Governors Should Return Bills As Soon As Possible : Supreme Court Observes In Telangana Government's Plea Against Governor

In the plea filed by Telangana Government seeking directions to Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to clear ten bills passed by the legislative assembly, which were awaiting her assent, the Supreme Court on Monday was informed that all the pending bills had been assented to by the Governor. The matter was listed before a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha. While...

Supreme Court Sets Aside Telangana HC Order Directing CBI To Provide Printed Questions To YSRCP MP Avinash Reddy; Says Such Orders Gravely Prejudice Investigation

The Supreme Court on Monday set aside the order of the Telangana High Court which had granted Lok Sabha member YS Avinash Reddy interim protection from arrest and directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct the investigation in a given manner in the murder case of YS Vivekananda Reddy, a member of the Indian National Congress and brother of the late Andhra Pradesh Chief...

After Supreme Court’s Contempt Warning, Principal Bench of National Green Tribunal Transfers Cases From Western Zone

The Supreme Court on Monday was informed by the principal bench of the National Green Tribunal that all suo motu cases arising from the western zone, which they had continued hearing despite specific instructions to the contrary, were transferred. This development comes less than two weeks after the principal bench was warned that contempt proceedings would be initiated against it for...

Judges Have No Business Granting Interviews On Pending Matter: Supreme Court Seeks Clarification From Calcutta HC Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay

The Supreme Court, while hearing the plea challenging the order passed by Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the Calcutta High Court through which he had directed the CBI and the ED to question TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee for the Primary Teachers' Recruitment Scam case, orally remarked that judges had no right to give TV interviews on pending matters. The matter was heard by...

Supreme Court Transfers all FIRs against Stand-Up Comedian Munawar Faruqui to Indore, Makes Earlier Order Granting Bail ‘Absolute’

In a significant development in the criminal cases against Mumbai-based stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui for allegedly hurting the sentiments of people, besides allegedly insulting union home minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Shah, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the transfer of all the first information reports (FIR) lodged against him in different states to...

Supreme Court To Hear Batch Of Petitions Challenging Triple Talaq Law In November 2023

The Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear the petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 in November 2023.When the matter came up before the Division Bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice M.M. Sundresh today, the petitioners requested one matter to be treated as the lead matter in which all pleadings could...

IT Rules Amendment Prima Facie Lack Necessary Safeguards To Protect Satire: Bombay High Court In Kunal Kamra’s Challenge

The new amendment to IT Rules 2022 prima facie lacks the necessary safeguards, the Bombay High Court observed on Monday in the plea filed by stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra.A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale made the observation while refusing to adjourn the matter for ad- interim reliefs beyond Thursday. “The (Union's) affidavit says that satire etc will be exempt...

“Confession” And “Statement” Under Section 164 CrPC- Questions & Answers By Justice V. Ramkumar [Part-V]

Q.21 Is it not permissible for the Magistrate to follow the procedure for recording of evidence by administering oath to the accused while recording the confession ? Ans. No. While the procedure for recording of evidence or administration of oath to the accused, can be resorted to while recording a “statement’ under Section 164 (5) Cr.P.C., such a procedure should not be...

50 Years Since Keshavananda Bharti Judgement | Supreme Court Announces Webpage Dedicated To Judgement

On the 50th anniversary of the landmark judicial pronouncement in Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala, the Supreme Court formed a webpage dedicated to the judgement. The formation of the webpage was announced today by CJI DY Chandrachud who stated that the said webpage could now help researchers across the world to learn more about the landmark judgement which was pronounced on 24th...

Golden Jubilee Of Kesavananda Bharati: Celebration And Introspection

This April 24th marks the 50th anniversary of the Kesavananda Bharati judgment which expounded the basic structure doctrine. It is the most celebrated constitutional case of the country. The full court of 13 judges, the largest bench ever-Chief Justice S. M. Sikri and Justices J. M. Shelat, K. S. Hegde, A. N. Grover, A.N. Ray, P. Jaganmohan Reddy, D. G. Palekar, H. R. Khanna, K. K. Mathew, M. H. Beg, S. N. Dwivedi, A. K. Mukherjea, Y. V. Chandrachud -sat and heard the case for the longest period...

Days After Firing in Delhi’s Saket Court, Bar Council of India Requests Union Govt for Effective Law for Lawyers’ Protection

Amid rising concerns over the safety of lawyers, the Bar Council of India has passed a resolution requesting the union government to frame an effective law for “the protection of lives, interests, and privilege of advocates and their families”. This development comes days after yet another shooting inside a court complex, this time in Delhi’s Saket district court. In a press...

"More Than 99.9 % People Opposed To Same-Sex Marriage", Bar Council Of India To Request Supreme Court To Leave Issue To Legislative Process

The Bar Council of India has resolved to request the Supreme Court to leave the issue of same-sex marriage to legislative process for wide spread consultation, saying that the matter is "highly sensitive" and having "social, religious and cultural connotations" and hence required wide spread consultations.Stating that "ever since the inception of human civilisation and culture, marriage has...