SC upheld the death sentence of Ajmal Amir Kasab and rejected his appeal

The Supreme Court today upheld the death sentence awarded to 26/11 gunman Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab and rejected his appeal against his conviction and death sentence in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in which 166 people were killed.

“We are left with no option but to uphold the death sentence of Kasab,” the Supreme Court bench observed.



Waging war against the country is the primary and foremost offence committed by Kasab, the court observed.

25-year-old Kasab had filed the appeal from jail, challenging his conviction and death sentence. The apex court had appointed senior advocate Raju Ramachandran as amicus curiae to argue on behalf of Kasab.

A bench of justices Aftab Alam and CK Prasad had reserved its verdict on 25 April after a marathon hearing, spanning over two and a half months, of arguments by the prosecution and defence counsel in the terror mayhem, which involved random firing by Kasab and other mercenaries.

SC seeks service record of Lt Gen Bikram Singh

The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to place before it the file pertaining to the appointment of Lt Gen Bikram Singh as the next Army Chief.

A bench of justices R M Lodha and H L Gokhale decided to go through the confidential document while hearing a PIL challenging the appointment of Bikram Singh and asked the government to place the file before it at 2 PM.



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Markandey Katju in Aamne Saamne

Watch Markande Katju, Press council of India chairman interviewed by Anurradha Prasad.Always surrounded by controversial statements and reprimands,Katju is now on the hot seat for being inquisitioned by the hostess Anurradha Prasad.

Formerly a judge of the Supreme Court of India.According to Katju,everybody is accountable in democracy,whether its media or any other institution or pillar, in democracy citizens are supreme.

Get to know the role of judicial activism and how Markande Katju justifies the functioning of it?



Always surrounded by controversial statements and reprimands,Katju is now on the hot seat for beng inquisitioned by Anurradha Prasad.

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SC dismisses PIL on Army chief's age row

The Supreme Court will today hear a PIL seeking a direction to the government to declare May 10, 1951 as the date of birth of Army Chief Gen VK Singh instead of May 10, 1950. However, the petition filed by Gen Singh himself on the issue may not not come up for hearing as it is neither listed in the list of business nor in the list of matters to be mentioned on Monday.

Singh`s counsel Punit Bali said he has no instructions as of now for mentioning the petition filed by Army Chief when the bench will take up the matter of The Grenadiers Association.

The PIL, filed by The Grenadiers Association (Rohtak Chapter), is listed for hearing before a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia on which the Ministry of Defence has already filed a caveat that no order should be passed without hearing it. In the PIL it has been submitted that it was forced to approach the court as both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Defence Minister AK Antony had rejected Singh`s plea for change of his date of birth.

Earlier on December 16, the NGO`s petition could not be heard by the bench of justices B S Chauhan and TS Thakur as the Justice Thakur had refused to hear it.

The petitioner, an NGO headed by retired colonel BS Koshal, claimed the uncertainty over Army chief`s date of birth has affected his morale impinging on national security. The petition had sought a direction to the government to declare May 10, 1951 as the date of birth of Singh instead of 1950.


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