Sanjay Singh Added As Accused Based On Approver's Statements: Singhvi Argues Against AAP Leader's Arrest In Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today posted to April 2 the hearing of Rajya Sabha MP and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh's plea against his arrest & remand by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy case.The order was passed by a Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, after hearing submissions made on behalf of Singh.To recap, the central...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Petition To Relocate Displaced NIT Manipur Students To Other NITs

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (March 19) issued notice on a petition filed by Kuki Students Organisation seeking the relocation of 38 displaced Scheduled Tribed Engineering Students of the National Institute of Technology(NIT), Manipur to other branches of NIT. The PIL has been filed in light of the ongoing ethnic violence which erupted in the state of Manipur last year. The bench comprising...

'Mockery Of Voter' : Supreme Court Questions ECI Using 'Legislative Majority' Test Under Symbols Order, Says It Can Encourage Defections

While hearing the case related to the rift in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the Supreme Court on Tuesday (March 19) questioned the rationale of the Election Commission of India (ECI) giving official recognition to the Ajit Pawar faction solely based on the test of "legislative majority".The Court expressed a concern that this approach could encourage defections.A bench comprising...

Supreme Court Starts Anonymizing Identities Of Accused In Rape Cases Found To Be False

It is interesting to note that the Supreme Court has recently started anonymizing the names of the accused in judgments which quash rape cases as false.On March 18, the Supreme Court quashed an FIR against a person accused of raping a woman on the false pretext of marriage. The judgment titled "Ms.X versus Mr.A" has kept the name of the accused anonymous. On March 7, the Court delivered...

PMLA | Supreme Court Posts Pleas Seeking Reconsideration Of Vijay Madanlal Judgment To July

The Supreme Court today posted to July 2024 the pleas calling for reconsideration of the judgment in Vijay Madanlal Choudhary v. Union of India, which upheld constitutional validity of various provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).Till such time, the Special Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, MM Sundresh and Bela M Trivedi has permitted petitioners/appellants to file...

Fake Encounter: First Ever Conviction Of Police Officers In Mumbai Upheld By Bombay High Court, Ex-Cop Pradeep Sharma Sentenced To Life

The Bombay High Court, on Tuesday, sentenced former Mumbai Police encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma to life imprisonment while upholding the life imprisonment awarded to 13 others, including 12 police personnel, in the case of the fake encounter killing of Lakhan Bhaiya in 2006, who allegedly was the former aide of the notorious gangster Chhota Rajan.It was the first conviction of...

Supreme Court Asks ECI To Reserve 'Trumpet' Symbol For NCP(Sharad Pawar); Directs NCP To Declare That 'Clock' Symbol Is Sub Judice

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (March 19) directed that the Ajit Pawar faction should make a public declaration that the use of the 'clock' symbol by it for the ensuing Lok Sabha and the Maharashtra Assembly Elections is sub-judice and subject to the outcome of the challenge made by the Sharad Pawar group to the decision of the Election Commission of India (ECI) recognizing Ajit Pawar faction...

CAA Challenge: Supreme Court Issues Notice To Union On Pleas To Stay Citizenship Amendment Act & Rules, Posts On April 9

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (March 19) issued notice to the union government on a batch of applications seeking to stay the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the Citizenship Amendment Rules 2024. Seeking the Union's response, the court posted the matter on April 9.A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra adjourned today's hearing on Solicitor...

Default Bail: The Infirmities Noted In Section 187 Of The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

C O N T E N T S Sl. Order. I N N E R T I T L E S Para No. 1 COMPARATIVE TABLE SHOWING SECTION 167 Cr.P.C AND SECTION 187 OF BNSS 2 MY COMMENTS ON SECTION 187 OF BNSS 1 to 6 3 The change from the “nearest judicial ...

Delhi Excise Policy Case : BRS Leader K Kavitha Withdraws From Supreme Court Her Plea Against ED Summons Of 2023

The Supreme Court today permitted withdrawal of the plea by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader and former Telangana CM's daughter K. Kavitha challenging ED summons in relation to the Delhi Excise Policy case.The plea was dismissed as withdrawn by a bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal, with liberty to petitioner-Kavitha to pursue appropriate remedies in accordance with...

Supreme Court Orders Personal Appearance Of Patanjali MD & Baba Ramdev In Contempt Case Over Misleading Medical Ads

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ( March 19) directed the personal appearance of Patanjali's Managing Director Acharya Balakrishna and Baba Ramdev (Co-founder of Patanjali). The Bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah was hearing a case wherein it previously issued a Contempt notice to Patanjali Ayurved and its MD for continuing to publish misleading advertisements...

AAP Leader Satyendar Jain Prima Facie Guilty Of Money Laundering, ED Collected Sufficient Materials: Supreme Court

In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Monday (March 18) observed that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain, along with his aides Ankush Jain and Vaibhav Jain, are prima facie guilty of the alleged offences of money laundering.“Having regard to the totality of the facts and circumstances of the case, we are of the opinion that the appellants have miserably failed to...