Supreme Court Dismisses ED's Plea Challenging HC Order That Allowed YS Bharathi Reddy To Substitute Attached Property With Fixed Deposits

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain the Enforcement Directorate’s plea challenging the order of the Telangana High Court that allowed YS Bharathi Reddy, wife of Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy to substitute the property attached by the ED with fixed deposit.The property had been attached by ED under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, in a corruption case...

Madras High Court Upholds ED's Right To Take TN Minister Senthil Balaji Into Custody; Says 'If ED Can Arrest,They Can Seek Custody Too'

Settling conflicting views regarding the power of the Enforcement Directorate to seek police custody of the accused, the Madras High Court ruled that the central agency was entitled to seek the custody of Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji in the money laundering case over the alleged cash-for-jobs scam.Justice CV Karthikeyan, the third judge to whom the matter was referred to following a...

Supreme Court Extends Stay On Arrest Of 'SHUATS' VC, Director In Case For Alleged Mass Religious Conversions Till Further Orders

The Supreme Court today extended interim protection from arrest to the Vice Chancellor (Dr.) Rajendra Bihari Lal and Director Vinod Bihari Laland of Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (formerly Allahabad Agricultural Institute) in connection with the alleged mass religious conversion case. The matter was listed before a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud,...

Supreme Court Extends Protection Granted To Advocate From Arrest In FIR Over Fact-Finding Mission On Manipur Violence

The Supreme Court on Friday extended the interim protection granted to Advocate Deeksha Dwivedi, who was booked in an FIR over offences of sedition and conspiracy to wage war against India, after she accompanied a fact finding team to enquire into the ongoing Manipur violence, till the next date of hearing in the matter. The court could not hear the matter today owing to the absence of...

Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing in Former Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik's Plea in Money Laundering Case

The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned the hearing in a petition filed by former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik, who has been in jail since February 23, 2022, following his arrest by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in a money laundering case. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Bela M Trivedi, and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing a special leave petition filed by Malik against May...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Uddhav Sena Plea For Expeditious Decision By Speaker On Disqualification Pleas Against Shinde Sena

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice in the plea filed by Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) party MP Sunil Prabhu seeking a direction to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker to expeditiously decide on the disqualification pleas pending against rebel Sena MLAs led by Eknath Shinde. The matter was listed before a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice...

Supreme Court Issues Notice To CBI, ED On Manish Sisodia's Bail Pleas In Delhi Liquor Policy Scam Case

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on the petitions filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia seeking bail in the cases registered by the CBI and ED in connection with the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam.A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Bela M Trivedi and Ujjal Bhuyan also issued notice on the application filed by Sisodia...

'Barring Remission For Convicts Who Murdered Public Servants Discriminatory' : Bihar Govt Defends Premature Release Of Anand Mohan

In a counter affidavit, recently, filed before the Supreme Court, the State of Bihar has defended the early release of former Bihar MP Anand Mohan, convicted in the case for mob lynching of Gopalganj District Magistrate, G. Krishnaiah in 1994. The affidavit was filed pursuant to an order of the Division Bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice JB Pardiwala directing the State Government...

BREAKING| Justices Ujjal Bhuyan & SV Bhatti Take Oath As Supreme Court Judges; SC Strength Rises To 32

Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice S Venkatanarayana Bhatti took oath as judges of the Supreme Court today. With their appointments, the Supreme Court's strength rose to 32 with two more vacancies remaining.Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud administered the oath to the new judges, whose appointments were cleared by the Central Government on July 12 following the recommendations made by...

Writ Petition Not Maintainable When Civil Suit For Same Relief Was Withdrawn Without Liberty To File Afresh : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, recently, held that a writ petition, filed pursuant to withdrawal of a civil suit for the same relief when liberty is not granted to file afresh, is not maintainable. It reiterated that the principles of constructive res judicata laid down in Order 23 Rule 1 Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 would also apply to writ proceedings. A Bench comprising Justice AS Oka and Justice...

Justice P Naveen Rao To Be Acting Chief Justice Of Telangana High Court For One Day; Justice AK Shavili To Succeed

President of India has appointed Justice Ponugoti Naveen Rao as the Chief Justice of Telangana as he is the senior most judge serving the Telangana High Court. This si consequent to the elevation of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan to the Supreme Court. However, Justice P. Naveen Rao will be the acting as the Chief Justice of Telangana only for a single day, as he is set to bid adieu to the...

'Sexual Acts Do Not Happen Only In Confines Of Marriage, Age Of Consent Has To Be Distinguished From Age Of Marriage': Bombay High Court

Raising concerns about the increase in criminal cases involving minors in consensual sexual relationships, the Bombay High Court called for a shift from a punitive approach towards adolescents’ sexuality to one that enables access to sexual and reproductive health services.“The mere apprehension that adolescents would make an impulsive and bad decision, cannot classify them under one...