RJD MP Manoj Jha Moves Supreme Court Challenging Lifelong Immunity To CEC, Election Commissioners; Calls It 'Fraud On Constitution'

RJD MP Manoj Kumar Jha has approached the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of Section 16 of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023, terming it a "fraud" on the Constitution.Section 16 bars every Court in the country from entertaining or continuing any civil or criminal...

Immoral Trafficking Prevention | Supreme Court Asks NJA To Frame Guidelines For Magistrates' Inquiry About Adult Rescued Women

The Supreme Court has called for comprehensive guidelines to ensure uniformity in the conduct of a 'threshold inquiry' by Magistrates under Section 17 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 (ITP Act), to determine whether rescued adult sex workers are engaged in sex work voluntarilly.The requested the National Judicial Academy (NJA) to prepare a comprehensive protocol for Magistrates...

Supreme Court Criticises Allahabad High Court For Casually Granting Probation To Convicts In Brutal Attack Case

'Nature of offence' and 'character of offender' must guide probation, the Court stated

Supreme Court Quashes Rajasthan High Court's Disciplinary Proceedings Against Judge Over Bail Order

The Supreme Court has quashed disciplinary proceedings initiated against a Rajasthan judicial officer(since retired) for granting bail to two accused persons despite their earlier bail applications having been rejected by the High Court, observing that counselling or a warning would have sufficed in the peculiar facts of the case. A bench of Justice B.V. Nagarathna, Justice R. Mahadevan...

Delhi Protests: SG Tushar Mehta Objects To 'Misleading' Reports On Govt Apology In Supreme Court

In the Delhi Protest matter, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta today assailed before Supreme Court certain media reports and social media posts claiming that the government has apologized to the Court for its conduct and has nothing to say on it. The SG submitted before a bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi that the authorities' affidavits, which began by saying that they...

Madras High Court Slams State For Denying RSS March Permission Citing Mosques On Route, Says 'Don't Give Muslims A Bad Name'

The Madras High Court, on Thursday (October 15), observed that the State police could not deny permission for a route march by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) citing the existence of a mosque on the proposed route, and not give muslims a bad name. Justice V Lakshminarayanan made the oral remark while hearing a plea by the State Secretary of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), North...

Delhi Protests: Supreme Court Directs Police To Produce Prohibitory Orders Under S. 163 BNSS, Preserve CCTV Footage

The Supreme Court today directed the Delhi Police to place on record the prohibitory orders promulgated under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 (erstwhile section 144 of CrPC) restricting public gatherings and demonstrations on various dates over the past two weeks in Delhi.The Court also directed in its order that all law enforcement agencies preserve...

Delhi Protest | Supreme Court Orders No Coercive Action In SC/ST Case Against Woman Journalist Who Accused Delhi ACP Of Sexual Harassment

The Court indicated that it would lay down guidelines for protection of journalists covering protests.

Supreme Court Says It Will Examine Whether Delhi Police Applied Its Mind While Denotifying 'Jantar Mantar' As Protest Site; Issues Notice

The Supreme Court today issued notice on a writ petition challenging the Standing Order dated October 11, whereby Jantar Mantar has been de-notified as a designated protest site and three alternative venues have been notified by the Delhi Police.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymaya Bagchi orally observed that the Court will examine whether there had been an application of mind by...

'Nobody Can Browbeat Us' : Supreme Court In Plea Against October 12 March By Opposition Leaders; Issues Notice

“We are not sitting in ivory towers. We know what statements they make outside and what they say in Court. We know everything,” the CJI said.

'One Petitioner Has To Explain His Conduct': Supreme Court Issues Notice On INDIA Bloc Leaders' Petition Against ECI Over SIR

Notice was also issued on plea by AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi challenging the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.

Supreme Court Declines To List Maharashtra SIR Challenge With Rahul Gandhi's Plea, Says It Will Examine Issues State-Wise

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging Election Commission of India's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Maharashtra, alleging that about 33% voters have been deleted and over 1 crore voters have been struck off on the ground of 'logical discrepancy'. When the matter was mentioned on Thursday (October 15) before a bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, praying...