"School Register Not Primary Proof Of Birth Date" : Kapil Sibal To Supreme Court In Plea Of Azam Khan's Son Against Setting Aside Of Election

A Division Bench of the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday began to hear the challenge against a decision of the Allahabad High Court to disqualify Mohd. Abdullah Azam Khan, son of SP leader Azam Khan, for allegedly not having attained the age of 25 years on the date of the election as prescribed in Article 173(b) of the Constitution. In 2019, the Allahabad High Court struck a major blow to...

EWS Quota : Reservation Is Not For Poverty Alleviation, But To Correct Historic Injustices - Lawyers Argue In Supreme Court [Day 1]

The Supreme Court Constitution Bench, on Tuesday, commenced the hearing on the cases challenging the constitutional validity of reservation for Economically Weaker Sections. In the last hearing, the 5-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India UU Lalit, Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, S Ravindra Bhat, Bela M Trivedi and JB Pardiwala had proposed to complete the hearing on the matter in...

Supreme Court Starts Hearing BCCI Plea To Amend Constitution, Amicus Curiae Suggests Relaxation Of Cooling Off Period Requirement

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, commenced with the hearing of the plea seeking permission to amend the constitution of the Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI), to do away with the cooling-off period of three years after six years of holding position as an office-bearer of a State Association or the BCCI or combination of both. Appearing before a Bench comprising Justices...

Supreme Court Upholds Tamil Nadu GO Fixing 50% Marks For Eligibility To Undergo TTC Course For Appointment In State

The Supreme Court upheld a Tamil Nadu Government Order fixing 50% marks in SSLC for eligibility to undergo Teachers' Training Certificate Course for appointment in the State.The State Government, in exercise of its Executive Power, can determine the minimum eligibility conditions of the marks for appointment, the bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia observed.In this case,...

Right To Contest Election Not A Fundamental Right ; It Is Only A Right Conferred By Statute: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that the right to contest an election is not a fundamental right but only a right conferred by a statute.An individual cannot claim that he has a right to contest election and the said stipulation violates his fundamental right, so as to file his nomination without any proposer as is required under the Act, the bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu...

EWS Quota - 103rd Amendment Negates Concept Of Reservation As Tool Of Representation, Violates Equality : Dr.Mohan Gopal To Supreme Court [Day 1]

Acclaimed academician Professor Dr.Mohan Gopal made arguments before the Supreme Court on Tuesday challenging the constitutional validity of the Constitution(103rd) Amendment which introduced reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in education and public employment.Addressing a Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice of India UU Lalit, Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, S Ravindra...

Confidence In The Institution Is Slowly Being Eroded : Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal To Supreme Court

Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal on Tuesday told a Supreme Court bench that the confidence in the institution is being slowly eroded."We have great regard for the chair that you sit on, this is a marriage that cannot be broken between the bar and the bench, there is no separation here and once we realize what is happening sometimes at this end and sometimes at the other end, and it disturbs a man...

Lodging Juveniles In Adult Prisons Amounts To Deprivation Of Their Personal Liberty: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that lodging juveniles in adult prisons amounts to deprivation of their personal liberty.Once a child is caught in the web of adult criminal justice system, it is difficult for the child to get out of it unscathed, the bench comprising Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and JB Pardiwala observed while considering a writ petition filed by a murder accused undergoing...

'Approach High Court': Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Challenging Exclusion Of SC/ST Reservation In Jharkhand District Judges Appointment

The Supreme Court, on Monday, refused to entertain a plea challenging the non-inclusion of reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes communities in the process of appointment of District Judges in pursuant to an advertisement issued by the High Court of Jharkhand in March, 2022. The petition claims that the exclusion of reservation violates Jharkhand...

Hijab Case : Must Resist Efforts To Create Unitary Culture, Idea Of Unity In Diversity Arises From Composite Culture, Argues Salman Khurshid

A Division Bench of the Supreme Court on Monday continued to hear the challenge against a Government Order (GO) passed by the State of Karnataka that effectively allowed college development committees to place a ban on the hijab in government colleges. A batch of 23 petitions was filed in this connection, some of which were writ petitions placed directly before the Supreme Court, while...

EWS Reservation- Supreme Court Constitution Bench Hearing- LIVE UPDATES

The Supreme Court Constitution Bench will commence the hearing on the cases challenging the constitutional validity of reservation for . In the last hearing, the 5-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India UU Lalit, Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, S Ravindra Bhat, Bela M Trivedi and JB Pardiwala had proposed to complete the hearing on the matter in five working days, and start the same...

Supreme Court Issues Notice To TN Govt On Plea To Remove Atheistic Inscriptions In Periyar Statues

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice and sought response from the Tamil Nadu Government and Dravidar Kazhagam on a plea seeking removal of atheistic inscriptions at the statue of Periyar erected all over the State of Tamil Nadu. A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and A S Oka issued notice on the petition which contended that the inscriptions hurt the belief and sentiments of...