UAPA | Error In Order Extending Time For Investigation No Ground For Default Bail When Chargesheet Has Been Filed : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently set aside an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court dated May 12, 2023, for granting default bail under Unlawful Activities (Prevention Act), 1967 (UAPA) on grounds that the accused persons should benefit from default bail in the absence of lack of competent order whereby time was extended for the investigation agency to file chargesheet. A bench of Justices...

Supreme Court Stays HC Direction To Punjab & Haryana On VVIP/VIP Security Cover

The Supreme Court recently stayed the direction issued by the Punjab and Haryana High Court to revoke the security cover given to IAS officers in Haryana dealing with civil administration responsibilities or quasi-judicial work.The Court also stayed the High Court's direction which sought details of the Police security provided to VIPs and VVIPs in Punjab and Haryana.The bench of Justices AS...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On PIL Raising Issue Of Snake Bites In India

The Supreme Court today issued notice on a public interest litigation assailing non-availability of treatment (anti-venom drugs, etc.) and lack of awareness related to snake bites in the country.A bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan passed the order, calling for the response of Union of India as well as the States/Union Territories impleaded as party-respondents.Briefly put, the...

Senthil Balaji Sabotaging Trial, Seeking Adjournments On Frivolous Grounds : ED Tells Supreme Court

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appearing for the Enforcement Directorate told the Supreme Court on Friday (December 13) that the trial against Senthil Balaji in the alleged cash for jobs scam has been sabotaged. “Trial is sabotaged. I have my affidavit”, Mehta said. A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Pankaj Mithal allowed ED to file it affidavit in a plea seeking to...

Kolkata Court Grants Bail To Ex-RG Kar Principal, Police Officer Abhijit Mondal Due To CBI's Failure To File Chargesheet In Timely Manner

In a new development related to the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar medical college and hospital, the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sealdah, has granted bail to former principal of the college Sandip Ghosh, and former OC of the jurisidictional police station Abhijit Mondal, who were arrested for conspiring to cover-up the incident.The ACJM granted bail...

Lucknow Court Summons Rahul Gandhi As Accused In Complaint Case Over 'Derogatory' Remark On Savarkar

A CJM Court in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow district has summoned Congress MP and LoP in Loksabha, Rahul Gandhi, as an accused in a complaint case filed over his alleged 'derogatory' remark against Vinayak Damodar Savarkar made during his Bharat Jodo Yatra in November 2022 in Maharashtra's Akola.#BREAKING |A CJM Court in #Lucknow has summoned Congress MP and LoP in Loksabha, Rahul...

'They Are In Contempt': Supreme Court Pulls Up P&H HC Bar Association Members For Opposing Undertaking Against Strikes

The Supreme Court on Friday (December 13) pulled up members of the Executive Committee of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association who opposed a resolution to tender an unconditional undertaking that the Bar Association will not indulge in boycott of court work in the future.“Those who play with litigants must be dealt with firm hands. This must stop. In the Punjab and Haryana...

ASI To Submit Survey Report In Supreme Court On Religious Structures In Mehrauli Archeological Park

The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) today (December 13) informed the Supreme Court that it would file within a week, the survey report of the religious structures inside the Mehrauli Archaeological Park in Delhi, in plea seeking their protection. The bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar was hearing a challenge against the Delhi High Court's order, which refused to pass...

Supreme Court To Hear Plea Against 'VIP Darshans' In Temples

The Supreme Court is scheduled to consider in January 2025 a plea seeking to stop the additional fees charged by Temples to provide 'VIP Darshans' of deities.The bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar was hearing a writ petition seeking the abolition of VIP darshan fees charged by temples across the country. During the hearing, the Court objected to certain news reports...

'No Special Treatment' : Supreme Court Refuses CCI's Plea To Transfer Amazon, Flipkart Cases Directly To Karnataka HC Division Bench

The Supreme Court on Friday (December 13) refused to transfer 24 writ petitions filed in various High Courts by Amazon and Flipkart associated sellers against the Competition Commission of India's probe into alleged anti-competitive practices to a division bench of the Karnataka High Court.A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Pankaj Mithal directed Attorney General for India R....

'Don't Ask Us To Direct Parliament To Enact Law' : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Over Voting Rights Of Expatriate Citizens

The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) related to voting rights of expatriate citizens, noting that the petitioner was essentially seeking a direction to the Parliament to enact a law.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan disposed of the matter, suggesting that the petitioner approach the appropriate forum. The order was dictated...

Plea To Verify EVMs Used In Haryana Polls : Supreme Court Bench Places Matter Before CJI To Decide Appropriate Bench

Hearing the plea filed by Karan Singh Dalal (former Haryana Cabinet Minister and 5-time MLA) and Lakhan Kumar Singla (a candidate in the recent Haryana Assembly elections) seeking verification and checking of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used in the elections, the Supreme Court directed that the matter be placed before Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna for listing before...