Tag: Supreme-Court

December 2012 gangrape case: Death warrant issued for Nirbhaya rapists, to be hanged on January 22 at 7am.

Source – indiatoday.in Delhi court on Tuesday issued a death warrant for the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. The verdict comes during the hearing of a plea seeking the issuance of ‘black warrant’ against the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. The convicts will be hanged

Supreme Court issues notice to Election Commission on petition alleging discrepancies in Lok Sabha poll data.

Source – hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on a petition alleging discrepancies in the final vote count of Lok Sabha elections 2019. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) had come back to power after securing a thumping majority in the April-May elections. In their

Vijay Mallya’s petition in India won’t stop UK insolvency proceedings: Supreme Court.

Soouce – hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court on Monday clarified that businessman Vijay Mallya, who faces charges of financial irregularities amounting to over Rs 9,000 crore, cannot use pendency of his plea regarding repayment plan in Supreme Court to stall proceedings in other jurisdiction. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde passed the order

Mumbai may have at least two operational metro lines in 2020.

Source – indiatoday.in If things work as planned, Mumbai will have at least two operational metro lines in 2020 connecting the western suburbs of the city. The two corridors, Metro Line-2A (Dahisar-DN Nagar) and Metro Line-7 (Dahisar East-Andheri East), are proposed to be commissioned simultaneously in 2020, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) said

Supreme Court rules flouted in demand for damages.

Source – thehindu.com The Supreme Court had suo motu laid down 10-point guidelines for assessment of damages and liability in its judgment in Re: Destruction of Public and Private Properties Vs State of A.P and others on April 16, 2009. The assessment of “exemplary damages” for property destroyed in incidents of violence should be based on electronic media/private video

Supreme Court president Lady Hale, who blocked Boris Johnson’s attempt to shut down Parliament over Brexit, attacks the Government over spending cuts she says are causing ‘serious difficulty’ for the justice system

Source – dailymail.co.uk The judge who oversaw a Supreme Court slapdown of the Prime Minister when he tried to shut down Parliament targeted his Government again today with a blast over spending cuts for the justice system. Baroness Hale of Richmond locked horns with Boris Johnson’s administration again this morning as she was allowed to run