Supreme Court Grants Bail To Jitendra Tyagi In Dharam Sansad Hate Speech Case For 3 Months On Medical Grounds

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to Jitendra Tyagi alias Wasim Rizvi in the case for allegedly making anti-Muslim hate speeches at the Haridwar Dharam Sansad on medical grounds for three months.The Court however directed him to give an undertaking that he would not indulge in hate speech and not give any statement to electronic/digital/social mediaA bench comprising Justices Ajay...

Supreme Court Asks ED To Interrogate TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee & Wife At Kolkata Instead Of Delhi; Directs West Bengal Police To Give Assistance

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, stayed the effect and operation of the order of the Delhi High Court order refusing to quash summons issued to Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and his wife Rujira Naroola Banerjee for appearance in New Delhi for interrogation in connection to coal scam case. While issuing notice in the...

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise Index [May 8 – 14]

Arbitration Act, 1940; Section 21 - The word 'agree' in Section 21 of the Act refers to consensus ad idem between the parties who take a considered decision to forego their right of adjudication before a court where the suit is pending, and mutually agree to have the subject matter of the suit or part thereof adjudicated and decided by an arbitrator. (Para 17) M.P. Rajya...

GYANVAPI MOSQUE SURVEY- Supreme Court Hearing- Live Updates

The Supreme Court will hear today the Masjid Committee's plea challenging the survey ordered by a Varanasi Court in Gyanvapi mosque complex.A Varanasi Court directed the sealing of a spot in the Gyanvapi Mosque complex after being told that a Shiva Linga was found inside premises by the court-appointed Advocate Commissioner during the survey. Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Management Committee...

Places Of Worship Act Not Applicable To Gyanvapi Mosque : Hindu Sena President Approaches Supreme Court Against Masjid Committee's Plea

The President of the Hindu Sena, Vishnu Gupta, has moved the Supreme Court seeking directions for dismissal of the petition filed by Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Management Committee challenging the survey ordered by a Varanasi court in the Gyanvapi mosque-Kashivishvanath temple premises.An intervention application has been filed in a special leave petition filed by the Masjid Committee...

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise [May 2 to May 8]

Advocate - Senior Advocate Designation - Instead of ten marks to be allocated to a counsel who has put in between ten to twenty years of practice, the marks be allocated commensurate with the standing of the person at the Bar, that is to say, one mark each shall be allocated for every year of practice between ten to twenty years. Indira Jaising v. Supreme Court of India, 2022 LiveLaw...

Women On The Bench : Madras HC Leads With 13 Women Judges, Followed By Delhi & Telangana; 5 HCs Have No Women Representation

With the Supreme Court Collegium making its recommendations for judicial appointments in several High Courts recently, the skewed gender ratio in the Indian judiciary has once again come under scrutiny. A couple of years ago, the India Justice Report had uncovered a rather dismal picture of the same, calling out the 'highly inadequate' representation of women, particularly in the higher judiciary than in subordinate ones.Since the Collegium notified certain proposals for judicial...

Judge-Wise Statistics Of Reportable Judgments Of Supreme Court In April 2022

In April 2022, the Supreme Court delivered 88 Reportable Judgements. This month brought various concurring decisions rendered by Judges on different issues, for instance, on the issue of availability of the benefit of reservation after re-organization of States, Justice Uday Umesh Lalit authored the majority view (for himself and for Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha), whereas Justice S.Ravindra Bhat authored a separate concurring judgment. On the issue of the entitlement of Anganwadi...

Varanasi Court Seals Spot In Gyanvapi Mosque Premises Where Shiva Linga Is Stated To Be Found

The Court has prohibited the entry of anyone to the sealed premises and has directed DM, Police Commissioner and CRPF Commandment to secure the sealed place.

BREAKING| Supreme Court To Hear Masjid Committee's Plea Against Gyanvapi Mosque Survey Tomorrow

The Supreme Court will hear tomorrow the petition challenging the survey ordered by a Varanasi Court in Gyanvapi mosque.A bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and PS Narasimha will hear the petition filed by Committee of Management Ajnuman Intezamia Masjid Varanasi challenging the orders passed by a civil court in Varanasi for survey of the mosque on a suit filed by few Hindu...

Double Insurance : Second Insurer Can Decline Claim When Loss Has Been Fully Indemnified By Other Insurer - Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, recently, held that in cases of overlapping insurance policies, when the defined loss of the insured is fully indemnified by one insurer, the second insurer is not liable for the claim towards the same incident. "A contract of insurance is and always continues to be one for indemnity of the defined loss, no more no less. In the case of specific risks, such as...

We Have To Address The Issue Of Freedom Of Speech Together As A Society: Justice Ravindra Bhat

While refraining from making any comment on the recent Supreme Court order keeping in abeyance sedition cases, Supreme Court Judge Justice S. Ravindra Bhat remarked that in a larger sense, the issues around freedom of speech and expression have to be dealt with collectively as a society. Given that the matter remains sub-judice and comment on the subject has political ramifications, Justice...