The Supreme Court in Case No.: Appeal (civil) 919 of 2007, Date of Judgment: 23/02/2007 has ruled that all injured persons especially in the case of road traffic accidents, assaults, etc., when brought to a hospital / medical centre, have to be offered first aid, stabilized and shifted to a higher centre / government centre if required. It is only after this that the hospital can demand payment or complete police formalities. In case you are a bystander and wish to help someone in an accident, please go ahead and …

1 nov : The names of four judges other than that of Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court P D Dinakaran will be processed for elevation to the Supreme Court, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan said.
Asked about a newspaper report that the name of Justice Dinakaran, who is facing charges of land-grabbing, has been dropped, he only replied, “No, no”.

“We have only asked that the names of four other judges should be processed for their appointment as judges of the Supreme Court,” Balakrishnan told reporters on the sidelines …

18 Sep : The Supreme Court  expressed dissatisfaction over UP government’s plea on the alleged violation of an undertaking for stoppage of work at Kanshi Ram Memorial Sthal in Lucknow and said the stay on all such activities will continue.
“The affidavit (of the UP Government) is not satisfactory,” a Bench comprising Justices B N Agrawal and Aftab Alam observed.
The Bench said it has to decide whether the interim order will continue and to see what had happened after its direction.
“The question here has many, many burning issues,” it observed during …

11 Sep : The Supreme Court on Friday directed forthwith stoppage of all further construction, repair and maintenance activities at the seven sites of Kanshi Ram Memorial Sthal in Lucknow.
The apex Court also directed the state government to ensure that barring the watch and wards staff, no person shall be allowed to be present in and around the sites after 7 pm on Friday.
A Bench of Justices B N Agrawal and Aftab Alam also issued show cause notice to the state Chief Secretary for allegedly violating its 8th September order …

27 Aug : The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its judgement on the contentious issue whether candidates belonging to reserved categories selected for union civil services on merit should be appointed against reserved posts or under the general quota.
The hearing before a five-judge Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices S H Kapadia, R V Raveendran, P Sudershan Reddy and P Sathasivam, which ended after six days of marathon arguments, assumes significance as it would have bearing upon the procedure for allotment of posts adopted by UPSC …