Gujarat Riots: Zakia Jafri's Plea Against Clean Chit To Narendra Modi- Supreme Court Hearing: LIVE UPDATES

Supreme Court will continue hearing today the petition filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the SIT's clean chit to the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi & other high functionaries in the #GujaratRiots of 2002.A Bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar is hearing the matter.Yesterday, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal has drawn the court's attention towards the issue...

[Gujarat Riots] "Deeply Sorry Milords, But That Is My Case": Kapil Sibal To Supreme Court's Question, "How Can You Attack SIT Appointed By This Court?"

On Tuesday, while making submissions in the Zakia Jafri's appeal, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal contended that the Special Investigation Team had neither looked into the reports by the National Human Rights Commission, Election Commission, Committee on Empowerment of Women set up by Parliament with respect to the Gujarat riots nor did they examine the members of such commissions. A...

Sec 163A MV Act -Fixing Rs 15,000 Per Annum As Notional Income For Non-Earning Members Not Reasonable As Schedule II Not Yet Amended : Supreme Court

While dealing with a civil appeal preferred by appellant claimants aggrieved by the High Court of Jharkhand, Ranchi's judgement the Supreme Court observed that despite repeated directions, Schedule-II of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 has not been amended yet.The bench of Justices R Subhash Reddy and Hrishikesh Roy in Kurvan Ansari alias Kurvan Ali & Anr. v. Shyam Kishore Murmu & Anr....

Court Boycott : Supreme Court Raps Rajasthan HC Bar Association For Not Taking Contempt Notice 'Seriously'

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Supreme Court Extends Interim Protection Granted To BJP Leader Kailash Vijayvargiya & 2 Others In Rape Case; Next Hearing On Dec 2

The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the interim protection from arrest granted earlier by the Calcutta High Court to BJP Leader Kailash Vijayvargiya, RSS member Jisnu Basu, and Pradeep Joshi for the offence of rape. The Court was adjudicating upon a Special Leave Petition (SLP) against an order of the Calcutta High Court setting aside the order of the Chief Judicial Magistrate at Alipore...

Supreme Court Raps State Of Madhya Pradesh For Its Callous Way To Implement Orders Passed By It

The Supreme Court on Friday (November 12, 2021) rapped the State of Madhya Pradesh for its callous way to implement the orders passed by the Top Court. The Top Court on October 21, 2021 had issued notice in the Special Leave Petitions assailing Madhya Pradesh High Court of quashing FIR registered against the accused ("Sonali Ajmera") u/s 420, 467, 468, 472 and 120-B of IPC.The bench had...

BREAKING : Centre Notifies Transfer Of Justice MN Bhandari From Allahabad HC To Madras HC

The Central Government has notified the transfer of Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari from Allahabad High Court to Madras High Court pursuant to the recommendation made by the Supreme Court collegium.Yesterday, the Centre had notified the transfer of the Chief Justice of Madras High Court Sanjib Banerjee to Meghalaya High Court. The proposals for the transfers of Justice Banerjee and...

Supreme Court Stays Tree Felling For Delhi-Dehradun Expressway Till Nov 26; Asks NGT To Decide Afresh

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the felling of trees of the Delhi-Dehradun expressway project till November 26 and directed the National Green Tribunal to decide the validity of the action afresh.A bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Vikram Nath passed the order in an appeal filed by the NGO 'Citizens For Doon' against the order of National Green Tribunal, passed...

Right To Be Represented By Counsel Or Agent Of Choice In Disciplinary Proceedings Is Not Absolute: Supreme Court

The right to be represented by a counsel or agent of one's choice in a disciplinary proceedings is not an absolute right, the Supreme Court observed.The court said that such right to be legally represented depends on how the rules govern such representation.However, if the charge is of severe and complex nature, then the request to be represented through a counsel or agent should be...

Elephant Corridor: Supreme Court Allows Transfer Of Nilgiris District Collector

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Tamil Nadu government to allow the incumbent Collector of Nilgiris district J. Innocent Divya to be transferred from her current posting as per her request. The Court vide its judgment dated October 14, 2020 had upheld the Madras High Court judgment that had declared the validity of the Tamil Nadu Government notification dated August 31, 2010 which...

Admission Supervisory Committee Can Take Suo Motu Action Over Self Financing Colleges Admissions: Supreme Court Upholds Kerala HC Judgment

The Supreme Court has held that Admission Supervisory Committee in Kerala has jurisdiction to initiate proceedings suo motu in respect of admissions made by the self-financing colleges."We are in agreement with the findings recorded by the High Court on the powers conferred on the Committee including the power of suo motu action that can be taken by the Committee in respect of admissions made...

RTI : Supreme Court Adjourns To Jan 2022 Case Related To Vacancies In Information Commissions

The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned to the second week of January 2022 the hearing of the plea filed by RTI activist Anjali Bhardwaj seeking compliance on the part of the Central Government with respect to the directions issued by the Supreme Court in its judgment delivered in February 2019 as regards the posts and vacancies in the Central Information Commission (CIC). The Court granted...