Delhi HC Shocked JNU Knows Nothing About Agitating Students

The Delhi High Court Friday described as "shocking" that the Jawaharlal Nehru University had no idea about the academic details of the students against whom it has filed a contempt petition for protesting within 100 metres of its administrative block.Justice A K Chawla directed the university to file an affidavit giving details of the students named in the contempt petition, including...

SC Accepts JK Juvenile Justice Committee's Findings Against Allegations Of Illegal Detention Of Children In Kashmir

The Supreme Court on Friday expressed satisfaction with the fresh report submitted by Jammu and Kashmir Juvenile Justice Committee which stated that no minors were under illegal detention in the region.Based on this, a bench headed by Justice Ramana disposed off the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by child rights activists Enakshi Ganguly and Shanta Sinha.The bench has however...

'We Know Law Is In Your Favour And There Is No Stay; But We Are Not Passing Any Orders': SC To Women Seeking Protection For Sabarimala Visit

Even while agreeing that there was no stay of the judgment allowing entry of women of all age groups to Sabarimala temple, the Supreme Court on Friday chose not to pass protection orders for women seeking to visit the hilltop shrine of Lord Ayyappa.Chief Justice of India S A Bobde said that it was an "emotive issue", and that the Court would prefer to exercise its discretion to decline relief...

Plea In SC Seeks Establishment Of Central Selection Mechanism For Appointments In Subordinate Judiciary [Read Petition]

A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court, seeking establishment of a Central Selection Mechanism (CSM) for appointment of Judges in Subordinate Judiciary & declaration that Judiciary is a specialized field hence Judges shall be appointed on merit. The plea filed by BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay states that there is an unease and disquiet about competence and commitment to...

TMC MP Mahua Moitra Moves SC Against Citizenship Amendment Act 2019

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has approached the Supreme Court questioning the constitutional validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019, which received President's assent on Thursday night.The petition was mentioned before CJI SA Bobde for urgent hearing. But the Court asked the Moitra's counsel to raise the matter first before the Mentioning Registrar for listing.The Act which...

Citizenship Amendment Bill Gets Presidential Assent Amidst North East Protests [Read Notification]

The contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 has now become an Act with the Centre notifying it in the official gazette late night on Thursday, following the assent granted to it by President Ram Nath Kovind.The bill was cleared by the Rajya Sabha with 120 supporting votes and 105 opposing votes on Wednesday. The Lok Sabha had passed it on Monday with 311 'ayes' and 80...

SCBA Elections : Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave Wins Presidency

Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave emerged as the winner in the elections to the post of President of Supreme Court Bar Association.After all rounds of voting, Dave secured 850 votes, with a majority of 151 votes over his next competitor Senior Advocate Vikas Singh, who got 699 votes.Dave was first elected as the SCBA President in 2014. In 2015, he was re-elected.Advocate Kailash Vasudev was...

[Article 370]Day-3] Senior Adv. Dinesh Dwivedi Seeks Reference To Seven Judge Bench [Read WS]

On Day 3 of the hearing in the constitutionality of the abrogation of Article 370, Senior Advocate Raju Ramachandran, for petitioners Shah Faesal and Shehla Rashid, took the five-judge bench through case-laws to emphasise a single constitutional principle- the power to enact a constitutional change (whether by application of India's other constitutional provisions with a "concurrence", or...

Mahout Files Habeas Plea In SC For Release Of Elephant From Detention [Read Petition]

Separating the elephant and mahout amounts to mental agony and torture, the plea said.

Breaking : SC Dismisses Review Petitions Filed Against Ayodhya Verdict [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed 18 review petitions which were filed against the November 9 judgment in the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid case.The petitions were considered in the chamber by a five judges bench comprising Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justices D Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan, Abdul Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna (who came in place of former CJI Gogoi).The bench held that the review...

PIL Filed In SC To Frame Guidelines For Deciding Mercy Petitions [Read Petition]

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court by Adv. Shiv Kumar Tripathi, seeking framing of proper procedures, rules and guidelines in disposal of the mercy petitions.According to the petitioner, lack of such guidelines is a violation of the rights of the convicts guaranteed under Article 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India. The petitioner opined that...

Human Rights of Women Appear To Be Only Talking Points And Not Actionable: Justice Madan Lokur [Video&Full Text]

"The human rights of women and girls appear to be only talking points and not actionable points. I say this because there are more than enough funds available for women’s safety, but these are not being utilized"