Supreme Court Expresses Disinclination To Entertain Plea To Stop Release Of 'The Kerala Story' Movie

The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed disinclination to consider an interlocutory application challenging the release of movie "The Kerala Story". A bench comprising Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna observed that challenging the release of a movie through an interlocutory application is not an appropriate remedy.The interlocutory application(IA) was filed in a pending writ petition which...

“Confession” And “Statement” Under Section 164 CrPC- Questions & Answers By Justice V. Ramkumar [Part-VI]

Q.26 What is the relevance of a retracted confession ? Ans. Merely because the confession was retracted later, it does not mean that the confession was not voluntary in nature. The issue as to whether the accused was willing to give confession voluntarily or not is to be determined from his mental state at the time when he gave the confession. (vide paras 13 and 18 of...

‘Complete Waste Of Time: Supreme Court Imposes Cost On Litigant Who Filed Writ Petition After Review Was Dismissed

The Supreme Court, on Monday, imposed cost on a litigant who had filed a writ petition upon dismissal of his review petition to reopen his case claiming that injustice has been done to him.Calling it ‘a complete wasteage of judicial time’, a Bench comprising Justice SK Kaul and Justice Aravind Kumar dismissed the writ petition and imposed cost. However, considering the financial...

Supreme Court Stays HC Order Striking Down Chhattisgarh Law Providing 58% Reservation In Jobs & Admissions

In a major relief to the Chhattisgarh government, the Supreme Court of India on Monday stayed the Chhattisgarh High Court’s order declaring the state government’s move of giving 58 per cent reservation as ‘unconstitutional’. A bench of Justices BR Gavai, Vikram Nath, and Sanjay Karol was hearing a couple of pleas challenging the judgment of the Chhattisgarh High Court...

BSP’s Afzal Ansari Loses Lok Sabha Membership Following His Conviction In A Gangster Act Case

Bahujan Samaj Party's Afzal Ansari was today disqualified as a Member of Lok Sabha from the date of his conviction in a Gangster Act case. A notification in this regard was issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat today. Ansari is an MP from Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district.The notification was issued two days after a special MLA/MP Court in the UP's Ghazipur district convicted and sentenced him to...

Can Nagaland Breach Mandate For Women Reservation In Local Bodies By Repealing Municipal Law? Supreme Court Seeks Centre’s Stand

The Supreme Court, on Monday, granted two more weeks to the Union Government to place on record its stand regarding whether the constitutional scheme of one-third reservation for women in municipal and town council elections can be violated by the Nagaland Government by repealing the Nagaland Municipal Act 2001. By its order dated 17.04.2023, the Apex Court had granted two weeks’ time to...

Supreme Court Dismisses Abdul Nazar Maudany's Plea To Reduce Security Expenses Claimed By Karnataka Police For His Stay In Kerala

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the plea of 2008 Bangalore blasts case accused Abdul Nasser Maudani challenging Karnataka government's demand that he should deposit over Rs 56 lakhs to provide security cover to him during his stay in Kerala for a period of nearly three months.A Bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela Trivedi said that it saw no reason to interfere with the decision taken...

Supreme Court Seeks Union's Response On Plea Seeking Release Of 2 Uzbek Nationals From Foreigners Detention Centre

The Supreme Court, on Monday, asked the Additional Solicitor General, SV Raju, to seek instructions from the appropriate Ministry of the Government of India with respect to the plea seeking release of two Uzbek nationals from detention centre (Bihar Institute of Correctional Administration), who had already been granted release order by the Trial Court. “ASG SV Raju is present in the court...

Supreme Court Extends Stay On Trial Against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Over Alleged 'Khuda Believers ' Remark

In a plea filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Supreme Court, on Monday, extended the interim relief of staying the trial proceedings in a 2014 case registered against him for allegedly saying "those who believe in 'Khuda' won't be pardoned by 'Khuda' if they vote for BJP" during an election campaign. Kejriwal had approached the Supreme Court challenging the order passed by...

‘We Can Finish Anyone’s Career’: Supreme Court Pulls Up Gujarat Govt for Notifying Promotion Of District Judges During Pendency Of Plea

What was the extraordinary hurry that the state govt could not wait ten days before notifying the promotions, SC asks.

Supreme Court To Hear Plea Against Demolition Drive In Tughlakabad Area Tomorrow

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the demolition drive to remove encroachment from Tughlakabad area in South Delhi. The Bench comprising Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice MM Sundresh sought the response of the Central Government, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). The Bench has listed the matter for further consideration tomorrow. "Let...

Supreme Court Asks All Courts To Defer Applications For Default Bail Based On 'Ritu Chhabaria' Judgment Which Centre Seeks To Recall

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to constitute a three-judge bench on May 4 to consider Centre's application seeking the recall of the recent judgement of a two-judge bench of the Apex Court in Ritu Chhabaria v. Union of India And Ors. The Court also ordered that any application filed before any court seeking default bail on the basis of Chhabaria judgment should be deferred to a date after...