Justice PB Varale was sworn in as the 34th Justice, SC working right now at full strength

Justice PB Varale was sworn in as the 34th Justice, SC working right now at full strength

Jan 25, 2024

The SC is at full strength as Justice PB Varale was sworn in as the judge of the Supreme Court of India. CJI DY Chandrachud had administered the oath of office to Justice Varale. Today, Justice Varale sat with the bench comprised of

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Supreme Court Rejects Pleas for Delayed Surrender in Bilkis Bano Case

Supreme Court Rejects Pleas for Delayed Surrender in Bilkis Bano Case

Jan 25, 2024

Introduction: On January 8, the Supreme Court nullified the remission granted by the Gujarat government to 11 convicts in the high-profile Bilkis Bano case. The court criticized the state’s complicity with an accused and ordered the convicts, prematurely released on Independence Day in

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Whether SFIO Officers are police officers under the CrPC? Question of Law left opened by SC

Whether SFIO Officers are police officers under the CrPC? Question of Law left opened by SC

Jan 18, 2024

Background:- The litigation came up when the Ministry of Corporate Affairs had ordered the investigation into the affairs of 15 companies. The SFIO had appointed the team of inspectors who were supposed to carry out investigations but later they were sanctioned to investigate

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Gujarat Encounters : Petitioners plead to SC to prosecute the identified police officers

Gujarat Encounters : Petitioners plead to SC to prosecute the identified police officers

Jan 18, 2024

In the issue of the pleas that were filed, the petitioners informed the SC that the report of the monitoring committee led by Justice HS Bedi has found that there was foul play in 3 cases out of 17 and the police officers

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Plea to implement women reservation before the Lok Sabha Polls to be heard next month by SC

Plea to implement women reservation before the Lok Sabha Polls to be heard next month by SC

Jan 17, 2024

Background:- The One Hundred and Sixth Amendment Act, 2023 was signed into law in September by the President of India, by the act cannot be implemented until a delimitation exercise has been carried out after the next census. Issue:- A PIL was filed

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Allahabad HC’s order on the appointment of a commissioner to inspect Shahi Eidgah Masjid stayed by SC

Allahabad HC’s order on the appointment of a commissioner to inspect Shahi Eidgah Masjid stayed by SC

Jan 16, 2024

On Tuesday the SC stayed the Allahabad HC’s implementation order, where it appointed a commissioner for the inspection of the Shahi Eidgah Mosque at Mathura in the Krishna-Janmbhoomi Case. The bench comprised of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta passed the interim order

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction in Brutal Crime of Spousal Immolation

Supreme Court Upholds Conviction in Brutal Crime of Spousal Immolation

Jan 15, 2024

Introduction:In a recent Supreme Court case, a man’s appeal challenging his life imprisonment for the murder of his wife was dismissed. The court observed that setting a person on fire constitutes ‘extreme cruelty’ falling under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC),

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Prima Facie jurisdictional determination should take place , before the relief, when the maintainability is questioned: SC

Prima Facie jurisdictional determination should take place , before the relief, when the maintainability is questioned: SC

Jan 15, 2024

It has been observed by the SC that in a case where the maintainability of the civil suit is questioned and the interim relief to be granted is opposed on this ground, the trial court, must firstly see the satisfaction regarding the maintainability

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Directions for protection of Chittorgarh Fort from blasting activities issued by SC

Directions for protection of Chittorgarh Fort from blasting activities issued by SC

Jan 14, 2024

The SC on Friday, issued directions that were for the protection of the Chittorgarh Fort, Rajasthan, against the blasting activities that are being conducted in the radius of its 5 k, for limestone mining. The order was passed by the bench comprised of

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Review petitions filed in SC challenging judgement upholding Article 370

Review petitions filed in SC challenging judgement upholding Article 370

Jan 11, 2024

Several petitions have been filed before the SC which challenged the judgement that was given on 11th December 2023, that upheld the centre’s decision of scrapping J&K’s special status. Lawyer Muzaffar Iqbal Khan, who was also a petitioner in the main case, had

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