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'How Do You Check Passengers Who Get Intoxicated In-Flight?' Supreme Court Asks Union In PIL By Air India Urination Case Victim
During the hearing of the Air India urination case, the Supreme Court today queried the Union as to how it checks passengers who get intoxicated in-flight and asked that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) examine the petitioner's suggestions to see if existing guidelines to regulate unruly flight behavior can be made more comprehensive.A bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV...
CJI Sanjiv Khanna Stresses Importance Of Judiciary Being Open To Scrutiny & Constructive Feedback
Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna in his speech during the Constitutional Day celebrations at the Supreme Court emphasized the importance of constructive feedback in identifying and eliminating systematic inefficiencies and bottlenecks in the judiciary.CJI Khanna addressed differing perspectives on the constitutional courts in India. While some consider them among the most powerful in...
Supreme Court Allows SDF Functionaries To Withdraw Pleas Challenging Reduction In Sikkim CM's Disqualification Period
Considering applications for withdrawal filed on behalf of the petitioners, the Supreme Court today dismissed two petitions challenging the appointment of Prem Singh Tamang as Chief Minister of Sikkim and the Election Commission's reduction of his disqualification period (upon conviction) from 6 years to 1 year.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan passed the order, taking into...
Kolkata Court Stays Suspension Of School Teacher Ousted For "Angry-Reacting" To Facebook Post About School's Activities
A court in Kolkata has stayed the suspension of a school teacher from La Martiniere for Boys who was suspended for indulging in alleged anti-management activities, which included "angry reacting" to a Facebook post regarding the school's activities. In staying the teachers suspension in an application under Order XXXIX Rule 1 & 2 read with Section 151 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 the...
'Sad That Supreme Court Has To Get Involved': SC Reserves Judgment On PIL Seeking Sanitised Toilets In Courts
The Supreme Court today (November 26) reserved the judgment in a Public Interest Litigation seeking sanitised toilets in Courts and Tribunals across the country after the petitioner provided suggestions on the issue.A bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan reserved the judgment not before adding that the Court needs to do something about this issue. When it was suggested that...
After RTI Activist Flags Vacancies In Information Commissions, Supreme Court Seeks Data From Centre & States On CIC/SICs
The Supreme Court today called on the Centre and states to furnish data regarding vacancies in Central/State Information Commissions as well as the proposed timelines for appointment of Information Commissioners thereto.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan passed the order in a PIL raising the issue of large number of vacancies in information commissions set up under the Right...
Supreme Court Suspends Sentence Of 2 Convicts In 2003 Murder Case Of Chhattisgarh NCP Leader Ram Avatar Jaggi
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 26) suspended the life imprisonment of two persons who were convicted for the murder of Nationalist Congress party leader Ram Avatar Jaggi in Chhattisgarh in 2003.The Court suspended the sentence of convicts Feroz Sidhique and Abhay Goel and ordered that they be released on bail during the pendency of the appeals on terms and conditions to be fixed by...
Supreme Court Stays Trial In Rabia Saifi Murder Case, Seeks Authorities' Response On Father's Plea For CBI Probe Into Conspiracy
On hearing her father's plea to transfer the case to CBI, the Supreme Court yesterday stayed the trial in the murder case of Rabia Saifi, a 21-year-old Civil Defense volunteer with the Delhi government, who was stabbed to death in August, 2021. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Prasanna B Varale passed the order, while issuing notice to the Haryana Police, on a petition filed by...
Sheena Bora Murder Case : Indrani Mukerjea Approaches Supreme Court Seeking Permission To Travel Abroad
Indrani Mukerjea, the prime accused in the high-profile murder case of Sheena Bora, has approached the Supreme Court seeking permission to travel to Spain and the United Kingdom (UK).She filed a Special Leave Petition against the Bombay High Court's order which denied her permission to travel abroad. Mukerjea submitted that she was a British Citizen seeking permission to visit Spain and her...
Pennaiyar River Dispute | 'Mediation Process Has Failed' : Tamil Nadu And Karnataka Govts Tell Supreme Court
The Supreme Court was informed today that mediation process between the States of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in relation to the dispute over sharing of Pennaiyar river water resources has failed.The matter was before a bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhatti, which granted 2 weeks' time to the Union (which facilitated the mediation) to produce the Negotiation Committee's report.Briefly...
