Article 370 | Petitioners Never Challenged India's Sovereignty; Can't Adopt Emotive, Majoritarian Interpretation Of Constitution : Sibal To Supreme Court [Day 15]

The arguments of the Union government and the other respondents in the Article 370 matter came to an end yesterday, on the fifteenth day of the Article 370 hearings before a Constitution Bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, and Surya Kant. This also marked the commencement of the rejoinder arguments by the petitioner. Must View Jammu...

Article 370 | Argument That Resurrection Of Article 370 Would Violate Basic Structure Too 'Far Fetched': Supreme Court [Day 15]

On the fifteenth day of the Article 370 proceedings before the Supreme Court Constitution Bench, the Union Government, along with other respondents drew their arguments to a close before a bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, and Surya Kant. The bench closed the arguments of the respondents' side. During the hearing,...

'Preventive Detention Law Can't Be Invoked At The 'Drop Of A Hat'; Some Police Officers Curbing Liberty' : Supreme Court Slams Telangana Police

The Supreme Court on Monday condemned the growing trend in the state of Telangana of passing orders of preventive detention at the ‘drop of a hat’ without consideration of the liberty and freedom guaranteed to people under the Constitution of India.A division bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Dipankar Datta reminded the authorities of the state of Telangana that the drastic...

Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Inclusion Of Transgender Identities Under Caste Lists In Bihar Caste Survey

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court over the Bihar government including ‘hijra’, ‘kinnar’, ‘kothi’, and ‘transgender’ as an item in the caste list, while conducting its caste-based survey last month. The court is also hearing a batch of pleas doubting the constitutionality of the exercise. Trans activist Reshma Prasad has challenged the state...

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise Index-(Citations 584 - 608) [August 1 – 6, 2023]

SUBJECT WISE INDEXAdvocateThe Supreme Court vacated a stay order in a 16-year-old criminal appeal as it pulled up the appellant-lawyer for seeking repeated adjournments. Gulshan Bajwa v. Registrar, High Court of Delhi, 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 608Litigants should not be made to suffer because of the advocate's fault in withdrawing a complaint by mistake. Ashok Kumar v. New India Assurance Co. Ltd.,...

Supreme Court Asks Article 370 Case Petitioner To File Affidavit Accepting India's Sovereignty & Affirming Allegiance To Indian Constitution

The Supreme Court on Monday asked National Conference leader and Member of Parliament Mohammad Akbar Lone, who is the lead petitioner in the batch of petitions challenging the repeal of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, to file an affidavit affirming that he unconditionally accepted that J&K was an integral part of India and that he owed allegiance to the Constitution of...

Gyanvapi | 'ASI Not Authorised To Remove Debris During Survey, Mosque May Fall Down', Committee Opposes Survey Time Extension

The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee (which manages Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque) has moved an application before the Varanasi Court opposing the Archaeological Survey of India's (ASI) plea seeking a further 8 weeks’ time to submit its Survey Report pertaining to the Mosque Premises. In its application, the mosque committee has submitted that the ASI is defying the orders of...

Supreme Court Adjourns Brinda Karat's Plea For FIRs Against Anurag Thakur & Parvesh Verma For Alleged Hate Speech

Although the court accepted Delhi police's request for an adjournment today, it said no such request would be entertained from them on the next day of hearing.

'Santana Dharma Dengue-COVID' Remark | Complaint Filed In Bihar Court Against TN Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin

A private complaint has been filed before a court of Chief Judicial Magistrate in Bihar's Muzaffarpur against Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin for his alleged 'Ablish Santana Dharma, it is like Dengue-Malaria, CORONA’ remarks claiming that the same has 'hurt' the sentiments of Hindus and followers of the Sanatana dharma.The Complaint has been filed by a lawyer named Sudhir Kumar...

Senior Advocate Amit Sibal Joins 3VB Chambers as Associate Member

Senior Advocate Amit Sibal SA has joined 3VB Chambers as an Associate Member.Amit is a Senior Advocate appearing regularly at the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court and various other High Courts and Tribunals across India. After graduating with a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Balliol College, Oxford and a BA in law at Trinity College, Cambridge, Amit completed an LL.M....

Supreme Court To Seek Response From Lead Petitioner In Article 370 Case Regarding Alleged Pro-Pakistan Slogan

The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court hearing the Article 370 case on Monday said that it will seek the response of the lead petitioner on the allegation that he had uttered slogans supporting Pakistan. The Bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said that the issue will be put to the counsel for the petitioner during rejoinder arguments.As soon as the bench assembled...

Supreme Court Monthly Roundup- August 2023

Judgments/OrdersUAPA - 'Watali' Precedent Won't Apply If Evidence Is Of Low Probative Value On Surface Level Analysis: Supreme CourtCase title: Vernon v. State of MaharashtraCitation: 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 575The Supreme Court’s decision to grant bail to Bhima Koregaon-accused and activists Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira appears to have carved out a crucial exception in an otherwise...