SUPREME COURT LIVE- ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY MINORITY STATUS CASE- 7 JUDGES BENCH- [VIDEO]

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Aligarh Muslim University Minority Status Case : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing

A 7-judge bench of the Supreme Court is hearing today the case relating to the minority status of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).The bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Surya Kant, JB Pardiwala, Dipankar Datta, Manoj Misra and Satish Chandra Sharma will hear the issue.The bench, among other things, will consider whether minority status can be...

Supreme Court Summarises Factors For Deciding Remission Applications

On Monday, the Supreme Court not only set aside the remission of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case but also provided detailed guidelines for considering remission applications. The top court highlighted key factors that must be taken into account, offering an illuminating roadmap for evaluating such pleas under the Code of Criminal Procedure.This verdict was handed out by a bench of Justices...

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Petition Challenging Validity Of Section 15 JJ Act; Liberty Granted To Approach HC

The Supreme Court bench on Monday (January 8) dismissed a petition challenging the constitutionality of S.15 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 (JJ Act) which provided for a preliminary assessment of Juveniles above the age of 16, charged with heinous crimes. Refusing to entertain the petition, the bench comprising Chief Justice, DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj...

Supreme Court Lifts Stay On Labour Court Proceedings Involving HT Media Private Limited

The Supreme Court (on January 08) issued a notice in a Special Leave Petition assailing the Delhi High Court's order wherein it stayed the proceedings referred in the Labour Court for adjudication of an industrial dispute between HT Media Private Limited and one Rabeendra Kumar Dhakad (the present petitioner) who worked in the former's office. While staying the impugned order, the Bench...

Lakshadweep MP's Conviction Can Be Suspended Applying Recent Judgment In BSP MP's Case : Union Tells Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday (January 08), while hearing an appeal against the order of the Kerala High Court, refusing to suspend the conviction of disqualified Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in a case of attempt to murder, was apprised that the case can be disposed off in terms with the recent judgment passed in the case of BSP MP...

Do Online Gaming Platforms Supply An 'Actionable Claim'? Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging 28% GST

The Supreme Court on Monday (January 8) issued notice and sought the centre's response on a batch of petitions filed by online gaming companies, including Dream 11, Games 24x7, and Head Digital Works, challenging the constitutional validity of imposition of 28% GST.Senior Advocate Harish Salve, representing the gaming companies, told a bench comprising the Chief Justice of India DY...

Supreme Court Arranges Counselling For Female Advocate Who Complained Of Sexual Harassment; Records Sent For Inquiry

The Supreme Court on Monday (January 8) directed that a counselling be arranged for the female advocate, who alleged sexual harassment by a male advocate. The counselling was directed to be arranged at the Supreme Court Mediation Centre. A Division Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, on being apprised that no counselling could take place as directed on the previous date,...

Rule Of Law Must Be Enforced Unmindful Of Consequences : Supreme Court Observes In Bilkis Bano Case

While setting aside the remission granted to the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, the Supreme Court on Monday (January 8) stressed that in protecting the rule of law, those concerned with it must remain unmindful and unruffled by the ripples of consequences. It also categorically stated that compassion and sympathy have no role to play where rule of law is required to be enforced.The...

Satyendar Jain's Bail Plea | No Predicate Offence Made Out, Company Assets Can't Be Attributed To Director, Shareholder: Singhvi To Supreme Court

In Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendar Jain's challenge to denial of bail by the Delhi High Court, the Supreme Court today commenced hearing arguments on merits.The Bench comprising Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal was hearing Jain's petition challenging the denial of bail by the High Court in April last year. He was taken into custody on May 30, 2022, but came to be granted interim bail...

Narendra Dabholkar Murder : Supreme Court Dismisses Daughter's Challenge To Bombay High Court Ending Monitoring Of Probe

The Supreme Court on Monday (January 8) dismissed a plea challenging the discontinuation of the court-monitored probe into the 2013 murder of anti-superstition crusader Narendra Dabholkar.The Division Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Satish Chandra Sharma however left it open for petitioner-Mukta Dabholkar (daughter of Narendra Dabholkar) to provide any material related to the criminal cases...

Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Acquittal Of Union Minister Ajay Mishra 'Teni' In 23-Year-Old Murder Case

The Supreme Court, today (on January 08), refused to interfere with the Allahabad High Court's order upholding the acquittal of Union Minister of State for Home, Ajay Mishra Teni, in the murder case of Prabhat Gupta. Gupta, a rising student leader, was killed in broad daylight in Lakhimpur Khiri district in the year 2000. In the instant case, four people, including Union Minister Teni,...