Shambhu Border Blockade | 'Resolve Farmers Protest Amicably' : Supreme Court Gives Time To Punjab & Haryana To Propose Names For Committee

The Court orally suggested that a modality should be evolved by both the States to allow the passage of emergency vehicles.

Delhi LG Wasn't Told About Need For Court's Permission To Cut Trees : Chief Secretary Tells Supreme Court

Chief Secretary of the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, Naresh Kumar, informed the Supreme Court that Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena was not made aware of the necessity to obtain the court's permission for felling trees in the southern Ridge.The Chief Secretary stated this in an affidavit filed in a contempt petition against the Delhi Development Authority (DDA)...

NTA Should Avoid Flip-Flops Which Happened In NEET-UG Case : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday (August 2) criticised the National Testing Agency (NTA) for the "flip flops" it made in relation to the conduct of the NEET-UG 2024 exam.The Court was pronouncing the detailed judgment giving the reasons for its July 23 order which refused to cancel the NEET-UG exam held on May 5 over paper leak and malpractices.While holding that there was no material to show that...

Scheduled Castes Not A Homogeneous Class, Sub-classification One Of The Means To Achieve Substantive Equality: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court bench of seven judges headed by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dr D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justices B.R. Gavai, Vikram Nath, Bela M. Trivedi, Pankaj Mithal, Manoj Misra and Satish Chandra Sharma today, by 6:1 majority, held that sub-division of Scheduled Caste to provide reservation to the weakest out of the weak is permissible.Justice Bela Trivedi dissented....

Slum Rehabilitation Scheme Not To Be Seen As Real Estate Development Project, It's Linked To Right To Life: Supreme Court

A Supreme Court bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Aravind Kumar has held slum rehabilitation scheme cannot be viewed as a real estate development project because “there is a public purpose involved, and that is inextricably connected to the right to life of some of our brothers and sister citizens who are living in pathetic conditions”.In this case, the appellant was appointed as a...

Supreme Court Criticises Delhi HC's Directions To Judicial Officers Against Censuring Police Officers

The Supreme Court on Thursday (August 1) criticized the Delhi High Court's Rules for “Practice in the Trial of Criminal Cases”, which state that it is “undesirable for courts to censure police officers unless strictly relevant to the case”. The Court asserted that the HC cannot pass directions dictating the judicial officers on how to write judgments.Section 6 of Chapter 1, Part H of...

State Must Show Data On Inadequate Representation Of Castes In Services To Sub-Classify : Supreme Court

Cadre can't be used as a unit to determine representation, the Court stated.

Reservation Policy Requires Re-Look, Other Methods Needed To Uplift Downtrodden Among SC/ST/OBCs : Supreme Court Judge

Justice Pankaj Mithal said that reservation is one of the modes to uplift the downtrodden; however, its execution "revives casteism."

Can ED Restrain Person's Movements During Search? Supreme Court Leaves Question Of Law Open, Allows ED To Withdraw Petition

The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Thursday (August 1) withdrew from the Supreme Court its petition challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court's order quashing the arrest of former Yamunanagar MLA Dilbag Singh in a money laundering case.At the request of Additional Solicitor General of India SV Raju, the Court agreed to keep open the question of law whether the Enforcement...

Supreme Court Questions Registry Over Missing Files, Seeks Secretary General's Report

The Supreme Court asked its Secretary-General to submit a report on lapses pertaining to missing relevant documents in a case. Due to these lapses, the Court ended up wasting one hour while hearing a case. The Bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Rajesh Bindal were hearing a contempt petition that had 43 connected cases. While the first paper book was available before the Court,...

BREAKING | Krishna Janmabhumi Dispute: Suits Of Hindu Worshippers & Deity Maintainable, Says Allahabad HC; Rejects Masjid Committee's Challenge

In a significant ruling with potential implications for the pending suits before the Allahabad High Court regarding the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Eidgah Mosque dispute in Mathura, the High Court today DISMISSED the plea of Shahi Idgah Masjid filed under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC. This plea challenged the maintainability of 18 suits filed by the deity and Hindu worshippers.With this decision, a bench...

PMLA Provides No Procedure On Summoning, So CrPC Will Apply : Sibal Tells Supreme Court In Abhishek Banerjee's Case

During the hearing of TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's plea against ED summons in a school jobs scam case, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal urged before the Supreme Court on July 31 that the Prevention of Money Laundering Act provides “power” to summon an accused, but does not prescribe the “procedure” for summoning. “Power to summon is there, but procedure to summon is absent”, he...