-The Hindu The Supreme Court's verdict last week quashing the President's rejection of a mercy petition by Mahendra Nath Das, who was to hang for a gruesome murder, shows a salutary approach to the question of whether a prolonged delay in disposing pleas for clemency should not be a ground for commuting death sentences to life terms. The court took note of the 12-year delay prior to the rejection of Das's...
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Withdraw all cases against Kudankulam agitators, say Judges
-The Hindu The Supreme Court on Monday directed that all criminal cases against the agitators opposing the Kudankulam nuclear plant be withdrawn to restore normalcy in the area. Giving a series of directions, a Bench of Justices K. S. Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra said: "Endeavour should be made to withdraw all the criminal cases filed against the agitators so that peace and normalcy be restored at Kudankulam and nearby places, and steps...
More »Between life and death, the crucial difference -V Venkatesan
-The Hindu Had the court known that Pratibha Patil was not told of the dissent in the Bhullar case, the outcome of his appeal might have been similar to that of Das's plea The Supreme Court, in the course of just one month, has rendered two judgments that appear to be contradictory. As both the judgments have been rendered by the same Bench, comprising two Judges, they need to be studied...
More »Coalgate probe: SC livid, vows to rid CBI of all interference -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India The Supreme Court ripped apart the myth of CBI's autonomy on Tuesday by exposing that it was under the thumb of the government of the day. The apex court tore into the government for seeking to vet the CBI's status report to the SC on the Coalgate scam and subvert it. The court didn't mince words while saying that the government's attempt to change the investigation status report...
More »Coal report: In submission to Supreme Court, CBI listed govt changes -Ritu Sarin
-The Indian Express The CBI may have made the Supreme Court's task in deciding whether the "vetting" of its status report in the coal scam by members of the executive amounted to interference or not a lot easier. This is because along with its second status report, the CBI has submitted to the Supreme Court an annexure with a detailed listing of all the changes made in two stages to its...
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