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ED Proposes To Shift Sukesh Chandrashekhar To Mandoli Jail; Supreme Court To Hear On June 30
Enforcement Directorate on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that it proposes to shift alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar and his wife Leena Paulose who are currently lodged in Tihar Jail to Mandoli Jail in Delhi. On Senior Advocate R Basant's objection to transfer of Chandrashekhar to Mandoli Jail, the vacation bench of Justices CT Ravikumar and Sudhanshu Dhulia, while adjourning...
NEET-SS 2021 : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking To Make Available 92 In-Service Quota Seats Surrendered By Tamil Nadu To All Candidates
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a writ petition seeking to declare the 92 in-service quota seats of NEET SS 2021 surrendered by the State of Tamil Nadu as newly added seats and make them available to all candidates irrespective of their joining in earlier rounds.The Court referred to the order passed on May 9 by which mop-up round was allowed for all the...
S 311 CrPC - Witness Can't Be Recalled Merely Because He Gave A Different Statement In Another Case Relating To Same Incident : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that "merely because a different statement was given by the same prosecution witness in another case relating to the same incident, that itself would not be a reason for recalling the witness under section 311, Cr. P. C." The petitioner is facing trial in a murder case. In 2014, during the trial, one prosecution witness named Naushad gave a statement that he...
'Can Be Listed Only After Placing Before CJI' : Supreme Court Vacation Bench On Plea To Sack Delhi Minister Satyender Jain & Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik
The Supreme Court on Thursday told Advocate Ashwini Updahyay that the PIL seeking direction to Delhi Governmentt to sack its Health Minister Satyendar Jain & to Maharashtra Government to sack its Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik, in connection with money laundering cases being investigated against them, could only be posted after it us placed before the Chief Justice of...
Person Outside India Can File Anticipatory Bail Application; But Before Final Hearing, Accused Must Be In India : Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure has no restrictive mandate that a person outside India cannot file an application seeking anticipatory bail. The only limitation is that prior to the final hearing, the applicant must be inside the country to enable the court to impose and enforce conditions contemplated under the statutory...
Midnight Hearing At Judge's Residence : Madras High Court Restrains AIADMK General Council From Passing Any Resolution
The Madras High Court conducted a midnight hearing to decide upon the appeals preferred by M Shanmugham, AIADMK's general council member against the single judge order passed earlier in the day where the single judge refused to restrain the party from making any amendments to its bye-laws. The appeals were heard by Justice Sunder Mohan and Justice Duraiswamy at the former's residence. The...
Maharashtra Political Crisis : Plea In Supreme Court Seeks To Ban MLAs Who Defect Or Resign From Elections For 5 Years
Amidst the political crisis unfolding in Maharashtra, an application has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to restrain the MLAs who are disqualified or have resigned from contesting elections upto five years from the date of their resignation or disqualification.The relief has been sought in a new application filed in a pending writ petition preferred by Congress Leader Jaya Thakur...
What The Dark Clouds Bring – Just Not Storm But Rain!
On June 13, Sriram Panchu wrote an article, for The Wire, captioned ' Thanks to Our Judges, Darkness Now Clouds India's Mediation PlayingField', Mr. Sriram is truly a shining star in the mediation firmament that dark clouds cannot still dim his effulgence. He writes with compelling logic and if he alludes to the higher judiciary as casting dark clouds, it cannot be brushed...
Demolitions Not Punitive Actions Against Rioting But For Violations; Due Process Of Law Followed : UP Govt Tells Supreme Court
The State of Uttar Pradesh has submitted before the Supreme Court that the recent demolitions carried out in Kanpur and Prayagraj were done by Local Development Authorities strictly in accordance with the Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning and Development Act, 1973. The submissions have been made by the State through its affidavit filed response to the applications filed by Jamiat...
Posting Anticipatory Bail Plea After 2 Months Can't Be Appreciated : Supreme Court Criticises High Court
Stating that "in a matter involving personal liberty, the Court is expected to pass orders in one way or other taking into account the merits of the matter at the earliest", the Supreme Court has observed that "posting an application for anticipatory bail after a couple of months cannot be appreciated". The bench of Justices C. T. Ravikumar and Sudhanshu Dhulia was hearing an SLP against a June...
State Constitution Does Not Provide A Fundamental Right To Abortion: lowa Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Iowa (in the United States of America) has held that the State Constitution is not a source to claim abortion as a fundamental right. In holding so, it has overruled its own decision rendered four years back in Planned Parenthood of the Heartland v. Reynolds (PPH II) (2018) ('PPH II'), wherein it was ruled that right to abortion is a fundamental right...