Supreme Court Defers Judgment On Justice Eswaraiah's Plea To Set Aside AP High Court Order For Enquiry Into Alleged Phone Call 'Conspiracy' Against SC Judge

The Supreme Court on Friday deferred pronouncement of the judgement in the plea filed by former Andhra Pradesh High Court Judge, Justice V. Eswaraiah, against an order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court ordering a judicial inquiry into an alleged phone conversation between him and a District Judge plotting 'conspiracy' against the Chief Justice of the High Court and a sitting Supreme Court...

Supreme Court Allows UP's Plea To Transfer Mukhtar Ansari From Punjab Jail

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the writ petition filed by the State of Uttar Pradesh seeking transfer of BSP MLA Mukhtar Ansari from Ropar Jail in Punjab to Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur Jail.The Bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan directed that Ansari would be handed over to the custody of State of Uttar Pradesh within two weeks."It is directed that Mukhtar Ansari is handed over to the...

Former Supreme Court Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar Passed away

Former Judge of Supreme Court judge Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar passed away. He was aged 71 years.He served as a judge of the Supreme Court from 17 November 2009 – 6 June 2014He had also served as the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court and a judge at the High Courts of Punjab & Haryana and...

Maratha Quota Case : Supreme Court Constitution Bench Reserves Judgment After 10 Days Of Hearing

After a marathon hearing over a period of 10 days, the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Friday reserved the judgement in a batch of pleas challenging the Maharashtra SEBC Act, 2018, which provides for reservation for Marathas in jobs and education. The 5-Judge Bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, L. Nageswara Rao, S. Abdul Nazeer, Hemant Gupta and S. Ravindra Bhat heard...

Bhima Koregaon Case: Supreme Court Reserves Order On Gautam Navlakha's Plea For Default Bail

The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its order on a plea filed by senior journalist and activist Gautam Navlakha, against an order of the Bombay High Court denying him default bail in the Bhima Koregaon case. The Bench comprising of Justice UU Lalit and Justice KM Joseph said that it will release the order after 7th April, as Justice Joseph is not available until then. During...

Supreme Court Reserves Orders On Plea Against Deportation of Rohingya Refugees In Jammu

The Supreme Court on Friday reserved for orders a plea seeking directions for release of the Rohingya refugees who have been detained in Jammu and to restrain the government from deporting them to Myanmar.A bench comprising CJI SA Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramaniam was hearing an interim application filed by a PIL petitioner Mohammad Salimullah seeking protection of Rohinya...

Breaking: Supreme Court Dismisses Plea By Sushant Singh Rajput's Sister To Quash FIR Against Her Based On Rhea Chakraborty's Complaint

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed Sushant Singh Rajput's sister Priyanka Singh challenging the Bombay High Court's refusal to quash FIR filed against her by Mumbai Police on actor Rhea Chakraborty's complaint. "We are not inclined to entertain the petition", a bench headed by CJI Bobde told Senior Advocate Vikas Singh, who was appearing for Priyanka. The Bombay High Court...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Subramanian Swamy's Plea Challenging Provisions Of Places of Worship Act

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a PIL filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy challenging the Constitutional validity of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991.A Bench comprising of CJI SA Bobde and Justice AS Bopanna issued notice and tagged the matter with Ashwini Upadhyay's plea seeking similar relief."That the Act of 1991is unconstitutional is also void ab initio...

Supreme Court Allows Tata Sons Appeal Against NCLAT Order To Reinstate Cyrus Mistry As Chairman

In a big win for Tata Sons Ltd, the Supreme Court on Friday allowed its appeal against the order of the National Company Law Tribunal, which had ordered to reinstate the ousted Chairman Cyrus Mistry.The Court allowed the appeal of Tata Sons, answering all questions of law framed in the case in its favour, and set aside the NCLAT order. The appeals filed by Shapoorji Pallonji group and...

Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Electoral Bonds, Says Sufficient Safeguards Already There

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the release of the fresh set of electoral bonds from April 1 for the assembly polls in West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Puducherry.The Court dismissed the application filed by NGO Association for Democratic Reforms seeking stay of the bonds.Since the bonds were allowed to be released in 2018, 2019 and 2020 without interruption,...

Deportation Of Rohingyas Not Only Violates Art. 21 And International Norms But Like Sending Them To Torture Or Death:Petitioner To Supreme Court

In connection with the Rohingya matter, an additional affidavit has been filed before the Supreme Court, against the proposed deportation of the members of the Rohingya community, who have fled persecution in Myanmar and taken refuge in India."The deportation would not only violate their Article 21 right and all international norms but "would almost be like sending them back to torture or...

Mukul Rohatgi Vs SG Tushar Mehta On CBI 's Jurisdiction In West Bengal [Courtroom Exchange In Coal scam Case Before SC]

The Supreme Court on Thursday granted ad interim protection from arrest to the prime accused in the West Bengal coal scam probe, Anup Majee, conditional on him joining in the investigation before the CBI and cooperating in the same. The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, MR Shah and Sanjiv Khanna further clarified that this order is passed without expression of any opinion on the merits of...