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Supreme Court To Hear Plea Challenging Exclusion Of Blind Persons From PwD Quota In Uttarakhand Judicial Service Exam
The Supreme Court today (June 9) heard the challenge to the exclusion of persons with blindness and locomotor disability, and also persons who are not domiciled in Uttarakhand, from being eligible for the Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) quota in the Uttarakhand Judicial Exams.The bench of Justice SVN Bhatti and Justice PB Varale was hearing the challenge to the constitutionality of...
'Speechless': Gujarat Court Awards Man Life Sentence For Raping Minor Daughter; Lauds APP Who Postponed Surgery For Trial
A court in Gujarat's Mehsana last week sentenced a man to life imprisonment after finding him guilty for repeatedly raping and impregnating his minor daughter while extending threats to kill her and her family members. In the 39-page order, Special Judge (POCSO) Sarang S. Kale expressed profound shock at the horrific nature of the crime, stating that he was 'speechless' and...
Supreme Court Stays Arrest Of 2 Journalists Who Alleged Assault By MP Police, Asks Them To Approach HC
The Supreme Court today (June 7) granted interim protection of two weeks to two Journalists in the FIRs lodged by the Madhya Pradesh police and asked them to approach the High Court for relief. The bench of Justice PK Mishra and Justice Manmohan was hearing a plea filed by journalists Shashikant Jatav and Amarkant Singh Chouhan from Bhind, Madhya Pradesh, claiming that they were...
High Court Cannot Exercise Suo Motu Revision Power To Enhance Sentence In Convict's Appeal : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that a High Court cannot suo motu exercise its revisional powers to enhance the sentence while considering an appeal filed by a convict/accused against conviction.The Court stated that the High Court cannot invoke its revisional jurisdiction under Section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Section 442 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita) when the party who...
Supreme Court Stays Madras HC Order Which Stopped NHAI's Toll Collection On Madurai-Tuticorin Highway
The Supreme Court on Monday (June 9) stayed the Madras High Court's order which prohibited the collection of toll on the Madurai-Tuticorin Highway till the road was relaid & maintained in a good condition.A bench comprising Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Manmohan passed the interim order while issuing notice on the Special Leave Petition filed by the National Highway Authority...
Supreme Court Refuses To Urgently List Tamil Nadu's Suit Against Centre For Education Funds
The Supreme Court on Monday (June 9) refused to urgently list the suit filed by the Tamil Nadu government against the Centre for the release of over Rs 2291 crores under the Samagra Shiksha Scheme(SSS).A bench comprising Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Manmohan refused to list the State's suit during the partial working days, saying that there was no urgency in the...
Supreme Court Weekly Round-up: May 26, 2025 To June 1, 2025
Reports/JudgmentsProsecution Can Be Allowed To Produce Documents Which Were Omitted To Be Submitted Along With Chargesheet : Supreme CourtCase Details: Sameer Sandhir v. Central Bureau of InvestigationCitation : 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 627The Supreme Court held that a bona fide omission by the prosecution to submit relied-upon documents to the magistrate does not prevent it from producing...
Breaking Barriers : Blind Woman Advocate Makes Appearance In Supreme Court
In a landmark moment for disability representation in the legal field, a visually impaired lawyer appeared in a case before the Supreme Court on June 6.In what is believed to be the first instance of a blind woman advocate appearing before the Supreme Court, Anchal Bhatheja, who was born with low vision due to birth complications and later lost her eyesight completely due to retinopathy...