SC Issues Notice On Plea By Mothers Of Rohit Vemula And Dr Payal Tadvi To End Caste Discrimination In Campuses

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice in a PIL filed by the mothers of Rohit Vemula and Dr.Payal Tadvi for seeking measures to end caste discrimination in higher educational institutions.The bench comprising Justices N V Ramana and Ajay Rastogi asked Senior Advocate Indira Jaising, who appeared for the petitioners, as to the need for orders from Court when UGC regulations against...

Breaking : Single Bench Of SC To Hear Transfer Petitions, Bail Matters Of Offences Punishable With 7 Yrs Imprisonment [Read Notification]

The Supreme Court has amended the Supreme Court Rules 2013 to provide for single bench sitting to deal with transfer petitions and special leave petitions arising out of bail orders with respect to offences punishable up to seven years imprisonment.Exercising the powers under Article 145 of the Constitution of India, the SC has notified the Supreme Court (Amendment) Rules 2019, to insert...

Justice Ujjal Bhuyan Of Gauhati HC Transferred To Bombay HC [Read Notification]

Justice Ujjal Bhuyan of Gauhati High Court has been transferred to Bombay High Court. The appointment notification in this regard has been published by the Central Government today.The Supreme Court Collegium had, last month, recommended transfer of Justice Bhuyan of the Gauhati High Court in the interest of better administration of justice. The Gauhati High Court Bar Association had...

Two Additional Court Rooms Set Up In SC To Accommodate New Judges

As per orders of the Chief Justice of India, two new court rooms have been created in the Supreme Court, to accommodate four new Supreme Court judges, who have been elevated from various High Courts. A circular issued by the Supreme Court today informed of court room no.s 16 and 17 being ready and located adjacent to court room no. 10.The Supreme Court currently has 15 court...

Section 138 NI Act- No Provision For Consolidation Of Multiple Cases Arising Out Of Single Notice: SC [Read Order]

"There is no provision of consolidation of cases in the Code of Criminal Procedure."

Larger Public Interest: SC Upholds Withdrawal Of Excise Duty Exemption For Pan Masala [Read Judgment]

"The State could not be compelled to continue the exemption, though it was satisfied that it was not in the public interest to do so. The larger public interest would outweigh an individual loss, if any."

'Right To Access Internet Is Part Of Right To Privacy And Right To Education' : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

(Updated with Judgment)In a landmark judgment, the High Court of Kerala on Thursday declared that right to access internet is a fundamental right forming part of right to privacy under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. The Court added that it also forms part of right to education.The declaration was given by a single bench of Justice P V Asha while allowing a petition filed by a...

Article 14- Classification Should Never Be Arbitrary, Artificial Or Evasive, Reiterates SC [Read Judgment]

"The classification made in favour of tenants of minor landlords as opposed to tenants of landlords of the other two categories is a classification which is arbitrary in nature."

INX Media Case: P Chidambaram's Judicial Custody Extended Till October 3

Special CBI Judge Ajay Lumar Kuhar on Thursday extended P Chidambaram's judicial custody in INX Media case till October 3. Mr Chidambaram has already spent 14 days in judicial custody.Chidambaram's counsels Senior Advocates Kapil Sibal and Abhishek Manu Singhvi had argued that extending judicial custody is not a mechanical exercise and the judge granting remand has to give reasons for the...

Bihar Cricket Association Files Contempt Case In SC Against BCCI Committee Of Administrators [Read Petition]

A contempt petition has been filed by the President of the Bihar Cricket Association (BCA), Jagannath Singh, in the Supreme Court, alleging willful disobedience by Committee of Administrators of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) of the Supreme Court's judgment dated August 9, 2018, in BCCI v. Cricket Association of Bihar & Ors.In the said judgment, a special bench of the...

SC Summons UP's Home Secretary For State's Failure To Respond To Plea

The Supreme Court on Thursday summoned the home secretary of Uttar Pradesh after taking a serious view of the state government's failure to respond to a plea by a "minor" Muslim girl, who has challenged the Allahabad High Court order by which her marriage was found to be void. The 16-year-old girl has challenged the high court order, saying that as per the Mohammedan Law, once a...

Professor Who Cursed Sr Adv Dhavan For Representing Muslims In Ayodhya Case Offers Apology; SC Closes Contempt Case

The Supreme Court on Thursday closed the contempt case against Chennai-based Professor Shanmugham, after he expressed regret for showering curses on Senior Advocate Rajeev Dhavan for representing Muslim parties in the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid case.The 88 year old Professor tendered unconditional apology for writing the letter to Senior Advocate Dhavan.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, representing...