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Police Constitutionally Bound To Protect Freedom Of Expression; State Should Sensitize Officers On Constitutional Ideals: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday (March 28) emphasized that police officers, as part of the State under Article 12 of the Constitution, have a duty to abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals.Referring to Article 51A(a), which mandates citizens to abide by the Constitution and respect its institutions, the Court observed that officers must uphold the fundamental rights of...
Supreme Court Issues Notice In Challenge To West Bengal Taxes On Entry Of Goods Act
The Supreme Court is set to examine the constitutional validity of the West Bengal Taxes on Entry of Goods into the Local Areas Act, 2012, as amended by the West Bengal Finance Act, 2017, along with related Rules and notifications.A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan recently issued notice returnable on April 22, 2025 in a batch of petitions challenging the...
Supreme Court Allows Union Minister Kumaraswamy To Raise Grievances Against Land Eviction Notices Before Karnataka HC
The Supreme Court today disposed of a plea of JD(S) MP HD Kumaraswamy (now a Union Minister) over the eviction notices issued to him in regards to the allegations of illegal encroachment of government lands in Kethaganahalli village, Bidadi, in a contempt petition ongoing before the Karnataka High Court. The High Court has initiated contempt proceedings against the authorities, which failed...
Supreme Court Directs Customs Authorities To Upgrade Lab Facilities For Proper Testing Of Disputed Articles On All Parameters
In a key decision, the Supreme Court today overturned the confiscation of imported goods labelled as "Base Oil SN 50," which customs authorities had classified as High-Speed Diesel (HSD), which only the State entities can import. The Court found that the Customs Department failed to provide conclusive evidence proving the goods were High-Speed Diesel (HSD), due to inadequate laboratory...
Supreme Court Mandates Preliminary Inquiry Before FIR On Certain Offences Related To Speech & Expressions
With the aim of curbing frivolous FIRs against speeches, writings and artistic expressions, the Supreme Court on Friday mandated that a preliminary inquiry must be conducted before lodging the FIR, if the offences alleged are punishable with imprisonment between three to seven years.The Court held so after referring to Section 173(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).Section...
Don't Assign Judicial Work To Justice Yashwant Varma At Allahabad High Court : CJI Tells HC Chief Justice
Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna has asked the Chief Justice of Allahabad High to not assign any judicial work to Justice Yashwant Varma, who is facing an in-house inquiry over allegations of keeping illicit cash at his official residential premises.Earlier today, the Central Government notified the repatriation of Justice Varma from the Delhi High Court to the Allahabad High Court. In...
Breaking | Gujarat High Court Extends Temporary Bail To Aasaram In Rape Case, Tie-Breaker Judge Finds Sufficient Medical Grounds
The Gujarat High Court on Friday (March 28) allowed three months temporary bail to Asaram who was convicted in a 2013 rape case by a sessions court in 2023 and is serving a life sentence.Justice AS Supehia– the third judge who heard Asaram's plea after a division bench earlier today delivered a split verdict, in his order said,"Thus on an overall appreciation of the respective orders passed...
Breaking | Kunal Kamra Gets Interim Anticipatory Bail From Madras High Court In Mumbai Police FIR Over Satire Video
The Madras High Court has granted interim anticipatory bail till April 7 to Kunal Kamra in connection with the FIR lodged against him at Mumbai over his alleged remarks against Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde. Kamra has been asked to execute the bail bond before the jurisdictional Magistrate. Though the FIR is lodged in Mumbais's Khar police station, Kamra being a resident of Tamilnadu...
Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Criminal Proceedings Against Jitendra Tyagi, Agrees To Consider Plea To Club Hate Speech Cases
The Supreme Court today (March 28) refused to stay proceedings against Jitendra Narayan Tyagi(formerly Wasim Rizvi), former Chairman of UP Shia Wakf Board, in multiple criminal cases against him for alleged hate speeches. It further declined to grant protection to Tyagi in one of the cases registered in Srinagar, where the trial court issued a non-bailable warrant against him and directed the...
RG Kar Incident Not Gang Rape, Investigating Alleged Cover-Up: CBI Tells Calcutta HC, State Questions Revival Of Concluded Investigation
The CBI on Friday told the Calcutta High Court that it had concluded from its investigation and available expert medical opinion that the rape and murder incident of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar medical college and hospital was not an instance of gang rape.DSG appearing for the CBI told Justice Tirthankar Ghosh that the agency was presently investigating the involvement of people in...