The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker to decide within three months, the petitions related to disqualification of 10 BRS MLAs under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution. The Bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih observed that it could not let the disqualification petitions remain pending…
The Supreme Court on Thursday segregated a batch of 22 petitions related to the deportation of Rohingyas and their living conditions in refugee camps, and framed various issues regarding the matter, including whether Rohingyas were entitled to be declared as refugees. The three-judge Bench of Justice Surya Kant, Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice N Kotiswar…
A Mumbai court on Thursday acquitted all seven accused, including Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit and former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur in the Malegaon blast case of 2008, which claimed six lives and left scores injured. Special Judge AK Lahoti extended the benefit of doubt to all the accused on the grounds that the prosecution…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the acquittal of Surendra Koli and Moninder Singh Pandher, accused in a series of murders that took place during 2005-2006 at Nithari village in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The Bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice K Vinod Chandran dismissed a total of…
Chief Justice of India Bhushan Ramakrishna Gavai on Wednesday said the bar and the bench were equal stakeholders in the administration of justice. Speaking during his felicitation function organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), CJI Gavai said the bar and the bench were like two wheels of the golden chariot of justice administration….
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that the caste of a person was determined by birth and could not be changed during his/her lifetime, even in case of personal circumstances such as marriage. The single-judge Bench of Justice Rakesh Kainthla passed the order on a criminal revision petition filed by the State of Himachal…
The Supreme Court has held that an employee, who died after meeting with a fatal accident during commute to work, was entitled to compensation under the Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923. The Bench of Justice Manoj Misra and Justice KV Viswanathan passed the order on Tuesday in case of a watchman, who died after meeting with…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on a petition filed by Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma challenging the in-house inquiry committee’s report that indicted him over the alleged recovery of a huge sum of unaccounted cash from his official residence in Delhi. The Bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice AG…
Five lawyers and two judicial officers were sworn-in as judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday. Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva administered the oath of office and secrecy to Advocates Pushpendra Yadav, Anand Singh Bahrawat, Ajay Kumar Nirankari, Jai Kumar Pillai and Himanshu Joshi, along with judicial officers Ramkumar Choubey and Rajesh Kumar Gupta. …
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has filed an application in a Pune court seeking contempt of court proceedings against Satyaki Savarkar, the complainant in a criminal defamation case filed against Gandhi for allegedly defaming freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Judicial Magistrate First Class Amol Shinde of Special MP/MLA court will hear…