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Plea Filed In Supreme Court Against Blocking Of YouTube News Channel '4 PM'; Validity Of IT Blocking Rules Also Challenged
Journalist Sanjay Sharma has moved the Supreme Court against the blocking of his YouTube news channel '4PM' on purported grounds of 'national security' and 'public order'. Among other things, he has sought urgent restoration of access to his platform and challenged the vires of IT Blocking Rules, 2009.Terming the blocking action "arbitrary and unconstitutional", Sharma, the Editor-in-Chief of...
Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Death Row Convict's Plea To Apply 'Manoj' Judgment
The Supreme Court today(May 1) reserved judgment in a writ petition seeking to determine whether the benefit of the 2022 Manoj judgment would apply to the present petitioner on the death row.The present petitioner is on death row for raping and murdering a 4 years old child. A writ petition has been filed for the Court to determine if the subsequent judgment in Manoj, wherein practical...
If Doctors Are Mandated To Prescribe Only Generic Drugs, Issue Of Pharma Companies Bribing Will Be Resolved, Says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today orally remarked that the issue of pharmaceutical companies allegedly bribing doctors toprescribe excessive or irrational drugs and push for high-cost overpriced brands would be resolved if there was a statutory mandate for doctors to prescribe generic medicines. A bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Sandeep Mehta was hearing a petition...
Supreme Court Stays Bombay HC Order That Sentenced Woman For Contempt Over 'Dog Mafia' Comment Against Judges
The Supreme Court has stayed the Bombay High Court order which convicted a woman for contempt of Court, and sentenced her to 1-week simple imprisonment, over her “dog mafia” remark against the Supreme Court and the High Court/their judges.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and KV Viswanathan passed the order, issuing notice on the woman's plea against the High Court decision. To recap,...
Pahalgam Terror Attack : Supreme Court To Hear Tomorrow A Family's Plea Against Deportation To Pakistan
The Supreme Court will hear tomorrow a writ petition filed by 6 members of a family against their deportation to Pakistan in the wake of the Pahalgam Terror Attack.The matter was listed today before a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh, but was not heard at the first call. Pursuant to a mentioning, Justice Kant told the petitioners' counsel to go through a Times of India...
Justice Sanjay Parihar & Justice Shahzad Azeem Take Oath As Judges Of J&K And Ladakh High Court
In a ceremony held today at the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, Chief Justice Arun Palli administered the oath of office to Justice Sanjay Parihar and Justice Shahzad Azeem, who have been appointed as Judges of the High Court.With the elevation of Justice Parihar and Justice Azeem, both promoted from the Higher Judicial Service, the total strength of the High Court now stands at...
Caste Census : A Look Back At Supreme Court's 2021 Order Declining To Direct Disclosure Of 2011 SECC Report
In a significant policy shift, the Central Government on Wednesday announced that the upcoming national census will include a caste-based enumeration. The last time India's population was counted by caste was before independence, in 1931. In 2021, a Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) was carried out by the Union Government. However, its report was not published. In this context, it will...
Supreme Court Grants Interim Bail To 3 More Accused In Chhattisgarh Coal Levy Scam Case
The Supreme Court today granted interim bail to 3 more accused in the Chhattisgarh Coal Levy scam case, namely Laxmikant Tiwari, Manish Upadhyay and Parekh Kurre.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh passed the order, adopting the reasons recorded in the earlier March 3 order whereby other accused in the case (including ex-civil servants Saumya Chaurasia and Ranu Sahu) were...
Article 142 Can Be Used To Modify Arbitral Awards, Holds Supreme Court; Justice Viswanathan Dissents
The Supreme Court in its recent decision has held that powers to do complete justice under Article 142 can be exercised to modify an arbitral award if it helps put prolonged litigation to an end. The majority opinion authored by CJI Sanjiv Khanna explained that power to do complete justice under Article 142 can be utilised cautiously to modify an award as long as it does not interfere in...
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma Resigns From Gauhati HC Bar Association After Bar Body Opposes Move To Shift High Court Complex To Rangmahal
In a latest development, Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday (April 30) resigned from the membership of Gauhati High Court Bar Association. The CM's resignation comes after Gauhati High Court Bar Association's (GHCBA) stand to oppose the proposal to shift the High Court from Guwahati to Rangmahal in the Kamrup (Rural) District on the Northern Bank of Brahmaputra river. In...
'Wholly Unwarranted' : Supreme Court Expunges P&H High Court's Adverse Comments Against Haryana Addl Advocate General
The Supreme Court recently expunged the adverse observations made by the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the Additional Advocate General of Haryana in a case where an undertrial prisoner died during the pendency of a bail application.A bench comprising Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma observed that the High Court's observations against the AAG were "were...
