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Jallikattu | 'Nagaraja Judgment Is On A Wrong Premise That Animals Have Rights' : TN Govt Argues Before Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday resumed hearing on the challenge to the constitutionality of laws permitting Jalikattu, Kambala and bull-cart race in states like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Maharashtra.The 5-judge bench of Justices K. M. Joseph, Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and C. T. Ravi Kumar are hearing the matter. The present batch of petitions were initially filed to quash...
Supreme Court Invalidated NJAC Disregarding People's Mandate : Vice President In Maiden Rajya Sabha Speech
In his very first address as the Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar made critical comments about the Supreme Court's judgment which overturned the Constitutional Amendment passed to bring in the National Judicial Appointments Commission.The Vice President said that the Supreme Court's judgment was "a glaring instance of severe compromise of...
Article 224A : Supreme Court To Consider Centre's Status Report On Appointing Ad-Hoc HC Judges Tomorrow
At the request of the Union Government, the Supreme Court has deferred the hearing of the PIL preferred by the NGO, Lok Prahari seeking invocation of Article 224A of the Constitution of India for making ad-hoc appointments of judges to tackle the problem of mounting case arrears in High Courts till tomorrow.Article 224A enables a Chief Justice of a High Court, with the previous consent of...
CAT Vacancies: Supreme Court Directs Tenure Of Officers To Be Extended Until Vacancies Are Filled
The Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice of India Dr DY Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala directed the tenure of all officers of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) to be extended further until the vacancies for posts in the CAT are filled. The court has now listed the matter in the first week of February 2023 when it shall be apprised of further steps taken to fill up...
Polavaram Dam- Godavari River Dispute : Centre Seeks Time To Submit Report Before Supreme Court On Talks With States
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, granted the Union Government two months' time to submit a report on the inter-state water dispute amongst Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Chhattisgarh with respect to river Godavari and the Polavaram Dam project on the said river. The Apex Court further indicated that in the interregnum the Ministry of Jal Shakti is to take initiative to hold meetings...
Anti-Trafficking Bill Under Consideration, Being Revised Further: Centre Informs Supreme Court
The Union government has informed the Supreme Court that it has no plans to refrain from adhering to the directions passed by the Court in 2015 for coming up with comprehensive legislation dealing with trafficking.The Draft Trafficking of Persons (Protection, Care and Rehabilitation) Bill is presently under the government's consideration and is being revised further, the Union's affidavit...
'Cannot Have A Lawyer As Scribe For AOR Exam': CJI DY Chandrachud On Visually Challenged Candidate's Plea
The Supreme Court on Tuesday remarked that a visually impaired person appearing for the examination for Advocate-on-Record (AOR) could not be provided with a scribe who was an LLB degree holder or a lawyer. The remark was made in a matter mentioned on behalf of a visually impaired lawyer who was unable to get a clearing for his scribe (who was an LLB degree holder) to assist him in the...
Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Constitutionality Of UP Gangsters Act, Says Arbitrary Powers Given To Police
A writ petition has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of Sections 3, 12, 14 of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 (Gangster Acts) along with Rule 16(3), 22, 35, 37(3) and 40 of the Uttar Pradesh Gangster and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Rules, 2021 (Gangster Rules) stating that the provisions are...
SC Status For Converted Dalits : Not Accepting Ranganath Mishra Commission Report, Centre Tells Supreme Court
Providing its current stand on the issue of extending the benefit of reservation available to the Scheduled Caste community to Dalits who have converted to other faiths, the Solicitor General of India, on Wednesday, informed the Supreme Court that the Union Government has decided not go by the report of the Ranganath Mishra Commission Report and has appointed a new Commission headed by...
Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Pleas Challenging Demonetisation; Asks Centre & RBI To Produce Relevant Records
The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved judgment on a batch of petitions challenging the decision taken by the Union Government six years ago to demonetise the currency notes of Rs. 500 and Rs.1000 denominations.A Constitution Bench comprising Justices S Abdul Nazeer, BR Gavai, AS Bopanna, V Ramasubramanian and BV Nagarathna heard arguments in a batch of 58 petitions. The bench allowed parties...
Can Case Against School Teacher For Molesting Student Be Quashed On Compromise? Supreme Court To Consider
The Supreme Court on December 2 converted a writ petition filed under Article 32 into a Special Leave Petition filed under Article 136 to consider the legality of a High Court order which quashed a case against a school teacher for allegedly molesting his student based on a "compromise" with the family members.A bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela M Trivedi was considering a...