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High Courts Not Inferior To Supreme Court, But Shouldn't Take Up Matters Which SC Is Seized Of : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today reiterated the need for High Courts to refrain from entertaining cases which are already seized by the Apex Court. The bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and NV Anjaria was hearing the issue of officers involved in the alleged illegal tree felling at the Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve. The apex court, which has been monitoring the investigation by the...
'Ridge Acts As Delhi's Green Lungs In Present Pollution' : Supreme Court Directs Giving Statutory Status To Ridge Management Board
Amid worsening air pollution in the National Capital, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 11) delivered a crucial verdict aimed at protecting the 'Delhi Ridge', a vital ecological zone in Delhi. Observing that little progress had been made over the past three decades to restore the ridge's natural integrity, the Court directed the Union Government(MoEF & CC) to confer statutory status...
RP Act Accepts Aadhaar Card As Identity Proof For Electoral Roll Inclusion; UIDAI's Notification Can't Stop It, Says Supreme Court During Hearing
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 11) orally remarked that a notification issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) cannot be the basis to stop the use of the Aadhaar card as a proof of identity for the purpose of inclusion in the electoral roll, since the Representation of the Peoples Act 1951 specifically allows such use.The Court remarked that an...
Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Challenge To Tribunal Reforms Act; AG Says Previous Verdicts Not Inflexible Directions Binding On Govt
The Supreme Court today reserved its decision in the challenge to the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021.The bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran was hearing the Madras Bar Association case concerning the validity of the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021. The Association has challenged the Act as contrary to the previous judgments of the Supreme Court which held that Tribunal members should...
Supreme Court Issues Notice To Gujarat Govt & HC Over Vacancies In Labour Courts
After being apprised of about 40% vacancy in its Labour and Industrial Courts, the Supreme Court today issued notice to the State of Gujarat and its High Court."It seems to us that prima facie, State of Gujarat, in consultation with the High Court, is required to provide adequate secretarial assistance and other infrastructural facilities to a variety of courts. Let notice be issued", the...
Supreme Court Seeks ECI's Response On Pleas Challenging SIR In Tamil Nadu & West Bengal; Asks HCs To Not Hear Same Issue
The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Election Commission of India on the petitions filed challenging the poll body's Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and West Bengal.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi also directed the High Courts to keep in abeyance the petitions filed in relation to the SIR of these states and Bihar. The Court...
'Best Morning To Send A Message': Day After Delhi Blasts, Supreme Court Refuses Bail To Man Accused Of Spreading ISIS Ideology
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to grant bail to and man accused under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) for allegedly being part of a conspiracy to promote ISIS ideology and carry out terror activities.A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta rejected the SLP filed by the petitioner, who has been incarcerated for over 2 years, against Madhya Pradesh...
Petitions Against SIR In Tamil Nadu & West Bengal : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing
The Supreme Court will hear today the petitions challenging the Special Intensive Revision of the voter rolls in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi is expected to hear the petitions afternoon.Political parties Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee have filed...
Supreme Court Stays Order To Form SIT With Hindu & Muslim Officers To Probe Akola Riots Case
The Supreme Court today stayed a previous direction passed by a two-judge bench to constitute a Special Investigation Team comprising officers of both Hindu and Muslim communities to investigate an assault case related to the 2023 Akola communal riots in Maharashtra.The Court passed the stay order while issuing notice to the respondents on the review petition filed by the State of...
'We Are One Country': Supreme Court Voices Concern Over Targeting Of People For Cultural Differences
The Supreme Court today orally remarked that it is pained that people in this country are targeted because of cultural and racial differences. Remembering an incident where a person wearing a lungi was recently targeted in New Delhi, it said that the Union must be bothered about the cultural and racial discrimination faced by people, especially Northeasterners.A bench comprising Justice...