Leprosy Has Been Curable Since 1980, Don't Treat Leprosy Survivors As Disabled Persons : SC

The Supreme Court on Thursday recommended that the Union of India, as well as the states, take steps to repeal such provisions of legislations that represent leprosy as being non-curable and contagious.Hearing two PILs praying for statutes which attach a stigma with leprosy, ultimately resulting in a disability, to be declared as being violative of Articles 14, 19(1)(b) and 21, a bench of...

Plea Seeking Reservation For Orphans In Government Jobs And Educational Institutions: SC Issues Notice To Centre, States [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court admitted a Public Interest Litigation for rights of orphans and issued a notice to Central and State Governments. The PIL was filed by Poulomi Pavni Shukla, a law graduate, and also the author of the book "Weakest on Earth-Orphans of India". The PIL seeks reservation of orphans in education and jobs, and also an extension of similar monetary benefits to them as given...

AoR Challenges SC’s Chamber Allotment Criteria As Arbitrary

An Advocate-on-Record has approached the Supreme Court challenging the latter’s notice inviting applications for the allotment of Lawyers’ Chambers as being violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India.The applications for allotment of chambers were first invited in October, 2017, allowing applicants to apply under three categories i.e. AoR, Non-AoR and Senior Advocate, in...

1984 Riots: SC Notice To Sajjan Kumar On SIT Plea To Cancel Anticipatory Bail

The bench also questioned why investigations were dragging on even after 24 years and said it was high time the cases were finished.A two-judge bench of justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan of the Supreme Court today issued notice to Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, accused in ’84 anti-sikh riot case, on a petition by the SIT challenging the anticipatory bail granted to him by the Delhi High...

SC Rejects Plea To Probe Conspiracy Angle Into ATS Chief Hemant Karkare’s Death [Read Petition]

A Supreme Court bench of Justice AK Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan has dismissed a petition for an investigation into the death of former Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare, who was killed by Pakistani terrorists during the 2008 Mumbai attacks.“We can’t reopen this case now. The terrorist (Ajmal Kasab) was nabbed, death sentence against him was confirmed by the...

PIL Seeking Provisions To Enable All Including Disabled Persons To Exercise Right To Information: SC Agrees To Issue Directions

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on public interest litigation Aseer Jamal v. UOI that brings to light the grievance of a large portion of the population in being unable to exercise the right to information.A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice AM Khanwilkar asserted that guidelines shall be issued in pursuance of which the states may amend...

Several Buildings, Including SC And Parliament Not Fire-Safe: Petition Filed In SC; Notice Issued [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice on a petition demanding implementation of the National Building Code to prevent fire tragedies in several buildings throughout the country, including the Supreme Court of India and the Parliament.The notice was issued by a Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice DY Chandrachud on a PIL filed by...

SC Modifies U’khand HC Order On Removing Encroachments, Directs Notice To Be Served To All Encroachers, Status Quo Till Then [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has modified part of an order passed by the Uttarakhand High Court on the removal of encroachments directing that the same shall be done only after the authorities issue an appropriate notice to unauthorised encroachers while maintaining status quo till a decision is taken by the civic agencies on the reply of the encroachers.A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A...

SC Fixes PIL For Ban On Convicted Persons From Heading Pol Parties For Final Hearing On Aug 13

In the order, the bench directed all parties to submit their written submission in this regard a week before the final hearing.The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra has fixed the PIL seeking a ban on convicted persons from heading a political party and granting power to Election Commission to de-register political parties for “final disposal” on August 13.In the...

Human Rights Lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj Issues Public Statement Against Republic TV Allegations of Maoist Link

A public statement has been issued by Advocate Sudha Bharadwaj, National Secretary of People’s Union for Civil Liberties, refuting defamatory statements made by Arnab Goswami, news anchor of Republic TV.The press release pertains to a programme aired by Republic TV on July 4, in which Sudha Bharadwaj was alleged to have links with Maoists. Arnab Goswami claimed in the program that Bharadwaj...

Sunanda Pushkar Case: Shashi Tharoor Granted Anticipatory Bail By Patiala House Court [Read Order]

The Patiala House Court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, two days before he was scheduled to appear as an accused for allegedly abetting the suicide of his wife, Sunanda Pushkar.As per the order, Mr. Tharoor will have to seek permission from the court before leaving the country, and in case of his arrest, bail bond of Rs. 1 lakh will have to be...

Interim Orders Allowing Provisional Admissions To Medical Colleges Entail Tremendous Adverse Consequences & Prejudice To Students: SC [Read Judgment]

‘A condition such as making students aware about the pendency of the matter and stating that their admissions would be subject to the result of pending litigation is not a sufficient insulation.’The Supreme Court, while setting aside an interim order of the high court permitting a medical college to provisionally admit students to first MBBS course, observed that such orders...