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It Has Never Been The Effort Of Courts To Make Death Penalty Redundant Or Non Existent : Supreme Court
While upholding the death sentence awarded to a man for the rape and murder of a seven and a half year old girl who was mentally and physically challenged, the Supreme court observed that it has never been the effort of the Courts to somehow make the death penalty redundant and non-existent for all practical purposes."The quest for justice in such cases, with death sentence being awarded...
Gujarat Riots - Mere Failure Or Inaction Of State Administration No Basis To Infer Conspiracy : Supreme Court In Zakia Jafri's Plea
Dismissing the appeal filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the clean chit given by the SIT to Narendra Modi and 63 other state functionaries in the Gujarat riots case, the Supreme Court observed that conspiracy cannot be inferred on the basis of mere failure or inaction of the state administration."Conspiracy cannot be readily inferred merely on the basis of the inaction or failure of the...
A Non-Performing Judiciary Can't Be Said To Be Independent : Justice JB Pardiwala, Supreme Court Judge
"We often talk of an independent judiciary- what do we mean by an independent judiciary? For a judiciary to be independent, it has to be a performing judiciary. A non-performing judiciary cannot be said to be independent. When I say performing judiciary, it means that every judge is free to decide matters before him in accordance with his assessment of the facts and his understanding of the...
Hyderpora Encounter : Supreme Court Grants Urgent Listing For Plea To Exhume Body Of Amir Magre
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to list on June 27, 2022 a Special Leave Petition preferred by Latif Magrey, father of Amir Magrey who was killed in Hyderpora Encounter in Srinagar assailing order passed by Jammu and Kashmir High Court of staying the exhumation of his son's body. The SLP challenging order dated June 3, 2022 was mentioned by Senior Advocate Anand Grover...
'No Probability Of Reformation, Danger To Society' : Supreme Court Upholds Death Penalty To Man For Rape & Murder Of 8 Year Old Disabled Girl
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the death penalty awarded to a 37-year old man for the rape and murder of a seven and a half year old girl who was mentally and physically challenged.The crime occurred in 2013 in Rajasthan, when the convict Manoj Pratap Singh was around 28 years old.A 3-judges bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar observed that the crime...
What Is The Term Of Bond For Junior Doctors Who Completed MBBS From ESIC Institutions? Supreme Court Asks ESI Corporation
The Supreme Court on Friday asked Employees State Insurance Corporation to confirm if the term of the bond for doctors who have completed MBBS from ESIC-run institutions to serve such institutions have been changed to one year from five years.The Court has sought an affidavit from the ESIC in this regard.A vacation bench of Justices CT Ravikumar and Sudhanshu Dhulia was considering a...
Plea Against "Bulldozer" Action : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing
The Supreme Court will hear today the plea filed by Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind against the demolition actions carried out by authorities in Uttar Pradesh, allegedly as a punitive measure against persons accused of rioting during protests held in Kanpur and Prayagraj against remarks on Prophet Muhammad.A vacation bench of Justices CT Ravikumar and Sudhanshu Dhulia will hear the matter.The UP...
Supreme Court Dismisses Zakia Jafri's Plea Against SIT Clean Chit To Narendra Modi In 2002 Gujarat Riots Larger Conspiracy Case
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by Zakia Ehsan Jafri challenging the closure report filed by SIT discarding the allegations of larger conspiracy by high state functionaries including the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and 63 others in the Gujarat riots of 2002 that ensued the Godhra train massacre.A bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari...
Gujarat Riots 2002 : Supreme Court Verdict Today On Zakia Jafri's Plea To Probe "Larger Conspiracy" [LIVE UPDATES]
The Supreme Court will deliver judgment today at 10.30 AM on the petition filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the clean chit given by SIT to the 2002 Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2002 Gujarat Riots.A bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar had reserved judgment on Zakia Jafri's petition seeking probe into...
Supreme Court Quarterly Digest 2022- Words & Phrases (Jan-Mar)
Act of God - Meaning - When nothing of any external natural force had been in operation in a violent or sudden manner, the event of the fire in question could be referable to anything but to an act of God in legal parlance. (Para 53-55) State of U.P. v. Mcdowell and Company Ltd., 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 13Cessante ratione legis cessat ipsa lex - Reason is the soul of the law, and when the reason...
Supreme Court Extends Interim Protection From Arrest For BJP MLA Jayakumar Gore In Forgery Case
The Supreme Court on Thursday extended the interim protection from the arrest of BJP MLA Jayakumar Gore who has been accused of allegedly forging documents in the name of a deceased person till July 1, 2022. While considering Gore's SLP against Bombay High Court's order dated wherein MLA's pre-arrest bail was rejected, the vacation bench of Justices CT Ravikumar and Sudhanshu Dhulia...