Lawyer-Activist Sudha Bharadwaj Released After Over 3 Years In Jail

Lawyer and well-known tribal rights activist Sudha Bharadwaj walked out of Byculla women's prison today after over 1000 days of incarceration in the Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad caste violence Case. Bharadwaj was arrested on August 28, 2018. The Special NIA court set 16 bail conditions for Bharadwaj yesterday. The Bombay High Court had directed Bharadwaj to be produced...

"How Can You Stop People From Eating What They Want?": Gujarat HC Raps AMC On Plea Against Ban On Non-Veg Food Stalls

Dealing with a plea filed by street vendors who have been prohibited from selling non-vegetarian food on the streets of Ahmedabad, the Gujarat High Court today rapped the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and observed how could people be prevented from eating what they want to eat."You don't like non-veg food, it is your lookout. How can you decide what people should eat outside? How can...

Karnataka High Court Restrains State From Implementing Order Against Issuance Of Smart Card Registration Certificates For New Vehicles

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the State to not implement its government order dated October 31, by which it does away with issuance of smart card registration certificates for new vehicles and allows dealers of the manufacturers to issue registration certificates through electronic/online mode. A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin...

Natural Justice Principles Violated As Sufficient Time To Produce Acquittal Orders Not Provided: MP High Court Quashes Externment Order

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently quashed an externment order passed against a man by holding that natural justice principles were violated as the man wasn't given sufficient time to produce the orders of acquittal in the cases in which he was already acquitted.The Bench of Justice Subodh Abhyankar also noted that if the man had been given an opportunity to produce the copies of...

"What Do You Propose To Do? Will You Continue Permitting?": High Court Seeks Delhi Police's Stand Over Removal Of Protestors Outside UNHCR Office

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the stand of the Delhi Police as to within what time frame the three protestors outside the office of United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees (UNHCR) will be removed from the national capital. Justice Rekha Palli also asked the Delhi Police to seek instructions on the steps it proposes to take in future when faced with similar issues. The Court...

Candidates In Rank List Have No Right To Demand That State Should Report All Vacancies : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that candidates included in a ranked list do not have a right to claim that all vacancies must be reported by a government agency. While saying that the agency cannot be arbitrary when choosing to not report vacancies to the Public Service Commission, the Court added that if the State offers proper explanations for not reporting the vacancies, judicial interference...

Exclusive Video- Dr. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture By Justice DY Chandrachud- "Conceptualising Marginalisation: Agency, Assertion, and Personhood".

Dr.Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, judge of the Supreme Court, said that a narrow concept of merit only allows upper caste individuals to mask their obvious caste privilege.Such a narrow concept allows upper caste individuals to relegate the achievement of Dalits and others reserved classes as being a consequence of caste-based reservation afforded to them.Click here to read the full text...

'We Will Clarify That The Definition Of 'Vulnerable Witness' May Not Be Constrained To 'Child Witnesses': Supreme Court

In connection with the establishment of vulnerable witness deposition courtrooms in every district, the Supreme Court on Wednesday orally remarked that it will clarify that the definition of 'vulnerable witness' may not be constrained to 'child witnesses'.The bench of Justices D. Y. Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Vikram Nath was hearing a Miscellaneous Application as to the wider issue on the...

Rajya Sabha Passes Surrogacy and Assisted Reproductive Technology Bills

Yesterday, Rajya Sabha cleared the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2020, and the Assistive Reproduction Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2021. The two bills aim to regulate in vitro fertilization (IVF) clinics and prohibit commercial surrogacy in India. The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2020, proposes to regulate surrogacy in India by establishing a National Surrogacy Board at the...

Gujarat Riots- Zakia Jafri's Plea Against Clean Chit To Narendra Modi-LIVE UPDATES

Supreme Court to continue hearing today the petition filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the SIT's clean chit to the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi & other high functionaries in the #GujaratRiots of 2002.A Bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheswari and CT Ravikumar will hear the matter today. Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, on behalf of Zakia Jafri, will conclude his...

Non-Disclosure Of Past & Present Litigations Concerning Dispute Amounts To Suppression Of Material Facts : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that non-disclosure of details of past and pending litigation concerning the subject-matter of the dispute would amount to material suppression of facts, which would disentitle a litigant from discretionary remedy under Article 226 of the Constitution.The Court also reiterated that while approaching the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution, it is...

"Entire Sentence Would Be Undergone By The Time Appeal Is Heard" Supreme Court Suspends Sentence Of Man Charged For Recovery Of Joint Possession Of 1kg Heroin

Considering that in all probability the entire sentence would be undergone by the time appeal is heard, the Supreme Court recently suspended the sentence of a man who was charged for recovery of joint possession of 1kg heroin.While granting bail, the bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna opined that the appellant had undergone 8 years and 5 days of custody out of the total sentence...