SC quashes HC order on 5 rebel Haryana Janhit Congress MLAs

The Supreme Court today quashed the Punjab and Haryana High Court order which had restrained five Haryana Janhit Congress MLAs from joining the ruling Congress till the assembly speaker decides on their disqualification. A bench headed by Justice Altamas Kabir, however, asked the speaker of the Haryana legislative assembly to decide within three months the  [ Read More ]

Ground water study at Bhopal gas plant in October, SC told

Drilling for studies on ground water contamination at the site of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy would start in October after the rains subside, the Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR) Tuesday told the Supreme Court. The institute plans to start the drilling work for collection of soil and water samples from within the abandoned  [ Read More ]

Justice Altamas Kabir to be next Chief Justice of India

Justice Altamas Kabir will be the new Chief Justice of India and will assume charge Sep 29, said official sources Thursday. Incumbent Chief Justice SH Kapadia will relinquish office September 28. Born on July 19, 1948 at Kolkata, Justice Kabir did his LLB and MA from the University of Calcutta. He was enrolled at the  [ Read More ]

Israeli diplomat attack case: SC notice to DP on Kazmi’s bail

The Supreme Court on Friday sought the response of Delhi police on the bail plea of Syed Mohammad Kazmi, a journalist, who is accused in the February 13 terror attack on an Israeli diplomat. A bench of justice Altamas Kabir and justice J Chelameswar issued a notice to the Delhi police for September 14. Kazmi,  [ Read More ]

SC to examine plea to bar criminals from voting

The Supreme Court Wednesday decided to examine a plea seeking to bar people with criminal background from getting registered as voters and contesting elections to parliament and state assembles. The apex court bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice J. Chelameswar directed the listing of the matter Oct 10. The petition by advocate Lily Thomas  [ Read More ]

Chief Justice of India names Justice Kabir as his successor

Chief Justice of India SH Kapadia, who retires this month, has recommended the name of seniormost Supreme Courtjudge Justice Altamas Kabiras his successor, setting in motion the process of change of guard in the apex court. Sources in the law ministry said Justice Kapadia, due to retire on September 28, recommended the name of Justice  [ Read More ]

Marriages can be ended before cooling period: Apex court

By invoking provisions of Article 142, the dissolution of marriage through mutual consent can be permitted before the cooling period of six months under the Hindu Marriage Act, the Supreme Court has said. (15:40) “We are of the opinion that in appropriate cases invocation of such power would not be unjustified and may even prove  [ Read More ]

Rehab of sex workers can be gender-neutral, says SC

The Supreme Court today opined that rehabilitation of sex workers should be gender-neutral so as to include male sex workers and transgenders. “What about male sex workers and transgenders? Rehabilitation should also include male sex workers and transgenders. Transgenders are totally marginalised nobody looks after them,” the apex court said. A bench of Justice Altamas  [ Read More ]

No disclosure under RTI at pre-detention stage: SC

The state is not under an obligation to disclose under the Right to Information Act(RTI)  the grounds of detention of a person under a preventive detention law before his arrest, the Supreme Court has ruled.   A three-judge bench of justices Altamas Kabir, Gyan Sudha Misra and J Chelameshwar said a detune under the preventive detention  [ Read More ]

Supreme Court clears judge for international court

The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a challenge to the candidature of one of its judges for appointment to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), saying it could not interfere in the matter. “It is purely a matter with the ICJ and has nothing to do with this court,” a bench headed by Justice Altamas Kabir  [ Read More ]