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Supreme Court Orders Release Of All Convicts In Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the premature release of all six convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts. The Court ordered the release of convicts Nalini Srihar, Robert Pais, Ravichandran, Suthenthira Raja @ Santhan, Shriharan @ Murugan and Jaikumar. "The appellants are directed to be set at liberty if not required in any other matter", the bench ordered.A bench...
Centre Withholding Names Reiterated By Collegium Unacceptable : Supreme Court Issues Notice To Secretary(Justice) Over Delay In Judicial Appointments
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Secretary(Justice), Government of India and Additional Secretary (Administration and Appointment) on a petition filed over the delay in clearing the names approved by the Collegium for appointment as judges.While considering the matter, a bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay Sreeniwas Oka made strong critical remarks against...
Delhi High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost On Litigant Challenging Justice Chandrachud's Appointment As CJI
The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a public interest litigation challenging the appointment of newly sworn-in Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and imposed a cost of Rs. 1 lakh on the petitioner.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad called it a "publicity interest litigation"The petitioner Sanjeev Kumar Tiwari in the PIL argued that...
Grant Of Environmental Clearance To Genetically Modified Mustard Seeds Beyond Judicial Review : Centre Tells Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is not competent to inquire into the grant of environmental clearance for indigenously developed genetically modified mustard seeds beyond the limited questions of whether an adequate regulatory mechanism governing this field exists and if the government has materially complied with such mechanism, submitted the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)...
If Govt Comes In Total Control Of Judges' Appointments, We'll Be Heading For Disaster : Former Supreme Court Judges On Law Minister's Comments
"The Supreme Court collegium must have changes, they need to discuss it and they need to discuss it threadbare. And this, I think, is the right moment to do it before the government launches an attack on the collegium and tries to displace it completely", retired Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B. Lokur said in a panel discussion of NDTV news channel.On being asked by if he is...
Supreme Court Allows Transfer Of Bhima Koregaon Accused Gautam Navlakha To House Arrest For One Month, Imposes Conditions
The Supreme Court has ordered that 70-year-old human rights activist Gautam Navlakha, who is in custody in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case, be transferred to house arrest within 48 hours on account of his medical condition. The order is interim in nature and will be reviewed after one month.The Top Court said,"He's been in custody since 2020. He was placed in house arrest in an...
Bombay High Court Says Chanda Kochhar's Retrospective Termination By ICICI Bank 'Prima Facie Valid'
The Bombay High Court on Thursday said former Chief Executive of the ICICI Bank Chanda Kochhar's retrospective termination from the bank in 2019 is a prima facie "valid termination", while dismissing her interim application in her suit against the bank. A single bench of Justice Riyaz Chagla observed that Kochhar had not come to court with "clean hands." In the interim order, the court...
CJI Chandrachud Issues Directions To Registry For Giving Automatic Dates & Listing For Fresh Matters Filed
Newly sworn-in Chief Justice of India Justice DY Chandrachud on Thursday said that he has issued directions to the Registrar Listing for automatic listing of freshly filed cases on specified dates."I have given instructions to the Registrar(listing), that all matters which are registered by Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday to be listed by the following Monday. All matters which are registered...
'Gujarat Govt Trying To Save Sitting MLA, SPP State's 'Puppet': Gujarat High Court Rejects Plea Seeking Withdrawal Of Prosecution Against BJP MLA
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking withdrawal of the prosecution against the sitting BJP MLA Dharmendrasinh alias Hakubha Jadeja, who is an accused in a 2007 case of mob violence. "This Court firmly believes that anyhow and at any cost, the State Government is trying to save his sitting MLA under the provisions of Section 321 of the Code under the pretext of...
'Untouchability Not Prevalent In Christianity Or Islam' : Centre Opposes Plea Seeking Scheduled Caste Status For Converted Dalits
The Union Government has filed its Counter Affidavit in the Supreme Court opposing a petition which seeks Scheduled Caste status for Dalits who have converted to Christianity and Islam.The petitioner seeks a declaration that the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order 1950 is discriminatory and violative of Article 14 and 15 of the Constitution as it does not confer Scheduled Caste status...
Football Is Popular In India, But No Achievements; Need To Take It Forward : Supreme Court In AIFF Case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard the plea in relation to the adoption of the new Constitution of the All India Football Federation (AIFF). The matter was heard by bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justices Hima Kohli and JB Pardiwala. The three issues mentioned before the court by the Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta were– a) finalising the constitution of AIFF;...
'Basically Arrested Illegally, For No Reason': Mumbai Court Tears Into ED Probe Against Sanjay Raut
The Enforcement Directorate "illegally" arrested MP Sanjay Raut, one of the closest allies of former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray, in the Patra Chawl money laundering case, the Special PMLA court said in its detailed order granting him bail. Special Judge MG Deshpande minced no words to hold that Pravin Raut was arrested for a civil dispute while Sanjay Raut was...