Supreme Court frowns upon Jharkhand HC for not pronouncing verdict in criminal cases, seeks report from all HCs

Supreme Court frowns upon Jharkhand HC for not pronouncing verdict in criminal cases, seeks report from all HCs

A report by the Registrar General of the Jharkhand High Court said verdict has not been pronounced despite order being reserved on 56 criminal appeals heard by division bench

SC Cracks Down On Delay In Pronouncing Judgements By HCs

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ordered all High Courts across the country to furnish details of cases where judgements were reserved and are yet to be pronounced. This order was passed by the bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice N Kotiswar Singh after it came to know that the High Court of Jharkhand has completed hearings in 56 matters, including criminal appeals, between January 4, 2022 and December 16, 2024, but have not pronounced judgem…

Supreme Court Sets Aside Kerala HC Judgment Which Anulled Election Of CPI(M) MLA A Raja

The Supreme Court today(May 6) set aside the Kerala High Court's judgment, which set aside the election of CPI(M) MLA A Raja in the 2021 Legislative Assembly elections.A bench comprising Justice AS...

eBulletin, 02 May 2025 | Centre for Crime and Justice Studies

eBulletin, 02 May 2025 CCJSMedia 6 May 2025 eBulletin, 02 May 2025 Our latest eBulletin, sent out to subscribers on Friday, 02 May The Supreme Court has issued an important judgment with implications for the criminal justice system. The judgment relates to what will strike many as a rather trivial matter: what is meant, in law, by the terms ‘man’ and ‘woman’? It has though, become something of a “vexed question”, to use the Lord Chancellor Sh…

Supreme Court angry from date on date: Report for all pending cases from all the High Courts across the country – Read

Supreme Court seeks report from all high courts: Date on the date… You must have heard this film dialogue, but now the Supreme Court itself has also been disturbed by this attitude of the court across the country. In fact, expressing concern over the delay in pronouncing the verdict, the Supreme Court directed all the High Court registrars to submit a report on those cases on Monday, in which the verdict has not been pronounced yet despite secur…

Supreme Court Seeks Status Report from All High Courts on Pending Reserved Judgments Before January 31

New Delhi, May 5, 2025 — The Supreme Court of India has expressed serious concern over prolonged delays in pronouncing judgments that have been reserved for months, particularly highlighting the situation in the Jharkhand High Court, where 67 criminal cases remain undecided despite verdicts being reserved over a month ago. A bench headed by Justice Surya Kant has directed all High Courts across the country to submit a status report within one mo…