Crime & Punishment

CRIME on the OFFENCE JUSTICE on the DEFENCE India, no doubt, is a great country. It has a great system of criminal jurisprudence in which an individual/group has a right to commit a crime, heinous included, to run away from the scene of crime and, if caught, the right to claim he is innocent. This  [ Read More ]

Supreme Court anguished on tardy trial in lower courts

The Supreme Court has expressed anguish over “unhappy state of affairs” of lower courts which take years in concluding the trial and said the proceedings must be concluded within a reasonable time. A bench of justices Swatanter Kumar and Madan B Lokur said the governments and the courts must gear up the administrative machinery for  [ Read More ]

High Court assuages enraged nation in 2012

The year 2012 saw the Delhi High Court ordering day-to-day trial of sexual offence cases in the aftermath of the brutal gangrape case besides some judicial interventions for loosening decades-old grip of politicians on sports bodies. Following the widespread protests and calls for speedy justice, the high court came up with the unprecedented order that  [ Read More ]

Jaya wealth case: Sudhakaran records statements

VN Sudhakaran, disowned foster son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and co-accused in the multi-crore disproportionate assets case against her, on Wednesday appeared before a special court for recording his statements. He replied to 143 questions posed by the 36th Additional City Civil and Sessions Court Judge MS Balakrishna. The judge asked questions relating  [ Read More ]

Supreme Court blow to govt in high-profile cases, death to Kasab

Judgements giving a body blow to the government in the high-profile Vodafone tax case and scrapping of 2G spectrum licences hogged the limelight in the Supreme Court which in 2012 also brought the curtains down on the 26/11 case by sending the lone surviving Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab to the gallows. The 25-year-old Kasab’s nearly  [ Read More ]

DA case: High Court dismisses Y S Jaganmohan Reddy’s bail plea

The bail petition of YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy has been dismissed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court in connection with the case of alleged disproportionate assets involving him. Jagan earlier moved the High court contending that he is entitled to bail as a matter of right in view of the fact that the CBI  [ Read More ]

AAP seeks enactment of Sexual Assault Bill

In Delhi Expressing solidarity with the protest against the gangrape of a girl, Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to sought immediate enactment of the Sexual Assault Bill either by bringing an ordinance or by convening a special session of Parliament. According to the AAP, “The Parliament must immediately enact the Sexual Assault Bill (currently  [ Read More ]

Supreme Court go-ahead to MCI for common entrance exam

The Supreme Court  has given its go-ahead to the Medical Council of India (MCI) for holding the first-ever common entrance examination for admission to MBBS, BDS and post-graduate courses but restrained it from declaring the results until further orders. The court also allowed various states, universities and other institutions entitled to conduct their respective examinations for MBBS,  [ Read More ]

No metalled roads for Amarnath yatra

There will be no metalled or motorable road constructed on the route to the annual Amarnath Yatra, the Supreme Court has ruled on an issue that has stoked a lot of controversy recently. The apex court, in its judgement on December 13, has made it amply clear that its order was to ensure that there  [ Read More ]

Supreme Court go-ahead to MCI for holding common entrance exam

The Supreme Court has given its go-ahead to the Medical Council of India (MCI) for holding the first-ever common entrance examination for admission to MBBS, BDS and post-graduate courses but restrained it from declaring the results until further orders. Various states has been allowed by the court also, universities and other institutions entitled to conduct their respective  [ Read More ]