PM Modi Degree Defamation Case| Ahmedabad Court Refuses Expeditious Hearing Of Revision Plea By Arvind Kejriwal, Sanjay Singh

A sessions court in Gujarat's Ahmedabad has REJECTED a plea moved by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal (Arvind Kejriwal) and AAP RS MP Sanjay Singh to expedite the hearing in their revision plea against issuance of summons to them by a trial court in a criminal defamation complaint filed by Gujarat University.The duo had essentially sought an expedited hearing of their revision petition, aiming for it...

Bhima-Koregaon Case | Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Shoma Sen's Plea For Interim Bail On Medical Grounds

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear an interim bail application filed by English professor and Bhima Koregaon-accused Shoma Sen on grounds of her deteriorating health. A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and SVN Bhatti was hearing a petition challenging a January 17 order of the Bombay High Court, by which it directed Sen to approach the special court trying her case, for...

Article 370 Case : Won't Touch Special Provisions For North Eastern States Or Other Parts, Centre Tells Supreme Court

In the Article 370 case hearing, the Union Government told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it has absolutely no intention to interfere with the special provisions applicable to North Eastern states or other parts of India.Recording this statement made on behalf of the Centre, the Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice...

Supreme Court Grants Interim Relief To Azam Khan; Stays Trial Court Order To Submit Voice Sample In 2007 Hate Speech Case

In an interim relief to Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, the Supreme Court on Wednesday put a temporary stay on a trial court's order directing him to submit a voice sample in the 2007 hate speech case. A bench of Justices AS Bopanna and Prashant Kumar Mishra was hearing a plea by Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan against a direction to provide his voice sample in a hate speech...

Forest Protection : Supreme Court Allows Centre To Notify Central Empowered Committee(CEC) As Permanent Body

The Supreme Court has allowed the Union Government to notify the Central Empowered Committee (CEC), which has been constituted by the Supreme Court for overseeing matters related to forests, as a permanent body.A Division Bench of the Supreme Court, while hearing an application, filed in the main matter of In Re: T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India and Ors, Writ Petition (Civil) No....

Antilia Bomb Scare Case | Supreme Court Grants Bail To Former Mumbai Police Officer Pradeep Sharma

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to former ‘encounter specialist’ Pradeep Sharma, an accused in the Antilia bomb scare and Mansukh Hiran murder cases. After reserving the verdict last week, it was delivered today by a bench comprising Justices AS Bopanna and PS Narasimha after hearing Sharma’s bail plea challenging a decision of the Bombay High Court to deny him bail...

Article 370 Case : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing [Day 9]

A Constitution Bench will resume hearing today the batch of petitions challenging the dilution of #Article370 of the Constitution which took away the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.The bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice SK Kaul, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice BR Gavai and Justice Surya Kant is likely to close the arguments from the petitioners' side...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Madhya Pradesh’s ‘Mukhya Mantri Annadoot Yojna’ Scheme

The Supreme Court has issued a notice in a Special Leave Petition (SLP) challenging the constitutional validity of ‘Mukhya Mantri Annadoot Yojna’, a scheme introduced by the Government of Madhya Pradesh for allotment of transportation work to unemployed persons.A bench comprising Justice Bopanna and Justice PS Narasimha considered the petition which was filed through Advocate on Record...

Can't Accept Argument That Article 370 Ceased To Exist Post J&K Constitution Enactment, Says Supreme Court During Hearing [Day 8]

Closing in on the eight day of arguments in the Article 370 pleas, the Supreme Court Constitution bench expressed its reservations towards accepting the argument that Article 370 had ceased to exist once the J&K Constitution was framed. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, and Surya Kant, stated that the consequence of Article...

J&K Case | Degradation Of State Into Union Territory Impermissible Under Article 3: Senior Advocate CU Singh To Supreme Court[Day 8]

On the eight day of the Indian Supreme Court's hearing in the batch of petitions challenging the dilution of Article 370 of the Constitution of India, Senior Advocate CU Singh argued that the degradation of a State into a Union Territory was impermissible under Article 3 of the Indian Constitution. The Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjay...

Written Submissions Can Never Substitute Oral Arguments: Justice Ujjal Bhuyan

Recently appointed Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan speaking at his felicitation ceremony held by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) stressed on the importance of oral hearings. "Though written submissions are no doubt very useful, they cannot be a substitute for oral arguments." he said. Justice SV Bhatti who was also recently appointed was also felicitated at the function. In...

Badminton Association Case : Supreme Court Sets Aside HC's Stay On BAI Diktat Against Players Playing In 'Unrecognised Tournaments'

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 22) set aside the Karnataka High Court’s order allowing badminton players to participate in tournaments unrecognised by the Badminton Association of India (BAI). Allowing an appeal filed by the BAI, the Bench comprising Justices Bela M. Trivedi and Dipankar Datta asked the High Court to reconsider the matter.The Supreme Court observed that the...