The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a petition filed by a former law intern, who has made allegations against Justice Swatanter Kumar, to constitute a permanent mechanism to deal with sexual harassment cases at work place in judicial bodies.
The Supreme Court on Friday said that the plea of a former law intern seeking probe against its retired judge Swatanter Kumar for allegedly sexually harassing her be heard by a three-judge bench and posted the case for hearing on March 26.
Former Supreme Court judge and National Green Tribunal chairperson Swatanter Kumar on Wednesday moved the Delhi high court seeking to restrain the media from reporting the alleged sexual assault case of his former woman law intern.
A former law intern, who has made sexual harassment allegations against Justice Swatanter Kumar, on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking inquiry against the retired judge.
In a relief to former Supreme Court judge Justice Swatanter Kumar, the Delhi high court on Thursday restrained the media from publishing and telecasting the contents of the law intern's complaint of sexual harassment against him.
Holding that central and state information commissions perform quasi-judicial functions, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the government to appoint people from judicial background also as its members.
Extending the ban on tourism in core tiger reserve areas till September 27, the Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated it was not averse to permit regulated tourist activities, subject to the Centre evolving suitable revised guidelines to protect the depleting wild cat.
With the Centre formally notifying fresh guidelines on tiger conservation, the Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the decks for resumption of tourism activities in the areas reserved for the wild cat.
Expressing "shock" over the growing number of Amarnath pilgrims' death, which has risen to 97, the Supreme Court on Monday asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to immediately deploy medical aid teams for the yatris.
"If the extra-judicial confession suffers from material discrepancies or inherent improbabilities and does not appear to be cogent as per the prosecution version, it may be difficult for the court to base a conviction on such a confession," a Supreme Court bench has ruled.
The Supreme Court on Thursday slapped a fine of Rs 5 lakh on a former Samajwadi Party Member of Legislative Assembly, while dismissing his petition against Rahul Gandhi, in which he had alleged that the Congress leader had forcibly confined a girl in Uttar Pradesh. "The allegation is without substance and without an iota of evidence," a bench of justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar said.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the army authorities to decide whether its personnel accused of fake encounter killings in Jammu and Kashmir and Assam should be tried by court-martial proceedings or by regular criminal courts. A bench of justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar said that if the army authorities were not keen on court-martial proceedings, then the Central Bureau of Investigation can seek sanction from the Centre for prosecution of the army officers.
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday pleaded before the Supreme Court that a case of perjury and contempt should be initiated against a former Samajwadi Party member of legislative Assembly from Madhya Pradesh who had alleged his involvement in a case of illegal confinement of a girl.
The National Green Tribunal's website on Monday came under cyber attack with a grouping hacking it and posting profanities, claiming it was an act of "revenge" against Indian army's surgical strikes across the Line of Control.
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the Andhra Pradesh high court order granting bail to alleged Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy in a 2005 case of murder of nine persons, including a senior Congress leader.
Stepping in to conserve the big cat, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that there shall be no tourism activity in any of the core zones of tiger reserves across the country.
The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Centre's response on a plea for probe into the alleged torture and extra-judicial killings by the Border Security Force personnel in the border area of West Bengal.
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to pave the passage from Panchtarni to Amarnath holy cave with pre-fabricated cement tiles to ensure that pilgrims do not slip on the way.
Sheela Bhatt analyses the implications of the Supreme Court's landmark verdict on Thursday, trashing the appointment of PJ Thomas as Central Vigilance Commissioner
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it may modify its July 24 order banning all tourism activities in the core areas of tiger reserves, but asked the Centre to notify within a week fresh guidelines for the conservation of the wild cat in the country.
Extending the ban on tourism activities in the core areas of tiger reserves, the Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Centre for the depleting population of the wild cats in the country.
The court had ordered the CBI probe in April 2011 on an appeal by Tulsiram Prajapati's mother Narmada Bai, who had alleged that her son was killed by the Gujarat Police in a staged gun battle because he was a key eyewitness in the November 2005 killings of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and his wife Kausar Bi.
The Supreme Court on Thursday castigated the Delhi Police and yoga guru Ramdev for the midnight violent incident at the Ramlila Maidan last year and said it was a "glaring example of trust deficit" between the people and the government.
