The Supreme Court Thursday declined a plea seeking a “roving inquiry” by a committee headed by a retired apex court judge into bomb blasts across the country since 2002 and said such a probe could result in “chaos and confusion”. Petitioners Gulzar Ahmed Azmi and others had sought the setting up of the committee to [ Read More ]
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Judges cannot fix poverty line: Supreme CourtIn a pronouncement of considerable significance that could check the judiciary’s overstepping into legislative and governmental functioning, the Supreme Courthas said the question of fixing the poverty line was in the domain of expert bodies like the Planning Commisionand the judiciary could not engage itself in setting the nation’s economic policies. “This should be left [ Read More ] Apex court to examine plea on terror accusedThe Supreme Court Monday admitted a plea filed by two Maharashtra organisations demanding a probe into all terror incidents in India since 2002 to provide justice to those allegedly implicated in these cases, a lawyer said. The petition, filed by Jamiat-e-Ulama Hind secretary Gulzar Azmi and Shiv Raj Party chief Sudhir Sawant, also sought the [ Read More ] Supreme Court to hear plea on abducted Odisha legislatorThe Supreme Court will Thursday hear a plea seeking restraint on the Odisha government from freeing 29 imprisoned suspected Maoists and their sympathisers in exchange for the release of ruling Biju Janata Dal’s legislator Jhina Hikaka, who was abducted by the rebels March 24. The apex court bench of Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice Gyan [ Read More ] Supreme Court cautions High Courts against curbs on trialThe high courts are taking unduly long time in deciding cases in which trial court proceedings are stayed at the stage of registration of first information report ( FIR), investigation or framing of charges, the Supreme Court has said. Describing it as a serious matter, the apex court bench of Justice (since retired) A.K. Ganguly [ Read More ] Law panel study on backlog of cases soughtThe government Thursday told the Supreme Court that it will ask the Law Commission to undertake a study on the additional courts and judges needed in lower judiciary to tackle piled up cases. The government assured the court that it will “request the Law Commission to consider and convey to the government … its recommendations [ Read More ] Rajasekhara Reddy’s widow withdraws plea from Supreme CourtLate Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s widow Y.S. Vijaya Monday withdrew from the Supreme Court her petition imputing bias to the Andhra Pradesh High Court in an illegal assets’ case involving politicians. The apex court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice T.S. Thakur asked senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi, who appeared for Vijaya, [ Read More ] Law panel to study need for more judges, court toldThe central government Thursday told the Supreme Court that it would amend the terms of reference of the 19th Law Commission to include that it would conduct a scientific study and recommend if there was need to increase the number of lower courts in view of the huge backlog of cases. The court was also [ Read More ] Can’t make any one join administration: Supreme courtIn an apparent observation directed at the Uttar Pradesh government, the Supreme Court Monday said it could not pick up some one and appoint him to the top position in administration and pay his salary from the public exchequer. ‘You can’t pick up someone and appoint him and make him anything,’ said the supreme court bench [ Read More ] supreme court judge withdraws from Jayalalithaa caseThe Supreme Court Thursday put off for a day the hearing on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa’s petition, challenging a Bangalore court’s order that directed her to appear before it again Nov 8 in disproportionate assets case, after a judge withdrew from the bench. The supreme court bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari, Justice T.S. Thakur [ Read More ] |
