TMC MP Mahua Moitra Moves SC Against Citizenship Amendment Act 2019

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has approached the Supreme Court questioning the constitutional validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019, which received President's assent on Thursday night.The petition was mentioned before CJI SA Bobde for urgent hearing. But the Court asked the Moitra's counsel to raise the matter first before the Mentioning Registrar for listing.The Act which...

Citizenship Amendment Bill Gets Presidential Assent Amidst North East Protests [Read Notification]

The contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 has now become an Act with the Centre notifying it in the official gazette late night on Thursday, following the assent granted to it by President Ram Nath Kovind.The bill was cleared by the Rajya Sabha with 120 supporting votes and 105 opposing votes on Wednesday. The Lok Sabha had passed it on Monday with 311 'ayes' and 80...

SCBA Elections : Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave Wins Presidency

Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave emerged as the winner in the elections to the post of President of Supreme Court Bar Association.After all rounds of voting, Dave secured 850 votes, with a majority of 151 votes over his next competitor Senior Advocate Vikas Singh, who got 699 votes.Dave was first elected as the SCBA President in 2014. In 2015, he was re-elected.Advocate Kailash Vasudev was...

[Article 370]Day-3] Senior Adv. Dinesh Dwivedi Seeks Reference To Seven Judge Bench [Read WS]

On Day 3 of the hearing in the constitutionality of the abrogation of Article 370, Senior Advocate Raju Ramachandran, for petitioners Shah Faesal and Shehla Rashid, took the five-judge bench through case-laws to emphasise a single constitutional principle- the power to enact a constitutional change (whether by application of India's other constitutional provisions with a "concurrence", or...

Mahout Files Habeas Plea In SC For Release Of Elephant From Detention [Read Petition]

Separating the elephant and mahout amounts to mental agony and torture, the plea said.

Breaking : SC Dismisses Review Petitions Filed Against Ayodhya Verdict [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed 18 review petitions which were filed against the November 9 judgment in the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid case.The petitions were considered in the chamber by a five judges bench comprising Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justices D Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan, Abdul Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna (who came in place of former CJI Gogoi).The bench held that the review...

PIL Filed In SC To Frame Guidelines For Deciding Mercy Petitions [Read Petition]

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court by Adv. Shiv Kumar Tripathi, seeking framing of proper procedures, rules and guidelines in disposal of the mercy petitions.According to the petitioner, lack of such guidelines is a violation of the rights of the convicts guaranteed under Article 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India. The petitioner opined that...

Human Rights of Women Appear To Be Only Talking Points And Not Actionable: Justice Madan Lokur [Video&Full Text]

"The human rights of women and girls appear to be only talking points and not actionable points. I say this because there are more than enough funds available for women’s safety, but these are not being utilized"

Breaking : SC Orders Judicial Enquiry Into Hyderabad Encounter; Probe To Be Completed In 6 Months [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered judicial enquiry into the killings of four men accused of gang-rape and murder of a veterinarian in an alleged encounter with Hyderabad police on December 6.The probe will be headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice V S Sirpurkar. Ex Bombay HC judge Justice Rekha Baldota and former CBI Director Karthikeyan will be other members of the enquiry...

Breaking : Indian Union Muslim League Moves SC Challenging Citizenship Amendment Bill [Read Petition]

The Indian Union Muslim League(IUML) on Thrusday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019, even as it awaits President's assent to become an Act. The Bill, which was cleared by Rajya Sabha on Wednseday and Lok Sabha on Monday, amends the Citizenship Act 1955 to liberalize the norms for granting citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangaldesh...

[Live Updates From Supreme Court] Article 370 Hearing- Day 3

Supreme Court Constitution Bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, Sanjay Kishen Kaul, R Subhash Reddy, B R Gavai and Surya Kant commenced the hearing of the petitions challenging the Presidential Orders under Article 370 which revoked the special status of Jammu and...

[Article 370] [Day-2] Concurrence Cannot Be From The Governor Who Doesn't Have The Aid And Advice of Council of Ministers: Raju Ramachandran

On the Second Day of hearing of petitions challenging abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution of India, Senior Advocate Raju Ramachandran continued his submissions before the Constitution Bench."Even if the Presidential Proclamation passes the threshold test of an extra-ordinary situation in the state, the exercise of power by the Parliament subsequently or by the governor to...