The Supreme Court has stayed a Maharashtra trial court’s order to the CBI to place before it the cell phone call records of Dr V G Patil, who was killed in September 2005 allegedly due to political rivalry with former President Pratibha Patil’s brother G N Patil. A bench headed by Justice B S Chauhan [ Read More ]
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Supreme Court stays trial court order to secure V G Patil’s call recordsMaharashtra trial court’s order to the CBI has been stayed by the Supreme Court to place before it the cell phone call records of Dr V G Patil, who was killed in September 2005 allegedly due to political rivalry with former President Pratibha Patil’s brother G N Patil. The order which was given on an [ Read More ] SC seeks govt’s reply on ‘killings’ by BSFThe Supreme Court(SC) today sought the Centre’s reply on a plea for probe into the alleged torture and extra-judicial killings by the Border Security Force(BSF) personnel in the border area of West Bengal. A bench of justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar asked the government to file its response within three weeks. The court’s [ Read More ] Parts of hostile witness’s evidence can be used: Supreme courtJudges should not treat as totally erased the evidence tendered by a witness whom the prosecution terms as hostile during a trial, the Supreme Court has said. “It is a settled legal proposition that the evidence of a prosecution witness cannot be rejected in toto merely because the prosecution chose to treat him as hostile [ Read More ] Don’t turn to us for everything, Supreme Court tells governmentThe Supreme Court Monday slammed the tendency of government departments to seeks its decision before acting when confronted with a contentious situation. “Everyone wants the decision of the court be it army, minister of defence or the home ministry. They want the stamp of this court,” said a bench of Justice B.S.Chauhan and Justice Swatanter [ Read More ] Supreme Court decries abuse of court process by criminalsA Haryana-based black-marketeer sentenced to a one-year jail term kept filing petitions in various courts for over 12 years to delay his surrender. The Supreme Court, while dismissing the man’s petition, voiced anguish at criminals repeatedly approaching courts by moving “misconceived and untenable” petitions to frustrate the course of justice, and even succeeding on some [ Read More ] Prior sanction needed for proceeding against army, court toldThe union government Monday told the Supreme Court that prior section was necessary for instituting legal proceedings against army personnel engaged in anti-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. It, however, sought to assure the apex court that ‘highest priority would be given to the preservation and protection of [ Read More ] Soldiers killed five in cold blood, CBI tells Supreme CourtThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday accused, in the Supreme Court, army personnel of killing five “innocent” people in cold blood in the wake of the 2000 killing of 36 Sikhs in Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Appearing for the CBI, counsel Ashok Bhan made the charge before a bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice [ Read More ] Supreme Court reserves verdict on Talwars’ trial transfer pleaThe Supreme Court Monday reserved its verdict on the plea by dentist couple Rajesh Talwar and Nupur Talwar for transfer of trial in their daughter Aarushi’s murder case from the special CBI court in Ghaziabad to Delhi. A bench of Justice B.S.Chauhan and Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, while reserving the order, directed the trial court [ Read More ] Supreme Court cautions police, stir organisersThe Supreme Court Thursday said that the law enforcing agencies should give reasonable notice and time to organisers of agitations to comply with their orders, while the protestors too have the duty to maintain order. The directions issued by the apex court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice Swatanter Kumar said “except in cases [ Read More ] |
