AIADMK Rift : Supreme Court Allows OPS & Other Expelled Members To Participate In General Council Meet To Select By-Poll Candidate

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the 3 expelled members of the AIADMK - including former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Paneerselvam (OPS)- to participate in the party's General Council Meet to select the candidate for the Erode East by-poll for the upcoming bye-elections. A Bench of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy passed the interim directions today. Considering the fact...

Transfer Of Property Act - Encroacher Cannot Claim Benefit Of Section 51 : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that an encroacher cannot be termed as a 'transferee' to seek benefit of Section 51 of the Transfer of Property Act.Where the owner of the land filed suit for recovery of possession of his land from the encroacher and once he establishes his title, merely because some structures are erected by the opposite party ignoring the objection, that too without any bona...

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Against Govt Managing Temple Properties

The Supreme Court, on Friday, refused to entertain a petition, inter alia, seeking uniformity in endowment laws, as it found that the prayers and averments in the plea were not appropriate to grant relief. The petitioner had raised an objection that "States are running temples".“We are unimpressed by the nature of prayers made and the averments and that is put to the Ld. Counsel that in...

Centre vs Collegium : Supreme Court Warns Centre May Face 'Unpalatable' Action If Transfer Proposals Are Not Approved Soon

The Supreme Court, on Friday, stated in no unclear terms, that it would be constrained to take ‘unpalatable’ judicial as well as administrative actions if there is any further delay on the part of the Union Government in considering the recommendations made by the Supreme Court Collegium for transfer of judges. On the last date of hearing, the same concern was echoed by the Bench...

S.153A Income Tax Act| Can Assessments Be Reopened If No Incriminating Material Is Found During Search? Supreme Court Reserves Judgment

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its judgment on whether in an assessment under section 153A of the Income Tax Act, besides the incriminating material found during search, such materials which the Assessing Officer has on hand and the third party records available can be relied on to assess total income, or whether the assessment has to confined only to the incriminating material...

Adani-Hindenburg Issue : PIL In Supreme Court Seeks To Declare 'Short Selling' As Offence Of Fraud, Probe Against Nathan Anderson

In the wake of the Adani group shares taking a beating in the stock market following the publication of a report by US-based short-selling firm Hindenburg Research, a PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court.The petition filed by serial litigant Advocate ML Sharma seeks to declare 'short-selling' as the offence of fraud. He seeks investigation against Nathan Anderson, the founder of...

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Seeking To Declare Ayodhya Ram Mandir Land As 'Buddha Vihar'

Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha on Friday refused to entertain a petition seeking to declare the land in Ayodhya where Ram Mandir is being built, as 'Ayodhya Buddha Vihar'. The petition came three years after a five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court had given its verdict in the Ayodhya dispute. The court had, in November...

PIL Against Religious Conversions : Ashwini Upadhyay Withdraws Affidavit With Objectionable Comments Against Minorities

The Supreme Court on Friday considered a batch of petitions in relation to religious conversions. Some cases in the batch seek action against religious conversions by force or allurement and other cases challenge the validity of anti-conversion laws passed by various States. The matter was listed before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha. In...

Supreme Court Grants Interim Protection To Indore Law College Professor In Case Over 'Hinduphobic' Book In Library

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice and sought the response of the state of Madhya Pradesh with respect to the anticipatory bail plea of Dr. Mirza Moziz Beg, an assistant professor at Indore’s Government Law College, which has been embroiled in controversy over the presence, in its library, of an allegedly ‘Hinduphobic’ and ‘anti-national’ book titled Collective Violence...

Supreme Court Directs Videography Of Sakal Hindu Samaj Meet; Asks Police To Take Preventive Action If Necessary To Prevent Hate Speech

The Supreme Court on Friday recorded the undertaking made by the State of Maharashtra that if permission is granted for Sakal Hindu Samaj for holding its proposed meeting at Mumbai on February 5, it will be subject to the condition that "nobody will make any hate speech and act in defiance of law or disturb the public order".Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta made this undertaking before...

Pending Recommendations To Appoint 5 SC Judges Will Be Cleared Soon : AG Tells Supreme Court

The Attorney General for India R Venkataramani on Friday informed the Supreme Court that the Central Government will very soon clear the recommendations forwarded by the Supreme Court collegium in December 2022 to elevate five High Court judges to the Supreme Court.Replying to a query raised by the Court regarding the status of the pending recommendations, the AG assured that warrants...

Supreme Court Asks Centre To Produce Original Records Relating To Order Blocking BBC's Documentary On Modi

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on petitions challenging the Centre's decision to block the public access to BBC's documentary "India : The Modi Question".A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and MM Sundresh also directed that the Centre should produce the original records relating to the order on the next date of hearing, which will be in April 2023.The bench was considering...