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'Nothing To Suggest Speeches Were Disturbing Public Order' : Supreme Court Quashes Detention Of Maulana Mufti Salman Azhari In Gujarat
The Supreme Court today directed the release of prominent Muslim cleric and scholar Maulana Mufti Salman Azhari who was detained over alleged hate speech under the Gujarat Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act, 1985 (“PASA”). The bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and Prasanna B. Varale granted relief to Azhari while setting aside the Gujarat High Court's order validating the...
Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea To Stall Release Of Alia Bhatt's Movie 'Jigra' Over Alleged Trade Mark Infringement
The Supreme Court on Friday (October 18) refused to entertain a trade mark infringement plea seeking to injunct the use of term 'Jigra' for the Alia Bhatt starrer film which has recently been released in theatres. The bench of CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing a challenge to the order of the Rajasthan High Court which lifted a stay imposed by a...
Gujarat High Court Permits Rape Convict Narayan Sai To Meet Ailing Father Asaram Bapu For 4 Hours, Notes They Haven't Met For 11 Yrs
The Gujarat High Court on Friday (October 18) permitted Narayan Sai to meet his ailing father and rape convict Asaram Bapu–who is lodged in a Jodhpur jail serving a life sentence, for four hours.A division bench of Justice Ilesh J Vora and Justice SV Pinto directed Sai to be taken to the jail accompanied by a delegation of police officers at his own cost, to meet his father. Sai, who has...
Supreme Court Seeks Expert's View On MBBS Admission For Candidate With 88% Muscular Dystrophy
The Supreme Court today (Friday) while hearing a plea by a medical candidate suffering from muscular dystrophy observed that there are no specific guidelines to assess disability with assistive devices as per the GOI gazette (March 2024) on assessing specified disabilities. The bench of CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing by a candidate facing 88%...
Steps Taken For Two New Solid Waste Management Projects : Delhi Municipal Corporation Tells Supreme Court
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi told the Supreme Court on Friday that it expects two solid waste management projects to go ahead within two weeks which will result in MCD surpassing the required waste management capacity by 3,000 metric tons daily by 2026.“We have received bids. After this hearing, my lords, in the next two weeks, we will process those bids and these projects will go...
Supreme Court Dismisses Bail Plea Of UP MLA Abbas Ansari Under Gangsters Act, Asks To Approach High Court
The Supreme Court today dismissed Uttar Pradesh MLA Abbas Ansari's plea for bail in a case registered under the UP Gangsters Act. It however granted him liberty to approach the High Court for bail, with a request to the High Court that it decide the bail plea within 4 weeks of filing.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan passed the order after hearing Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal...
Krishna River Water Dispute: Justice Sanjay Kumar Recuses, Bench Refers Matter To CJI For Relisting
The Supreme Court today (October 18) sought the relisting of a writ petition filed by the State of Telangana against the Andhra Pradesh Government and Krishna River Management Board after Justice Sanjay Kumar recused from the hearing.The matter came up before a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Kumar, when Justice Khanna said: "This will go before another bench...Subject to others of...
Delhi Court Grants Bail To AAP Leader Satyendar Jain In Money Laundering Case, Says He's Incarcerated Since 18 Months
A Delhi Court on Friday granted bail to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain in a money laundering case.Special Judge Vishal Gogne of Rouse Avenue Courts granted the relief citing delay in trial and long incarceration of Jain. “Considering the delay in trial and long incarceration of 18 months, and the fact that trail will take long to start, let alone conclude, accused is...
'With These Kind Of PILs, We Don't Get Time To Deal With Genuine PILs' : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea For OTT Regulation
The Supreme Court today (October 18) dismissed a plea seeking constitution of a board for regulation of content and release of films on the OTT Platform. The petitioner mainly contended that there is no regulation for monitoring the OTT Content and the release of the films of OTT. "Just last month there were two movies, one was an OTT, one was for the theatre. The theatre movie could not...
'Frivolous SLP' : Supreme Court Imposes Rs 1 Lakh Cost On Jharkhand, Says Govt Can Enquire Which Officer 'Ill-Advised' Filing
The Supreme Court today imposed an exemplary cost of 1 lac on the State of Jharkhand for filing a frivolous special leave petition and granted the State liberty to initiate an inquiry against the officer responsible for advising the filing of an "ill-advised" SLP to recover the costs. A bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and K.V Viswanathan recalled that it has repeatedly insisted against the filing...