Alarmed Over Rising Narcotic Cases, Supreme Court Directs Steps To Create More NDPS Courts

Alarmed by the “unfortunate alarming increase” in offences under the NDPS Act across the country, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre and States/Union Territories to take steps to establish the requisite exclusive special courts for expeditious trial of narcotics cases, preferably within six weeks.A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana was...

HALSA Launches 'Nyay Mitra' Mobile Legal Clinics, SOP For Protection Of Persons With Disabilities

The Haryana State Legal Services Authority (HALSA) has launched two initiatives aimed at strengthening access to justice and facilitating grievance redressal for persons with disabilities.Justice Deepak Sibal, Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and Executive Chairman of HALSA, launched “Nyay Mitra – Justice at Your Doorstep” and a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for...

Delhi Court Remands Swatantra Bhardwaj To 14 Days Judicial Custody In CJP Protester Assault Case

A Delhi Court on Monday remanded Swatantra Bhardwaj to 14 days of judicial custody in an alleged assault case relating to father of a teenage Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) activist during Jantar Mantar protest in July.Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Pratap Singh Laler of Patiala House Courts passed the order after Bhardwaj was produced in Court on expiry of his one day of police custody.He...

'Witnesses Must Be Treated As Courts' Guests' : Supreme Court Committee Holds Conference On 'Stock Witnesses' Reforms

The committee constituted by the Supreme Court to address the concerns over the use of 'stock witnesses' held its South Zone Consultation in Bengaluru on September 5 and 6.At the valedictory session, Justice Vivek Agarwal (Judge, Madhya Pradesh High Court and Chairman of the Stock Witnesses Reforms Committee) cautioned that technological and administrative reforms alone would not be enough to...

Delhi Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To YouTuber Ajeet Bharti In SC/ST Act Case

A Delhi Court on Monday denied anticipatory bail to YouTuber Ajeet Bharti in a case under Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Pratap Singh Laler of Patiala House Courts rejected the anticipatory bail application filed by Bharti. Advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai appearing for Bharti said that the police has filed a status report...

Supreme Court Rejects Six-Month Extension For Aravalli Hills Expert Panel Report, Sets November 30 Deadline

CJI Surya Kant remarked that the request appeared to suggest that the Committee was waiting for his retirement.

'Same Group Again Assaulting Doctors': Supreme Court Refers To Another Hospital Violence While Hearing Shiv Sena Member's Bail Plea

The Court said that a strong message must go by ensuring that those who attack doctors are detained.

'Why Information About X Account Needed In Road Rage FIR?' : Supreme Court Asks UP Police In Journalist Abhishek Upadhyay's Plea

The Court asked the UP Police to file an affidavit explaining its notice to X.

Karnataka Administrative Tribunal Stays Suspension Of Govt Teacher For Attending RSS Event, Says No Prohibition In State Rules

The Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal has stayed the suspension of a government teacher who attended a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) function, ruling that the organisation is non-political and that no state rules prohibit officials from participating in its events.“In the instant case, the alleged act of the applicant was that he was participated in an event organized by...

Supreme Court Requests Calcutta HC To Decide Soon Trinamool Congress Plea Against Removal Of Board From Party Office

The Supreme Court today requested the Calcutta High Court to expeditiously decide a petition filed by the All India Trinamool Congress challenging the Kolkata Municipal Corporation's removal of billboards from the party's office in Kolkata.The bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana was hearing a Special Leave Petition filed by Trinamool...

Supreme Court Asks Vivo Executive To Get Chinese Consulate Guarantee On India-Return If Allowed To Travel To China

The Supreme Court today (September 7) granted one month to Guangwen Kuang, an executive of Vivo Mobile Communications, to approach the Chinese Consulate to furnish a guarantee that he would come back to India to face prosecution after visiting his ailing father in China. Kuang,who is facing prosecution under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, approached the Court after the Delhi High...

Former Supreme Court Judge Justice Krishna Murari Joins Vantara's New Governing Council

Former Supreme Court judge Justice Krishna Murari has joined the newly constituted Governing Council of Vantara, the animal welfare and conservation initiative launched by Reliance Industries and Reliance Foundation.Justice Murari, who served on the Supreme Court from 2019 until his retirement in 2023, was earlier Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and a judge of the Allahabad...