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Plea To Stay Citizenship Amendment Act : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing
The Supreme Court will hear today applications to stay the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 and the Citizenship Amendment Rules 2024.A bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra will hear the matter. 237 writ petitions challenging the CAA, filed in 2019, have been listed before the bench. They were last listed before the Court on October 31, 2022.On March 11, the Union Government notified the Citizenship Amendment Rules 2024 to implement the CAA and notified...
Delhi Excise Policy Case : BRS Leader K Kavitha Withdraws From Supreme Court Her Plea Against ED Summons Of 2023
The Supreme Court today permitted withdrawal of the plea by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader and former Telangana CM's daughter K. Kavitha challenging ED summons in relation to the Delhi Excise Policy case.The plea was dismissed as withdrawn by a bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal, with liberty to petitioner-Kavitha to pursue appropriate remedies in accordance with law.During the hearing, Sr Adv Vikram Chaudhri, appearing for Kavitha, urged that the writ had become...
BREAKING| Supreme Court Orders Personal Appearance Of Patanjali MD & Baba Ramdev In Contempt Case Over Misleading Medical Ads
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ( March 19) directed the personal appearance of Patanjali's Managing Director Acharya Balakrishna and Baba Ramdev (Co-founder of Patanjali). The Bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah was hearing a case wherein it previously issued a Contempt notice to Patanjali Ayurved and its MD for continuing to publish misleading advertisements regarding medicinal cures. The contempt notice was issued noting that Patanjali continued misleading...
AAP Leader Satyendar Jain Prima Facie Guilty Of Money Laundering, ED Collected Sufficient Materials: Supreme Court
In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Monday (March 18) observed that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain, along with his aides Ankush Jain and Vaibhav Jain, are prima facie guilty of the alleged offences of money laundering.“Having regard to the totality of the facts and circumstances of the case, we are of the opinion that the appellants have miserably failed to satisfy us that there are reasonable grounds for believing that they are not guilty of the alleged offences. On...
Supreme Court Grants Bail To Litigant Taken Into Custody For Not Depositing Cost & Contemptous Remarks, Frames Contempt Charges
The Supreme Court today (March 18) granted bail to Upendra Nath Dalai, the man against whom contempt proceedings are going on for non-payment of cost imposed by the Court as well as for making contemptuous remarks against the Court. In addition to the civil contempt charges, the bench proceeded to initiate charges of criminal contempt as well. The Bench of Justice CT Ravikumar and Justice Rajesh Bindal had in January this year issued non-bailable warrant against Dalai after he failed...
Supreme Court Reviews Its Order, Reiterates Juvenile Justice Rules, 2007 Are Relevant Rules For Considering Question Of Juvenility
The Supreme Court reviewed its 2019 judgment wherein, while remitting the question of juvenility to the Punjab & Haryana High Court, it opined that the relevant rules to be looked into are Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules, 2001. The Division Bench of CT Ravikumar and Rajesh Bindal agreed that there was a manifest error and decided that it must be corrected as the litigant cannot be made to suffer for the Court's error. While doing so, the Court corrected its...
Supreme Court Issues Contempt Notice To Petitioner & Advocates For Alleging That HC Judge Presurrised To Withdraw Petition
In a criminal appeal where the petitioners/ accused persons argued that they were “pressurized” by the Single-Judge Bench of the Rajasthan High Court to withdraw their Section 482 Cr.P.C petition, the Supreme Court (on March 15) issued show cause notice for proceedings under the Contempt of Court Act. The Division bench of Justices B.R Gavai and Sandeep Mehta termed these averments as “contemptuous.” “It is stated that the petitioners having no other option was forced to withdraw ...
How Much Enrollment Fee Can State Bar Councils Charge? Supreme Court To Decide After Holi Recess
The Supreme Court on Monday (March 18) informed the petitioners seeking to challenge the enrolment fee charged by State Bar Councils that it would consider the issue after the Holi recess and deliver a judgment addressing the same. The bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra is seized on the present matter along with similar other petitions challenging the different enrolment fees being charged by different state bar councils as...
BREAKING | Allahabad HC Dismisses Jauhar University's Plea Challenging UP Govt's Decision Of Cancelling Land Lease
The Allahabad High Court today DISMISSED the challenge made to the cancellation of the lease of Maulana Mohamad Ali Jauhar University's land in the state's Rampur District. The writ petition of the Univeristy Trust had challenged the Uttar Pradesh government's move to seize the land by voiding the lease deed associated with the University.The state Government cancelled a 3.24-acre land lease to Maulana Mohammed Ali Jauhar Trust, led by former UP minister Azam Khan, citing lease condition...
'Publicity Oriented' : Supreme Court Snubs SCBA President's Letter Seeking Suo Motu Review Of Electoral Bonds Verdict
The Supreme Court on Monday (March 18) firmly dismissed a request made by Senior Advocate Dr Adish C Aggarwala, the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), seeking a suo motu review of the constitution bench's February 15 judgment on electoral bonds.During today's hearing, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, expressed clear disapproval, labelling Aggarwala's letter as 'publicity-oriented' and categorically stating that the request would not be entertained.Dr Aggarwala today attempted to...
Supreme Court Stays Orissa HC Order Nullifying 2019 Election Of Congress MLA Mohammed Moquim
In a matter where the Orissa High Court recently (on March 04) nullified the election of Congress MLA Mohammed Moquim from Barabati Constituency in Cuttack, the Supreme Court has not only issued notice but also stayed the operation of this decision. While doing so, the bench of Justices Surya Kant and K. V. Viswanathan also stated that Moquim would not be entitled to vote; however, he shall be permitted to participate in the assembly proceedings. Mohammed Moquim contested the Odisha...