Supreme Court Indicates It May Direct UP To Acquire Land For Banke Bihari Temple If Land Purchase Hits Roadblock

The Supreme Court on Tuesday indicated that it may direct the Uttar Pradesh government to acquire land required for the development of the Banke Bihari Temple in Vrindavan if the High-Powered Committee's efforts to purchase the land privately continue to face obstruction.“If you continue with your negotiations, if a private transaction take place, you let us know. We will permit you to...

Universities Should Be Liberating Spaces, Law Students Can't Be Trained To Argue By Curbing Free Speech: Prof Faizan Mustafa

Chanakya National Law University Vice Chancellor Professor Faizan Mustafa has argued that universities should ideally be liberating spaces that allow the students and faculty to question authority, challenge established ideas, and engage with uncomfortable propositions.Professor Mustafa, who was earlier the Vice Chancellor of NALSAR, was speaking at an educational webinar conducted by The...

Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Curbs Imposed By Rajasthan & UP On Entry To Government Schools Amid CJP Campaign

A Public Interest Litigation filed before the Supreme Court has challenged restrictions imposed by education authorities in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh on the entry of outsiders, journalists, YouTubers, social-media users and civil-society representatives into government schools, as well as curbs on photography, videography, interviews, audio recording and livestreaming.The petition...

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Banke Bihari Temple | Devotees' Offerings Must Directly Reach Donation Box Or Online Treasury; Sewayats Must Not Interfere : Supreme Court

Donation must first go to the deity, and the sewayat's share can be appropriated only after that, the Court said.

Bihar SIR Judgment Clarifies That Electoral Roll Exclusion Won't Result In Loss Of Other Rights : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday orally said that its judgment in the Bihar SIR matter has held that the deletion from the electoral roll per se will not lead to the loss of other citizenship benefits.During the hearing of the West Bengal SIR matter today, the Court was told that persons excluded from electoral rolls are being deprived of ration under the Public Distribution System scheme, and...

West Bengal SIR | 80% Appeals In Tribunals Challenge Voter Inclusion; Appeals Against Exclusion Need Priority, Supreme Court Told

The Supreme Court was further told that over 90% of the decided appeals were in favour of the excluded voters.

Supreme Court Directs Tarun Tejpal To Surrender Within 3 Weeks To Hear Appeal Against Rape Conviction

The Supreme Court today(August 25) directed Tehelka Magazine's former editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal to surrender within 3 weeks and file a surrender certificate before September 22, for the Court to hear his appeal on the merits. It may be recalled that Tejpal has challenged the Bombay High Court's order convicting and sentencing him to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in the 2013...

Bengaluru Court Passes Injunction Restraining Anyone From Posting Defamatory Content Against 'Toxic' Movie

A Bengaluru Court has granted an ex-parte temporary injunction against unknown persons restraining them from publishing or circulating any false or defamatory content against actor Yash starrer 'Toxic' movie scheduled for release on Wednesday. The Court passed a 'John Doe' order against universal defendants, meaning that it will operate against everybody.The court of Additional City Civil...

Supreme Court Stays Arrest Of Journalist Abhishek Upadhyay, Who Exposed Ram Temple Donation Theft, In UP Police FIR

The Court also directed the police to supply the copy of the FIR to Upadhyay.

Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha Lays Foundation Stone For New Durg Court Complex, Launches Digital Justice Initiatives

Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court Ramesh Sinha on Tuesday performed the Bhoomi Pujan and laid the foundation stone for the new Principal District and Sessions Court Building in Durg. The programme also saw the release of a book on community mediation and the launch of several digital judicial initiatives.The event was attended by Justices P.P. Sahu, Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi,...

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Against Demolition Of Lawyers' Chambers In Lucknow

"I was there for two years as a senior judge. I know what kind of construction, how the roads have been obstructed,” Justice Vikram Nath commented.