Supreme Court Grants Interim Protection To Indore Law College Professor In Case Over 'Hinduphobic' Book In Library

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice and sought the response of the state of Madhya Pradesh with respect to the anticipatory bail plea of Dr. Mirza Moziz Beg, an assistant professor at Indore’s Government Law College, which has been embroiled in controversy over the presence, in its library, of an allegedly ‘Hinduphobic’ and ‘anti-national’ book titled Collective Violence...

Supreme Court Directs Videography Of Sakal Hindu Samaj Meet; Asks Police To Take Preventive Action If Necessary To Prevent Hate Speech

The Supreme Court on Friday recorded the undertaking made by the State of Maharashtra that if permission is granted for Sakal Hindu Samaj for holding its proposed meeting at Mumbai on February 5, it will be subject to the condition that "nobody will make any hate speech and act in defiance of law or disturb the public order".Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta made this undertaking before...

Pending Recommendations To Appoint 5 SC Judges Will Be Cleared Soon : AG Tells Supreme Court

The Attorney General for India R Venkataramani on Friday informed the Supreme Court that the Central Government will very soon clear the recommendations forwarded by the Supreme Court collegium in December 2022 to elevate five High Court judges to the Supreme Court.Replying to a query raised by the Court regarding the status of the pending recommendations, the AG assured that warrants...

Supreme Court Asks Centre To Produce Original Records Relating To Order Blocking BBC's Documentary On Modi

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on petitions challenging the Centre's decision to block the public access to BBC's documentary "India : The Modi Question".A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and MM Sundresh also directed that the Centre should produce the original records relating to the order on the next date of hearing, which will be in April 2023.The bench was considering...

Supreme Court Directs That Its Two Judgments On Bail & Arrest Guidelines Be Made Part Of Curriculum In Judicial Academies

The Supreme Court on Friday directed that its judgments, which laid down elaborate guidelines regarding arrest and bail, be made part of the curriculum of State Judicial Academies, where judicial officers are given training.The 2021 judgment in the case Siddharth vs. State of Uttar Pradesh LL 2021 SC 391 and the 2022 judgment in the case Satender Kumar Antil vs Central Bureau Of...

Supreme Court Monthly Criminal Digest- January 2023

SUBJECT WISE INDEXBailSupreme Court disapproves Allahabad HC dismissing several bail applications on the same day for default. Rahul Sharma v. State of Uttar Pradesh, 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 64Supreme Court overturned a bail condition imposed by the High Court that a person accused of illegally claiming Input Tax Credit must deposit Rs. 70 lakhs, the alleged amount of improperly claimed ITC -...

Centre's Decision To Bar OCI Students From General Seats Will Apply To Only Those Who Register As OCIs After 04.03.2021 : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, on Friday, held that the notification issued by the Central Government in 2021 - which took away the rights of Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) category students to apply for general seats and confined their right only to Non-Resident Indians (NRI) category seats- will apply only prospectively from the date of the notification, which is March 4, 2021.The notification issued...

Chief Justice of Singapore Sundaresh Menon Watches Proceedings Of Chief Justice Chandrachud's Court

Chief Justice of Singapore, Justice Sundaresh Menon watched the proceedings of Court I of the Indian Supreme Court, which is led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud. While commencing the court proceedings, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud welcomed Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon and said–"It is my honour and pleasure to welcome Chief Justice of Singapore, Justice Sundaresh Menon. Justice Sundaresh...

CRZ Notification 2011 : Storage Facility For Edible Oil Not Allowed Outside Port Area; Supreme Court Affirms Quashing Of Post-Facto Clearance

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, noted that the word ‘within’ used for CRZ-I and ‘in’ used for CRZ-II in the CRZ Notification of 2011 cannot be interpreted to include what is outside the port areas. It is pertinent to note that in CRZ-I, the “storage of edible oil inter alia is permitted within the notified ports” and in CRZ-II, the storage of non-hazardous cargo such as edible...

Right To Vote Is A Constitutional Right; Not Just A Statutory Right : CJI DY Chandrachud

While hearing a PIL challenging the constitutionality of Section 33(7) of the Representation of Peoples Act 1951, which allows a candidate to contest from two seats in elections, CJI DY Chandrachud expressed his reservations on the view that the Right to Vote was a statutory right. Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, appearing for the petitioner in the matter, had submitted that Section...

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise Index (Citations 55 - 67) [January 23 – 31, 2023]

SUBJECT WISE INDEX Bail Supreme Court disapproves Allahabad HC dismissing several bail applications on the same day for default. Rahul Sharma v. State of Uttar Pradesh, 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 64 Supreme Court overturned a bail condition imposed by the High Court that a person accused of illegally claiming Input Tax Credit must deposit Rs. 70 lakhs, the alleged amount of...

Supreme Court Allows Woman Who Sought Abortion To Give Child For Adoption To A Couple Registered With CARA

In a plea filed by a 21-year old unmarried woman seeking permission to terminate a 29-week pregnancy, the Supreme Court of India, while noting that the petitioner in question had agreed to give birth to the child and place the child for adoption, asked AIIMS to take all necessary precautions in the interest of the safety and health of the mother and the fetus. Further, permission was granted...