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Tripura Violence : Supreme Court Agrees To Give Urgent Listing To Petition Challenging UAPA Against Lawyers, Journalists
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to urgently list a petition challenging the invocation of UAPA by the Tripura police against journalists, lawyers and activists over their social media posts regarding the recent communal violence in the State.Advocate Prashant Bhushan mentioned the matter before a Bench comprising CJI NV Ramana, Justice AS Bopanna and Justice Hima Kohli seeking urgent...
Gujarat Riots : All Those Who "Collaborated" Were Rehabilitated Later; SIT Head RK Raghavan Made High Commissioner - Sibal Tells Supreme Court
While arguing Zakia Jafri's plea against the clean chit given by the Special Investigation Team(SIT) to the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and other high functionaries in the Gujarat Riots case, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal told the Supreme Court that the SIT head RK Raghavan was appointed as a High Commissioner later."All these people who, quote-unquote, "collaborated",...
Justice Chandrachud Recounts Experience In Kargil During Char-Dham Hearing; Says Army People Closely Bound With Civilians
In the course of the hearing in the Char-Dham Highway expansion matter, Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on Wednesday recounted his Experience in Kargil, expressing that army lives are closely bound with civilians.These remarks came when Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves, for the petitioner-NGO Citizens for Green Doon, expressed that he is "very perturbed by this narrative of Army versus the people,...
LIVE UPDATES- Gujarat Riots Case- Supreme Court Hearing On Zakia Jafri's Plea Against Clean Chit To Narendra Modi
Gujarat Riots Case: Supreme Court to continue hearing today the petition filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the SIT's clean chit to the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi & other high functionaries in the #GujaratRiots of...
Gujarat Riots - No Appeal Filed Against Maya Kodnani's Acquittal; VHP Persons Appointed Prosecutors In Many Cases : Kapil Sibal Tells Supreme Court
On Wednesday, to demonstrate the lack of proper investigation by the SIT in the Gujarat riots conspiracy case, Mr. Kapil Sibal pointed out to the Supreme Court that SIT has not challenged the Gujarat High Court's decision to acquit Maya Kodnani, former BJP MLA from Naroda, who was identified as the 'kingpin' in the Naroda Patiya massacre of 2002 by the trial court. Kodnani was named as a...
Land Acquisition | 2 Year Period For Lapse Of Proceedings Under 1894 Act Won't Apply After Notification Of 2013 Act : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that the 2 year period prescribed under the Land Acquisition Act 1894 for the lapse of land acquisition proceedings for not delivering the award will not apply to an award passed after the notification of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013The limitation period for passing/making of an...
Gujarat Riots | 'No Investigator With A Sense Of Justice Will Discard These Evidence': Sibal Slams SIT Probe Giving Clean Chit To Narendra Modi & Ors
Sibal argued that the SIT did not question the accused, seize their phones, collect their call records and ignored evidence showing conspiracy and hate speech and discarded the Tehalka sting reports, though the same were used for prosecution by SIT in the Naroda Patya case.
Char Dham Highway Expansion-There Is No Defence Needs Versus Civilian or Environmental Concerns, Have To Balance Both: Supreme Court
"There is no defence versus environment at all. What you do for the defence is not contrary to the civilian needs or environmental needs", observed Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on Wednesday.The bench, also comprising Justices Surya Kant and Vikram Nath, was hearing the plea challenging the Char-Dham Highway expansion project.Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves, for the petitioner-NGO Citizens for...
Notable Interventions Of Madras HC Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee, Now Proposed To Be Transferred To Meghalaya HC
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the transfer of Madras High Court Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee to the Meghalaya High Court. The recommendation, which was made in the Collegium meeting held on September 16, was published only on November 9.Chief Justice Banerjee who hails from the Calcutta High Court was appointed as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court on January 4, 2021. He is...
Sec 138 NI Act - Merely Because Complaint Mentions Managing Director's Name First, It Can't Be Held That Complaint Is Not On Behalf Of Company : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that a complaint filed on behalf of a company under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act is not liable to be dismissed for the sole reason that it stated the name of the Managing Director first followed by the company's name.A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundersh held that though this format may not be perfect it cannot be...
'Sorry State Of Affairs In Tihar' : Supreme Court Directs Centre To Take Immediate Steps To Enhance Prison Management
Citing sorry state of affairs in Tihar Jail in the wake of the connivance of prison officials with the accused in the Unitech case, the Supreme Court today observed that there was urgent need for prison reforms and enhanced prison management. The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah directed the Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs to take necessary steps in pursuance of para 3 &...
