The Supreme Court of India is the country’s apex court and the final place for an appeal. Its judgments are binding on all other courts, and it serves as the final interpreter of the Constitution.
The Supreme Court came into existence on 26 January 1950, the day the Constitution came into force. The first Chief Justice of the Supreme court was Justice H.J. Kania. Consisting of the Chief Justice of India and 30 other judges, it has extensive powers in the form of original, appellate and advisory jurisdictions. As the final court of appeal, the Supreme Court takes up appeals primarily against verdicts of the high courts of various states of the Union and other courts and tribunals. It safeguards fundamental rights of citizens and settles disputes between various governments in the country.
Absolutely Right, Mr.Ravindran. Even a layman from legal perspective can guess how the top courts and judges would decide a highly publicised cases. A new trend is courts may pick a reaction or opinion for contempt of court if the maker is popular…….
I maintain contempt of court is anathema in a democracy. Democracy needs a contempt of citizen (prevention of) act.
I can also state with conviction that the way our courts function, a judge can just toss a coin and decide which party to favor and accordingly extract data from the arguments submitted by the counsels to draft is order. As is non disputable both sides will have some facts, some laws and some case laws quoted .