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7 accused in the 1984 Sikh Riots acquitted by the Supreme Court

   03 May 2019 at 15:28

Seven persons who had been convicted by the trial court and the Delhi High Court for their alleged involvement in the 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots have been acquitted by the Supreme Court of India 89 persons including the seven appellants were convicted unde ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   149 Views


Bench-fixing allegations against the SC have left the Bench fuming, orders to be passed today

   25 April 2019 at 15:04

In the matter of sexual harassment allegations against the Chief Justice of India, the apex court will pass orders today on the inquiry into the bench-fixing allegations raised by the Advocate.Advocate Bains filed an affidavit in suomoto proceeding b ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   162 Views


3 judge bench constituted to look into sexual harassment claims against the Chief Justice of India

   24 April 2019 at 15:28

A panel of Justices SA Bobde, NV Ramana and Indira Banerjee will inquire into the allegations of sexual harassment against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.Justice Bobde, who is next in line to be the Chief Justice of India was assigned by the CJI ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   122 Views


PIL filed in the Supreme Court of India challenging Section 62(5) Representation of People Act

   18 April 2019 at 18:31

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court of India challenging the provisions of Section 62(5) of the Representation of the People Act 1951 (RP Act). Section 62(5) prohibits a person confined in the prison from casting his/her ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   549 Views


Court cannot order the police to submit a charge-sheet on receiving a closure report in a case said the SC

   16 April 2019 at 16:41

A magistrate cannot order the police to file charge sheet after receiving a closure or refer report, emphasized the Supreme Court of India. A criminal case filed against the accused charged under Section 326, 294 of the Indian Penal Code and Section ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   168 Views


Political parties should submit details of donations through electoral bonds by May 31 to the ECI: SC

   16 April 2019 at 10:41

The Supreme Court of India rejected to stay the Election Bonds (EB) Scheme after 2019 General Elections. The court ordered all parties to provide all the details regarding the donations received by of EBs and the identity of the donors, total amount ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   105 Views


100% court fees refund to the parties if a suit is settled by Lok Adalats says the Bombay High Court

   11 April 2019 at 18:05

The Bombay High Court recently made clear that if cases were settled by LokAdalats, the parties should be refunded the full court fee paid by them.The Bench cited Section 21 of Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 and Section 16 of the Central Court ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   251 Views


SC's order dated 10 April 2019 on 36 Rafale Procurement Case

   11 April 2019 at 10:44

In the Review Petitions, the petitioners have relied upon the documents, some of which could not have been placed in public domain. The Central Government raised an objection that while considering Review Petitions, the said documents may not be cons ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   139 Views


SC: Financial Capacity of the complainant if questioned needs to be explained under Section 138 NIA act

   11 April 2019 at 10:18

The Supreme Court of India noticed that in a cheque bounce case the complainant is bound to unfold the details of his/her financial capacity, while a question is raised by the accused through leading evidence to that effect.The accused questioned the ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   545 Views


Disclosure of Foreign Assets & ITR of 5-years are now mandatory for Lok Sabha & Assembly election contestants

   09 April 2019 at 15:38

Candidates planning to contest the elections for Legislative Assembly of the states or Lok Sabha have to fulfill certain criteria. They also have to submit a list of documents without which their nomination will be rejected.The government has recentl ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   95 Views