'Let Us Show Confidence In The Process':, Says Justice Chandrachud [Read Courtroom Exchange In Sudarshan TV Matter]

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing in the Sudarshan TV matter to October 26.At the outset, SG Tushar Mehar sought a deferment of the hearing. "On September 23, a show-cause notice was issued to Sudarshan TV. Your Lordships may please record this. A reply was received from the channel on September 28, which was the time granted to them. We have a system of...

Hathras Case : SC To Consider Tomorrow PIL Seeking Court-Monitored CBI/SIT Probe, Transfer Of Trial

The Supreme Court will consider tomorrow a Public Interest Litigation seeking an investigation by the CBI or SIT monitored by sitting or retired judges of the SC or the HC into the Hathras case relating to the rape and murder of a 19-year old Dalit woman allegedly by four upper-caste men.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India S A Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian will...

"Parliament Cannot Legislate On State Subject": Bhartiya Kisan Party Moves SC Against Three Farmers' Acts [Read Petition]

Another petition has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the new Farmers' Act stating that the legislations violate the basic features of the Constitution of India. The Petitioner, Bhartiya Kisan Party, has alleged that the agriculture is a State subject as per List II under Schedule VII of the Indian Constitution and hence, Parliament does...

SLP Against HC Order Rejecting Review Petition Cannot Be Entertained When Main Judgment Is Not Challenged: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has observed that a special leave petition challenging the order of High Court rejecting the review petition cannot be entertained when main judgment in the writ petition is not challenged.When the main judgment of the High Court cannot be effected in any manner, no relief can be granted by this Court in the special leave petition filed against order rejecting review...

[Breaking] CLAT 2020 Results Announced

The Consortium of National Law Universities has now published the Consolidated Merit List of CLAT-2020 on the Consortium's website. Each candidate can check the category rank and other details through their individual login ids and can download their score card. The Executive Committee in its meeting held on October 5, 2020 while approving the CLAT-2020 Result has also resolved that in order...

Chhattisgarh HC Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To Alt News Co-Founder Mohammed Zubair In Plea To Quash FIR

The Chhattisgarh High Court on Monday ordered that no coercive action should be taken against Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of fact-checking portal 'Alt News', in the FIR lodged against him over a twitter response.A bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Agrawal passed the interim order while issuing notice to Chhattisgarh government and the complainant Jagdish Singh on the petition filed by Zubair...

'UPSC Jihad' Show : Fresh Notice Sent To Sudarshan News TV Based On Inter-Ministerial Committee Recommendations, Centre Tells SC

The Central Government on Monday informed the Supreme Court that the Inter-Ministerial Committee(IMC) has made some additional recommendations with respect to the Sudarshan News TV channel, which is facing complaints of propagating communal hatred over its show 'Bindas Bol' about the entry of Muslims into All India Civil Services.Earlier, the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting...

'Abuse Of Authority, Display Of High-Handedness': Plea In SC Seeks Imposition Of State Emergency In Uttar Pradesh [Read Petition]

One lawyer, Advocate CR Jaya Sukin, has moved the Supreme Court of India seeking a direction upon the Central Government to impose State Emergency under Article 356 of the Constitution in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The plea has been filed in the backdrop of various incidents that took place in the state, over the span of one year, which as per Mr. Sukin indicate that "a situation...

[Loan Moratorium] "Centre's Affidavit Does Not Have Details As Required By Court": SC Asks Centre, RBI To File Proper Affidavit [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Monday granted a week's time to the central government, the RBI, the Indian Banks Association and the individual banks to file an additional affidavit bringing on record the policy decisions, deadlines, circulars and the response on all grievances raised.The bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan noted the submissions of the writ petitioners that October 2 affidavit of the...

Amicus Curiae Submits Action Plans Filed By Various High Courts For Speedy Disposal Of Criminal Cases Against MPs/MLAs [Read Report]

Senior Advocate Vijay Hansaria, amicus curiae for assistance of the Supreme Court in the case for expeditious disposal of criminal cases pending against legislators, has filed a Report detailing the action plan devised by various high courts in terms of the SC order dated September 16, 2020. He has intimated that all the High Courts, except two, i.e. the High Courts of Tripura...

Bombay HC Reserves Judgment On Kangana Ranaut's Petition Against Mumbai Civic Body Demolishing Her Bungalow

The Bombay High Court on Monday reserved judgment on the writ petition filed by Hindi film actor Kangana Ranaut against the demolition of the portion of her bungalow by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).A bench comprising Justices S J Kathawalla and Riyaz I Chagla reserved the matter after hearing elaborate oral arguments in the high profile matter spread over several days.On...

Hearing On Loan Moratorium And Waiver Of Interest : Live Updates From Supreme Court

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