Nirbhaya Case : Justice Banumathi Faints While Dictating Order In Centre's Plea; Matter Adjourned Till Feb 20
4 years, 10 months ago

Nirbhaya Case : Justice Banumathi Faints While Dictating Order In Centre's Plea; Matter Adjourned Till Feb 20

Live Law  

Just as the hearing in the Centre's plea for separate hanging of death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case wrapped up for the day, the Supreme Court bench comprising of Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and AS Bopanna, was on the verge of adjourning the matter till the Patiala House court took it up next.However, just before dictating the order Justice Banumathi took. Just as the hearing in the Centre's plea for separate hanging of death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case wrapped up for the day, the Supreme Court bench comprising of Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and AS Bopanna, was on the verge of adjourning the matter till the Patiala House court took it up next. The plea was adjourned by the Trial Court on Thursday till February 17 taking note of the fact that the SC was scheduled to pronounce verdict on convict Vinay Sharma's plea against mercy rejection today. Noting that Trial Court is set to hear the plea for death warrants on February 17, the SC adjourned hearing in Centre's plea till February 20.

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'Sensitive Matter': SC Grants 4 More Weeks To Centre In Balwant Singh's Mercy Petition
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Sensitive Matter': SC Grants 4 More Weeks To Centre In Balwant Singh's Mercy Petition

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Monday granted four more weeks to the Centre to respond to the petition filed by Balwant Singh Rajoana, a Babbar Khalsa terrorist, seeking commutation of the death sentence awarded to him in the Punjab CM Beant Singh assassination case. In the last hearing on November 18, the top court initially passed an oral order directing that …

Supreme Court Holds Order Which Set Deadline On Balwant Singh's Mercy Plea After Solicitor General's Request
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Holds Order Which Set Deadline On Balwant Singh's Mercy Plea After Solicitor General's Request

Live Law  

After an urgent mentioning made by the Solicitor General of India, the Supreme Court agreed to not upload the order which it passed this morning as per which the President was requested to take a decision on the mercy plea of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana within two weeks. A special bench comprising Justice BR Gavai, Justice PK Mishra …

SC urges President to decide Balwant Rajoana’s mercy plea in two weeks
1 month, 3 weeks ago

SC urges President to decide Balwant Rajoana’s mercy plea in two weeks

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Monday urged President Droupadi Murmu to decide the long-pending mercy petition of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a Babbar Khalsa sympathiser convicted in the 1995 assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, within two weeks. Taking into consideration that the petitioner has been on the death row, we now direct the secretary, Honourable the President of India, …

SC To Resume Hearing Kolkata Doctor Rape And Murder Case — A Recap Of Developments In Court So Far
4 months ago

SC To Resume Hearing Kolkata Doctor Rape And Murder Case — A Recap Of Developments In Court So Far

ABP News  

As the Supreme Court will resume hearing on Monday the suo-motu petition in the brutal rape and murder of an on duty trainee doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, here's a recap of developments in the top court so far. The top court while hearing the case pertaining to the brutal rape and murder …

Supreme Court Adjourns Arvind Kejriwal's Bail Plea In CBI Case Till September 5
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Adjourns Arvind Kejriwal's Bail Plea In CBI Case Till September 5

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned the hearing of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's pleas challenging his arrest and seeking bail in the case registered by the CBI over the alleged Delhi Liquor Policy scam, after the CBI sought time to file a counter-affidavit in the matter.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan posted the matter on September …

Nithari Killings: Should Surendra Koli's Acquittal Be Reversed? Supreme Court Agrees To Hear CBI's Plea
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Nithari Killings: Should Surendra Koli's Acquittal Be Reversed? Supreme Court Agrees To Hear CBI's Plea

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a fresh petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation challenging the Allahabad High Court's verdict that acquitted Surendra Koli in the sensational 2006 Nithari serial killings case. In May, the Supreme Court also agreed to hear another plea filed by the father of one of the victims challenging the high court's …

