Only Parliament Can Decide If Indian Succession Act 1925 Can Be Extended To Muslims Who Are Non-Believers: Union Tells Supreme Court

The Union Government on Thursday (October 25) informed the Supreme Court that it was only within the Parliament's domain to decide if Indian Succession Act, 1925 would extend to Muslims who are non-believers.The bench of CJI DY Chandrachud ,Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing a plea by the petitioner Safiya PM who sought the inclusion of those Muslims who had renounced their...

Families Of Undertrials, Convicts From Disadvantaged Backgrounds Must Be Given Counselling: Justice BR Gavai

Supreme Court judge Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai in his message to the Standard Operating Procedure on 'Prison Reforms' devised by the Gujarat State Legal Services Authority, emphasized that family members of undertrials/convicts belonging to poor strata must be provided with counselling and made aware about government schemes. Justice Gavai who addressed a gathering on October 19 at...

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Amandeep Singh Dhall In Delhi Liquor Policy Case; All Accused In Case Get Bail

The Supreme Court today granted bail to Amandeep Singh Dhall, businessman and director of Brindco Sales Private Limited, in the corruption case arising out of the alleged Delhi liquor policy 'scam'. With this order, all the accused in the liquor policy case -in which AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh and BRS leader K Kavitha, are also accused- have got bail.A bench...

Plea Filed In Supreme Court Against ECI Decision To Increase Number Of Electors Per Polling Station From 1200 To 1500

A public interest litigation has been initiated before the Supreme Court, challenging Election Commission of India's communication(s) whereby the maximum number of electors per polling station have been increased from 1200 to 1500.The matter was listed today before a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Sanjay Kumar and R Mahadevan which, without issuing notice, directed that an advance copy of...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Justice Sanjiv Khanna As Next Chief Justice Of India

The Union Government has notified the appointment of Justice Sanjiv Khanna as the next Chief Justice of India."In exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, Hon'ble President, after consultation with Hon'ble Chief Justice of India, is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Judge of the Supreme Court of India as Chief Justice of India with effect from 11th...

Zakir Naik Withdraws Plea In Supreme Court Seeking Clubbing Of Hate Speech FIRs

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (October 23) allowed Islamic preacher Zakir Naik to withdraw his write petition seeking to club multiple FIRs registered against him in Maharashtra and Karnataka for hate speech under Section 153A of the IPC (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, etc.).A bench comprising Justice Abhay Oka, Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah, and...

Supreme Court Allows Candidate With Blindness To Attend Interview For Civil Judge Selection

The Supreme Court on Thursday (October 24) passed an interim order allowing a candidate with blindness to attend the interview for the selection of Civil Judges in Rajasthan.After the Court pronounced the order, the counsel for the Rajasthan High Court raised an apprehension that it might be used as a precedent by other candidates to seek appointments. Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud...

'No Deliberate Low Marking': Supreme Court Dismisses Pleas Challenging Evaluations In Rajasthan Civil Judges Exam

The Supreme Court today (October 24) dismissed the batch of petitions challenging the evaluations of English essay paper in the Rajasthan Civil Judge Exams 2024. The Court noted that seeing the nature of answers, there appeared no deliberate discrepancies in the markings.The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing the pleas challenging the...

Mismatch Between Statements Of Delhi LG & DDA Vice Chairman In Tree Felling Case: Supreme Court Seeks New Affidavits

The Supreme Court on Thursday (October 24) observed that there was a discrepancy between the statements of the Chairperson of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and the Vice Chairperson of the DDA regarding the date on which the former was informed about the illegal felling of the trees in the Delhi's ridge forest.The Court noted that as per the affidavit filed by the DDA Chairperson,...

'Let Affected Parties Come' : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain NGO's Plea Alleging Violation Of Order Staying Demolitions

The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a public interest litigation initiated by the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) alleging contempt by certain state authorities of the Court's interim order staying demolitions without permission.A bench of Justices BR Gavai, Prashant Kumar Mishra and KV Viswanathan declined to entertain the plea, noting that it was filed by a party...

No Intent To Commit Alleged Offence: CPM Leader Accused Of Abetting ADM's Suicide Tells Kerala Court, Order Reserved On Anticipatory Bail

While urging a Kerala Court to grant her anticipatory bail, CPM Member and former Kannur district Panchayath President PP Divya, accused of abetting the suicide of Additional District Magistrate Naveen Babu, argued on Thursday that she had no intent to abet the commission of the alleged offence. Thalassery Principal Sessions Court Judge K T Nisar Ahmed after hearing the arguments reserved...

NCP Dispute : Declare That Clock Symbol Is Sub-Judice In Posters For Maharashtra Elections, Supreme Court Tells Ajit Pawar

The Supreme Court on Thursday (October 24) told Ajit Pawar that the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) should use the 'clock' symbol for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly Elections with a disclaimer that its use is a matter of contest in Court and is subject to the final outcome of the petition filed by Sharad Pawar.To recap, on March 19 and April 4, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Court...