Supreme Court To Hold Sunday Sitting To Hear Contempt Plea Over Closure Of Metro Stations & Train Cancellations In Delhi

The Supreme Court will hold a special sitting tomorrow (Sunday to hear the contempt petition which has been filed alleging that authorities continued to shut down Delhi metro stations and cancelled train services in violation of the Court's October 9 order, which directed that there should be no complete prohibition on transport services to handle the October 10 protests announced by CJP...

Questioning Govt On Public Issues Not Defamation, Politicians Must Accept Criticism In Democracy: Delhi Court

A Delhi court has observed that merely asking questions from the government, particularly from a person acting as a public representative, cannot amount to defamation, emphasising that politicians must be prepared to face criticism in a democracy.“Merely asking questions from another, especially from a person acting as a representative of the public in the Parliament, regarding any law...

Delhi Court Rejects CJP Leader Ratna Singh's Plea For FIR Against Cops Over 'Illegal Detention'

A Delhi Court on Saturday (October 10) rejected Cockroach Janta Party's legal affairs head Ratna Singh's plea seeking registration of FIR against policemen alleging wrongful confinement as well as restraining her from going to protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in relation to the conduct of SIR.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Abhinav Pandey, Saket Courts also...

CJI Surya Kant Constitutes 'Judicial Well-Being Committee' For Judges' Mental Health

To foster the physical and mental well-being of judges across the country, the Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, has constituted a Standing Committee chaired by Justice K. V. Viswanathan. The committee on 'Judicial Well-being' has been constituted on the occasion of World Mental Health Day, celebrated across the world on October 10 each year. The committee will comprise four other...

CEC Protest: CJP Legal Affairs Head Ratna Singh Moves Delhi Court Seeking FIR Against Cops Over 'Illegal Detention'

Cockroach Janta Party's legal affairs head Ratna Singh moved a Delhi Court on Saturday (October 10) seeking registration of FIR against policemen alleging wrongful confinement as well as restraining her from going to protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in relation to the conduct of SIR. The application has been filed by Singh before Saket Court's Chief...

CJI Intervenes For Release Of Lawyers Detained Over Protest March

After the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) urgently wrote to the Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, about several advocates being detained and taken to Yamuna Sports Complex for peacefully protesting outside the Supreme Court, the CJI has communicated to the authorities that the lawyers be released.The SCBA passed a resolution this morning bringing to the CJI's attention the excessive use...

SCBA Condemns Detention Of Protesting Lawyers, Seeks CJI's Urgent Intervention

The Supreme Court Bar Association(SCBA) has written to the Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, bringing to his urgent attention that several Senior Advocates and other advocates, including women advocates, who were peacefully protesting outside the Supreme Court area today, have reportedly been detained through the use of excessive police force.The SCBA has passed a resolution expressing...

Govt Servant Cannot Claim Inter-District Transfer As Right; Education System Is For Students, Not Teachers' Convenience: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has recently held that being displaced from one's family is a universal problem faced by employees, and that a Government servant cannot claim an inter-district transfer, as a matter of right on that ground.A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice K Vinod Chandran held so while setting aside an Allahabad High Court order that had prima facie found contempt in the rejection...

Lawyers Holding Protest March Against CEC & SIR Detained In Delhi

A group of lawyers who were holding a protest march against the Chief Election Commissioner and the Special Intensive Revision were detained by the personnel of Delhi Police and the Central Reserve Police Force near the Supreme Court.They were detained after they marched for about 100 yards, and were taken into a bus to be taken to an unknown location. Lawyers' march before being...

Peaceful Protest Integral To Democracy, Not An Offence Merely Because It Is Unwelcome To Those In Authority: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against six School Service Commission (SSC) job aspirants who were booked for protesting against alleged irregularities in recruitment during the COVID-19 pandemic, holding that a peaceful demonstration does not become an offence merely because it is unwelcome to those in authority.Justice Anuj Singh observed that the FIR did not...

When Can ECI Choose Not To Hold Bye-Election? Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Interpretation Of S.151A RP Act

The Supreme Court recently reserved judgment on the interpretation of Section 151A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, which prescribes a six-month period for holding bye-elections to fill casual vacancies in Parliament and State Legislatures, subject to certain exceptions.A bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Augustine George Masih and Justice Sandeep Mehta reserved the judgment...

Contempt Plea Filed In Supreme Court Alleging Arbitrary Metro Station Closures & Train Cancellations Violating Court Order

A contempt petition has been filed in the Supreme Court alleging that authorities continued to shut down Delhi metro stations and restrict public transport services in violation of the Court's October 9 order, which directed that there should be no complete prohibition on transport services to handle the October 10 protests announced by CJP and opposition parties against the Chief...