Delhi excise policy case: SC to hear BRS MLC K Kavitha's bail plea on August 12
5 months ago

Delhi excise policy case: SC to hear BRS MLC K Kavitha's bail plea on August 12

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on August 12, Monday, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader, K Kavitha's plea seeking bail in the cases filed by both the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the 2021-22 Excise Policy A two-judge bench of the top court, led by Justice BR Gavai and also comprising …

Delhi HC to pronounce order on June 25 ED's appeal to suspend Kejriwal's bail
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi HC to pronounce order on June 25 ED's appeal to suspend Kejriwal's bail

New Indian Express  

During the earlier hearing, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, representing the ED, argued that the trial court's bail order was "perverse" and contrary to the mandate of Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Opposing the ED's submissions, senior advocate Vikram Chaudhari, representing Kejriwal, raised a preliminary objection to listing the matter during the vacation, noting that the …

Savukku Shankar Detention Case:Justice Swaminathan May Recused If Influenced by External Factors,Says Justice Jayachandran
7 months ago

Savukku Shankar Detention Case:Justice Swaminathan May Recused If Influenced by External Factors,Says Justice Jayachandran

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Thursday ruled that the split verdict passed concerning the detention of YouTuber Savukku Shankar was without following the principles of natural justice granting fair opportunity. Justice Jayachandran noted that while the court was not bound by a hard and fast rule of granting 4 weeks to file counter, especially in cases dealing with detention orders, …

Supreme Court Issues Notice On TN Minister Periyasamy's Plea Against HC Order Setting Aside His Discharge In Corruption Case
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice On TN Minister Periyasamy's Plea Against HC Order Setting Aside His Discharge In Corruption Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court issued notice on a petition filed by Tamil Nadu Rural Development Minister I Periyasamy challenging the Madras High Court's order setting aside his discharge in a corruption case. Though the Trial Court had discharged the Minister, the High Court's Single-Judge Bench of Justice Anand Venkatesh, through suo moto revision, had set aside the trial court order. Now, …

[TP Chandrashekaran Murder] Kerala High Court To Pronounce Order In Plea For Enhancement Of Accused's Life Sentences
10 months, 2 weeks ago

[TP Chandrashekaran Murder] Kerala High Court To Pronounce Order In Plea For Enhancement Of Accused's Life Sentences

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court will pronounce its orders on the plea for enhancement of sentence in the TP Chandrashekaran murder case at 3.30 PM today. Based on Apex Court decisions, it was also submitted that the prosecution has not submitted any evidence before the Trial Court and High Court to prove that the accused persons were hard-core criminals with no …

Calcutta HC rejects plea of Nisith for relief in attempt to murder case
1 year ago

Calcutta HC rejects plea of Nisith for relief in attempt to murder case

Deccan Chronicle  

Kolkata: Union minister of state for home affairs Nisith Pramanik received a setback on Thursday when a circuit bench of the Calcutta High Court rejected his prayer for relief from arrest in a case of attempt to murder against him. A division bench of Justice Rai Chattopadhyay and Justice Surya Prakash Kesarwani of the HC Jalpaiguri circuit bench turned down …

Supreme Court Adjourns Senthil Balaji's Plea For Bail On Medical Grounds Till Next Week
1 year, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Adjourns Senthil Balaji's Plea For Bail On Medical Grounds Till Next Week

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing of Tamil Nadu minister and DMK leader Senthil Balaji's plea seeking bail on medical grounds until next week. Balaji was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in June this year in connection with a cash-for-job money laundering case.A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi was hearing a special leave petition …

Supreme Court Adjourns Brinda Karat's Plea For FIRs Against Anurag Thakur & Parvesh Verma For Alleged Hate Speech
1 year, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Adjourns Brinda Karat's Plea For FIRs Against Anurag Thakur & Parvesh Verma For Alleged Hate Speech

