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SC lists remission order of Bilkis Bano rape case convicts for hearing

The remission order granted by the Gujarat government to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case was challenged before the Supreme Court

Freebies to doctors: Why has the ethical code not been enforced?

Activists have been alleging nexus between pharma companies and doctors, which was echoed in the Apex Court recently. Why's Uniform Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices not legally binding yet?

SC scraps CoA for AIFF, postpones polls for football body by one week

The SC, which expressed disappointment over the dimming prospects of India hosting the Under-17 Women's World Cup, acceded to Centre's request to defer the elections for AIFF's executive committee.

SC dismissal of review petition on HSN codes setback for industry

Auto component industry may have to pay up to 15% basic Customs duty and 28% GST

Prophecy coming true, Amrapali case will not leave me soon: CJI-designate

Chief Justice of India-designate Justice Uday Umesh Lalit on Monday said that "a prophecy seems to be coming true. Amrapali case is not going to leave me soon". Justice Lalit, who will assume charge as Chief Justice of India on August 27, will next hear the Amrapali case on September 3 (Saturday) from 10.30 am to 1 pm, a day which is a holiday in the top court. A special bench of Justice Lalit and Justice Bela M Trivedi which hears the Amrapali case granted interim bail of four weeks to ex-Director Shiva Priya for the treatment of his 13-years-old daughter, who is suffering from various ailments. The bench said that Priya, facing money laundering charges among others, will surrender on or before the expiry of four weeks period and would not misuse his liberty or his bail bonds will be forfeited and he will be arrested. Justice Lalit, who has been hearing the Amrapali case since March 2018 said, "It seems that prophecy expressed by advocate ML Lahoty is coming true. This Amrapali ca

SC seeks response from Gujarat govt on activist Teesta Setalvad's bail plea

The Supreme Court Monday sought a response from the Gujarat government on a bail plea by activist Teesta Setalvad, arrested for allegedly fabricating evidence to frame "innocent people" in the 2002 Gujarat riots cases. A bench headed by Justice U U Lalit issued notice to the state on the plea filed by Setalvad, who was arrested in June in the case and posted the matter for hearing on August 25. The Gujarat High Court, on August 3, issued a notice to the state government on the bail plea of Setalvad and fixed the matter for hearing on September 19. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Setalvad, told the apex court that allegations in the FIR are recitation of proceedings that had happened and culminated in the judgement of the apex court on a petition filed by Zakia Jafri. The top court had on June 24 dismissed a plea filed by Zakia Jafri, the wife of former Congress MP Ehsaan Jafri who was killed in Ahmedabad during the riots, triggered by the torching of a coach of Sabarmati

SC bench to hear plea related to Delhi-Centre row over control of services

Chief Justice N V Ramana on Monday said he has set up a five-judge Constitution bench to hear the legal issue concerning the scope of legislative and executive powers of the Centre and National Capital Territory government over control of services in Delhi. The CJI said a bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud will hear the dispute between the Centre and the Delhi government. The matter was mentioned by an advocate before the bench also comprising Justices Hima Kohli and C T Ravikumar. On May 6, the top court had referred to a five-judge Constitution bench the issue of control of services in Delhi. The apex court had said the limited issue of control over services was not dealt with by the Constitution bench which elaborately dealt with all legal questions. "The limited issue that has been referred to this Bench relates to the scope of legislative and executive powers of the Centre and NCT Delhi with respect to the term services'. The Constitution bench of this court, while ...

Credit Suisse dispute: How SpiceJet came close to getting wound up

SpiceJet has reached an out of court settlement with Swiss bank Credit Suisse over payment of dues

Supreme Court dismisses panel running AIFF, a week after FIFA suspension

The Supreme Court on Monday terminated the Committee of Administrators (CoA), the panel appointed by the apex court last year to run the All India Football Federation (AIFF)

Centre urges SC to handover control to AIFF from CoA, agreed to FIFA's term

Supreme Court had appointed a three-member CoA to manage the affairs of the AIFF

Kerala LA begins today, bills to replace 11 lapsed ordinances on agenda

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan earlier this month refused to give his assent to 11 ordinances that lapsed without studying them in detail

A violation of justice

Apex court intervention is vital

Freebies make sense only if state budget has revenue surplus: Economists

With issue of freebies announced by political parties being heard by the Supreme Court, economists say that if there is revenue surplus in the budget then freebies could be implemented.

