SC Allows Karnataka Mining Baron Janardhan Reddy To Visit Bellary District To Attend The Last Rites Of A Close Associate's Mother

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy to visit Bellary for two days in order to attend the last rites ceremony of mother of his close associate.A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, BR Gavai & Krishna Murari the mining baron to visit Bellary for two days under police protection, adding that he shall not not try to influence...

The Presumption 'Possession Follows Title' Arises Only Where There Is No Definite Proof Of Possession By Anyone Else: SC [Read Judgment]

"A decree of possession does not automatically follow a decree of declaration of title and ownership over property. "

SC Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Uniform Education Policy To Avoid Discrimination And Digital Divide Among Students Of Weaker Sections

Supreme Court has issued notice in a plea seeking for directions to the Union to formulate a uniform education policy in every State in order to curb discriminatory practices adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure participation of children of weaker sections in elementary education.A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde heard the matter as Senior Advocate...

[Breaking] Students vs UGC : SC To Pronounce Judgment Tomorrow On Pleas Against Final Semester Exams

The Supreme Court will pronounce verdict tomorrow in a batch of petitions which challenged the direction issued by the University Grants Commission (UGC) on July 6 to hold final semester examinations by September 30.A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and M R Shah had reserved the judgment on August 18, after elaborately hearing various parties in the case.The...

Contempt Action Against Bhushan Must Not Deter Citizens From Showing Judges The Mirror : Sr Adv Dushyant Dave

'I love my judiciary and I love my judges but that doesn't mean I will not criticise them. Judges live in ivory towers, they are not open to ideas. They don't want to hear criticism, they just don't want to see the mirror. Our duty as citizens to show mirrors. Great responsibility on shoulders of Supreme Court & pray it comes back into its spirit. No one saying set aside everything that Government does, but it must be put to test. SC as an institution needs to be really be performing its Constitutional duty. Check & Balances imperative'.

'Are They Destined To Carry Their Backwardness Till Eternity?': SC Says Fruits Of Reservation Not Reaching Lowest Strata Of SC-STs [Read Judgment]

"The million dollar question is how to trickle down the benefit to the bottom rung; reports indicate that benefit is being usurped by those castes (class) who have come up and adequately represented."

SC Issues Notice On IIT Professor's Plea Against HC Order Quashing FIR For Caste Based Harassment [Read Order]

A Division Bench of the Supreme Court last week issued notice on a SLP filed against an order of the Allahabad High Court quashing an FIR lodged by a professor of IIT Kanpur against caste based harassment allegedly inflicted upon him by his colleagues. "The Hon'ble High Court erred in exercising its inherent power under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 in...

[CBSE Compartment Exams] Plea In SC Seeks Extension Of Deadline For Admission In Academic Year 2020-2021

Nine students belonging to different states have approached the Supreme Court with the assistance of the All India Students Association, seeking its indulgence to extend the deadline for admission for academic year 2020-2021, until the result of the compartment examination (by alternative mode of assessment) is announced. Inter alia, they have asked the Court quash the CBSE...

'Prominent News Channels Scandalizing Sushant Singh Rajput's Death' : PlL In Bombay HC To Stop 'Media Trial'

The Bombay High Court has been moved in a PIL to temporarily postpone news reporting by the media, on the ground that it amounts to "Media Trial" or "Parallel Investigation", directly or indirectly hampering the CBI probe in the demise of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.The plea - by filmmaker/producer Nilesh Navlakha, Mahibub D. Shaikh, editor of a regional newspaper, and retired civil...

[Tablighi Jamaat] "Preliminary Inquiry By NBA & NBA Imperative" SC In Pleas Against Media For Communalisation Of COVID19

The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned the petitions seeking action against media for communalization of the Tablighi Jamaat meeting in Delhi's Nizamuddin Markaz.A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna & V. Ramasubramaniun asked the Petitioner's Counsel, Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave to approach the News Broadcasting Standards Authority as many complaints in this regard...

"Community May Be Targeted For Spreading Virus" SC Refuses Permission To Hold Muharram Procession

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to grant permission to hold Muharram Procession amid the covid19 pandemic.A bench of CJI SA Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna & V. Ramasubramaniun observed that granting general directions to take out the procession across the country shall lead to chaos & a particular community may then be targeted for spreading the virus. The Petitioner had cited...

'Why Should All Students Suffer Because Of Inconvenience Of Some?' : SC Refuses To Entertain Plea To Postpone Foreign Medical Graduates Exam

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a petition seeking the postponement of the Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE) scheduled on August 31.The petitioner submitted that several students who are struck abroad are not in a position to return to India for the exams.Not inclined to entertain the petition, Justice Mishra, the presiding judge of the bench, observed "Why do...