Supreme Court Directs Trial To Commence In Cattle Smuggling Case Against TMC Leader Anubrata Mondal

The Supreme Court, today (on January 22), while hearing a petition of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Anubrata Mondal seeking bail in connection with an alleged cross-border cattle smuggling scam, ordered the commencement of the trial. The central agency arrested Mondal, currently lodged in Delhi's Tihar jail, in August last year. A bench of Justices Bela Trivedi and...

Inform Steps Taken On Revision Of Electoral Rolls To Remove Duplicate Entries : Supreme Court To ECI

The Supreme Court on Monday (January 22) sought a response from the Election Commission of India (ECI) concerning the steps it has taken to revise the electoral rolls and tackle the issue of duplication of entries in those instances where either the electors have been deceased or have shifted their place of residence. Senior Advocate Meenakshi Arora informed the bench that no response...

Supreme Court Asks University To Pay Cost Of Rs 4 Lakh Damages To Student For Irregular Re-evaluation

The Supreme Court recently imposed a cost of Rs 4 lakhs on the Himachal Pradesh University for re-evaluating subjects, which the student/ appellant neither applied for nor paid the revaluation fee. “Considering the aforesaid, it is apparent that the appellant has applied only for two subjects, but under the terms of Clause 10 of the Revaluation Form, without deposit of the...

SCBA Electoral Reforms | Consider Desirability Of Taking Up Issues In General Body Meeting: Supreme Court To SCBA

In a matter relating to electoral reforms in the Supreme Court Bar Association, the top Court today asked the Association to consider the desirability of taking up all issues in its General Body Meeting.The Bench of Justices Surya Kant and KV Viswanathan passed the order, listing the matter after 3 weeks.The arguments addressed emanated in response to an application filed by a member of the...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Uddhav Sena's Petition Challenging Maharashtra Speaker's Refusal To Disqualify Shinde Sena MLAs

The Supreme Court on Monday (January 22) issued notice on a petition filed by a member of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) challenging the refusal of the Maharashtra Speaker to disqualify the MLAs of Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) under the tenth schedule of the Constitution.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra issued...

NewsClick Case |After Turning Approver, HR Head Amit Chakraborty Withdraws Petition In Supreme Court Against Arrest

The Supreme Court on Monday (January 22) allowed NewsClick human resources head and recently-turned approver Amit Chakraborty to withdraw his plea challenging his arrest by the Delhi police. He was arrested along with Prabir Purkayastha, the founder and editor-in-chief of the news portal in October last year. Last week, Chakraborty was allowed by a Delhi court to turn approver in the case,...

Bar & Bench Not Always On 'Same Page' : CJI DY Chandrachud Announces Steps To Resolve Pagination Issues Of E-Filed Copies

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Monday (22.1.24) announced steps to solve the issue of non-tallying of pagination of copies that often occurs during the pleadings. The measures come in light of the inconvenience faced by the bench in tracing and matching the page numbers which the advocates refer to while submitting their arguments. Often an incongruence of page numbers...

Tejashwi Yadav Withdraws Remark On Gujaratis; Supreme Court Asks Complainant If Defamation Case Is Needed

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav told the Supreme Court in an affidavit that he has withdrawn the remarks made by him about Gujaratis.Yadav filed the affidavit in a transfer petition filed by him seeking to transfer from Ahmedabad to a neutral venue the criminal defamation case filed against him over his "Gujarati hi thag hai ho sakta hai...

Permission For Religious Ceremonies Can't Be Denied On Sole Ground That Other Communities Are In Majority There: Supreme Court To TN Govt

While hearing a writ petition against an alleged embargo by the Tamil Nadu government on live screenings and special poojas in connection with the Ram Mandir 'pran prathistha' ceremony, the Supreme Court cautioned against blanket orders banning religious ceremonies in areas predominantly inhabited by members of other religions.On Monday morning, a bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna...

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Ram Mandir Pran Pratishta | Singing Ram Bhajans, Uttering 'Rama Nama' Not Prohibited But Be Done Without Disturbing Law & Order: Madras HC

The Madras High Court on Monday disposed of a plea challenging the rejection of permission to live telecast the Ram Mandir inauguration programs in a private hall. Justice Anand Venkatesh held a special sitting in the early hours of Monday to hear the matter. The court took note of the State's submission that there was no prohibition against conduct of functions, singing Bhajans,...

Ram Mandir Pran Pratishta : Supreme Court Records Tamil Nadu Govt's Statement That There's No Ban On Live Telecast Or Special Poojas

The Tamil Nadu Government on Monday (January 22) told the Supreme Court that there is no ban on organising the live screenings of the Pran Pratishta ceremony of Lord Ram at Ayodhya and on performing special poojas, bhajans or annadhanams to mark the occasion.A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta recorded the statement made on behalf of the Tamil Nadu Government. "We...