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E- Monitoring For Road Safety | Supreme Court Informed About MoRTH Plan To Standardise Guidelines For Uniformity Across Nation
In a plea before the Supreme Court seeking electronic monitoring of roads to ensure safety and prevention of accidents, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of India (MoRTH) has indicated that it will undertake the exercise of standardisation and bring detailed guidelines to integrate software and hardware with e-vahan/e-challan to ensure uniformity across India. The matter was heard by...
“Technology Must Be Used For Good Purposes”: Supreme Court Says While Hearing Youtuber’s Plea Against Cancellation Of Bail
“Technology must be used for good purposes”, the Supreme Court orally observed on Thursday while hearing a Youtuber Sattai Duraimurugan’s plea against a Madras High Court’s order cancelling his bail last year.The High Court had granted him bail in 2021 in a case where he allegedly made derogatory statements against the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, MK Stalin.Before a Bench of Justices...
DCPCR Supports Marriage Equality Petitions In Supreme Court; Says Govt Should Create Awareness That Same Sex Families Are Normal
The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) has filed an intervention application in the pleas seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriage in India. The said pleas are listed before a Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on April 18, 2023.While stating that the officials of DCPCR have a total of 15 years of collective experience in dealing with issues pertaining...
Take Stringent Action Against Hospitals For Unnecessary Or Forced Hysterectomies; Follow Union's Guidelines : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday disposed of a public interest litigation (PIL) petition alleging illegal and forced hysterectomies in the states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan, with a direction to all states and union territories to implement the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) guidelines on hysterectomies within three months.The Court also directed...
Youtuber Manish Kashyap Moves Supreme Court In Bihar Migrants Fake Videos Case; Says NSA Has Been Invoked Against Him
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear on April 10 the petition filed by Youtuber Manish Kashyap, challenging multiple FIRs lodged against him for allegedly spreading disinformation concerning violence against Bihari migrant workers in Tamil Nadu. The matter was heard by a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala. The petition was otherwise not listed today; but CJI...
Judicial Officers' Pay Hike | Supreme Court Dismisses Review Petitions Of Centre & States Against Direction To Implement Commission Recommendations
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, upheld its order dated 27th July, 2022 directing for implementation of the enhanced pay scale for judicial officers as per the recommendation of the Second National Judicial Pay Commission (SNJPC). By the said order, it had also directed the Centre and State Governments to pay the arrears to the officers in 3 instalments - 25% in 3 months, another 25% in next...
Gyanvapi Mosque Case| Masjid Committee Seeks Urgent Listing In View Of Ramzan; Supreme Court Lists On April 14
The Supreme Court on Thursday listed the pleas concerning the Gyanvapi Mosque dispute on 14th April 2023. The development took place when Senior Advocate Huzefa Ahmadi mentioned the matter before a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala. Ahmadi, appearing for the Committee of Management Anjuman Intezamia Masjid (which manages Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi), requested that...
Amendments To CrPC & IPC Under Active Consideration: Attorney General Tells Supreme Court
The Union Government on Thursday informed the Apex Court that the Centre was actively considering amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala was hearing a plea challenging Section 64 of the Code of Criminal Procedure on the ground that the said section discriminated against women by...
Follow Draft Constitution Framed By Justice LN Rao Pending Its Finalisation: Supreme Court Tells Indian Olympic Association
The Supreme Court on Wednesday orally reminded the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) that it was obligated to comply with a draft constitution framed under the supervision of the top court and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), pending its finalisation. This development comes days after the apex sports organisation asked the national governing body to appoint a chief executive...
Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Suvendhu Adhikari's Plea To Re-Assess SC/ST Figures In West Bengal For Panchayat Polls
The Supreme Court bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala on Thursday refused to entertain the petition filed by Suvendu Adhikari, Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly seeking to re-assess the figures of SCs and STs ahead of the West Bengal Panchayat Polls. While noting that the interdicting an election was a 'serious matter' the bench refused...
PIL Seeking Mechanism To Inform Legal Heirs About Unclaimed Deposits In Dormant Accounts : Supreme Court Seeks Finance Ministry's Response
The Supreme Court on Thursday granted time to the Ministry of Finance to file its counter affidavit in a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a mechanism to inform legal heirs about the unclaimed deposits lying in dormant accounts. The petition filed by financial journalist and Managing Editor of Money Life Sucheta Dalal was listed before a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and Justice...
'Officer Without Authority Took Action' : Supreme Court Sets Aside Conviction For 'Black' Sale Of LPG Cylinder In 1995
The Supreme Court recently set aside an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court which had upheld a Trial Court order convicting persons who had involved in the sale of ‘black’ gas cylinders in a 1995 case.A Bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Rajesh Bindal was hearing the appellants’ plea against their conviction under Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. On February 2,...