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'Expected Of High Court To Muster Courage' : Supreme Court Criticises Allahabad HC Over Denial Of Bail In Conversion Case
The Supreme Court today (January 27) castigated the Allahabad High Court for not showing the "courage" to grant bail in a case for unlawful religious conversion. The Court went to the extent of saying that the refusal to grant bail in a case like the present one gave the impression that "altogether different considerations weighed with the presiding officer ignoring the well settled principles...
No Absolute Right To Choose Place Of Burial; State Has Duty To Provide All Religious Communities Places For Last Rites: Justice SC Sharma
Today, the Supreme Court delivered a split verdict on the plea of a Christian man from Chhattisgarh to bury the dead body of his father, a pastor, either in the burial ground of their native village Chindwara or in their private agricultural land. While Justice B.V. Nagarathna allowed the appellant to bury his father in his private agricultural property, Justice Satish Chandra Sharma held...
PIL For Women Safety | 'Why Should Women Have To Go To Police Station To Lodge Complaint?' : Supreme Court Suggests Online Complaint System
During the hearing of a public interest litigation seeking pan-India guidelines for safety of women, the Supreme Court today asked the Union of India as to why there is no mechanism in place to enable women to lodge complaints online. Having such a system can resolve issues related to police station jurisdiction as well as eliminate need for women to physically go to police stations, the...
Advocate Must Avoid Being A Litigant & Must Never Become A Surety : Justice BV Nagarathna
While dismissing a Public Interest Litigation filed by Advocate and petitioner-in-person Advocate Vishal Tiwari seeking a review of the dowry and domestic violence laws allegedly used to harass the husband and his family, the Court called out the advocate for being involved as litigant in this case. The PIL was filed in the wake of the suicide of a man named Atul Subhash allegedly due...
Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Writ Petitions Seeking Action Against Udhayanidhi Stalin For 'Sanatana Dharma' Remarks
The Supreme Court on Monday (January 27) refused to entertain three writ petitions seeking criminal action against Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin for the controversial speech made by him in September 2023 about 'Sanatana Dharma'.A bench comprising Justice Bela M Trivedi and Justice Prasanna B Varale expressed disinclination to entertain the matter, asking how the...
Police Shouldn't Serve S.41A CrPC/S.35 BNSS Notice Through WhatsApp Or Electronic Means: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has directed that police should not serve notice for appearance to the accused/suspect as per Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Section 35 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita) through WhatsApp or other electronic modes.The Court made it amply clear that the service of notice through WhatsApp or other electronic modes cannot be considered or recognised as...
'For Parliament To Do' : Supreme Court Dismisses PIL To Reform Domestic Violence & Dowry Laws
The Supreme Court today(January 27) dismissed a Public Interest Litigation seeking directions to ensure that the husband and his family members are not harassed in false cases of domestic violence and under dowry laws.The PIL was filed in the wake of the suicide of a man named Atul Subhash allegedly due to harassment by his wife through matrimonial cases. It was filed by Advocate Vishal...
Supreme Court Appoints Retd P&H HC Judge As Independent Observer To Physically Supervise Chandigarh Mayoral Elections On Jan 30
In a plea filed by Chandigarh Mayor Kuldeep Kumar, the Supreme Court today appointed former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Justice Jaishree Thakur as an Independent Observer to supervise the Chandigarh Mayoral Elections scheduled for January 30. The election proceedings shall take place in the physical presence of the Observer, the Court said.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N...
Whenever There's A Protest, S.144 CrPC Order Is Issued; This Sends Wrong Signal : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (January 27) flagged the misuse of Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Section 163 BNSS) to issue curfew orders to curb protests and demonstrations.A bench comprising Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan dismissed a petition filed by the State of Jharkhand challenging the Jharkhand High Court's order quashing cases against 28 BJP leaders...
Anna University Sexual Assault Case : Supreme Court Stays Madras HC's Directions Against Tamil Nadu Police Over FIR Leak
The Supreme Court today (January 27) stayed the Madras High Court's direction to the Tamil Nadu police to hold a departmental enquiry regarding the leak of the FIR in the sexual assault case of a 2nd Year Engineering Student inside the Anna University campus in Chennai.A bench comprising Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma also stayed the adverse comments made by the...
'Tell Us Where Rohingya Families Live' : Supreme Court In Plea Seeking Admission For Rohingya Children In Local Schools
In a petition seeking admission for Rohingya refugee children in local schools, the Supreme Court today called on the petitioner (an NGO) to file an affidavit stating whether the Rohingya refugees are confined in make-shift camps or living in regular residential colonies.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh passed the order in a plea filed by Social Jurist-A Civil Rights...