HC Cannot Convert Itself Into Court Of Appeal While Considering Petitions Under Article 227: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court reiterated that while hearing a petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, a High Court cannot convert itself into a court of appeal. In this case, the Rent Controller and Eviction Officer, allowing the landlord's application, passed a final order under Section 16 of U.P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972,...

Advise Judges To Shun Misogyny & To Ensure That Judgments Do Not Reflect Stereotypical Notions About Women : Adv Aparna Bhat Urges CJI, SC Judges

An open letter has been penned to Chief Justice of India S A Bobde and women judges of the top court Justices R. Bhanumati, Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee, calling for the censuring the comments made by Justice Krishna S. Dixit of the Karnataka High Court in an order regarding the "unbecoming" conduct of an alleged rape survivor who had slept after being "ravished" by the accused. The...

SC Stays West Bengal Police Probe In FIRs Against OpIndia Editor Nupur Sharma, CEO Rahul Roushan Etc

The Supreme Court on Friday passed an interim order staying the investigation in three FIRs registered by West Bengal police against the editors and founders of online news portal 'OpIndia'.A bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and B R Gavai passed the order in the writ petition filed by Nupur J Sharma, Editor of OpIndia, her husband Vaibhav Sharma, founder and CEO of the news...

'Arrests Seem Designed To Send A Chilling Message' : UN Rights Experts Call For Release Of Activists Arrested Over Anti-CAA Protests

The United Nations human rights experts on Friday called on India to immediately release human rights defenders who have been arrested for protesting against changes to the nation's citizenship laws. "These defenders, many of them students, appear to have been arrested simply because they exercised their right to denounce and protest against the CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act), and...

SC Issues Notice On J&K HC Bar Association President Mian Abdul Qayoom's Habeas Plea Against Detention Order

The Supreme Court issued notice in a plea filed by Senior Advocate and Jammu and Kashmir Bar Association President Mian Abdul Qayoom, challenging the 28thMay, 2020 Order of the J&K High Court which dismissed his habeas corpus petition and upheld his detention under the J&K Public Safety Act, 1978. A Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and BR Gavai heard the matter and issued...

[Breaking] SC Stays Investigation & Coercive Action On Multiple FIRs Against Journalist Amish Devgan Over Remarks On Sufi Saint Moinuddin Chishti

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed investigation and coercive action against News18 anchor Amish Devgan on the multiple FIRs registered against him over his remarks on Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti till the next date of hearing.A vacation bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna issued notice on his writ petition seeking quashing of the FIRs and asked him...

Tablighi Jamaat : SC Asks Foreign Nationals To Serve Copy Of Plea Against Blacklisting Order To Centre

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the foreign nationals who challenged the Ministry of Home Affairs's order blacklisting them for alleged participation in Tablighi Jamaat activities to serve the copy of their petition to the Central Government.A bench comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna said that their pleas will be heard on Monday.Senior Advocate...

Breaking: SC Accepts CBSE Notification Cancelling Examinations [Read CBSE's Assessment Scheme For Class X & XII]

The Supreme Court on Friday accepted the draft notification issued by the Central Board of Secondary Examination regarding the assessment scheme for the cancelled examinations of Class X and XII exams.The CBSE filed an affidavit in the Court explaining the assessment scheme.The Assessment Scheme proposed by the CBSE for Class X and XII, from the affidavit submitted by it before the...

J&K Bar Association President Moves SC Against HC Order Upholding His Detention Under PSA

The Supreme Court will hear tomorrow a plea challenging the Jammu & Kashmir High Court's order, upholding the detention of Bar Association President Mian Abdul Qayoom.A vacation bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul & BR Gavai shall take up the Special Leave Petition at 11.30 AM against dismissal of the habeas corpus petition which challenged the preventive detention of the...

'Animal Sacrifice An Essential Religious Practice': Plea In SC Against Kerala HC Judgment Upholding Law Prohibiting Animals and Birds Sacrifices

An appeal has been filed before the Supreme Court against an order of the Kerala High Court, upholding the Constitutional validity of the Kerala Animals and Bird Sacrifices Prohibition Act, 1968. The appeal has been filed by one PE Gopalakrishnan, a Shakthi worshipper, claiming that animal sacrifice is an integral part of his religious practice and as such the High Court order...

Journalist Amish Devgan's Plea Seeking Quashing Of Multiple FIRs Against Him For Allegedly Insulting Sufi Saint: SC To Hear Tomorrow

Following a series of police complaints and FIRs against News 18 India's managing editor, Amish Devgan over his comment on renowned Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti of Ajmer, a plea seeking stay and quashing of all FIRs lodged against him has been preferred in the Supreme Court.Top Court shall hear the plea by a vacation bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari...

Can't Say Democracy And Institutions Are More Robust Today Than They Were During Emergency : Prashant Bhushan [Video]

It cannot be said that democracy and its institutions today are better and more robust than they were during the emergency, said activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan."The gains made in the last 40 years after emergency have been rapidly eroded by assault on institutions and rights, particularly in the last 6 years", Advocate Bhushan said.He was speaking on the topic "Stifling democracy...