Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea By 'The Quint' Against New IT Rules On Digital News Media

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice on a petition filed by Quint Digital Media Ltd, which owns the online news portal 'The Quint', challenging the constitutional validity of the Information Technology (Guidelines For Intermediaries And Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, to the extent it regulates the publishers of news and current affairs content.A division bench comprising...

Plea To Replace Symbols With Details Of Candidates In EVMs : Supreme Court Asks Petitioner To Serve Copy On AG

The Supreme Court on Friday asked a petitioner seeking directions to include the photograph, age and qualifications of contesting candidates in Electronic Voting Machines, instead of symbols, to serve the copy of the petition on the Attorney General for India.The bench comprising CJI SA Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian was considering a petition field by BJP leader...

'Do They Have No Right To Express An Opinion?' : Supreme Court Asks Petitioner Challenging State Assembly Resolutions On Central Laws To Do More Research

The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned a petition which challenges the competence of state legislative assemblies to pass resolutions about Parliamentary laws, by asking the petitioner's lawyer to do more research."You do more research. We don't want to create more problems than solving", the Chief Justice of India told Senior Advocate Soumya Chakraborty, who was representing the...

Supreme Court Grants Time To Centre To Respond To PIL Filed Regarding Non Functioning Of National Board For Wildlife

Supreme Court has on Thursday granted Centre time to respond to the PIL filed regarding non-functioning of National Board for Wildlife constituted under Wildlife Protection Act, seeking directions to convene first meeting of the Board after its reconstitution in 2014. The Court will take up the matter next on Wednesday, 24th March. During the hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta...

Stay Of Arrest U/S 482 CrPC- High Court Must Give Brief Reasons Describing What Weighed In Granting Interim Relief: Supreme Court

"At the ad interim stage, the High Courts must include one small paragraph on what weighed with them in granting the relief. We are not saying at all that the High Courts are bereft of this power! But because it is a wide power, it is expected that it is exercised responsibly", observed Supreme Court on Thursday.The bench of Justices Chandrachud, M. R. Shah and Sanjiv Khanna was considering...

Impart Gender Sensitization Training To Judges; Include Such Courses In LLB & AIBE Syllabus: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court suggested that gender sensitization training should be imparted to Judges and public prosecutors.The bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and S. Ravindra Bhat also observed that each High Court should formulate a module on judicial sensitivity to sexual offences, to be tested in the Judicial Services Examination. It also directed the Bar Council of India to take steps...

Centre Increases Lifetime Monthly Payment Of Retired Supreme Court Judges

The Ministry of Law and Justice has notified an amendment to the Supreme Court Judges Rules 1959 to increase the lifetime monthly payment to the retired judges of the Supreme Court, including the Chief Justice of India.As per Rule 3B of the Supreme Court Judges Rules, a retired CJI is entitled during his lifetime to a payment of rupees twenty five thousand per month for defraying the services...

[Interim Relief U/S 482 CrPC] 'No Coercive Steps' Is Like 'Status Quo' Order In Civil Matters, Which Is Worst Order To Pass: Supreme Court

"'No coercive steps' is like the status quo order in civil matters. Status quo is the worst order to pass! The courts may instead say that protection from arrest is granted for 2 weeks", commented Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on Thursday.This was in context of a submission that a blanket ban on any coercive steps, granted by High Courts under section 482, CrPC by way of interim relief, operates...

Maratha Quota Case, Day 4 : Rights Of States On Backward Classes Not Affected By 102nd Constitution Amendment, AG Tells Supreme Court

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court sat for the fourth day to hear the petitions challenging the Constitutionality of the Maharashtra State Reservation For Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act which provides for a quota to Marathas in jobs and education.A 5- Judge Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, L. Nageswara Rao, S. Abdul Nazeer, Hemant Gupta and S. Ravindra...

Supreme Court Mulls Formation Of Committee For Economic Valuation Of Trees Felled For Projects

The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that it will form a Committee for economic valuation of trees which are felled for projects such as highways and bridges, and ask it to submit the report in April. The Court has asked Centre to provide facilities to the Committee including place and secretarial assistance. The Bench clarified that it will decide on the time to be given...

Supreme Court Stays Order Sentencing Major General of Indian Army And Defence Estates Officer To Civil Imprisonment

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the execution of an order sentencing a Major General of Indian Army and Defence Estates officers to civil imprisonment for 2 months for alleged violation of a decree in a civil suit .A three-judge Bench of CJI Bobde, Justice Bopanna and Justice Ramasubramanian passed the order after a mentioning was made by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta.The...

Delhi High Court Upholds Emergency Award Passed In Favour Of Amazon Against Future-Reliance Deal, Imposes Rs 20 Lakhs Cost On Future

The Delhi High Court on Thursday allowed the application field by Amazon to enforce the emergency award against the Future-Reliance deal.The High Court held that the emergency arbitrator is an arbitrator for all the intents and purposes under Section 17(1) of Arbitration and Conciliation Act and an order passed by such an emergency arbitrator is enforceable under sec. 17 (2) of the Act.A...