Can MPs/MLAs Taking Bribe For Vote/Speech In Legislature Claim Immunity? Supreme Court 7-Judge Bench Reserves Verdict

A constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on whether members of parliament and legislative assemblies could claim immunity under Articles 105(2) and 194(2) of the Constitution for receiving a bribe in contemplation of a vote or speech in the legislature.A seven-judge bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, and Justices AS Bopanna, MM Sundresh,...

‘Gyanvapi Is A Masjid Visible To Naked Eye, Court Doesn’t Have To Decide Its Religious Character As On 15 Aug 1947’: Mosque Committee In Varanasi Court

The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, which manages the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi, has submitted before the District Judge that the Court doesn’t have to decide as to what was Gyanvapi Moque’s religious character as on August 15, 1947, the cut-off date in the Places of Worship Act 1991. The committee has also submitted that it would be visible even to the naked eye that...

Gyanvapi | Varanasi Court Grants Further 4 Weeks' Time To ASI To Submit Its Mosque Survey Report

The Varanasi District Judge today granted the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) a further 4 weeks’ time to file its report pertaining to the Gyanvapi Mosque Survey. Earlier, the Court had asked it to submit its survey report by October 6. Now, the Court has directed it to file the report in next 4 weeks. The order was passed in an application moved by the ASI which stated that...

AAP MP Sanjay Singh Remanded To 5 Days ED Custody In Money Laundering Case

A Delhi Court on Thursday remanded Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh to five days of ED custody till October 10 in the money laundering case connected to the Delhi liquor policy.The AAP leader was arrested yesterday by the Enforcement Directorate. This was after searches were conducted at his residence in the national capital since early on Wednesday morning. Singh is the third AAP leader to...

Delhi Court Allows NewsClick Founder Prabir Purkayastha, HR Head To Get FIR Copy In UAPA Case

A Delhi Court on Thursday allowed the pleas moved by NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and Human Resources head Amit Chakravarty seeking copy of FIR registered against them under UAPA, following allegations of the portal receiving money for pro-China propaganda.Additional Sessions Judge Hardeep Kaur of Patiala House Courts ordered that Purkayastha and Chakravarty be given the FIR copy....

Disqualified Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal Approaches Supreme Court Seeking Suspension Of Conviction In Attempt To Murder Case

Disqualified Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal, belonging to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), has approached the Supreme Court against the order of the Kerala High Court refusing to suspend his conviction in a case of attempt to murder passed on 3rd October. The Kerala High Court however, had suspended his sentence of imprisonment. Shortly after the verdict, Faizal was disqualified from...

Mumbai Court Holds Artist Chintan Upadhyay Guilty Of Conspiring, Abetting Murders Of Estranged Wife, Her Lawyer

A Mumbai Sessions Court has convicted acclaimed artist Chintan Upadhyay for conspiring and abetting the murder of his ex-wife Hema Upadhyay and her lawyer Haresh Bhambhani.Sessions Judge SY Bhosale held three other co-accused guilty for murder. Hearing on sentencing is scheduled on Saturday.On December 12, 2015, a scrap dealer alerted the Kandivali police about two suspicious looking...

Senior Advocate Gurminder Singh Appointed New Advocate General Of Punjab

The Punjab Government has today approved the name of Senior Advocate Gurminder Singh as the new Advocate General Of Punjab. Singh will replace Senior Advocate Vinod Ghai who resigned yesterday from the position citing "personal reasons."The Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann after the cabinet meeting today announced that Singh's name has been approved. Singh holds expertise...

Married Woman Seeks Termination Of 24-Week Pregnancy Of 3rd Child Citing Health Conditions; Supreme Court Directs Medical Examination

The Supreme Court on Thursday (05.10.2023) while considering a plea for medical termination of pregnancy of a married woman who is beyond 24 weeks pregnant, orally remarked that if such a plea is allowed it will open the doors of the Supreme Court to parents who get ‘cold feet’ in the last minute.The petitioner, who is a mother of two children, told the Apex Court that she is suffering...

'Not To Implicate Anyone' : Supreme Court Clarifies 'Why Political Party Not Made Accused' Query In Delhi Liquor Scam Case

The Supreme Court on Thursday (October 5) clarified that the question raised by it yesterday during the bail hearing of Manish Sisodia regarding the 'political party', which is alleged to be beneficiary, not being made an accused in the Delhi liquor policy scam case, was not meant to implicate anyone.The bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti orally said that it was only asking...

'Visitation In Court Premises Not In Child's Interest' : Supreme Court Allows Father To Meet Child In Mall

In a matrimonial dispute related to a child's custody, the Supreme Court recently modified a condition imposed by the Family Court requiring the father to meet the child in the premises of the Court.The Family Court had allowed the father to have visitation rights of the child on Sundays between 11:00 a.m. to 04:00 p.m at Court premises. Since the Kerala High Court did not interfere with...

Supreme Court Asks NLU Consortium If Students Who Applied To NLU-Tripura For 2023-24 Can Be Accommodated

The Supreme Court recently asked the Consortium of the National Law Universities if the NLUs could accommodate students who had applied for admission in the National Law University Tripura for the academic year 2023-24.The Court noted with dismay that the NLU Tripura could not commence its operations for the academic year 2022-23 due to lack of facilities and teachers and all the 90 students...