"Has Become Infructuous": Supreme Court On Kisan Mahapanchayat Plea For Protest At Satyagraha Against Farm Laws

"This is not an ongoing issue", the Supreme Court of India observed on Friday while considering a petition filed by Kisan Mahapanchayat seeking permission to allow Satyagraha at Jantar Mantar to protest against the farm laws(which have now been repealed).The Kisan Mahapanchayat is a body of agricultural community and farmers across the country protesting against the three controversial...

Supreme Court Allows Kerala Govt To Withdraw Plea To Restore UAPA Charges Against Alleged Maoist Leader

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the State of Kerala to withdraw the petition filed by it seeking to restore the UAPA charges against alleged Maoist leader Roopesh.The State had approached the Supreme Court challenging the order of the Kerala High Court discharging alleged Roopesh of charges under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and sedition under Section 124A of the Indian...

Supreme Court Stays Lokayukta Proceedings Against Former Karnataka CM Yediyurappa In Bribery Case

The Supreme Court, on Friday, issued notice in a plea challenging the order of the Karnataka High Court, whereby a bribery complaint, filed against former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, his son B.Y. Vijayendra and others alleging offences under Prevention of Corruption Act, had been restored. A Bench comprising Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Hima Kohli stayed further proceedings by the...

Street Dog Population In Kerala Can't Be Redued By ABC Program Alone; Alternate Methods Needed: Siri Jagan Committee To Supreme Court

In relation to the stray dog menace in Kerala, the expert committee led by former Kerala High Court judge Justice S Siri Jagan has submitted its report before the Supreme Court, pursuant to the order passed on September 9.The committee in its report indicated towards a rise in the stray dog bites every year. "Not only media reports, but also visual verification on the streets also points to...

"This Is A Policy Matter": Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea On Regulation Of Alcoholic Drinks

The Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice U.U. Lalit, Justices Ravindra Bhat and Indira Banerjee refused to entertain plea filed by BJP leader and advocate Ashwini Upadhyay seeking to prohibit or regulate the production, distribution and consumption of intoxicating drinks in the State of NCT Delhi.At the outset, the bench noted that the matter pertained to policy making and was...

"Imagine The Load On Courts": Supreme Court Disapproves Filing Of Multiple Cases To Challenge National Commission For Minorities Act

The Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice U.U. Lalit, Justice Ravindra Bhat and Justice Indira Banerjee refused to entertain a plea seeking to declare the provisions of Places of National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992 being violative of Constitution, to avoid multiplicity of proceedings. While noting that parties were rushing to court after reading something in the newspaper,...

"Will Certainly List Article 370 Petitions" : Supreme Court To Hear Pleas Challenging J&K Special Status Abrogation After Dussehra

The Supreme Court on Friday said that it will list the petitions challenging the abrogation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 after Dussehra vacations."We will certainly list that", Chief Justice of India UU Lalit said, when an urgent mention was made by Senior Advocate Prashantho Chandra Sen for listing of the case(WP(C) 1070/2019 Radha Kumar and Ora vs UOI and...

'There Can't Be Two Investigating Agencies With Respect To Different Co-Accused In Same Crime' : Supreme Court Transfers FIRs Against Navika Kumar To Delhi

The Supreme Court, on Friday, directed that the FIRs registered Times Now anchor, Navika Kumar, over the remarks made by Nupur Sharma about Prophet Muhammed on a channel debate, be transferred to the IFSO unit of the Delhi Police.The FIR registered by the Delhi Police IFSO Unit shall be taken as the lead case. The direction will be applicable to future FIRs which may be registered with respect...

Supreme Court Asks State Govts To Submit Data On Those Who Have Jumped Bail, Parole

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday asked the state governments to inform the Court about the number of persons who have jumped bail or parole and whether proceedings have been initiated against them. A Division Bench comprising of Justices SK Kaul and Abhay Shreeniwas Oka also directed that a copy of the order dated February 17, 2020 be forwarded to all state governments. In...

EWS Quota Case - No Anthropological Study To Show Families Suffer From Poverty For Generations If They're Not Backward : Supreme During Hearing [Day 6]

The Supreme Court Constitution Bench, comprising Chief Justice of India UU Lalit, Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, S Ravindra Bhat, Bela M Trivedi and JB Pardiwala, on Thursday, continued hearings on the cases challenging the constitutional validity of reservation for Economically Weaker Sections. The hearings were commenced with the submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta. A report on...

Economic Backwardness Can Be Temporary, Other Forms Of Backwardness Attached To Lineage : Supreme Court Says During EWS Case Hearing [Day 6]

The Supreme Court Constitution Bench, comprising Chief Justice of India UU Lalit, Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, S Ravindra Bhat, Bela M Trivedi and JB Pardiwala, on Thursday, continued hearings on the cases challenging the constitutional validity of reservation for Economically Weaker Sections. The arguments were commenced by Solicitor General of India, Tushar Mehta, who had provided a...

Courts Today- A Daily Round Up Of Important Legal Developments- 22.9.22

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