Waiver Of Loan Interest: Sufficient Relief Granted; Further Intervention Not Needed, Centre Tells Supreme Court

The Centre urged a bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, MR Shah and Subhash Reddy to not intervene and provide further relief to borrowers under Article 32 as the Government was already "on top of it".Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told top Court today that many relief packages and schemes had been worked out with technical experts and the intervention of the Court in fiscal policy issues...

Everybody Can't Be Permitted To Treat COVID: Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response On use Of Alternative Medicines To Treat Covid

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Centre to file a counter affidavit detailing in what manner and to what extent Alternative Medicine by way of Ayurveda, Homeopathy and Siddha are permitted to treat COVID.The bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan was hearing a SLP against the August 21 decision of the Kerala High Court holding that AYUSH Doctors shall not prescribe tablets or mixtures...

Supreme Court Restores and Keeps For Admission ML Sharma's Plea Challenging The Three Farm Laws

The Supreme Court on Thursday restored for admission the petition filed by Advocate Manohar Lal Sharma which challenges the three farm laws that have been enacted by the Parliament recently and have attracted intense opposition from several farmers' groups across the country. In today's hearing, a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde informed Sharma that there was no cause...

Sudarshan News Case: Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing For Two Weeks To Enable Parties To Respond To Centre's Affidavit

The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing of the case against the controversial show of Sudarshan News TV to enable the parties to respond to the affidavit filed by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting yesterday.In today's hearing, a Bench comprising of Justices DY Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra was informed by the Union of India that it has passed an order cautioning...

[Loan Moratorium And Waiver of Interest] Live Updates From Supreme Court

Justice Ashok Bhushan led bench is hearing plea(s) seeking extension of the Covid19 induced loan moratorium & waiver of accruing...

Supreme Court: Right To Education Under Article 21A Envisages That Teachers Must Be Meritorious & The Best Of The Lot

Supreme Court noted that Rule 2(1)(x) read with Rule 14 provided that minimum qualifying marks as stipulated by the Government must be obtained by a candidate to be considered eligible for selection as Assistant Teacher.

Supreme Court To Hear Plea Against Sudarshan TV's "UPSC Jihad" Show Today, Centre Says Future Episodes Can Be Allowed

A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud will hear today, the petitions against Sudarshan News TV's "Bindaas Bol (UPSC Jihad)" show which is allegedly propagating communal hatred about the entry of Muslims into All India Civil Services.The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has permitted Sudarshan News to telecast the remaining four episodes of its contentious"Bindaas Bol...

[Breaking] Sudarshan TV's UPSC Jihad Show Not In "Good Taste", Likely To Promote Communal Attitudes: MIB Cautions Channel

The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court stating that Sudarshan TV's UPSC Jihad program is "not in good taste" and has likelihood to "promote communal attitudes". In this context, it has "cautioned" the Suresh Chavhanke led channel to be "careful in future." "The MIB after examining all facts and circumstances of the case and balancing...

Life Convict In Jail For 21 Years, Appeal Pending Before HC For 16 Years: Supreme Court Asks Him To Approach HC For Bail

The Supreme Court on Wednesday disposed of a writ petition filed by a life convict, whose appeal against the order of conviction is pending before the Allahabad High Court for more than 16 years, with directions to the High Court to consider his application for bail forthwith.On being informed that the Petitioner had spent over 21 years in prison during pendency of his appeal, without...

Supreme Court Refuses To Lift Stay On Release of Amitabh Bachchan Starrer "JHUND"

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to lift the stay imposed by the Civil Court as well as the Telangana High Court on the release of the movie "JHUND" which stars Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan.A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde dismissed the special leave petition filed by Producer of the movie, Super Cassettes, which challenged the October 19 judgement of a...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Petitions Challenging External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's Election to Rajya Sabha

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices on a batch of petitions challenging the election of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to Rajya Sabha from Gujarat.The pleas have also raised the issue of Election Commission's power on issuance of separate notifications for holding by-polls for casual and regular vacancies in Rajya Sabha.One of the petitions against Jaishankar has been filed...

Centre's Affidavit In Supreme Court Maintains Silence About Instances Of Communal Reporting Of Tablighi Jamaat Issue

The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has told the Supreme Court in an affidavit that the media "predominantly stuck to a balanced and neutral perspective" while reporting the news of Tablighi Jamaat followers getting infected with COVID-19 while attending a congregation at Nizamuddin Markaz at New Delhi in March this year.This statement was made in the affidavit filed by...