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Supreme Court Posts Varavara Rao's Bail Plea For Final Hearing On August 10; Interim Bail Extended
The Supreme Court on Tuesday posted the regular bail plea of Telugu poet and Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad accused P Varavara Rao on medical grounds for final hearing on August 10.While doing so, a Bench comprising Justices UU Lalit, Ravindra Bhat and Sudhanshu Dhulia also formally issued notice, seeking the response of the National Investigation Authority."Considering the nature...
Unmarried Woman Approaches Supreme Court Against Delhi HC Order Refusing Abortion Of 24-Week Old Pregnancy
A 25 year old unmarried woman seeking termination of her pregnancy of nearly 24 weeks which had arisen out of a consensual relationship has approached Supreme Court against Delhi High Court's order of refusing to grant her the said relief.The Special Leave Petition was mentioned before the bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli.Urging the bench to...
Army Personnel Not Entitled To Disability Pension If Injury Is Not Attributable To Military Service : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that a military personnel is not eligible for disability pension if there is not even a causal connection between the Military service and injuries.Unless the disability is attributable to or aggravated by military service and is more than 20%, the entitlement to disability pension does not arise, the bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and MM...
Challenge To Agnipath Scheme : Supreme Court Refuses To Transfer To Itself Cases In HCs; Sends Petitions Filed Before It To Delhi High Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday transferred the writ petitions filed before it challenging the Agnipath recruitment scheme for the armed forces to the Delhi High Court, where similar petitions are already pending.A bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and AS Bopanna passed the order in three writ petitions filed under Article 32 of the Constitution of India. Two of the petitions...
Kallakurichi Student Suicide : Supreme Court Rejects Father's Plea To Stay Re-Postmortem To Be Held Today
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an oral plea made by the father of the student who died by suicide in Kallakurichi in Tamil Nadu to stay the re-postmortem of the body which is to be held today as per the direction of the Madras High Court.The father has approached the Supreme Court seeking to include a doctor of his choice in the panel constituted by the High Court for re-postmortem of...
Should An Application For Withdrawal Of Suit Be Followed By A Court Order? Supreme Court To Consider
The Supreme Court issued notice in a Special Leave Petition raising the issue whether an application for withdrawal of suit should be followed by an order of the court?In this case, the Jharkhand High Court had set aside an order of the Trial Court which allowed an application to withdraw a partition suit, on the ground that the order of such withdrawal was passed on an application filed...
Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea To Direct People's Representatives To Declare Assets After Term As Well
The Supreme Court, on Monday, refused to entertain plea seeking directions to make it compulsory for politicians to declare their assets after their term of election as well, failing which they may be disqualified to contest any further election. Appearing before a Bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M.M. Sundresh, the Counsel for the petitioner submitted that at the time...
Considerations To Decide Whether A Culpable Homicide Amounts To Murder Or Not : Supreme Court Explains
In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court reiterated its views regarding considerations relevant for determining a culpable homicide amounting to murder and distinguishing it from the culpable homicide not amounting to murder.In this case, the High Court of Kerala had set aside the conviction of three appellants under sections 143, 147, 148 IPC read with section 149...
Whether Every Charitable Trust Created By A Muslim Becomes A Waqf Property? Supreme Court To Consider
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list on July 25 a case which raises an issue as to whether every charitable trust established by someone professing Islam is necessarily a waqf. The Special Leave Petitions which assailed Bombay High Court's dated September 22, 2011 was listed before the bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justices Krishna Murari and Hima...
Statements Made U/Sec 161 CrPC Relevant In Considering Prima Facie Case Against Accused In His Bail Application : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that statements made under Section 161 of Code of Criminal Procedure are relevant in considering the prima facie case against an accused in an application for grant of bail in case of grave offence."Ex facie, the allegations are grave, and it cannot be said that there are no materials on record at all", the bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee and...
Nupur Sharma Seeks To Revive Plea In Supreme Court To Club FIRs Over Comments On Prophet; Seeks Stay Of Arrest
Former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma has moved a new application in the Supreme Court to revive her withdrawn writ petition which was filed to club the multiple FIRs registered in different states over her remarks on Prophet Mohammed. She is also seeking stay of arrest in the cases as an interim relief.Nupur Sharma had withdrawn her petition on July 1 following the critical remarks by a...
After Supreme Court's Criticism, Andhra Pradesh Govt Agrees To Revert Rs.1100 Crores To State Disaster Relief Fund
Following Supreme Court's criticism, the State of Andhra Pradesh on Monday agreed to revert the amount of Rs 1100 crores -which was diverted from the State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF) to the personal deposit (PD) account of the Agriculture Commissioner - to the SDRF within a period of two weeks. On the last date of hearing, a Bench comprising Justices M.R. Shah and B.V. Nagarathna...