SC upholds life in Mirwaiz murder
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction and award of life sentence to Hizbul-Mujahideen terrorist Mohd.
Top court revisits dowry laws
As questions are being raised on the anti-dowry laws on the ground that they are being “misused” to fix husbands and their family members, the Supreme Court in an important judgement has revisited the entire jurisprudence on the issue and held that the concept of these legislations is based on “deemed fiction” which otherwise is not applicable in the criminal justice system.
‘No cause for impeachment’
Calcutta high court judge, Soumitra Sen, facing impeachment for alleged misappropriation of case proceeds before his appointment as a judge, on Monday refuted the charge of corruption, but admitted before a probe panel through his lawyer that there was some “mix-up” of the funds by him in his personal bank account. Justice Sen’s
RS-appointed committee starts judge case hearing
The Rajya Sabha-appointed judicial committee on Sunday commenced hearing the charges against Calcutta high court judge Soumitra Sen, facing impeachment for alleged misappropriation of Rs 33.22 lakhs a
Panel’s counsel rejects defence
In a bid to substantiate his charge before the Rajya Sabha-appointed judicial committee which commenced hearing the charges against Calcutta high court judge Soumitra Sen, facing impeachment for alleg
9 SC rules to protect freedom of speech
In order to protect citizens’ right of freedom of speech and prevent the Central and state governments from misusing their powers to ban a newspaper, publication or book, the Supreme Court has laid down nine guidelines for them to evaluate the “objectionable” publication.
SC lays down 9 guidelines for evaluation
The nine parameters laid down by a Supreme Court bench to protect citizens’ right of freedom of speech and prevent the Central and state governments from misusing their powers to ban a newspaper, publication or book are:
SC refuses stay on mid-session shift HC order
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant interim stay on the Andhra Pradesh HC order quashing the state’s notification for inter-shifting of the groups of backward communities for the purpose of reservation, saying it would adversely affect the students in the midway of the admission process.
SC: No priority for Reddy case
The Supreme Court on Friday said a clear no to give special priority to the mining case of Reddy brothers and other leaseholders in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka with the Chief Justice announcing drastic overhaul of the decade-old procedure to deal with the forest and environment cases.
Hearing in Bengaluru corridor project deferred
The much-awaited Supreme Court hearing on the latest affidavit of the Karnataka government in the controversial Bengaluru-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project could not take place on Thursday as Justice Cyriac Joseph one of the judges of a three-member bench withdrew from the case. Justice Joseph, who had been Chief Justice of