Live Law  

Today's hearing was adjourned at the behest of Delhi police, despite the petitioners opposing the request. Background Communist Party of India leaders Brinda Karat and KM Tiwari approached the Delhi High Court in a criminal writ petition after a trial court refused to accept their plea for registration of first information reports against the BJP leaders. In August 2020, a …

LIFE Mission Case: Sivasankar Withdraws Plea For Bail On Medical Grounds After Kerala High Court Expresses He Should Approach Supreme Court
1 year, 5 months ago

LIFE Mission Case: Sivasankar Withdraws Plea For Bail On Medical Grounds After Kerala High Court Expresses He Should Approach Supreme Court

Live Law  

Former Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Kerala, M. Sivasankar today withdrew his plea seeking interim bail in the Life Mission money laundering case on grounds of ill-health, after the Kerala High Court expressed disinclination to pass orders amid pendency of his SLP before the Supreme Court against refusal of regular bail.Justice A. Badharudeen noted that Supreme Court was …

Supreme Court stays Allahabad HC order on examining ‘kundali’ of rape victim
1 year, 7 months ago

Supreme Court stays Allahabad HC order on examining ‘kundali’ of rape victim

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court on Saturday stayed the Allahabad High Court verdict which directed the Head of Department in Lucknow University to determine if an alleged rape victim is a Mangali/Mangalik by examining her 'Kundali' in three weeks. Taking a suo moto cognizance of the order delivered by the Lucknow bench of the High Court, the apex court questioned the relevance …

SC to hear Abhishek Banerjee’s plea against go-ahead for probe against him
1 year, 7 months ago

SC to hear Abhishek Banerjee’s plea against go-ahead for probe against him

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court will on Friday hear Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee’s petition challenging the Calcutta high court’s order permitting the Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate to proceed with the inquiry against him in connection with an alleged scam in the recruitment of teachers in West Bengal. The CBI on Saturday questioned Banerjee for over nine hours two …

SC refuses to commute Babbar Khalsa terrorist Rajoana’s death sentence
1 year, 8 months ago

SC refuses to commute Babbar Khalsa terrorist Rajoana’s death sentence

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to commute Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana’s death sentence to life imprisonment, leaving it for the Union government to consider his mercy plea in connection with former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh’s assassination in 1995. The Supreme Court on March 2 reserved its verdict on a petition filed by Rajoana in 2020 for …

1984 riots case: No reason given by SIT on plea to cancel bail, Sajjan Kumar to HC
1 year, 9 months ago

1984 riots case: No reason given by SIT on plea to cancel bail, Sajjan Kumar to HC

Hindustan Times  

Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar Tuesday told the Delhi high court that no reason has been given by the Special Investigation Team for seeking to cancel the bail granted to him in a rioting and murder case arising from the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in which the trial is continuing. Kumar is already serving a life term in another murder case …

Too busy: Mumbai court refuses to hear Javed Akhtar's plea seeking relief on RSS-Taliban comment
1 year, 11 months ago

Too busy: Mumbai court refuses to hear Javed Akhtar's plea seeking relief on RSS-Taliban comment

India Today  

Mumbai’s session court on Monday refused the urgent hearing of the plea filed by lyricist Javed Akhtar, who sought revision of the Mulunad Magistrate court’s judgment against him. A member of the RSS, advocate Santosh Dubey, lodged a criminal defamation complaint against Akhtar in 2021, following which the Mulund Magistrate Court summoned him. He said on September 10, 2021, while …

AIADMK Leadership Issue: HC to Hear EPS Plea Against Single Judge Order
2 years, 4 months ago

AIADMK Leadership Issue: HC to Hear EPS Plea Against Single Judge Order

News 18  

The Madras High Court on Tuesday will hear AIADMK leader K Palaniswami’s plea against a single judge order that had ruled as invalid the party’s July 11 General council meet that picked him as the interim chief and expelled his rival O Panneerselvam. This order had stripped EPS, as Palaniswami is known, from the post of interim general secretary of …

Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex: SC asks Varanasi civil court not to proceed with hearing till tomorrow
2 years, 7 months ago

Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex: SC asks Varanasi civil court not to proceed with hearing till tomorrow

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the civil court in Varanasi to not proceed with hearing the Gyanvapi case till it takes up the matter on Friday. Ahmadi said he cannot oppose adjournment on the grounds of health of a counsel but an undertaking should be given that Hindu devotees will not proceed with the civil court proceedings. Advocate Vishnu …

Sreedhar case: HC expresses surprise over earlier order
2 years, 8 months ago

Sreedhar case: HC expresses surprise over earlier order

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Chief Justice bench of the Telangana High Court on Monday observed that was strange that a single-judge bench had passed an interim order in a case involving Sandhya Conventions managing director Sreedhar Rao and his wife Sandhya. On December 30 last, the single judge in the interim order had directed the home department and Cyberabad police not to …

Ramesh Jarkiholi Sex CD Scandal: Supreme Court Stays Karnataka HC's Order Allowing SIT To Submit Final Report
2 years, 10 months ago

Ramesh Jarkiholi Sex CD Scandal: Supreme Court Stays Karnataka HC's Order Allowing SIT To Submit Final Report

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed Karnataka High Court's order dated February 3, 2022 of allowing SIT formed for probing complaint of rape by a woman and charges of conspiracy against former Minister Ramesh Jharkiholi to submit its final report before the Trial Court.The bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and JK Maheshwari passed the stay order in a special leave …

Supreme Court Gives Last Chance To Vijay Mallya To Appear In Sentence Hearing In Contempt Case
2 years, 10 months ago

Supreme Court Gives Last Chance To Vijay Mallya To Appear In Sentence Hearing In Contempt Case

Live Law  

While giving last opportunity to fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya to appear, the Supreme Court of India on Thursday expressed a clear intention to go ahead with the sentence hearing in the contempt case against him, and posted the matter for hearing on February 24th, 2022.Vijay Mallya was found guilty of contempt in 2017 for disobeying court's orders in not disclosing …

Will the Sudha Bharadwaj Bail Order Affect the Bhima Koregaon Case as a Whole?
3 years, 1 month ago

Will the Sudha Bharadwaj Bail Order Affect the Bhima Koregaon Case as a Whole?

The Quint  

As soon as the Bombay High Court held on 1 December that Sudha Bharadwaj, the reputed activist and lawyer who is an accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, was entitled to be released on default bail, certain questions became inevitable. Secondly, will the Supreme Court stay the high court's order before Bharadwaj is produced in the special NIA court in …

Karnataka High Court Stays Proceedings Against Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant For Alleged Delay In Ramesh Jarkiholi Case
3 years, 1 month ago

Karnataka High Court Stays Proceedings Against Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant For Alleged Delay In Ramesh Jarkiholi Case

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday by way of interim relief stayed the operation, execution and all further proceedings which may be initiated against Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant and two other police officers, pursuant to the order dated November 23, passed by the Magistrate court. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court had directed the Cubbon park police to investigate a …

Supreme Court to name ex-HC judge to monitor Lakhimpur Kheri violence probe
3 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court to name ex-HC judge to monitor Lakhimpur Kheri violence probe

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said that it intends to appoint a former judge from a high court other than the one in Uttar Pradesh to ensure an “independent, impartial and unbiased” investigation into the mowing down of four farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3 as the court observed the investigation was not proceeding in the way …

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging HC Order Which Set Aside Dismissal Of Application Seeking FIR Against BJP Leader Kailash Vijayvargiya & 2 Others In Rape Case
3 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging HC Order Which Set Aside Dismissal Of Application Seeking FIR Against BJP Leader Kailash Vijayvargiya & 2 Others In Rape Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a Special Leave Petition against an order of the Calcutta High Court setting aside the order of the Chief Judicial Magistrate at Alipore which had dismissed an application seeking FIR against BJP Leader Kailash Vijayvargiya, RSS member Jisnu Basu, and Pradeep Joshi in a rape case. The Bench was also apprised by …