Welfare schemes help uplift weaker sections, can't be termed freebies: DMK

Welfare schemes provide uplift of weaker sections and cannot be described as "freebies", the DMK has told the Supreme Court. Opposing the plea filed by lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay seeking action against political parties for promising freebies during elections, the DMK said the petition is "politically motivated" as the petitioner belongs to a political party which was locked in a political battle during Punjab elections at the time of filing this PIL. It alleged the present petition lacks merit and is filed to settle political scores with another rival political party in Punjab. "The yardstick to be applied for classifying a welfare scheme to be a 'freebie' cannot be so rigid that every service provided by the government to its citizens be termed as a freebie. "If such a meaning is applied, it would render all government facilities such as education, healthcare to be freebies, which is unconscionable," submissions filed by senior advocate P Wilson on behalf of DMK, said. The DMK said

Nagaland to appeal SC for additional time to conduct urban local body polls

The Nagaland government will appeal to the Supreme Court to grant additional time for the conduct of the elections to the urban local bodies (ULBs), which are overdue for the last 12 years. The decision to this effect was taken during the Nagaland Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio here on Saturday, state government spokesperson and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Planning and Coordination and Land Revenue, Neiba Kronu told reporters. He said that during the meeting Advocate General K N Balgopal briefed the Cabinet on the Supreme Court's July 29 order directing the state government to conduct the elections of municipal councils to be held by January next year and listed the matter for compliance in February. Kronu said the Advocate General informed the Cabinet that the apex court has told to complete the process for Municipal and Town Council elections by January. He said that the Cabinet discussed the feasibility especially about the timing of election beca

SC dismisses PIL against Reliance's zoo being built in Gujarat's Jamnagar

The Supreme Court has dismissed a PIL challenging the permission granted to a zoo being built by Reliance Industries in Gujarat's Jamnagar saying there was no logic or basis in the petition. A bench of justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Krishna Murari junked the plea filed by an advocate seeking to ban acquisition of animals by Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre. The top court said there is hardly any scope to dispute that the Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre is a recognised zoo as well as a rescue centre. It said there was no legal infirmity in grant of recognition to the zoo and the rescue centre by the Central Zoo Authority. "The allegations of the petitioner regarding lack of expertise on the part of respondent No 2 or regarding commercialisation remain uncertain and it does not appear that the petitioner has carried out the requisite research before moving this court in PIL jurisdiction. "We are impelled to observe that the petitioner himself is

Courts extremely burdened, mediation necessary: Justice Chandrachud

Supreme Court judge Justice D Y Chandrachud has said that courts in India are "extremely burdened" and "desperately congested", and in view of the alarming rate of high pendency of cases, dispute resolution mechanism like mediation is an important tool. He was delivering Justice Y V Chandrachud Memorial Lecture here on Friday after inaugurating the Indian Law Society's ILS Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (ILSCA). The Indian Law Society has entered its centenary year. "We are aware that the courts in India are extremely burdened, desperately congested. Both literally and metaphorically. According to the study done by PRS Legislative Research, the pendency across all the courts grew by 2.8 per cent annually between 2010 and 2020," Justice Chandrachud said. He added that during the past two years, the pandemic and the tribulations that it brought to the human kind, worsened the already alarming rate of pendency of cases. The data available indicates that there are more than 4.1 .

Noida's Supertech twin towers to be demolished on August 28; here's a recap

As the twin tower's demolition date nears, here is a recap of what transpired and the latest developments in the case

Demolition teams race against time to rig Noida Twin Towers with explosives

Edifice Engineering, the Mumbai-based demolition agency tasked with the job, said work is going on at full speed to pack some 7,000 drilled holes with explosives.

SC dismisses MP High Court's verdict on discharge of rape accused

The Supreme Court has termed as "utterly incomprehensible" an order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court discharging an accused of the offence of rape essentially on the ground of delay in the registration of the First Information Report (FIR). A bench of justices DY Chandrachud and JB Pardiwala said the facts of this litigation was quite "heart-breaking" and set aside the order of the high court holding that the impugned order could be termed as "perverse and not sustainable in law". The verdict was pronounced on August 12 but was yet to be uploaded on the apex court website. "At the cost of repetition, we state that the impugned order of the High Court is utterly incomprehensible. We have yet to come across a case where the High Court has thought fit to discharge an accused charged with the offence of rape on the ground of delay in the registration of the FIR," Justice Pardiwala said while writing the judgement on behalf of the bench. The top court, however, did not interfere with th