Peace Party Moves Curative Petition Against Ayodhya Verdict [Read Petition]

Dr. Mohammad Ayub of the Peace Party has moved the Supreme Court against its order dated November 9, 2019, in the Ayodhya land title dispute case. After a review of the order was dismissed by a five judges bench comprising Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justices D Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan, Abdul Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna, Dr. Ayub has moved a Curative Petition, alleging that the Nov...

Breaking : Delhi Court Allows Chandra Shekhar Azad To Visit Delhi; Modifies Bail Conditions

In a relief to Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Azad, a Delhi Court on Tuesday modified the conditions in the January 15 bail order to allow him to visit Delhi whenever for election purposes.The Court has however told Azad that he should inform the DCP(Crime) about his visit and day schedule. Whenever in Delhi, he should stay in the address mentioned in the application.Additional Sessions Judge...

[Live-Updates] Hearing On Chandrasekhar Azad's Plea For Modification Of Bail Conditions

Tis Hazari court starts hearing the application filed by Bhim Army Chief Chandra Shekhar Azad for modification of Conditions in the Bail...

Reservation In Promotion For Persons With Disability (PWDs) Not Prohibited: SC Upholds 2-Judge Bench Decision [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has observed that the rule of no reservation in promotions as laid down in Indra Sawhney has no application to Persons With Disability (PWD). A three judge bench headed by Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman upheld a two judge bench view that the basis for providing reservation for PWD is physical disability and not any of the criteria forbidden under Article 16(1).The bench,...

[Live Updates] SC Hearing On Article 370 & JK Reorganization

The Constitution Bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, S K Kaul, Subhash Reddy, Surya Kant and BR Gavai is hearing a batch of petitions challenging the Presidential Orders of August 5&6 issued under Article 370 of the Constitution which repealed the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. The bench is also considering the constitutional validity of the J&K Reorganization Act which...

SC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging National Minorities Commission & Minority Benefit Schemes [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the National Commission for Minorities Act 1972.The plea seeks a declaration that the Act is unconstitutional as being discriminatory and violative. Apart from that, the petition also challenges various financial benefits and educational grants given to minorities.Without notifying minorities...

Shaheen Bagh Protests : Plea In SC Challenges Closure Of Traffic

A petition has been filed in Supreme Court asking for directions to the concerned authorities to monitor the traffic situation in parts of South Delhi which has arisen due to anti-CAA protests in Shaheen Bagh.The petitioner, a lawyer named Amit Sahni, had taken his grievance to the Delhi High Court where the same was disposed of by asking the authorities to look into it, but without any...

Mandatory Time Line For Filing Written Statement Is Not Applicable To Non-Commercial Suits : SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has clarified that the mandatory time-line for filing written statement is not applicable to non-commercial suits. As regards non-commercial suits, the time-line for written statement is directory and not mandatory, the Court held.The courts have the discretion to condone delay in filing of written statement in non-commercial suits, held a bench comprising CJI SA Bobde,...

Parent Who Is Denied Custody Shall Have Right To Talk To Child Everyday: SC [Read Judgment]

"A child is not an inanimate object which can be tossed from one parent to the other."

Nirbhaya Case : SC Dismisses Plea Of Juvenility Raised By Death Row Convict Pawan Gupta [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the plea of juvenility raised by Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape-murder case.A bench comprising Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bushan and AS Bopanna held that the same claim was earlier rejected by the Court after due consideration.The bench held that Delhi High Court had rightly rejected the plea.Advocate A...

[Breaking] Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case: Delhi Court Convicts Brajesh Thakur For Raping Minor Girls

Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Kulshreshtha at Saket Court has convicted Brajesh Thakur and 18 other accused persons in the Muzaffarpur Shelter Home case. Brajesh Thakur has been convicted for multiple grounds of rape, gangrape (section 376(d), IPC) aggravated sexual assault under section 6 of POCSO Act, criminal conspiracy, and offences under the Juvenile Justice Act. Certain female...

Electoral Bonds: SC Gives Two Weeks Time To Election Commission To Reply

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to grant an immediate stay on the 2018 Electoral Bonds Scheme ahead of the Delhi Assembly polls, granting the Election Commission two weeks' time to reply."A stay was not given by this court before. So we may not do it now", observed the bench headed by Chief Justice S. A. Bobde. However, noting Advocate Prashant Bhushan's submission that the polls in...