Plea Against Kerala HC Order Recalling Judgment Quashing POCSO Case Citing Marriage: Supreme Court Issues Notice
3 years, 5 months ago

Plea Against Kerala HC Order Recalling Judgment Quashing POCSO Case Citing Marriage: Supreme Court Issues Notice

Live Law  

The Supreme Court issued notice in Special Leave Petition filed against a Kerala High court order recalling its earlier judgment quashing rape and child sexual assault charges against various accused.The High Court bench presided by Justice K. Haripal had initially quashed the proceedings against on the grounds of the marriage of the accused to the victims. The Supreme Court issued …

"Nothing Can Happen Here Till There Is Stay": Delhi Court Adjourns Hearing In INX Media Case Till August 12
3 years, 5 months ago

"Nothing Can Happen Here Till There Is Stay": Delhi Court Adjourns Hearing In INX Media Case Till August 12

Live Law  

A Delhi Court on Thursday adjourned hearing in the CBI's INX Media case involving Congress Leader P. Chidambaram, his son Karti Chidambaram and others. Special CBI Judge MK Nagpal adjourned the matter in view of the trial being stayed by the Delhi High Court. The Delhi High Court in May this year stayed the trial court proceedings in the INX …

'Have Some Difficulty': SC Judge Withdraws From Hearing Bengal Post-Poll Violence Case
3 years, 6 months ago

'Have Some Difficulty': SC Judge Withdraws From Hearing Bengal Post-Poll Violence Case

News 18  

Supreme Court judge Indira Banerjee on Friday rescued herself from a plea pertaining to alleged post-poll violence in West Bengal citing some difficulty in hearing the matter. The hearing comes after a petition was filed by Biswajit Sarkar, brother of the deceased Bengal BJP worker was called before a bench of Justices Banerjee and MR Shah. A report in The …

Contempt Of Court-Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Prashant Bhushan's Plea For Intra-Court Appeal Before Review Petitions Are Adjudicated
4 years ago

Contempt Of Court-Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Prashant Bhushan's Plea For Intra-Court Appeal Before Review Petitions Are Adjudicated

Live Law  

Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed an application filed by Advocate Prashant Bhushan seeking a direction from the top court that the two plea's praying review of the orders of conviction for contempt of court be heard after the adjudication of the petition raising the issue of right of appeal.A three Judge Bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Justices AM …

Prashant Bhushan files fresh plea seeking review of Supreme Court order in contempt case
4 years, 3 months ago

Prashant Bhushan files fresh plea seeking review of Supreme Court order in contempt case

Firstpost  

The petition said it was a manifest error on the part of the judgment passed on 31 August to conclude that criticism of individual judges amounted to a malicious attack on the court itself New Delhi: Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan moved the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking review of the 31 August sentencing order to either pay fine of Re 1 …

Bhima Koregaon Case: SC Not Convinced with Interim Bail Plea for Accused Sudha Bharadwaj on Medical Grounds
4 years, 3 months ago

Bhima Koregaon Case: SC Not Convinced with Interim Bail Plea for Accused Sudha Bharadwaj on Medical Grounds

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked Bhima Koregaon case accused Sudha Bharadwaj’s counsel if she already has a strong case on merit then why was her bail plea moved on medical ground. Bharadwaj moved the top court challenging a Bombay High Court order, which dismissed her plea to get interim bail on medical grounds amid the ongoing pandemic. Lalit and …

Supreme Court to pronounce its verdict on Vijay Mallya’s plea today
4 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court to pronounce its verdict on Vijay Mallya’s plea today

