ED's Response To Arvind Kejriwal's Plea Against Arrest : Live Updates From Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will hear today at 2 PM the petition filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest by the ED in the Delhi liquor policy case.ED has to respond today to the queries raised by the Court, including the question regarding the timing of his arrest before the elections.A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta is hearing the matter....

Jharkhand High Court Dismisses Ex-CM Hemant Soren's Plea Against ED Arrest In Land 'Scam' Case

The Jharkhand High Court has dismissed former State Chief Minister Hemant Soren's plea challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in the land scam case. A detailed order is awaited.A bench of Acting Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Navneet Kumar rejected his plea 4 days after the Supreme Court, posting Soren's plea against ED Arrest in the week commencing from May...

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain PIL To Bar Namesake Candidates From Elections

The Supreme Court (on May 03) dismissed as withdrawn a Public Interest Litigation seeking directions to bar namesake/duplicate candidates who deliberately contest elections as independent candidates to ruin the chances of other candidates.The petitioner sought directions to the Election Commission of India to scrutinise the background of namesake candidates and prevent them from contesting...

'Nobody Wants Anything Untoward To Happen': Supreme Court Stays HC Direction To Open Road Infront Of Punjab CM's House

The Supreme Court on Friday (May 3) stayed the order passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court for the opening of the road to Punjab Chief Minister's house on experimental basis from May 1. The road in front of the CM's residence was blocked for security purposes during the Khalistani terrorism of the 1980s."Nobody wants anything untoward to happen", the bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna...

Bhima Koregaon Case| Hany Babu Withdraws Bail Petition In Supreme Court

Hany Babu, a former Delhi University Professor, on Friday (May 3) withdrew his petition in the Supreme Court seeking bail in the Bhima Koregaon case over alleged Maoist links. The matter was placed before Justices Bela Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal. The counsel, appearing for Babu, informed the Court that there had been a change in circumstances as five co-accused have been granted...

Supreme Court Dismisses Kerala Govt's Petition Challenging HC Direction To Pay Rs.1 Lakh Compensation To Man Illegally Detained As Maoist

The Supreme Court has dismissed the Special Leave Petition filed by the State of Kerala challenging a 2019 judgment of the Kerala High Court which directed the State to grant Rs.1 lakh compensation to a man who was illegally detained by the police on suspicion of being a Maoist.A bench comprising Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and PB Varale dismissed the State' petition by saying, "We see...

Will A Company Become State Instrumentality Under Article 12 If Its Shares Are Held By PSUs? Supreme Court To Consider

The Supreme Court has agreed to examine the question whether a company in which the shares are held by various Public Sector Undertakings, would be an instrumentality of the State, under Article 12 of the Constitution.The issue arose in a petition filed by the Kerala Industrial and Technical Consultancy Organisation (KITCO) challenging a judgment of the Kerala High Court that KITCO would...

Supreme Court Seeks Data Of GST Arrests, Says Citizens' Harassment Won't Be Allowed Due To Any Ambiguity In Arrest Provisions

While hearing a batch of petitions challenging penal provisions of GST Act, Customs Act, etc. as non-compatible with the CrPC and the Constitution, the Supreme Court on Thursday (May 2) expressed concerns about the ambiguity in Section 69 of the GST Act (dealing with power with arrest) and conveyed that it would interpret the law to "strengthen" liberty, if need be, but not allow citizens to...

CBI Independent From Union Govt, West Bengal's Suit Against Centre Not Maintainable : SG Tells Supreme Court

The Supreme Court (today on May 02) heard the Union's preliminary objection to the maintainability of the original suit filed by the State of West Bengal in 2021 alleging that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) continued to register and investigate cases despite its revocation of the general consent. It was in November 2018 when the State government withdrew its consent...

Victim Shaming Approach Of Courts Will Deter Women From Reporting Sexual Offences : Amicus Curiae Tells Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday (May 2) heard the suo motu case taken by it over a judgment of the Calcutta High Court in which certain remarks were made regarding the sexual conduct of adolescents, particularly teenage girls.The suo motu case titled "In Re : Right to Privacy of Adolescents" was listed before a bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan.While overturning the...

Supreme Court Questions UP Police For Including Confession Statements Of Accused In Chargesheet, Seeks DGP's Affidavit

The Supreme Court has expressed prima facie disapproval of the inclusion of statements of the accused, which are recorded during the investigation, in the chargesheet. Some of those statements are in the nature of alleged confessional statements, the Court noted."We find that so called statements of the accused which are allegedly recorded during interrogation are forming part of...

Supreme Court Directs Minimum 1/3rd Women's Reservation In Supreme Court Bar Association Posts From 2024 Elections

In a major development, the Supreme Court on Thursday (May 2) directed the implementation of a minimum 1/3rd women's reservation in the posts of the Supreme Court Bar Association "henceforth", including the ensuing elections (2024-2025).The Court further directed that in the ensuing elections for 2024-25, the post of Treasurer of SCBA shall be reserved for a woman candidate. "In the...