Tamil Nadu Govt Files Criminal Defamation Case Against K Annamalai & Edappadi Palaniswami For Statements Linking CM Stalin To Drug Peddling In State

The Tamil Nadu government has filed two criminal defamation cases in the Principal District and Sessions Court at Chennai against BJP State head K Annamalai and AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi Palaniswamy for their speeches linking Chief Minister MK Stalin to the rampant drug peddling in the State. Both Annamali and Palaniswami had made statements alleging that the Chief Minister...

Supreme Court Asks States To Inform Steps Taken To Regularise Special Teachers Working On Contractual Basis

In a matter pertaining to special teachers being engaged on contract basis without security of tenure, the Supreme Court has called for affidavits from all States in the country specifying the number of such teachers working under them on contractual basis, who are Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI)-trained and eligible to be appointed.The Bench of Justices CT Ravikumar and Rajesh Bindal...

Supreme Court Asks Ajit Pawar Group To Not Use Sharad Pawar's Name & Photo In Posters; Suggests 'Clock' Symbol Be Not Used

"Stick to your identity", the Court told the Ajit Pawar group.

Whether MMDR Act Excludes State's Power To Tax Mineral Rights? Supreme Court 9-Judge Bench Hears Arguments [Day 7]

On the 7th day of its hearing, the Supreme Court 9 Judge Constitution Bench dwelled into the interplay between the nature of limitations imposed under Entry 50 List II (State's Powers on taxes on mineral rights); Powers of the Union over regulation and development of mines and minerals and the residuary powers given to the Union under Entry 97 List I. Senior Advocate Dr AM Singhvi urged the...

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Moves Sessions Court Against Magisterial Court Orders Summoning Him In ED's Complaints

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has moved the sessions court challenging the orders of a magisterial court summoning him in the complaints moved by Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleging non compliance of the summons issued to him by the agency in the alleged liquor policy scam.The matter will be heard today by Special CBI Judge Rakesh Syal of Rouse Avenue Courts. Kejriwal has challenged...

Farmers Protest | Haryana Govt Approaches Supreme Court Against High Court Directing Judicial Inquiry Into Death Of Protesting Farmer

The Haryana government has filed a Special Leave Petition challenging the High Court's order of a judicial inquiry into the death of a protesting farmer, Shubhkaran Singh, who lost his life on February 21 on the Punjab-Haryana border. According to the case details available on the Supreme Court's website, the instant appeal was filed on March 11. However, it is still on the defect list....

Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code Receives President's Approval

In a crucial development, the Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, 2024 has been granted assent by President of India Droupadi Murmu.It may be recalled that in 2022, a committee was formed by Pushkar Singh Dhami-led Uttarakhand Government to prepare a draft of the UCC. This committee consisted of a five-member panel headed by retired Supreme Court Judge Ranjana Prakash Desai and...

Supreme Court Collegium Accepts Transfer Requests Of Delhi High Court's Justice V Kameswar Rao & Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva; Recommends Their Transfer

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the transfer of Delhi High Court judges, Justice V Kameswar Rao and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva to Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh High Courts respectively.The collegium of the Apex Court headed by Chief Justice of India, Justice DY Chandrachud, has recommended the transfers in the interest of better administration of justice, upon individual requests made...

Man Facing Contempt Case For Not Paying Cost Makes Further Contemptous Comments In Reply; Supreme Court Extends His Custody

The Supreme Court today directed Upendra Nath Dalai, the man against whom contempt proceedings are going on for non-payment of cost imposed by the Court as well as for making contemptuous remarks, to be taken back into custody till Monday.The genesis of the case before the Bench of Justices CT Ravikumar and Rajesh Bindal lies in Dalai filing a "public interest litigation" (PIL) to declare...

Transformer Explosion At Patna Civil Court Claims Two Lives, Several Injured

A tragic incident unfolded at the Patna Civil Court today when an unexpected transformer explosion claimed two lives. As per sources, one of them was a lawyer.The sudden outbreak of fire within the transformer, followed by a subsequent explosion, caused chaos within the court premises, prompting immediate action from the fire brigade, which rushed to the scene to douse the flames. The incident...

By 2:1 Majority Bombay High Court Allows Centre To Notify 'Fact Check Unit' Which Can Declare Social Media Content About Its Business As Fake

By a 2:1 majority and in a setback for the petitioners in the 2023 IT Rules Amendment Case, the Bombay High Court -in an interim order – has refused to restrain the Union government from notifying its Fact Check Unit.Rule 3(1)(b)(v) of the IT Rules amendment 2023 empowers the government to establish a Fact check Unit and unilaterally declare online content related to the government's...

SCBA Members, Who Were Eligible To Vote In 2023 Elections, Can Participate In Special General Meeting Of April 16: Supreme Court

Ahead of the Supreme Court Bar Association's Special General Meeting, the Court has modified the eligibility of the members who can participate in this meeting. The Bench of Justices Surya Kant and KV Viswanathan clarified (on March 12) that Supreme Court Bar Association members who, per Rule 23 of the SCBA rules, were eligible to vote in the previous elections could participate...