Cause Delay In Filing Of Appeals : Supreme Court Directs All States

The Supreme Court has directed all States to fix liability on government officers who cause delay in the filing of appeals/cases on behalf of the government and thereby cause loss to the public exchequer.The Court observed that in many cases, he filing of appeals are elayed due to the failure to communicate the decisions to the higher authorities in time. Thus, appeals get dismissed by the...

BREAKING| Plea In Supreme Court To Stay CLAT PG-2025 Results, Alleges Errors In Provisional Answer Key

Challenging the provisional answer key released for the recently held Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for PG admissions, a writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court.The petitioners, who appeared in the exam for LLM admissions in National Law Universities, allege various lapses in the conduct of the CLAT 2025 exam held by the Consortium of National Law Universities on December 1....

Justice Manmohan Takes Oath As Supreme Court Judge

Newly elevated Judge, Justice Manmohan, took oath as a Judge of the Supreme Court on Thursday (December 5).The oath was administered by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna in the first court in the presence of all judges.On December 3, the Central Government notified the appointment of Justice Manmohan, Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, as a judge of the Supreme Court.It was on November...

Citizens Expect 'Spine, Spine & Spine' From Judges : Professor Upendra Baxi

On being asked by Justice Gautam Patel, former judge of the Bombay High Court, what are the three things that a citizen wants from a judge at any level from the Indian judiciary, legal scholar and Professor Upendra Baxi amusingly answered: "Spine, spine, [and] spine!"Professor Baxi was speaking at an event organised by The Leaflet 'Constitution Circa 2050' in which Justice Abhay S. Oka also...

'Pendency Of Criminal Appeals In MP HC Quite High, Early Hearing Unlikely' : Supreme Court Suspends Sentence

Citing the high pendency of criminal appeals in the Madhya Pradesh High Court and the unlikelihood of an early hearing of an appeal filed in 2024, the Supreme Court recently suspended the sentence of a convict who was sentenced to five years imprisonment in a cheating case.The convict, convicted for the offences punishable under Sections 407, 420, 468, 471, 34 of the Indian Penal Code, ...

Supreme Court Stays Criminal Trial In Case Where Allahabad HC Failed To Pronounce Decision After 14 Months Since Reserving Orders

The Supreme Court recently stayed criminal trial against an accused, taking into account his grievance that the High Court reserved judgment on his plea for quashing but did not deliver the same despite lapse of 14 months since the orders were reserved."We do not know the exact reason as to why the learned Judge of the High Court, despite lapse of 14 (fourteen) months since judgment was...

Suit For Specific Performace Of Agreement To Sell To Be Filed In Court Having Jurisdiction Over Property : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that a suit for specific performance of an agreement to sell must be instituted in the Court within whose local jurisdiction the property -which is the subject of the agreement- was situated as per Section 16 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.The Court rejected the argument that a specific performance decree can be enforced by the personal obedience of the defendant...

Supreme Court Awards Rs.5 Lakhs Honorarium To 83-Yr Old Ex-Constable Who Saved Lives By Killing Dacoit In 1986

The Supreme Court today awarded Rs.5 lakhs as honorarium to an 83-year-old retired Constable, who approached it seeking direction to UP authorities to act on his Gallantry Award recommendation. Reportedly, the retired cop saved members of public by killing a dacoit 38 years ago.A bench of Justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta and Ujjal Bhuyan was dealing with petitioner-Ram Autar's challenge to...

Discussion On Constitution & Fundamental Rights Should Be Taken To Grassroots : Justice AS Oka

Supreme Court Judge, Justice Abhay S. Oka expressed the need to introduce and simplify constitutional concepts and increase awareness of fundamental rights to people at the grass root level. Speaking at an event organised by The Leaflet on December 4, Justice Oka opined that despite 75 years since the coming of the Constitution, intellectual conversions on fundamental rights and powers under...

Supreme Court Asks 6 Women Navy Officers Granted Permanent Commission To Approach Armed Forces Tribunal For Promotion-Related Reliefs

While disposing of Indian women navy officers' plea seeking promotion-related reliefs consequent to the grant of permanent commission to them, the Supreme Court today said that the Armed Forces Tribunal would be the appropriate forum to address the mixed questions of fact and law involved. It granted liberty to the officers to move the Tribunal which, considering that the officers' have...