Manipur Violence | Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain PIL To Set Up Commission To Resolve Differences Between Ethnic Groups

The Supreme Court on Monday (December 11) refused to entertain a Writ Petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution seeking directions to constitute a commission of enquiry to aid in resolving the differences between the three ethnic communities of the State of Manipur, namely the Nagas, Meiteis and Kukis. The bench comprising the CJI, D.Y. Chandrachud and Justices J.B. Pardiwala...

Parliament Clears Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Bill, Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill

The Rajya Sabha on Monday (December 11) passed two bills amending key laws in Jammu and Kashmir. The bills, namely the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, were introduced in the Parliament in July this year.The two bills were passed by the parliament's upper house after the opposition staged a walk out during...

Muzaffarnagar Student Slapping Case | Supreme Court Asks UP Govt For Plan To Implement TISS' Recommendations

In the latest development in the Muzaffarnagar student slapping case, the Supreme Court on Monday (December 11), the court sought a response from the Uttar Pradesh government on how it proposed to implement the recommendations made by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). Besides this, the court once again stressed on the importance of providing the best educational opportunity...

Supreme Court Pulls Up Delhi Govt For 'Lackadaisical Approach' In Disbursing Funds To Delhi Judiciary

On Monday, the Supreme Court expressed strong dismay over the delay by the Delhi Government in approving funds for infrastructure projects in the Delhi High Court (HC). The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra directed for a meeting to be convened by the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court and attended by the Chief Secretary of Government of...

Varanasi Court Grants Extension Of Another Week To ASI To Submit Gyanvapi Mosque Scientific Survey Report

The Varanasi district court on Monday granted an additional 1 week time to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to submit its report pertaining to the scientific survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque complex. Earlier, the Court had asked the ASI to submit its survey report by November 11. Now, the ASI has been granted additional time of 1 week and posted the matter for the perusal of the report...

BHRC & BSLSA Organise Legal Awareness Program On Human Rights For Bihar Jail Inmates To Celebrate Human Rights Day

On December 10, 2023, the Human Rights Commission and Bihar State Legal Services Authority (BSLSA) took a pioneering step towards promoting legal awareness on the human rights of prisoners across all 59 Jails in Bihar.The initiative received commendation and approval from Chief Justice K. Vinod Chandran, Patron in Chief of BSLSA and Chief Justice of Patna High Court, Justice Chakradhari...

Parliament Can Carve Out A Union Territory From A State; Views Of State Only Recommendatory: Supreme Court

While upholding the repeal of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution, the Supreme Court also affirmed the power of the Parliament to carve out a Union Territory from a State.Holding so, a Constitution Bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud upheld the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019 to the extent it created the Union Territory of...

Mega Blood Donation Camp Organized At Jharkhand High Court Premises

Jharkhand High Court Legal Services Committee, in collaboration with the Advocate's Association, High Court of Jharkhand, Sadar Hospital, Ranchi, High Court Employee's Co-operative Society Limited, Jharkhand Thalassemia Foundation, and Voluntary Blood Donor Association, successfully organized a "Mega Blood Donation Camp" on 07.12.2023 at the High Court of Jharkhand premises.The Chief Guest of...

National Lok Adalat Concludes Successfully In Bihar: Over 86,000 Cases Resolved

Under the guidance of Justice K. Vinod Chandran, Chief Justice, Patna High Court, cum Patron in Chief, Bihar State Legal Services Authority, Patna (BSLSA), and Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh, Executive Chairman, BSLSA, Patna, the fourth and final National Lok Adalat of the year 2023 concluded on 09.12.2023.Both justices visited Civil Courts at Banka and Bhagalpur and Sub-division at...

TMC's Mahua Moitra Moves Supreme Court Challenging Her Expulsion From Lok Sabha Over Cash-For-Query Allegations

Lok Sabha MP from Trinamool Congress (TMC), Mahua Moitra has approached the Supreme Court challenging her expulsion from the lower house of Parliament in connection with the 'cash-for-query' allegations. 49-year-old Moitra was expelled as a Lok Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) on December 8 following the Ethics panel's determination of her guilt in the 'cash-for-query' case. For...

Justice Kaul Recommends "Truth & Reconciliation Commission" To Report Human Rights Violations In Jammu & Kashmir By State & Non-State Actors

Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, in his judgment approving the repeal of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution, recommended the setting up of a "Truth and Reconciliation Commission" to investigate and report on the human rights violations carried out by both the State and non-State actors in the Kashmir valley at least since 1980s.In...

Restore Statehood Of Jammu & Kashmir Soon, Hold Elections To J&K Assembly By September 2024 : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today (11.12.2023) directed the Union Government to expedite the process of restoration of statehood for Jammu and Kashmir (without the Union Territory of Ladakh). The Constitution Bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and composed of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, and Surya Kant, upheld the validity of the Union Government's 2019 decision...