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'Recent Happenings In Country Disturbing' : Justice RF Nariman On BBC Raids, Governors' Inactions, ECI Bill, 370 Judgment
Justice Rohinton F Nariman, former Supreme Court judge, in a hard-hitting speech, said that disturbing events have been taking place in the country."What has happened in the recent past in this country is most disturbing. And I may share with you four things that have happened this year itself," Justice Nariman said while delivering the Smt Bansari Sheth Endowment Lecture on 'Constitution:...
Delhi Riots: Court Rejects Tahir Hussain's Plea Seeking Stay On PMLA Proceedings Till Framing Of Charges In UAPA Case
A Delhi Court on Friday rejected a plea moved by Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain seeking stay on the proceedings in a money laundering case registered against him in relation to the 2020 riots, till the framing of charges in the UAPA case alleging larger conspiracy in the violence. Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat dismissed Hussain's plea and said that there is no judgment of...
Supreme Court Rejects Abhishek Banerjee's Plea To Gag Media From Reporting Calcutta HC Hearing In Recruitment Scam Case
The Supreme Court on Friday (December 15) declined Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee's request for a gag order restraining media coverage of the proceedings before a single judge of the Calcutta High Court monitoring the probe into an alleged multi-tier recruitment scam in the state. During today's hearing, Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan pressed for a 'suspension...
Parliament Security Breach: Delhi Court Remands Fifth Accused Lalit Jha To Seven Days Police Custody
A Delhi Court on Friday remanded fifth accused, arrested yesterday in a UAPA case registered over yesterday's security breach in the Parliament, to seven days of police custody. Additional Sessions Judge Hardeep Kaur of Patiala House Courts passed the order after the accused, Lalit Jha, the alleged master-mind of the conspiracy, was produced in court in presence of a SWAT team. Public...
Manipur Violence | Supreme Court Asks State To Inform Steps Taken To Restore Places Of Worship To Court Appointed Committee
The Supreme Court today (15.5.2023) directed the State of Manipur to furnish to the court appointed committee steps it had taken to restore the places of worship which had been destructed in the ethnic violence. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra also recorded the assurance given by Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta that necessary...
'Can't Entertain Every Dispute Between Delhi Govt & LG' : Supreme Court Asks DCPCR To Approach Delhi HC
The Supreme Court today (15.12.2023) remarked that not every issue between the Delhi Government and the Lieutenant Governor could be covered under an Article 32 petition before the Supreme Court. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra was hearing a petition filed by the Delhi Commission of Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) over the alleged...
No Harm Will Be Caused To Mukhtar Ansari In Jail : UP Govt Tells Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday (15.12.2023) recorded the statement of the State of Uttar Pradesh that protection of Gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari will be ensured in jail in a plea moved by his son, Umar Ansari apprehending 'serious and imminent threat' to his father's life who is currently lodged in Banda Jail in Uttar Pradesh, in a conviction for murder. A bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy...
Supreme Court Grants Extension To Maharashtra Speaker Till January 10 2024 To Decide Shiv Sena Disqualification Pleas
The Supreme Court today granted an extension to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker to decide the disqualification petitions filed in relation to Shiv Sena rift by January 10, 2024. It may be recalled that earlier, the Apex Court had directed for the pleas to be decided by December 31, 2023. Appearing before a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice...
Krishna Janmabhoomi Case | Supreme Court Refuses Oral Plea To Stay HC Order Appointing Commissioner To Inspect Shahi Eidgah Mosque
In the latest development in the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Eidgah Mosque dispute, the Supreme Court on Friday (December 15) refused an oral plea raised by the Mosque committee to stay the order passed by the Allahabad High Court yesterday allowing an application for the appointment of a court commissioner for the inspection of the mosque.A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti...
Supreme Court To Hear Mahua Moitra's Plea Against Expulsion From Lok Sabha On January 3
The Supreme Court on Friday (December 15) adjourned until January 3 the hearing of Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra's plea against her recent expulsion from the Lok Sabha over allegations of unethical conduct. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti was hearing Moitra's writ petition challenging her expulsion from the Indian parliament's lower house. The former Member of...
If Judges With Constitutional Protection Do Not Exhibit Boldness, We Can't Expect Others In Administration To Do So: Justice SK Kaul
On his last working day, Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul stressed the need for the judges to exhibit boldness, since they have Constitutional protection."If with the constitutional protection that we have, we are not able to exhibit this, we cannot expect other parts of the administration to do so," Justice Kaul said at the Full Court reference held to bid farewell to...