Anti-Trafficking Bill Under Consideration, Being Revised Further: Centre Informs Supreme Court

The Union government has informed the Supreme Court that it has no plans to refrain from adhering to the directions passed by the Court in 2015 for coming up with comprehensive legislation dealing with trafficking.The Draft Trafficking of Persons (Protection, Care and Rehabilitation) Bill is presently under the government's consideration and is being revised further, the Union's affidavit...

'Cannot Have A Lawyer As Scribe For AOR Exam': CJI DY Chandrachud On Visually Challenged Candidate's Plea

The Supreme Court on Tuesday remarked that a visually impaired person appearing for the examination for Advocate-on-Record (AOR) could not be provided with a scribe who was an LLB degree holder or a lawyer. The remark was made in a matter mentioned on behalf of a visually impaired lawyer who was unable to get a clearing for his scribe (who was an LLB degree holder) to assist him in the...

Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Constitutionality Of UP Gangsters Act, Says Arbitrary Powers Given To Police

A writ petition has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of Sections 3, 12, 14 of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 (Gangster Acts) along with Rule 16(3), 22, 35, 37(3) and 40 of the Uttar Pradesh Gangster and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Rules, 2021 (Gangster Rules) stating that the provisions are...

SC Status For Converted Dalits : Not Accepting Ranganath Mishra Commission Report, Centre Tells Supreme Court

Providing its current stand on the issue of extending the benefit of reservation available to the Scheduled Caste community to Dalits who have converted to other faiths, the Solicitor General of India, on Wednesday, informed the Supreme Court that the Union Government has decided not go by the report of the Ranganath Mishra Commission Report and has appointed a new Commission headed by...

Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Pleas Challenging Demonetisation; Asks Centre & RBI To Produce Relevant Records

The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved judgment on a batch of petitions challenging the decision taken by the Union Government six years ago to demonetise the currency notes of Rs. 500 and Rs.1000 denominations.A Constitution Bench comprising Justices S Abdul Nazeer, BR Gavai, AS Bopanna, V Ramasubramanian and BV Nagarathna heard arguments in a batch of 58 petitions. The bench allowed parties...

Can Case Against School Teacher For Molesting Student Be Quashed On Compromise? Supreme Court To Consider

The Supreme Court on December 2 converted a writ petition filed under Article 32 into a Special Leave Petition filed under Article 136 to consider the legality of a High Court order which quashed a case against a school teacher for allegedly molesting his student based on a "compromise" with the family members.A bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela M Trivedi was considering a...

Madras HC Senior Designations : Supreme Court Refuses Urgent Hearing For Plea Highlighting Low Women Representation

A plea seeking intervention of the Supreme Court of India in Senior Advocate designations in the Madras High Court owing to low representation of women in the posts was mentioned before the bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha on Wednesday. The bench refused to grant an urgent listing to the matter stating that issues such as these did not require out of...

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'EWS Quota Is Reservation For Upper Castes With A Creamy Layer Exclusion': All India Backward Classes Federation Seeks Review Of Supreme Court Judgment

A review petition has been filed by All India Backward Classes Federation against the majority judgement of the Constitution Bench judgment upholding the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment which introduced provisions for reservation to Economically Weaker Sections (EWS). The judgement dated 07.11.2022, by a 3:2 majority, had upheld the validity f the 103rd Constitutional...

CJI DY Chandrachud Announces Launch Of 'Supreme Court Mobile App 2.0'; Law Officers & Govt Depts Can Track Cases Now

On Wednesday, the Chief Justice of India Dr. DY Chandrachud made an important announcement in the Supreme Court of India. He announced the launch of the 'Supreme Court Mobile App 2.0'.While urging lawyers in the courtroom to start using the application, CJI Chandrachud stated that the app was ready to use for the Android users. He added–"It is available on Google store. Please use...

Sharjeel Imam Moves Supreme Court Seeking To Expunge Remarks Made By Delhi HC Against Him While Denying Bail To Umar Khalid

JNU scholar and activist Sharjeel Imam has moved the Supreme Court seeking to expunge the remarks made by the Delhi High Court against him while denying bail to Umar Khalid in the Delhi Riots conspiracy case. The High Court had said that Sharjeel Imam was arguably 'at the head of the conspiracy' with whom Umar Khalid was in touch. The High Court had also cited certain instances of ...

Jallikattu Case| Legislature Entitled To Exempt Incidental Pain From Animal Cruelty : TN Govt Argues Before Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday resumed hearing on the challenge to the constitutionality of laws permitting Jalikattu, Kambala and bull-cart race in states like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and MaharashtraThe 5-judge bench of Justices K. M. Joseph, Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and C. T. Ravi Kumar is hearing the matter. The present batch of petitions were initially filed to quash and...