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The Supreme Court, on Monday, held that when special reasons are made out from the chargesheet and the chargesheet reveals commission of non-bailable crime, default bail granted to an accused under proviso to Section 167(2) CrPC can be cancelled. The question that arose in the case was whether default bail can be cancelled after…
The court should not convict an accused only on the basis of the “last seen” circumstance, the Supreme Court observed while setting aside concurrent conviction of murder accused. The bench of Justices S. Ravindra Bhat and P S Narasimha observed that the “last seen” doctrine has limited application, where the time lag between the time…
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, on Tuesday, commenced with the hearing of the Miscellaneous Application seeking modification of the guidelines for Living Will/Advance Medical Directive that was issued by way of its judgment recognizing ‘passive euthanasia’ in Common Cause v. Union of India And Anr. During the course of the hearing, it was…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday cautioned courts and adjudicating authorities against reliance on free online sources like Wikipedia [HP India Sales Pvt Ltd vs Commissioner of Customs (Import) Nhava Sheva]. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Vikram Nath also called upon courts to impress upon their counsel to depend on sources that are more authentic and reliable than Wikipedia…
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Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Friday said that the efforts are being made for a uniform platform for live-streaming of Courts. At present, the live-streaming of proceedings of Constitution Bench hearings in the Supreme Court and also various High Courts are done through the respective YouTube channels of these Courts. A bench comprising…
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain applications by occupants of the encroachments within the Kalkaji Temple premises seeking stay of eviction notices issued to them by the Administrator appointed as per the directions of the Delhi High Court. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and M M Sundresh was hearing applications filed by…
The Supreme Court observed that a decree of possession cannot be passed in favour of the plaintiff merely because defendants were not able to fully establish their right, title and interest in the property. Weakness of the defence cannot be a justification to decree the suit, the bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and J K…
Religious leader Swami Avimuktesh waran and Saraswati has approached the Supreme Court of India through a Public Interest Litigation pertaining to the recent land sinking incidents in Joshimath. The PIL seeks for Joshimath to be declared as a National Disaster and direct the NDMA to actively support the residents of Joshimath. The plea has also…
CJI DY Chandrachud on Thursday remarked that balance in court was not always between just and unjust but sometimes it was between two unjust things. He stated that in such cases, the court had to determine what was more unjust. The remark was made in a dispute concerning appointments and promotion of Assistant Section Officers.
