Supreme Court
SC Admits 3 ‘Mystery’ Docs as Evidence in Re-Examining Rafale Order
The Supreme Court on Wednesday, 10 April, rejected the Center’s primer protests to the Rafale audit petitions and permitted the acceptability of three “characterized” records as proof in reconsidering the Rafale request. Lawyer General KK Venugopal initially contended that specific records which the candidates were attempting to depend on had been “stolen” Venugopal said the candidates and columnists who had utilized these reports had damaged the Official Secrets Act Judges will presently be thinking about the restricted inquiry of acceptability of the ‘mystery’ reports The solicitors contending against the AG incorporateRead More
SC Seeks EC’s Response Over Opposition Plea On Audit Of EVMs
The Election Commission was on Friday asked by the Supreme Court to file a response on a plea by the 21 opposition parties seeking the audit of at least 50 percent of EVMs with the corresponding Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails (VVPATs). Issuing the notice to the EC, the bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Sanjiv Khanna directed the election panel to depute an officer to assist the court on the next hearing of the matter on March 25. The plea was filed by theRead More
Supreme Court Express That LG Can’t Block Delhi Govt, In Win For Kejriwal
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the Delhi government’s powers to legislate on matters under its jurisdiction, with a unanimous 5-0 verdict. However, it did not take away the lieutenant governor’s power to refer contentious calls to the President, provided he did not exercise the authority “mechanically”. In its much anticipated ruling, the SC said the LG’s power to refer a decision of the Delhi government to the President should be used sparingly and not be the rule even as the court did not alter the constitutional scheme for theRead More