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday will pronounce its verdict on a plea filed by fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya seeking a review of its May 2017 order holding him guilty of contempt for transferring USD 40 million to his children in violation of the court's order. Mallya is an accused in a bank loan default case of over ₹9,000 …

When silence is not the answer
4 years, 4 months ago

When silence is not the answer

The Hindu  

“I live with the realisation that I have received from this institution much more than I have had the opportunity to give it…. When counsel for Bhushan had questioned the bench’s decision to prioritise this case in the absence of physical functioning of the court due to the lockdown, Justice Arun Mishra’s move to fix an early date for the …

General Guidelines Issued By The HC Cannot Override Directions Given By Supreme Court On Judicial Side: SC [Read Order]
4 years, 4 months ago

General Guidelines Issued By The HC Cannot Override Directions Given By Supreme Court On Judicial Side: SC [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday rapped a local Court in Madhya Pradesh for its failure to complete trial in a rape case, despite explicit orders to do so within six months. The bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna rejected the explanation rendered by the Trial Court with regard to hearing of only urgent cases amid the …

Supreme Court finds Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt for tweets against judiciary; quantum of punishment hearing on 20 August
4 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court finds Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt for tweets against judiciary; quantum of punishment hearing on 20 August

Firstpost  

Justice BR Gavai, reading out the judgment, said Bhushan had committed “serious contempt of the court”. The Supreme Court on Friday found senior advocate Prashant Bhushan guilty in the suo motu contempt case for his tweets against the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and the apex court, according to several media reports. Justice BR Gavai, reading out the judgment, …

SC Allows Arun Shourie, N Ram & Prashant Bhushan to Withdraw Plea on Contempt Law
4 years, 4 months ago

SC Allows Arun Shourie, N Ram & Prashant Bhushan to Withdraw Plea on Contempt Law

News 18  

The Supreme Court Thursday allowed former Union minister Arun Shourie, journalist N Ram and activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan to withdraw their plea challenging the constitutional validity of a legal provision dealing with criminal contempt for "scandalizing the court". A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra was informed by senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, who was representing the petitioners, that they want to …

[Breaking] Plea Challenging Contempt Law Withdrawn From SC; Liberty Granted To Approach HC
4 years, 4 months ago

[Breaking] Plea Challenging Contempt Law Withdrawn From SC; Liberty Granted To Approach HC

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the petitioners to withdraw a writ petition challenging the constitutionality of the offence of 'scandalising the court' under Section 2 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. The Court allowed the petitioners to approach an appropriate forum sans liberty to move the Top Court again.A bench of Justices Arun Mishra, BR Gavai & Krishna …

[Breaking] Prashant Bhushan Contempt Case: SC Mutes VC Hearing; Seeks Explanation/Apology [Read Order]
4 years, 5 months ago

[Breaking] Prashant Bhushan Contempt Case: SC Mutes VC Hearing; Seeks Explanation/Apology [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought an explanation/apology from Advocate Prashant Bhushan in the contempt case taken against him over his remarks made in 2009 that at least half of the former Chief Justices of India were corrupt.In the order passed, the bench observed that it has not received the explanation/apology submitted by Mr. Prashant Bhushan/ Respondent No.1 and Mr. …

Four Convicts Hanged To Death At Tihar Jail In Nirbhaya Case After Late Night Legal Battles [Read Timeline]
4 years, 9 months ago

Four Convicts Hanged To Death At Tihar Jail In Nirbhaya Case After Late Night Legal Battles [Read Timeline]

Live Law  

The execution of four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case - Mukesh Singh, Akshay Kumar Singh, Vinay Sharma and Pawan Kumar Gupta - was carried out at Tihar Jail, Delhi on Friday morning at 5. 30 AM.Though the convicts made late night attempts to stall the execution by filing a revision petition in the Delhi HC and …

Nirbhaya Case : SC Dismisses Final Plea Of Convicts To Stay Execution After Past Midnight Hearing [Read Order]
4 years, 9 months ago

