Supreme Court Asks Centre To File Counter-Affidavit In Petitions Challenging Places Of Worship Act By Dec 12

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing in a batch of petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of provisions of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991 after the Union Government sought for time to file its counter-affidavit.During the mentioning round before the Chief Justice of India, Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta requested for adjournment in the...

Adopt E-Filing In All Tax Cases Before HCs & Revenue Tribunals, Make GST Appellate Tribunal Paperless : Supreme Court To Centre

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Union Government to ensure that all filings by it in tax matters before the High Courts and Tribunals are in the e-filing mode. The Court further directed that the operations of the Goods and Services Appellate Tribunal, which is being set up, are comlpetely paperless right from the beginning."We are of the view that the Union Government must now take...

Supreme Court To Hear Plea Challenging Centre's Recent Notification Allowing Electoral Bonds' Sale For Polls In Gujarat, HP

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea challenging the recent notification of the Union Government which authorised the sale of fresh tranche of electoral bonds for the assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.The petition was mentioned before Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud for urgent listing. The counsel sought urgent listing saying that that the sale of...

"Nothing Unusual": Former CJI UU Lalit Explains How The Special Bench Headed By Justice MR Shah Was Constituted To Hear Saibaba Matter

Former CJI UU Lalit said that there was "nothing unusual" about the extraordinary special sitting held by the Supreme Court on Saturday to hear Maharashtra government's appeal against the discharge of Professor GN Saibaba and five others in a UAPA case. The appeal with interim prayer for stay was filed at 3.59 PM on October 14 (Friday), same day the Bombay High Court pronounced...

Collegium System Is The Best; Indispensable For Independence Of Judiciary, Rule Of Law: Former CJI UU Lalit

Calling the collegium system "the best system", the former Chief Justice Of India U U Lalit on Sunday said the collegium system is indispensable for the independence of judiciary and the rule of law.However, Lalit also said that it would be the government's prerogative to bring back the National Judicial Appointments Commission if it decides to do so. "But so long as that is not brought in,...

Supreme Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Expansion of Refinery Capacity Of Nayara Energy Limited In Gujarat

The Supreme Court, on Monday, dismissed a petition challenging M/s. Nayara Energy Limited's expansion of refinery capacity from 20 MMTPA to 46 MMTPA with Petro-Chemical Complex, Vadinar, Devbhumi, Dwarka, Gujarat. "In view of the above findings, which have been arrived at and having perused the record, we find that no substantial question of law would arise for consideration...

Supreme Court Monthly Digest : October 2022

Terms Of Invitation To Tender Are Not Open To Judicial Scrutiny Unless They Are Arbitrary, Discriminatory Or Mala Fide : Supreme Court Observing that the terms of invitation to tender are not open to judicial scrutiny, the Supreme Court set aside a Delhi High Court's order which had quashed the Airport Authority of India's tender conditions for selecting Ground Handling...

Courts This Week-A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode- 138]

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Supreme Court Dismisses J&K's Plea Against Order To Pay Compensation For Death Of 10 Infants Due To Spurious Cough Syrup

The Supreme Court of India on Friday dismissed an SLP challenging an order of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court which upheld two orders of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) directing to pay Rs 3 lakh as compensation to the families of 10 infants who died after consuming 'spurious' cough syrup. The NHRC orders were upheld by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on March 2, 2021....

'This Court Has Respect For Equality Of Religions': Supreme Court Says While Closing Plea Against Ayodhya Judgment Addendum

The Supreme Court, on Friday, elucidated on certain observations contained in the addendum to the decision of the five-judge Bench in the Ayodhya judgment [M Siddiq (Dead) Through LRs v. Mahant Suresh Das And Ors.] delivered on 9th November, 2019. The petition listed before a Bench comprising CJI, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Hima Kohli was filed seeking expunging of certain...

Supreme Court Imposes Rs. 25000 Cost On Centre For Not Replying To Plea Seeking Guidelines For Seizure Of Electronic Devices

The Supreme Court has imposed a cost of Rs. 25,000 on the Union Government for not filing a counter-affidavit in response to a writ petition which seeks guidelines for the seizure of personal electronic devices by investigating agencies. Previously, the Apex Court had expressed dissatisfaction with the counter-affidavit filed by the Union Government and directed it to file a new...

Evidence Of TIP Inadmissible If Suspects Were Shown To Witnesses Before Identification : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that evidence of Test Identification Parade (TIP) is inadmissible If the suspects were shown to the witnesses before the identification.Even a TIP conducted in the presence of a police officer is inadmissible, the bench of Justices BR Gavai and PS Narasimha observed.In this case, the High Court of Kerala upheld the conviction of the accused under Sections 143, 147,...