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Muzaffarnagar School Slapping | 'Child Is So Traumatised; You Expect Him To Come To Counselling Centre' : Supreme Court To UP Education Dept
The Supreme Court on Monday (October 30) mulled over the idea of appointing an expert agency working in the field of child welfare to visit the victim of the Muzaffarnagar student slapping case and provide counselling to him in his home, after being informed that he was badly traumatised from the incident.The court also expressed dissatisfaction over the state government insisting that the...
Supreme Court Adjourns Senthil Balaji's Plea For Bail On Medical Grounds Till Next Week
The Supreme Court on Monday (October 30) adjourned the hearing of Tamil Nadu minister and DMK leader Senthil Balaji's plea seeking bail on medical grounds until next week. Balaji was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in June this year in connection with a cash-for-job money laundering case.A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi was hearing a special leave petition against...
‘Can’t Regulate Political Alliances’: ECI To Delhi High Court In PIL Against Use Of Acronym ‘INDIA’ By Opposition Parties
While refusing to comment on the controversy involving the use of acronym I.N.D.I.A (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) by newly formed alliance of 26 opposition political parties, the Election Commission of India has told the Delhi High Court that it cannot regulate political alliances under the Representation of People Act, 1951. “That the Answering Respondent [ECI] has...
Decide Disqualification Petitions Over Shiv Sena Rift By Dec 31; NCP Case By Jan 31 : Supreme Court Directs Maharashtra Speaker
The Supreme Court on Monday (October 30) directed the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker to decide the disqualification petitions filed in relation to Shiv Sena rift and the Nationalist Congress Party rift by December 31, 2023 and January 31, 2024 respectively.The bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud was hearing the writ petitions filed by Sunil Prabhu, member of Shiv...
Supreme Court Denies Bail To Former Delhi Dy CM Manish Sisodia In Delhi Excise Policy Scam Case; Directs To Fast Track Trial
The Supreme Court on Monday (October 30) refused to grant bail to former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia who is facing money laundering and corruption charges over alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of a now-scrapped liquor policy in the national capital. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader has been in custody since February of this year and is being investigated...
Citizens Don't Have Right To Know Source Of Political Parties' Funds : Attorney General Tells Supreme Court In Electoral Bonds Case
Attorney General for India, R Venkataramani, in a statement filed before the Supreme Court in the electoral bonds case, has submitted that the citizens do not have the right to information under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution regarding the funding of a political party.The AG refuted the argument of the petitioners, who challenge the electoral bonds scheme, that citizens have the right...
Kerala High Court Amends Rules For Designation Of Senior Advocate In Terms Of Latest Supreme Court Directions
The Kerala High Court has introduced new amendments to the High Court of Kerala (Designation of Senior Advocates) Rules, 2018 . The amendments are made for complying with recent directions issued by the Apex Court n Indira Jaising v. Union of India (2023) modifying the norms for senior designation.As per the amendments, an advocate who mainly practices before the High Court may be considered...
Supreme Court To Pronounce Judgment On Manish Sisodia'a Bail Applications On October 30
The Supreme Court will pronounce judgment on the bail applications filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the Delhi liquor policy scam case on October 30.A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti heard the bail applications filed by Sisodia in relation to the cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Prevention...
Breaking Barriers : How Justice Ravindra Bhat Expanded Scope Of Disability Rights
Justice S Ravindra Bhat, who retired as a Supreme Court judge on October 20, has made immense contributions to the expansion of disability rights jurisprudence in our country. He has advanced a pragmatic and purposive interpretation of the statutory provisions to further inclusivity and accessibility for persons with disabilities in the public sphere.Even before his elevation to the Supreme Court, as a judge of the Delhi High Court, Justice Bhat had way back in 2016 pointed out certain...