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Sambhal Masjid: Supreme Court Asks Trial Court To Defer Proceedings Till Survey Order Is Challenged In HC, Keep Commissioner Report Sealed
The Supreme Court on Friday (November 29) asked the Sambhal Trial Court not to proceed in the suit against the Shahi Jama Masjid at Chandausi, till the petition filed by the Masjid Committee against the survey order is listed in the Allahabad High Court.The Court also directed that the report of the Advocate Commissioner, who conducted the survey of the mosque, should be kept in a sealed...
Centre Not Maintaining Category-Wise Data Relating To Representation Of SC/ST/OBC Judges In High Courts: Law Minister
Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Thursday informed that the appointment of Judges to the Supreme Court and the High Courts was being carried out based on the procedure laid down in the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) prepared in 1998 following the Second Judges Case along with the Advisory Opinion of Third Judges Case. He informed that the procedures did not provide for reservation of...
'Went Before Hema Committee For Academic Purpose' : Malayalam Actress Approaches Supreme Court Against HC Direction To Register FIR
A Malayalam film actress, who deposed before the Justice Hema Committee - which was constituted to inquire into the exploitation of women in Malayalam cinema- has approached the Supreme Court against the direction issued by the Kerala High Court to register FIRs based on the statements recorded by the Committee.The actress, in her Special Leave Petition, said that she gave statements to the...
Supreme Court Grants Bail To Suspended Trinamool Congress Leader Kuntal Ghosh In CBI Case Over Cash-for-Jobs Scam
The Supreme Court on Friday (November 29) granted bail to suspended Trinamool Congress youth leader Kuntal Ghosh in the cash-for-jobs recruitment scam case registered by CBI.A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan granted the relief considering the unlikelihood of the trial completing soon. Although a chargesheet was filed in January 2024, the Special Court did not...
No Plan To Enact Law Mandating Judges In Higher Judiciary To Declare Their Assets : Union Law Minister
Yesterday, the Union Minister of Law & Justice in the Parliament informed that the Union Government is not contemplating enacting a law mandating the Judges of the higher judiciary to declare their assets/property returns. The Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal answered an unstarred question raised by Congress Rajya Sabha MP Vivek Tankha i.e., “whether Government is contemplating to enact...
'Satyagraha In Front Of School Gate!' : Supreme Court Criticizes School Staff's Protest While Being Part Of Institution
The Supreme Court on Thursday (November 28), while hearing a former school employee's plea against dismissal for protesting alleged corruption in the school, orally remarked that employees cannot protest against their employer while remaining part of the institution.Justice Abhay Oka observed, “See the misconduct. You are agitating against your employer. See if you want to protest...
Muzaffarnagar Student Slapping Case | Authorities Not Acknowledging Problem Of Religious Discrimination: PIL Petitioner Tells Supreme Court
Senior Advocate Shadan Farasat told the Supreme Court on Thursday (November 28) that while Rule 5 of Uttar Pradesh RTE Rules, 2011 exists to protect children against religious discrimination in school, the authorities are not acknowledging the problem and addressing it.A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih was hearing a PIL filed by activist Tushar Gandhi concerning...
Sambhal Jama Masjid Plea Against Survey Order : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing
The Supreme Court will hear today a petition filed by the Sambhal Jama Masjid Committee challenging an order passed by a trial court for the survey of the mosque by an Advocate Commissioner in a suit which claimed that the mosque was built after destroying a pre-existing temple.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar will hear the matter...
FIR Registered Against 8 Advocates For Cheating & Forgery In Fake SLP Case : CBI Tells Supreme Court
In the case where the Supreme Court directed CBI probe into the filing of a fake petition before it, the agency recently informed that an FIR has been registered against 10 known persons (and those unknown). Out of the 10, 3 are advocates practising before the Supreme Court and 5 are practising before the Allahabad High Court.The matter was before a bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and...
Will Ask PMLA Accused Seeking Bail On Ground Of Delay In Trial To File Undertaking Against Seeking Adjournments: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (November 27) expressed that it will require persons accused of money laundering to file undertaking that they will not seek adjournments and delay trial before granting bail on the ground that trial is delayed.“So this is the course we want to adopt now if we are granting bail on the ground that the matter is not progressing. Interests will be balanced. Unless...
Sambhal Jama Masjid Committee Approaches Supreme Court Against Survey Order; CJI-Led Bench To Hear Tomorrow
The Sambhal Shahi Jama Masjid Committee has approached the Supreme Court challenging the order passed by a trial court for the commission survey of the mosque in a suit which alleged that it was built after destroying a temple.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar will hear the matter tomorrow.Last week, Civil Judge (Senior Division) of Sambhal passed...