Nirbhaya Case : SC Dismisses Final Plea Of Convicts To Stay Execution After Past Midnight Hearing [Read Order]

Live Law  

Hours before the scheduled execution, the convicts in the Nirbhaya case knocked the doors of the Supreme Court past midnight, hoping for a last minute judicial intervention to extend their lives.But the last ditch effort of the convicts met with no success, as the bench comprising Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and A S Bopanna dismissed the plea, after a …

Breaking: Delhi HC Dismisses Late Night Plea By Nirbhaya Convicts To Stay Execution
4 years, 9 months ago

Breaking: Delhi HC Dismisses Late Night Plea By Nirbhaya Convicts To Stay Execution

Live Law  

After a special hearing which started around 10 PM, the Delhi HC on Thursday dismissed the late night petition filed by the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya case seeking stay of execution scheduled to take place tomorrow at 5.30 AM. The Court was considering the revision petition filed by Nirbhaya case convicts against the order of Additional Sessions …

[Breaking] Nirbhaya Case : Delhi Court Rejects Fresh Plea By Convicts To Stay Execution Of Death Sentence
4 years, 9 months ago

[Breaking] Nirbhaya Case : Delhi Court Rejects Fresh Plea By Convicts To Stay Execution Of Death Sentence

Live Law  

A Delhi Court on Thursday dismissed the plea moved by Nirbhaya case convicts for staying their execution scheduled to take place tomorrow at 5. "No valid ground has been brought to my notice to justify the stay of execution of death warrants", the Court said. Therefore, I do not find any plausible reasons to suspend the execution of death sentence …

Breaking: Nirbhaya Case : SC Dismisses Pawan Gupta's Curative Petition Against Dismissal Of Juvenility Claim [Read Order]
4 years, 9 months ago

Breaking: Nirbhaya Case : SC Dismisses Pawan Gupta's Curative Petition Against Dismissal Of Juvenility Claim [Read Order]

Live Law  

A day before the scheduled hangings in the Nirbhaya case, the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the curative petition filed by death row convict Pawan Kumar Gupta challenging the dismissal of his claim of juvenility at the time of offence.A 6-judge bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, Arun Mishra, R F Nariman, R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and A S Bopanna …

Nirbhaya's rapists to hang after seven years as Delhi HC dismisses late-night plea
4 years, 9 months ago

Nirbhaya's rapists to hang after seven years as Delhi HC dismisses late-night plea

India Today  

After seven years and three months, the four men accused of gangraping and murdering a physiotherapy intern will finally hang, the Delhi High Court ordered in a late-night hearing. DELHI HC DISMISSES PLEA, RAPS CONVICTS Hours before the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, the Delhi High Court dismissed their plea challenging the death warrant on Thursday …

Nirbhaya Case: Delhi High Rejects Mukesh's Plea Seeking His Trial To Be Declared As Invalid [Read Order]
4 years, 9 months ago

Nirbhaya Case: Delhi High Rejects Mukesh's Plea Seeking His Trial To Be Declared As Invalid [Read Order]

Live Law  

Delhi High Court has rejected the plea moved by one of the convicts Mukesh seeking the trial court order dated 10/09/2013, wherein he was convicted for the rape and murder of Nirbhaya, to be declared as invalid on the ground of concealment of vital documents. The trial court had also asked Bar Council of India to take note of ML …

Nirbhaya Case: Delhi Court Issues Notice In Fresh Plea By Convicts For Stay On Execution
4 years, 9 months ago

Nirbhaya Case: Delhi Court Issues Notice In Fresh Plea By Convicts For Stay On Execution

Live Law  

A Delhi Court on Wednesday issued notice in a plea for stay on the execution of four convicts of the Nirbhaya rape case.Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana will take up the matter tomorrow at 12 pm. The plea moved through Advocate AP Singh has sought stay on execution, which is scheduled to be carried out on March 20, on the …

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