Delhi Protest | Supreme Court Refuses To Examine Challenge To Section 163 BNSS, Issues Notice On Plea Challenging S. 172 BNSS

In the pleas arising from the recent Delhi protests, the Supreme Court on Thursday (October 15) said that it will not examine constitutional validity of Section 163 of BNSS, 2023 (erstwhile Section 144 of CrPC), which empowers executive magistrates to issue prohibitory orders.A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi observed that the Supreme Court had upheld...

'Used Position To Facilitate Violence': Court Sentences Tahir Hussain To Two Years In Jail In Delhi Riots Case

A Delhi Court on Friday sentenced former Aam Aadmi Party councillor Tahir Hussain to two years in jail after convicting him for the offence of abetment of rioting in relation to a North-East Delhi riots case.Additional Sessions Judge Parveen Singh of Karkardooma Courts noted that the present case was the second conviction of Tahir Hussain for his alleged involvement in the riots of February...

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Former RG Kar College Principal Sandip Ghosh In CBI Case

The Supreme Court on October 15 granted bail to Sandip Ghosh, former RG Kar Medical College Hospital at Kolkata, who was chargesheeted in a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case involving alleged financial irregularities at the college and manipulation of merit scores to accommodate undeserving candidates.A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Justice Prasanna B Varale allowed Ghosh's...

Supreme Court Asks ECI To Produce Video Records Of Vote-Counting In 2023 Sringeri Assembly Election

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (October 14) rebuked the Election Commission of India for not maintaining the records of the vote counting in Karnataka's Sringeri Assembly Constituency in an appeal filed by Congress member TD Rajegowda. Rajegowda had approached the Supreme Court after he was unseated as the MLA pursuant to the Karnataka High Court's direction to recount votes, which resulted...

'If No Concrete Steps Taken, We Will Sit On Dharna' : Supreme Court To Centre On Lack Of Pedestrian Crossing Near Delhi HC

The Supreme Court today (October 16) again reiterated its concern over the absence of a pedestrian crossing at the Delhi High Court and orally warned that, if no action is taken at the next hearing, the judges will have to come and stage a dharna (protest) near it until it's done.A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice KV Viswanathan said this on the lack of basic...

Rules On Airfare Pricing Finalised, To Be Published Within Two Weeks: Centre Tells Supreme Court

The Union Government informed the Supreme Court on Friday (October 16) that rules to regulate airfare pricing have been finalised and received administrative approval, and would be published within two weeks.A bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice R Mahadevan and Justice Aparesh Singh was hearing a PIL filed by S. Laxminarayanan concerning arbitrary and exorbitant airfare pricing by...

Twisha Sharma Death | Supreme Court Stays Trial, Issues Notice On Father's Plea To Transfer Case To Delhi

The Supreme Court today stayed the ongoing trial before a Bhopal sessions court in the unnatural death case of Twisha Sharma.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), her husband Samarth Singh and mother-in-law Giribala Singh on a plea by her father seeking transfer of the proceedings from Madhya Pradesh to...

Give Mahua Moitra Circuit House Accommodation As Per Protocol After She Gives One Day's Notice: Supreme Court To West Bengal Authorities

The Court modified the District Magistrate's letter which required her to give 3/4 day notice.

There's Stark Non-Compliance With Direction For Cadre Review Of CAPFs, Says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court yesterday orally said that there seems to be a "stark" non-compliance with its Sanjay Prakash judgment(2025), where directions were issued for the Centre to take cadre review within the Central Armed Police Forces within 6 months. A special bench comprising Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing contempt petitions filed alleging non-compliance with the...

Bemina Murder Case: Srinagar Court Sentences Husband, Mother-In-Law & Brother-In-Law To Life Imprisonment

A Srinagar court has sentenced a man, his mother and his brother to life imprisonment for conspiring to murder his wife, Tasleema, by smothering her at their matrimonial home in Bemina in June 2022.Additional Sessions Judge Farooq Ahmad Bhat awarded life imprisonment and a fine of ₹50,000 each to Shahnawaz Ahmad Dar, his mother Mst. Hafeeza Begum and his brother Parveez Ahmad Dar alias...

Supreme Court Issues Contempt Notice To Nikhil Wagle & Sanjay Raut Over Remarks Against CJI

"Courts have never lagged behind in protecting rights. If you still keep condemning, it's very unfortunate," CJI Surya Kant said.

'Is Valorem Court Fee Without Cap Valid?' : Supreme Court To Examine Kerala Court Fee Hike On KHCAA Plea

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a petition filed by the Kerala High Court Advocates' Association (KHCAA) challenging the steep increase in court fees in Kerala, including the imposition of ad valorem court fees without an upper ceiling.A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notice on the limited aspect of examining the validity...