Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Of Sukesh Chandrashekhar & Wife Seeking More Time For Meeting With Lawyers

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, refused to entertain a writ petition filed by alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar and wife Leena Paulose seeking extension in the visitation time allotted by jail authorities to meet family, friends and legal representatives.Noting that the accused persons were not in a position to seek such ‘privileges’ and make such ‘extraordinary demands’, a ...

4 Hindu Women Worshippers Move Application In Varanasi Court For ASI Survey Of Entire Gyanvapi Mosque Premises

In a significant development in the Kashi Vishvanath-Gyanvapi Mosque dispute cases, 4 Hindu women worshippers have moved an application before the Varanasi District Judge seeking a survey of the entire Gyanvapi mosque premises by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to find out as to whether the Mosque had been constructed over a pre-existing structure of the Hindu temple.The...

Supreme Court Allows ED Probe Against TN Minister V Senthil Balaji In Cash-for-Jobs Scam, Quashes HC Order For Fresh Investigation

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed a batch of appeals against an order of the Madras High Court ordering a fresh enquiry into the cash-for-jobs scam, in which the Tamil Nadu minister and DMK MLA V Senthil Balaji, among others, has been accused of accepting bribes from job aspirants in exchange of appointments to the state transport corporation between 2011 and 2015. The top court also...

'Let Bombay High Court Hear' : Supreme Court Says On Nawab Malik's Bail Plea In Money Laundering Case

The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned to July the petition filed by former Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik, who is in jail since February 23, 2022 following his arrest in a money laundering case by the Directorate of Enforcement.Malik approached the Supreme Court aggrieved with the Bombay High Court adjourning his bail application to June 6. Observing that the High Court cannot be bypassed,...

Vacation Benches Will Hear Fresh Admission Matters, Hybrid Hearings Possible : CJI DY Chandrachud

In the last week of Supreme Court's working before the summer vacations begin, CJI DY Chandrachud informed the lawyers that the vacation benches will be taking up fresh admission matters and hybrid hearings will be permitted before the vacation benches for the convenience of the parties.Making the announcement, the CJI said–"In case someone wants to go and argue from somewhere more...

Lovely Kandara ‘Fake Encounter’ | Supreme Court Issues Notice on Plea by Slain Dalit Youth’s Mother for CBI Probe

The Supreme Court of India on Monday issued notice in a plea for a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into an alleged fake encounter of a Dalit youth, Lovely Kandara, by the Jodhpur police. This special leave petition, which a division bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Rajesh Bindal has agreed to hear, was filed by Kandara’s mother against the Rajasthan High...

Supreme Court Monthly Digest April 2023

SUBJECT WISE INDEX Administrative Law Rules of Business - When the Cabinet constitutes a committee and the latter’s actions are validated by the Minister and the rest of the Council, then it cannot be claimed that Rules of Business have not been followed by the State Government in the course of its decision-making process. (Para 90) Rajasthan Industrial Development...

Adani Hindenburg Issue | Supreme Court Adjourns SEBI's Application Seeking Extension Of Time For Probe To July 10

The Supreme Court has adjourned to July 10 the application filed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) seeking six months more time to complete its probe into allegations made by US-based short seller firm Hindenburg Research against Adani group companies about stock price manipulations. Last week, while hearing the application, a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud,...

Multiplexes Stopped Screening "The Kerala Story" Due To Poor Audience Response, No 'Shadow Ban' : TN Govt Tells Supreme Court

In a plea filed by the makers of the controversial movie 'The Kerala Story' against the alleged 'shadow ban' of the movie in the State of Tamil Nadu, the state of Tamil Nadu has filed a counter affidavit refuting the claims of the makers and stating that they have made deliberate false statements implying that Tamil Nadu has prevented the public exhibition of the film. As per the affidavit,...

Sessions Judge Who Was Asked To Go For Training Says He's Due To Be Considered For Elevation; Supreme Court Refuses Early Hearing

The Supreme Court, on Monday, refused early listing of application filed by a Judge of a Sessions Court in Lucknow, who was recently asked by the Supreme Court to be sent for Training as he did not follow the law laid down by the Apex Court in Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI. In Antil, the Apex Court had laid down guidelines on the aspect of grant of bail to accused who are not arrested...

'Supreme Court Broad Enough...' : SC Rejects PIL For Action Against Law Minister & Vice President Over Comments Against Judiciary

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the Special Leave Petition filed by Bombay Lawyers Association challenging High Court's order dismissing its PIL against Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Law Minister Kiren Rijiju for their remarks in public about the basic structure doctrine evolved by the Top Court and the Collegium system for appointment of Judges. The Apex Court noted, “we...

Supreme Court Grants Time To NIA To File Counter Affidavit Regarding Change In Location of Gautam Navlakha’s House Arrest

The Supreme Court, on Monday, granted four weeks’ time to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to file a counter affidavit with respect to the change in location of house arrest of the human rights activist Gautam Navlakha, an accused in the Bhima Koregaon case. A Bench comprising Justice KM Joseph and Justice BV Nagarathna was considering an application filed by him seeking to shift...