AAP Councillor Moves Supreme Court Against HC's Refusal To Stay Chandigarh Mayor Election

An Aam Aaadmi Party(AAP) councillor has approached the Supreme Court challenging the refusal of the Punjab and Haryana High Court to stay the Chandigarh Mayor polls.AAP councillor Kuldeep Kumar has filed the Special Leave Petition aggrieved by the decision of the High Court to list his petition after three weeks without granting an immediate stay of the results.He moved the High Court...

BREAKING| Former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren Approaches Supreme Court Against ED Arrest; SC Agrees To Hear Tomorrow

Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has approached the Supreme Court challenging his arrest by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in connection with an alleged land scam case.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, along with Senior Advocate Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi, mentioned Soren's matter before a bench led by the Chief Justice of India for an urgent hearing. CJI DY Chandrachud agreed to...

Supreme Court Refuses To Urgently Hear Gyanvapi Mosque Committee's Plea Against Order Allowing Puja, Asks Them To Move HC

Yesterday, the Gyanvpai mosque committee made an unsuccessful attempt to get an urgent hearing in the Supreme Court for their application challenging the Varanasi District Court's order which allowed Hindus to perform prayers in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque.Few hours after the District Court passed the order on January 31 afternoon, the Committee of Management, Anjuman...

Supreme Court 7 Judges Bench Hearing-Aligarh Muslim University Minority Status Case[DAY-8]-WATCH LIVE

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'Crimes Were Based On Hatred And Greed': Court Sentences Man To 4 Yrs In Jail In Delhi Riots Case

A Delhi Court yesterday sentenced a man to four years of rigorous imprisonment in a case concerning the 2020 North-East Delhi riots, observing that the crimes committed by him were based on “hatred and greed.”“Riotous acts were guided by hatred, while robbery and loot of the cash amount was guided by greed,” Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala of Karkardooma Courts said...

Aligarh Muslim University Minority Status: Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing [Day 8]

The Supreme Court will continue hearing the case concerning the minority status of the Aligarh Muslim University.A 7-judge Constitution Bench comprising the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Surya Kant, Justice JB Pardiwala, Justice Dipankar Datta, Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma will hear the matter.The reports of the hearings from...

Threat Of Disinformation Has Evolved To Warfare, Can Influence Election Outcome; Govt FCU Meant To Curb This Menace: Justice Neela Gokhale

Justice Neela Kedar Gokhale of the Bombay High Court on Wednesday highlighted the threat posed by dissemination of false information and observed that the right to participate in democracy is meaningless unless citizens have access to authentic information and are not misled by misinformation knowingly communicated with malicious intent.Justice Gokhale made these observations in her...

Supreme Court Rejects Widow's Plea To Abort 32-Week Pregnancy, Suggests Giving Child For Adoption

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 31) refused to allow a woman to terminate her pregnancy which was over 32-weeks.A bench comprising Justices Bela M Trivedi and Prasanna B Varale, noting that the medical board has opined against the termination of pregnancy, rejected the woman's plea. The bench suggested that the woman could give up the child for adoption if she wanted.The woman...

Aligarh Muslim University Case : Can Institution Of National Importance Have Minority Character? Supreme Court Discusses [Day 7]

On the 7th day of the hearing of the case related to the minority status of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), the Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 31) discussed whether an institution of national importance can have a minority status as well.As per Entry 63 of List 1 of the Constitution, institutions such as the AMU, Benaras Hindu University, Delhi University etc., are declared to...

Govt In Best Position To Provide Correct Facts About Itself; Criticism, Political Satire Not Stifled By IT Rules Amendment: Justice Neela Gokhale

In a split judgement, Justice Neela Kedar Gokhale of the Bombay High Court said she would uphold the 2023 amendment to IT Rules, 2021 empowering the government to establish a Fact check Unit and declare online content related to the government's business on social media platforms as fake, false or misleading. Justice Gokhale rejected the argument that the impugned Rule, by...

Govt Has The Loudest Voice With Biggest Megaphone, Doesn't Need A Fact Check Unit For Its Protection: Justice Gautam Patel On IT Rules Amendment

In a split judgement Justice GS Patel of the Bombay High Court said he would strike down Rule 3(1)(b)(v) of the IT Rules amendment 2023 empowering the government to establish a Fact check Unit and unilaterally declare online content related to the government's business on social media platforms as fake, false or misleading.Calling it a form of "censorship", Justice Patel held that the...

Delhi High Court Refuses Pre-Censorship Of Content Against Rohingya Community On Facebook, Says Treatment Can't Be Worse Than Disease

The Delhi High Court has refused to pass an order directing the Union Government to restrain Facebook India from allegedly promoting “hateful and harmful content” against the Rohingya community on the social media platform. A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora said that the suggestion that there should be prior censorship of...