Kanimozhi, the daughter of DMK chief M Karunanidhi and Kumar have challenged the Delhi high court verdict rejecting their bail. "We have filed a special leave petition on behalf of both Kanimozhi and Kumar challenging the high court order," senior advocate V G Pargasm said.
Nupur Talwar, facing arrest in the twin murder case of her daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking stay on the non- bailable warrant issued against her by the trial court.
A bench comprising Chief Justice S H Kapadia and justices K S Radhakrishnan and Swatanter Kumar directed the CBI to conduct the probe on the basis of the survey reports provided by the petitioner, CAG report and the National Institute of Rural Development.
The Supreme Court on Monday asked yoga guru Ramdev-run Bharat Swabhiman Trust to file its affidavit on the allegation that the Delhi police had "doctored and "tampered" with the CDs and video clippings relating to the July 4 midnight crackdown on the protest by Ramdev at the Ramlila maidan.
Yoga guru Ramdev on Monday alleged in the Supreme Court that Home Minister P Chidambaram was behind the midnight crackdown on him and his followers during the protests on the issue of black money at the Ramlila Maidan in June.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed self-proclaimed godman Chandraswami to deposit Rs 25 lakh within a week as the first part of penalty in several Foreign Exchange Management Act violation cases registered by the enforcement directorate.
A bench of justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar, while terming 'corruption as the worst form of human rights violation,' asked CBI to come out with a status report on the loss to the state exchequer because of the award of 13 licences to one of the telecom operators and trial proceedings in the CBI special court.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea of Manu Sharma, son of senior Congress leader Venod Sharma, seeking review of the judgement sentencing him to life imprisonment for killing model Jessica Lall 11 years ago.
A bench, comprising Chief Justice S H Kapadia and Justices K S Radhakrishnan and Swatanter Kumar, directed the companies to pay Rs 1,200 crore as the amount due for the state government.
"The prosecution has proved beyond reasonable doubt the presence of Manu Sharma at the site of the offence," a bench of Justices P Sathasivam and Swatanter Kumar said, upholding the Delhi High Court verdict. The apex court also upheld the conviction as well as sentence of four years jail term of Vikas Yadav, son of controversial Uttar Pradesh politician D P Yadav and, Amarjeet Singh Gill, an MNC executive, for the destruction of evidence.
The Supreme Court has accepted the resignation of former Chief Justice A M Ahmadi as the Chairman of the Bhopal Memorial Hospital Trust looking after the treatment of the gas victims.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to quash the attempt to murder case registered against Gujarati spiritual guru Asaram Bapu, who sought a restraint on the state police from arresting him.A bench of Justices Altamas Kabir and Swatanter Kumar found no merit in the plea of senior counsel Sushil Kumar that the accused had no role in the murderous attempt on his erstwhile follower Raju Chandak.
"You can say that this was a sub-conscious decision as I had not gone even to Delhi High court when it passed orders against Manu Sharma and his friends. There was a certain amount of nervousness as one did not know which way the order will go. Thank God it's all over, I said to myself when I heard that the Supreme Court had upheld the order passed by the Delhi High court," Lal said.
The Bombay High Court on Thursday set aside the appointment of A N Roy as Maharashtra's director general of police. It also asked the state government to appoint a new DGP within four weeks.Roy had moved the HC to challenge the Central Administrative Tribunal's order setting aside his appointment as the state's top police officer.
BJP leader and a former MP Kirit Somaiya, president of the forum, told reporters that the matter was mentioned before the court on Wednesday and the counsels for the forum argued the urgency of the case before Chief Justice Swatanter Kumar and Justice D Y Chandrachud. Advocates Darshan Mehta and Nishant Shashidharan appeared for the petitioners.
HC raps Maharashtra government again over MNS violence. "Why no chargesheets have been filed against any of the offenders?" division bench of Chief Justice Swatanter Kumar and Justice S A Bobde asked. "Keep the senior officer in charge of the probe present in the court next Wednesday (December 10)," ordered the high court.
As per CAT's order, which came on October 8, within four weeks state government was supposed to appoint new state DGP from amongst the three IPS officers who are senior to Roy. This period lapses on November 6, but court on Thursday gave Roy a reprieve till November 11.
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