The bench said that it has to be in exceptional circumstances when the conviction needs to be stayed and it cannot be a norm.
Justice Rastogi asks Mehta if he thinks that in the absence of law, whatever appointments are being made in a process are appropriate.
Has death penalty in the statute served as a deterrent for heinous crime?
The Centre and the Gujarat government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that they may file a plea seeking a review of its March 27 order asking them to be ready with original files on the grant of remission to the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case.
The Supreme Court on Friday directed all states and union territories(UTs) to register cases against those making hate speeches even without any complaint, terming these speeches as a 'serious offence' capable of affecting the secular fabric of the country.
"Everyday fringe elements are making speeches to vilify others including on TV and public forums," the bench said.
The Centre has decided to put Justice Joseph's name in serial number 3 in the notification.
Holding that the Constitution of India envisages a secular nation, the Supreme Court Friday directed the Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments to come down hard on hate speeches, promptly registering criminal cases against the culprits without waiting for a complaint to be filed.
The five-member Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, said that there was 'nothing adverse' regarding suitability of Justice Joseph.
JUstice Kurian Joseph favoured setting up of an administrative committee to assist the office of Chief Justice of India in effectively handling the affairs of the top court.
In a far-reaching verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and the election commissioners will be done by the President on the recommendation of a committee, comprising the Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and the CJI, to maintain the "purity" of the electoral process.
The apex court lashed out at the law enforcing agencies for allowing the "instigators of violence" to get away and said they should act per law without waiting for somebody's nod.
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the NIA's application and ordered social activist Gautam Navlakha to be put under house arrest within 24-hours after shifting him from Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai.
Justice Kurian Joseph, who will turn 65 on November 30, was part of the five- judge bench which by a majority of 3:2 had ruled the practice of divorce through triple talaq among Muslims as "void", "illegal" and "unconstitutional".
The interim stay on demolition, granted by the Delhi high court earlier, was ending on Monday.
Supreme Court judge Justice Kurian Joseph has declined to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dinner for top judges on Saturday on the ground that the event and the ongoing judges conference clashed with Good Friday and Easter weekend.
"What kind of prayer is this," the bench said.
Supreme Court judge Justice Kurian Joseph on Saturday urged media to show maturity while handling issues related to atrocities against women and children in the country.
Gandhi's remarks came after the Supreme Court gave clean chit to the Modi government on the purchase of 36 fully-loaded Rafale fighter jets from French company Dassault Aviation.
The 97th constitutional amendment, which dealt with issues related to effective management of co-operative societies in the country was passed by Parliament in December 2011 and had come into effect from February 15, 2012. The change in the Constitution has amended Article 19(1)(c) to give protection to the cooperatives and inserted Article 43 B and Part IX B, relating to them.
The Centre had cleared Justice Indu Malhotra's file, it sent Justice Joseph's file back to the Collegium and asked it to reconsider its recommendation.
The resolution of the May 16 collegium meeting stated that there was need for deliberation on bringing the judges from the high courts, which are not represented, to the Supreme Court.
Chief Justice of India H L Dattu on Sunday termed as "unfortunate" the controversy surrounding his colleague Kurian Joseph's objection to the holding of judges' conference on Good Friday and said while all Supreme Court judges are invited, the presence of only top three is mandatory.
Supreme Court Judge Justice Kurian Joseph, who has raised objections with Chief Justice of India H L Dattu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said he only wanted to raise the "serious concern" about secularism in India.
Supreme Court Justice Cyriac Joseph retires on January 27. Before he does so, he would have to deliver his verdict on the high-profile corruption case against Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his family.
A three-judge bench presided by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and comprising of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and K M Joseph said that it was not their job to go into the issue of pricing of the fighter planes.
A battle royale, fought over 15 long years, comes to an end as a prince and a princess -- grandchildren of the legendary Rajmata Gayatri Devi -- get back the Jai Mahal Palace Hotel from their step-uncles.
The SC judge, who retired on Friday, also disapproved the Centre's decision not to elevate Justice K M Joseph to the Supreme Court, terming the action as "not sustainable".
The matter came up for hearing before a bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud which had on September 15 restrained the channel from telecasting episodes of the programme till further orders, saying 'the intent' of aired episodes 'prima facie' appears to 'vilify' the community.
The controversial Sister Abhaya case got even more complex on Monday with the Central Bureau of Investigation telling the Kerala High Court that a Supreme Court judge was present during the narco analysis test of an accused in the case.
Modi took on Gandhi for mocking him for chanting 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' at every meeting. The prime minister said he will continue to do so despite Gandhi's 'fatwa' on it.
The Supreme Court has referred to a larger bench the plea of Yakub Abdul Razak Memon seeking a stay of his scheduled execution on July 30 in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case.
On the first working day after the unprecedented presser on Friday, tt was business back to normal on Monday
A Supreme Court judge has clashed with the Chief Justice of India over holding of a three-day long judges conference during the holy period for Christians as the meet began on Friday in New Delhi to deliberate on problems facing judiciary.
The court said the remarks made by Gandhi were far from true and he should have refrained from those and could have been careful.
Along with her, Uttarakhand high court Chief Justice K M Joseph has also been cleared for elevation to the apex court.
A glance back at some important events that occurred in 2018.
Centre objected to the review petition and said that the basic grounds for seeking review of the verdict are the same as they were in the main petition.
"We will work out the parameters then we will see as to how mentioning will be done," he said.
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