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BREAKING: Madras High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Ban On 'The Kerala Story' Movie, Says Can't Assume It Will Create Problems
The Madras High Court on Thursday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation seeking ban on the release of the multilingual movie, "The Kerala Story". BR Aravindakshan, a Chennai-based journalist had filed the petition stating that the movie will affect the country's sovereignty and unity causing disturbance to the public order. He contended that the movie was an intentional attempt to portray...
BREAKING | Patna High Court Puts An Interim Stay On State Govt's Decision To Conduct Caste-Based Census In Bihar
Hearing a plea challenging the Bihar Government’s decision to conduct a caste-based census in the State, the Patna Court today, in an interim order, stayed the census.The Court prima facie said that caste-based survey amounts to a census which the State Government has no power to carry out."Prima facie, we are of the opinion that the State has no power to carry out a caste-based survey, in...
'Must Be Very Careful In Staying Films, Market Will Decide If It's Not Upto Mark': Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Against "The Kerala Story"
The Supreme Court on Thursday again refused to entertain a plea against the controversial movie "The Kerala Story".Senior Advocate Huzefa Ahmadi mentioned the matter before Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud saying that the Kerala High Court refused to constitute a bench today to hear the matter, despite the Supreme Court yesterday allowing the petitioners to seek urgent hearing before...
Modalities For Timely Consideration Of Premature Release Of Prisoners In UP Need Fine Tuning : Supreme Court
In a matter concerning remission of convicts in the State of Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala directed a meeting to be held between between the Secretary of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), counsels in the matter, Director General, Prisons (DGP), and Principal Secretary, Prisons to...
BREAKING| Supreme Court Closes Women Wrestlers Plea In View Of Delhi Police Registering FIRs Against WFI Head Brij Bhushan On Sexual Harassment Complaint
The Supreme Court on Thursday closed the petition filed by three women wrestlers, who have represented the country in prestigious international events, taking note of the fact that FIRs have been registered by the Delhi Police against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over alleged sexual harassment.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Bail Pleas Of Professor Shoma Sen & Jyoti Jagtap In Bhima Koregaon Case
The Supreme Court, on Thursday, issued notice in bail pleas filed by Jyoti Jagtap and Professor Shoma Sen, accused in the Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad Case under the anti-terror law, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).A Bench comprising Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia issued notice in both the Special Leave Petitions. Jagtap, 32, a member of Kabir Kala...
No Mining Activity Within ESZ Even If Eco-Sensitive Zone Is More Than 1 Km From Protected Forest : Supreme Court Clarifies
On 28th April, 2023, the Supreme Court clarified its order dated 26th April 2023, wherein it stated that its previous order mandating a 1 km Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) around protected forests would not be applicable to the ESZs in respect of which a draft and final notification has been issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) and in respect of the...
Supreme Court Sets Aside Magistrate's Order Directing Police Investigation Into Allegation Of Rape Against BJP Leader Kailash Vijayvargiya
After almost 17 months since the verdict was reserved, the Supreme Court on Thursday set aside an order by a magistrate in Kolkata directing a police investigation into an allegation of rape and criminal intimidation against BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, RSS member Jisnu Basu and suspended BJP leader Pradeep Joshi. Besides quashing this order, the top court directed...
CJI DY Chandrachud Says He Has Written To High Court Chief Justices On Hybrid Hearings
Chief Justice DY Chandrachud on Thursday orally remarked that he was taking administrative actions to ensure access to hybrid hearings in various High Courts. The remark came upon a mentioning made by Advocate Siddharth Gupta concerning hybrid hearings. The counsel made the mentioning before a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala.Gupta informed...
Supreme Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Election Of DMK MP Kanimozhi In 2019 Lok Sabha Elections
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the election petition which has been filed in the Madras High Court challenging the election of Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam MP Kanimozhi in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.A Bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela Trivedi allowed the appeal filed by the DMK leader challenging the Madras High Court's refusal to dismiss election petitions disputing her election...
[BAIL] Questions & Answers By Justice V. Ramkumar- Default Bail -PART-VI
Q.26 Whether it is for the Magistrate or for the Special Court to extend the time for filing the charge-sheet for the period from 90 days to 180 days under Section 43 D (2) (b) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (“UAPA” for short) ? Ans. The Magistrate does not have the power to extend the time for filing the charge-sheet with regard to a scheduled offence under...
Marriage Equality Petitions | Court Has To Go By Constitutional Mandate, Not Popular Morality: Supreme Court
While hearing the marriage equality petitions today, CJI DY Chandrachud orally remarked that the court had to go by constitutional mandate and could not act based on popular morality. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice S Ravindra Bhat, Justice Hima Kohli, and Justice PS Narasimha was discussing the Centre's proposition of constituting a committee...