CPI(M) Leader Brinda Karat Moves Supreme Court Against "Continuous Calls For Social & Economic Boycott Of Muslim Community"

Communist Party of India (Marxist) leaders Brinda Karat & KM Tiwari have sought impleadment in an ongoing case against hate speeches (Shaheen Abdulla V. Union of India & Ors) in the Supreme Court of India. Brinda Karat is a Polit Bureau member of CPI(M) and a former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha). KM Tiwari is currently acting as the CPI(M) Delhi State Committee Secretary.In the...

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise Index [July 24 – 31, 2023]

SUBJECT WISE INDEXArrest and Detention Arnesh Kumar Guidelines - The Supreme Court reiterated the guidelines laid down for arrest under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and for other offences punishable by a maximum jail term of seven years in its 2014 Arnesh Kumar judgement - Also directed high courts and police chiefs to issue notifications and circulars in terms of the...

Nuh Violence: Haryana Court Sends Cow Vigilante Bittu Bajrangi To 14-Day Judicial Custody

Cow vigilante/Bajrang Dal leader Raj Kumar (alias Bittu Bajrangi), an accused in the recent Nuh communal clashes, was sent to 14-day Judicial custody today by a Court in Haryana’s Nuh District.The order was passed two days after he was arrested by state police in connection with the communal clashes that occurred during a religious yatra in the district on July 31. The period of his...

Unseating Judges After 6 Yrs Experience Is Against Public Interest Though Their Selection Was Illegal : Supreme Court In Kerala District Judges Case

The Supreme Court cited public interest to allow certain judicial officers in Kerala to continue in their posts, despite finding that the process followed by the Kerala High Court in selecting them was illegal and arbitrary. Noting that six years have elapsed since their selection, the Court opined that unseating those officers "would be contrary to public interest"."Candidates who have...

Nuh Violence: Delhi High Court Women Lawyers Forum Writes To CJI Seeking Action Against Videos Calling For 'Economic Boycott' Of Certain Communities

The Delhi High Court Women Lawyers Forum on Thursday sent a letter petition to the Chief Justice of India, Justice DY Chandrachud, seeking action against videos circulating on social media calling for economic boycott of certain communities in the aftermath of Nuh violence in Haryana. Signed by a total 101 female lawyers, the letter petition has urged the Supreme Court to direct the...

Those Facing Arbitrary Arrests, Illegal Demolitions Must Find Voice In SC : CJI DY Chandrachud [Video]

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, speaking at the Independence Day celebration organized by the Supreme Court Bar Association on August 15, stressed that the Supreme Court must provide solace to persons facing arbitrary arrests and illegal demolitions."Irrespective of an outcome of the case, I believe the real strength of our system is granting access to justice to our citizens, that...

'Judiciary Should Contribute Beyond Judicial Sphere': MP High Court CJ Ravi Malimath Launches Initiative "Boond" To Help Underprivileged

Madhya Pradesh High Court Chief Justice Ravi Malimath launched the "Boond" initiative in his Independence Day address. CJ said that under this initiative, all the sitting judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court have unanimously decided that each judge will contribute Rs 5,000 from his monthly salary for the upliftment of the underprivileged. CJ Malimath said, “At present, we have a strength...

Article 370 Hearing : Live Updates From Supreme Court [Day 7]

The Supreme Court will continue hearing today the cases challenging the Centre's 2019 decisions to dilute Article 370 of the Constitution leading to the scrapping fo the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.Today is the 7th day of hearing before a Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice SK Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, Justice BR Gavai and Justice Surya Kant. So...

Article 370 Case | Upholding Centre's Actions Could Create A Precedent To Disintegrate Any State To Achieve Political Goals : Dushyant Dave [Day 6]

Yesterday, the Supreme Court's Constitution Bench, headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, and Surya Kant, reached its sixth day of hearings in the batch of petitions challenging the dilution of Article 370 of the Constitution of India. Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave had commenced his arguments in the matter yesterday and...

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Nuh Violence: Haryana Court Sends Cow Vigilante Bittu Bajrangi To 1-Day Police Custody

A Court in Haryana’s Nuh District today sent Cow vigilante/Bajrang Dal leader Raj Kumar (alias Bittu Bajrangi) to one-day police custody a day he was arrested by state police in connection with the communal clashes that occurred during a religious yatra in the district on July 31.Bajrangi was arrested on Tuesday in a fresh FIR lodged against him on a complaint by ASP alleging that...

Supreme Court Asks Centre To Consider Whether Cap On Iron Ore Mining Needs To Be Imposed In Odisha

The Supreme Court on Monday(August 14) directed the Centre to consider whether a cap on iron ore mining needs to be imposed in the state of Odisha as was done for Karnataka and Goa while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on illegal mining in the state.Adv. Prashant Bhushan appearing for Common Cause which filed the petition, informed a bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, Justice J...