LMV Driving License Issue : Supreme Court Defers Hearing Of 'Mukund Dewangan' Reference After AG Says Consultations Are Going On With States

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 17) adjourned till April the Constitution Bench hearing of the reference on the issue whether a person holding a driving licence in respect of a “light motor vehicle”, could on the strength of that licence, be entitled to drive a “transport vehicle of light motor vehicle class” having unladen weight not exceeding 7500 kg, gave time to the Union...

Supreme Court Directs Authorities To Ensure No Hate Speech Takes Place In Rallies Of BJP MLA T Raja Singh, Hindu Janajagruti Samiti

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 17) directed the district magistrates at Yavatmal, Maharashtra and Raipur, Chhattisgarh to take 'appropriate steps' after concerns were raised over potential hate speeches at rallies planned by Hindu Janajagruti Samiti and Bharatiya Janata Party legislator T Raja Singh later this week. While declining to stop the rallies, the Court directed the...

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear BJP Leader Sharad Kumar Awasthi's Challenge To HC Rejecting His Election Petition On 2022 UP Polls

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 16) issued notice in a Special Leave Petition filed by Bharatiya Janata Party's(BJP) member Sharad Kumar Awasthi challenging the order of the Allahabad High Court which dismissed Awasthi's election petition in an application under Order 7 Rule 11 moved by Samajwadi Party's (SP) Fareed Mahfooz Kidwai.The bench comprising the Chief Justice of India,...

Supreme Court Refuses To Cancel Bail Of Augusta Westland Scam Accused-Turned-Approver Rajeev Saxena

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 16) refused to cancel the bail granted to the accused-turned-approver Rajeev Saxena in the VVIP Augusta Westland Chopper Scam. The CBI was granted the liberty to move an application before the Trial Court for the same.The bench comprising the Chief Justice, DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was approached by the Central Bureau...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Preparation Of DNA Index To Identify Unclaimed Dead Bodies

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 16) issued notice in a Writ Petition seeking directions to the Union Government for preparing a DNA Index to help identify dead bodies. The bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, was apprised of the fact that each year 40,000 dead bodies are found which go unidentified and unclaimed....

Be Gentle In Dealing With Advocates, Don't Take Up Cudgels With Bar : Supreme Court To DRT Judge

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 16) dismissed a Special Leave Petition filed by the presiding officer of the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT), Chandigarh bench against the adverse remarks and directions passed against him by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on a writ petition filed by the Debts Recovery Tribunal Advocates Association.In the impugned order passed by the High Court on November...

Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On PIL Seeking National Policy On Community Kitchens, Says It's Policy Matter

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 16) reserved judgment on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition, which sought to formulate a community kitchen policy to avoid starvation deaths. At first, the Bench, comprising Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal, was not convinced to keep the petition alive. However, after much persuasion from the petitioner's counsel, the Court granted...

Supreme Court To Hear Next Month Plea To Implement Women's Reservation Before Lok Sabha Polls

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 16) adjourned until February a plea the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023, which proposes to introduce women's reservation in the Lok Sabha, the upper houses of the state legislatures, and the Delhi legislative assembly. Although the constitutional amendment was signed into law by President Droupadi Murmu in September, the act will...

Supreme Court Stays Unveiling Of Shri Jagatguru Shivarathri Rajendra Mahaswamiji Statue In Mysuru

In a plea filed against erection of the statue of former Suttur Seer Late Shri Jagatguru Shivarathri Rajendra Mahaswamiji at Gun House Circle, Mysuru, the Supreme Court on January 12 granted interim relief in favor of petitioner-Subramanya, staying the unveiling of the statue.The plea, filed in the nature of a Public Interest Litigation, assailed a Karnataka High Court order of January 2,...

District Judiciary Facing Problem Of Mediocrity, Need To Ensure There're Good People : CJI DY Chandrachud

The district judiciary is facing a great problem of mediocrity, said Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Tuesday (January 16). Stressing that there should be proper methods which will ensure that good people are there in the judiciary, the CJI expressed prima facie approval of the Punjab and Haryana High Court's mandate that judicial officers should secure a minimum of 50% marks in...

Supreme Court To Hear Appeals Relating To TDS Liability Of Catholic Nuns & Missionaries After 3 Weeks

The Supreme Court on Tuesday listed for final hearing a batch of appeals filed by Catholic congregations challenging the judgments of Madras and Kerala High Court which held that Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) must be applied with respect to the the salaries given to nuns and missionaries.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra decided...

'S. 5(1) COTPA Won't Apply To Persons Not Engaged In Tobacco Business' : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea For Action Over Film Poster Showing Actor Smoking

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking criminal action against Tamil actor Dhanush and the producers and distributors of the 2014 movie 'Vela Illa Pattadhari" under Section 5 of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act 2003(COTPA) for allegedly publishing posters...