Category: Judiciary

SC refuses to interfere in probe against IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in 22-yr-old case

open view web desk New Delhi, Oct 4: In a setback to arrested former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed his wife’s plea challenging the police probe and his judicial custody in a 22-year-old case of alleged planting of drugs to arrest an advocate, and […]

Indian judiciary strongest, most robust: CJI Misra

open view web desk New Delhi, Oct 1: Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said on Monday that Indian judiciary is the “most robust institution” in the world and young lawyers were assets having potential to develop the jurisprudence “Our judiciary has been strongest judiciary in the world having […]

Supreme Court decriminalises adultery in landmark judgment

open view web desk NEW DELHI- The Supreme Court on Thursday decriminalised adultery in a landmark judgment aimed at upholding the right to equality and freedom, scrapping a law first brought in under British colonial rule in 1860. In a unanimous judgment, the five-member bench of the top […]

India’s top court says adultery no longer criminal offense

  open view web desk NEW DELHI — India’s Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has presided over a string of verdicts in recent weeks that grant more rights to women, gay couples and religious minorities as he prepares to retire from the bench next month. Legal experts […]

SC refers PIL against female genital mutilation to five-judge constitution bench

open view web desk New Delhi, Sep 24: The Supreme Court Monday referred to a five-judge constitution bench the plea challenging practice of female genital mutilation among Dawoodi Bohra Muslims. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud was hearing a […]

Koregaon-Bhima case: May order SIT probe if evidence cooked up, SC

open view web desk New Delhi, Sep 17 : The Supreme Court Monday said it may order SIT probe if it found that evidence has been “cooked up” and the material supporting the arrest of the five rights activists in the Koregaon-Bhima violence case needed to be examined. A […]

India appoints new chief justice critical of incumbent’s record

open view web desk NEW DELHI:- India’s Department of Justice said Supreme Court judge Ranjan Gogoi will become chief justice on Oct. 3, to succeed retiring Dipak Misra who has been the target of unprecedented criticism this year from politicians and judges, including Gogoi. The appointment is in […]

Media trial of cases can’t be allowed; press needs to draw a line: SC

open view web desk New Delhi, Sep 11: The press should “draw a line” and strike a balance as media trial of cases cannot be allowed, the Supreme Court said Tuesday while hearing the Muzaffarpur shelter home case in which several women were allegedly raped and abused. The apex […]

Creamy layer cannot be applied to deny benefits of quota in promotions: Centre to SC

open view web desk New Delhi, Aug 16: The Centre today told the Supreme Court that the creamy layer concept cannot be applied to deny benefits of quota in promotions to government employees of SC/ST community as the stigma of caste and backwardness is still attached to them. Attorney […]

HC sentences man to jail for a month for lying on oath

open view web desk New Delhi, Aug 12: Taking a serious view against a man for lying on oath, the Delhi High Court has sentenced him to jail for a month for contempt of court and said it will be a great public disaster if the fountain of justice […]

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