Issues That Concern The Nation Are Not Taken Up Immediately By Judiciary : Kapil Sibal

Speaking at an online seminar, senior advocate Kapil Sibal raised concerns regarding the 'Independence of Judiciary' and enunciated how it had become a worrying issue for the public at large. While touching upon various aspects of judicial independence, the Former Union Minister began by envisaging the attributes of a Judge as an individual, and the perception regarding his...

Scroll's Editors Move Allahabad HC Seeking Quashing Of FIR Registered By UP Police for Report on Impact of Lockdown in PM's Constituency

A petition has been filed before Allahabad High Court by Executive Editor of Scroll.in, Supriya Sharma, and Editor of Scroll.in, Naresh Fernandes, for quashing the FIR lodged with the UP Police in connection to an article published by Sharma on the debilitating affairs in the Prime Minister's constituency, Varanasi, during the lockdown. 

Lodged by Mala Devi, a resident of Varanasi's...

In Complaints Against Police Violence In Jamia, NHRC Recommends SIT Probe To Identify 'Real Perpetrators Behind Violent Anti-CAA Protest'

The report also recommended probe by Delhi police on police violence in Jamia

[Breaking] Mumbai Court Again Refuses To Grant Bail To Varavara Rao & Shoma Sen On Medical Grounds In Bhima Koregaon Case

A special court in Mumbai on Friday for the second time rejected the interim bail pleas filed by 81-year-old activist and poet Varavara Rao and academic 61-year-old Shoma Sen on medical grounds. They had sought bail starting that they were suffering from multiple ailments or comorbidities. The detailed order is yet to be made available.Judge SE Kothalikar heard submissions in support of both...

COVID19: [CA Examination] SC Seeks ICAI's Response In Plea Seeking Stay On "Opt-Out" Scheme

The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) in a plea seeking multiplicity of centres for partaking CA examinations to be held between July 29 & August 16 as well as a stay on the proposed "opt-out" scheme amid the ongoing pandemic situation.The petition avers that the the notification issued by the ICAI on June 15 violates...

HC Cannot Convert Itself Into Court Of Appeal While Considering Petitions Under Article 227: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court reiterated that while hearing a petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, a High Court cannot convert itself into a court of appeal. In this case, the Rent Controller and Eviction Officer, allowing the landlord's application, passed a final order under Section 16 of U.P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972,...

Advise Judges To Shun Misogyny & To Ensure That Judgments Do Not Reflect Stereotypical Notions About Women : Adv Aparna Bhat Urges CJI, SC Judges

An open letter has been penned to Chief Justice of India S A Bobde and women judges of the top court Justices R. Bhanumati, Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee, calling for the censuring the comments made by Justice Krishna S. Dixit of the Karnataka High Court in an order regarding the "unbecoming" conduct of an alleged rape survivor who had slept after being "ravished" by the accused. The...

SC Stays West Bengal Police Probe In FIRs Against OpIndia Editor Nupur Sharma, CEO Rahul Roushan Etc

The Supreme Court on Friday passed an interim order staying the investigation in three FIRs registered by West Bengal police against the editors and founders of online news portal 'OpIndia'.A bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and B R Gavai passed the order in the writ petition filed by Nupur J Sharma, Editor of OpIndia, her husband Vaibhav Sharma, founder and CEO of the news...

'Arrests Seem Designed To Send A Chilling Message' : UN Rights Experts Call For Release Of Activists Arrested Over Anti-CAA Protests

The United Nations human rights experts on Friday called on India to immediately release human rights defenders who have been arrested for protesting against changes to the nation's citizenship laws. "These defenders, many of them students, appear to have been arrested simply because they exercised their right to denounce and protest against the CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act), and...

SC Issues Notice On J&K HC Bar Association President Mian Abdul Qayoom's Habeas Plea Against Detention Order

The Supreme Court issued notice in a plea filed by Senior Advocate and Jammu and Kashmir Bar Association President Mian Abdul Qayoom, challenging the 28thMay, 2020 Order of the J&K High Court which dismissed his habeas corpus petition and upheld his detention under the J&K Public Safety Act, 1978. A Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and BR Gavai heard the matter and issued...

[Breaking] SC Stays Investigation & Coercive Action On Multiple FIRs Against Journalist Amish Devgan Over Remarks On Sufi Saint Moinuddin Chishti

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed investigation and coercive action against News18 anchor Amish Devgan on the multiple FIRs registered against him over his remarks on Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti till the next date of hearing.A vacation bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna issued notice on his writ petition seeking quashing of the FIRs and asked him...

Tablighi Jamaat : SC Asks Foreign Nationals To Serve Copy Of Plea Against Blacklisting Order To Centre

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the foreign nationals who challenged the Ministry of Home Affairs's order blacklisting them for alleged participation in Tablighi Jamaat activities to serve the copy of their petition to the Central Government.A bench comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna said that their pleas will be heard on Monday.Senior Advocate...