CJI DY Chandrachud Lays Foundation Stone Of New High Court Complex In Jammu, Launches E-Initiatives

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dr D Y Chandrachud on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of a new high court complex in Jammu. The state-of-the-art complex, estimated to cost over Rs 800 crore, is located in the Raika forest belt on the outskirts of Jammu.Lieutenant Governor of J&K Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Brig B.D. Mishra (Retd.) and judges of the Supreme Court and...

Ensure No Illegal Animal Slaughtering In Housing Society On Bakri Eid, Bombay High Court Directs Mumbai Civic Body

In a late evening hearing the Bombay High Court directed the Mumbai civic body( BMC) to ensure there is no illegal goat sacrifice on the occasion of Bakri Eid tomorrow at Nathani Heights, a society at Mumbai Central.A division bench comprising Justices GS Kulkarni and Jitendra Jain said :“In the event the Municipal Corporation has not issued a license to undertake slaughtering of animals at...

Former SC Judge's Land Attempted To Be Grabbed : Jharkhand High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognisance Of Rising Land Grabbing Cases

The Jharkhand High Court has taken cognisance of rising cases of land grabbing by organised gangs of land grabbers in the state by instituting a suo-motu writ petition and arraying the Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary (Home), SSP (Ranchi) and Officer-in-Charge of Lower Bazar Police Station as Respondents in the case. The court took cognisance on the basis of a news report published in...

'When Minister Takes Rigid View, Consultation Is Wasted Effort': Calcutta High Court Upholds Appointments Of Interim-VCs By Governor

The Calcutta High Court today dismissed a petition filed by a retired Professor, seeking directions to annul the appointments of thirteen interim Vice-Chancellors in State Universities, which were made by the Governor of West Bengal acting as Chancellor of the said Universities. The petitioner had challenged these appointments on the ground that they were bad in law for being made...

BREAKING [Adipurush Row] 'Concerned About Sentiments Of All Religions Equally; Sacred Texts Shouldn't Be Touched Like This': Allahabad HC

While continuing to slam the makers of the film Adipurush for portraying religious characters of Ramayana including Lord Rama and Lord Hanuman in an objectionable manner, the Allahabad High Court today observed that the Court of Law is not about any one religion and that it is concerned with the sentiments of all religions equally. "You should not touch Quran, Bible and other sacred texts. We...

Breaking: Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Rahul Gandhi, Jairam Ramesh & Supriya Shrinate For KGF Song Copyright Infringement

The Karnataka High Court today refused to quash the FIR registered by music company MRT Music against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Jairam Ramesh and Supriya Shrinate over the alleged copyright infringement by the use of song from the Kannada movie "KGF Chapter 2" in the promotional video for the "Bharat Jodo Yatra".A single bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna observed,"Petitioner appeared to...

New Roster Effective In Supreme Court From July 3; PILs Before First Three Benches

The Supreme Court has published a new roster of work which will be effective from July 3. The allocation of cases will be allocated to fifteen different benches as per this subject-wise roster.The first bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud covers the maximum subject of cases, ranging from indirect taxes, service matters, criminal appeals, election petitions, company law,...

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise Index (Citations 446 - 460) [May 22 – 28, 2023]

SUBJECT WISE INDEXAnimal WelfareSupreme Court upholds laws allowing jallikattu, kambala & bull-cart racing In Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & Maharashtra. Animal Welfare Board of India v. Union of India, 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 447'Century old practice': Supreme Court disagrees with 2014 verdict which held that jallikattu was not part of the cultural heritage of Tamil Nadu. Animal Welfare Board...

‘Stray Dogs Pose Public Safety Risk, Need To Be Culled Or Confined’: Kerala State Child Rights’ Commission Approaches Supreme Court

Citing increase in stray dog attacks in Kerala, especially against children, the Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KeSCPCR) has approached the Supreme Court seeking directions to curb the menace. The statutory body has filed an intervention application before the Supreme Cour in a pending civil appeal in which the Kannur district panchayat has also filed a plea for...

‘Basic Structure’ of Valmiki Ramayana Distorted, Language in Dialogues Only Used by ‘Gully Boys’: PIL Before SC Seeks Ban on ‘Adipurush’

A public interest litigation (PIL) petition has been filed before the Supreme Court of India seeking an exhibition ban on Om Raut’s ‘Adipurush’, a movie based on the Hindu epic Ramayana, for allegedly hurting the sentiments of Hindus and devotees of various deities depicted in the movie by “destroying their fundamental values and characters” and modifying the ‘basic...

BREAKING: 'Why Tolerance Of Hindus Being Put To Test?; Thank Heavens They Didn't Create Law & Order Situation': Allahabad HC Slams Makers Of 'Adipurush'

Slamming the makers of the movie Adipurush for portraying religious characters including Lord Rama and Lord Hanuman in an objectionable manner, the Allahabad High Court today observed as to why the tolerance level of a particular religion (referring to Hindus) was being put to the test by them. "The one who is gentle should be suppressed? Is it so? It is good that it is about a religion,...

Changing 'Rules Of Game', Arbitrator Appointment By Ineligible Person, Scope Of LMV License : Matters Before New Constitution Bench Of Supreme Court

A new Constitution Bench has been formed in the Supreme Court to hear four cases starting July 12. The bench will be led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and will comprise Justices Hrishikesh Roy, PS Narasimha, Pankaj Mithal and Manoj Misra.The Bench will hear the following cases:1. Tej Prakash Pathak and ors v. Rajasthan High Court and orsThe issue in this matter is whether the "rules...