CJI DY Chandrachud Talks Of Law Firm Turning Away An Intern Due To His Caste, Calls For Inclusivity In Legal Profession

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Saturday called for inclusivity in the legal profession while recalling an incident where a young student who began his internship at a law office was asked by his supervisor which caste he belonged to. When he revealed his caste he was asked not to return. “I was filled with despair when I heard of this” the CJI said while addressing students at...

Supreme Court Stays Criminal Proceedings Against Catholic Priest Under Gujarat Anti-Conversion Law For Baptising Child

The Supreme Court on Friday (August 25) issued a temporary stay on the criminal proceedings against a Catholic parish priest in Gujarat for baptising a child at the request of the child's Christian mother, who is estranged from her Hindu husband. The priest has been accused of forceful religious conversion under the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act of 2003. This stay will operate till the...

Muzzafarnagar Muslim Boy 'Slapping' Incident | 'It Casts A Blow To Country's Secular Fabric': UP Lawyer Moves NHRC Seeking An FIR

An Uttar Pradesh-based lawyer S M Haider Rizvi has moved the National Human Rights Commission seeking registration of an FIR against the teacher of a private school in the Muzaffarnagar district of the state, who has been accused of making communal comments and directing her students to slap a Muslim classmate studying in class 2. This development comes hours after a video of the alleged...

Gyanvapi | Application In Varanasi Court To Preserve Artefacts, Other Materials Found By ASI During Survey Of Mosque Complex

A fresh application has been moved before the Varanasi Court to preserve artefacts and other materials found by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) during its ongoing survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque premises.The application under Order 7 Rule 39 CPC has been moved by 4 women plaintiffs in the Shringar Gauri Worshipping Suit of 2022 (Suit No. 18) through advocates Hari Shankar Jain,...

'Avoid Bulky Synopsis' : Supreme Court Expresses Disappointment At 60 Page Synopsis Filed Against 6 Page HC Order

The Supreme Court recently cautioned against filing of bulky synopses in matters before it. The Apex Court made the observation while considering a Special Leave Petition against an order of the Karnataka High Court. The Top Court expressed its disappointment that the order of the High Court that was being challenged only consisted of 6 pages, while the synopsis of the SLP was more than 60...

MBBS Admissions : Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging NRI Quota In Assam Medical Colleges

The Supreme Court on Friday (August 25) issued notice in a petition filed under Article 32 of the Indian Constitution challenging the State of Assam’s rules allowing 7% seats quota in medical Colleges to be reserved for NRIs. Pertinently, the Bench comprising Justices Ravindra Bhatt and Aravind Kumar, also stayed further allocation of seats under NRI quota in the ongoing counselling...

'What Public Interest?' : Supreme Court Rejects Plea Challenging Law Allowing Abortion Of Unwanted Pregnancies Due To Contraceptive Failures

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a petition filed by an anti-abortion NGO seeking deletion of a provision under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act which allows women to undergo an abortion if any form of contraception device used either by her or her partner fails. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, JB Pardiwala, and Manoj Misra was hearing a PIL filed by...

'Age-Old Principle "Where Women Are Respected, Gods Live There" Would Recede To Background' : Supreme Court Cancels Bail To Gang-Rape Accused

A Division Bench of the Supreme Court, while allowing an appeal challenging the grant of bail to accused in a gang rape case, observed:“The offence alleged in the instant case is heinous and would be onslaught on the dignity of the womanhood and the age old principle of यत ननायर्यस्तत पपूज्यन्तत रमन्तत तत...

Supreme Court Grants Bail To PFI Leader Abdul Razak Peediyakkal In Money Laundering Case

The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to alleged Popular Front of India (PFI) leader Abdul Razak Peediyakkal in a PMLA Case where he has been accused of collecting and laundering funds of over Rs. 20 crores for the PFI. The Apex Court directed the trial court to impose bail conditions including to appear before the investigating officer of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) once a week,...

Supreme Court Issues Notice To Centre & States On Plea Seeking Reservation For Transgender Persons In Public Employment

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Central Government, all States and Union Territories on a PIL seeking reservation for transgender persons in public employment.The PIL, which was listed before a three-judge Bench comprising Chief Justice of IndiaDY Chandrachud, Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Mr. Justice Manoj Misra, sought was filed by a transgender person (TGP) named Subi...

Supreme Court Dismisses Kerala IAS Officer Sreeram Venkittaraman’s Plea Against Culpable Homicide Charge In Drunken Driving Case

The Supreme Court on Friday(August 25) dismissed Kerala IAS officer Sreeram Venkittaraman’s petition challenging the Kerala High Court’s order which resorted culpable homicide charge against him in the 2019 drunken driving case which led to the killing of a journalist named KM Basheer.A bench comprising Justices CT Ravikumar and Sanjay Kumar refused to interfere with the High Court’s...

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Appointment Of Prof Venkateshwarlu As VC Of Central University of Kerala

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a Special Leave Petition filed against the order of the Kerala High Court that had upheld the appointment of Prof Venkateshwarlu as Vice Chancellor of the Central University of Kerala. The petition was filed contending that the appointment of the VC is in violation of UGC Regulations, Central Universities Act, 2009, and it’s statutes and is marred...