[Breaking] 'Is Situation In UP Antithetical To Core Constitutional Values': Allahabad HC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance, Issues Notice To Govt.

"While referring certain news items and details published in New York Times, in its Edition dated 2nd January, 2020 and The Telegraph dated 29th December, 2019, it is alleged that the situation in the State of Uttar Pradesh is antithetical to core constitutional values and warrants interference of this Court".

SC Notifies 9-Judge Bench For Settling Questions Referred In Sabarimala Review; None From The Original Bench Included

The composition of the nine- judge bench which will consider the questions of law referred in the Sabarimala review case is now clear, with the publication of advance causelist for January 13.The bench will comprise :CJI S A BobdeJustice R BanumathiJustice Ashok BhushanJustice L Nageswara RaoJustice Mohan M ShantanagoudarJustice S Abdul NazeerJustice R Subhash ReddyJustice B R GavaiJustice...

[Breaking] Nirbhaya Case : Trial Court Issues Death Warrant For Hanging Of Four Convicts On January 22

A Delhi Court on Tuesday issued death warrant for the hanging of four convicts in the Nirbhaya rape-murder case on January 22 at 7 AM.The four convicts - Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma and Akshay Singh - were informed of the order via video conferencing.Additional Sessions Judge Satish Arora of Patiala House Courts was considering the plea for execution of death warrants against them....

'Don't Be Under Impression That Spiritual Organization Is Above Law' : Karnataka HC Asks Isha Foundation To Reveal Amounts Collected For Cauvery Calling Project

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev's Isha Foundation to file an additional affidavit disclosing the amount it has collected for the 'Cauvery Calling Project'. The Foundation has also been asked to explain the mode and manner in which the amounts have been raised. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Hemant Chandangoudar pulled up the...

[Breaking] Allahabad HC Directs NHRC To Probe Police Action At AMU During Anti-CAA Protests [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court has directed the National Human Rights Commission to investigate into the alleged police violence in Aligarh Muslim University, during anti-CAA protests. The order was passed by the bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Vivek Varma in the PIL filed by Mohd. Aman Khan against police action during an anti-CAA protest at AMU on December 15,...

SC Asks NGO To Show Its Locus In Land Grab Complaint Against Yeddyurappa & D K Shivakumar

"You cannot piggy-back on somebody else's complaint like this, you cannot ride on another's shoulders", remarked Chief Justice S. A. Bobde on Tuesday on a plea to re-kindle a 2008 land-grabbing case against Karnataka CM B.S. Yediyurappa and former Congress minister D. K. Shivakumar. The CJ granted two weeks' time to petitioner-NGO Samaj Parivartan Samudaya to show that it has earlier...

Attack On JNU : What Explains The Trust Deficit In Constitutional Courts?

It is saddening to see the massive erosion of public confidence in Courts.

[Breaking] Nine Judge Constitution Bench To Start Hearing On Questions Referred In Sabarimala Review From 13 January 2020 [Read Notice]

A Nine Judges Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will commence hearing on the questions referred in the Sabarimala Case from next Monday, 13th January 2020.The notice does not mention the name of judges who will be part of the nine judge bench. The notice by Officer on Special Duty (Listing) reads thus:"Take notice that the following matters will be listed for hearing before a Nine...

Plea In SC Challenges Provisions Of IBC Ordinance 2019 Imposing Conditions On Homebuyers' Right [Read Petition]

A writ petition has been filed in Supreme Court challenging Section 3 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 (Ordinance). The said provision, which adds certain provisos to Section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) and purports to set out new conditions for real estate allottees to approach the NCLT, is alleged to be ultra vires the Constitution of India...

'No Absolute Right Of Appointment For Minority Educational Institutions' : SC Upholds WB Madrasah Service Commission Act [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of West Bengal Madrasah Service Commission Act 2008 observing that there is no absolute and unqualified right of appointment for minority educational institutions.A bench of Justices Arun Mishra and U U Lalit delivered the verdict on Monday in the case SK Md Raffique v Managing Committee, Contai Rehmania High Madrasah and others.The...

Madras HC Lawyers Slam Chennai Police Actions Against Anti-CAA 'Kolam' Protests

A group of Madras High Court advocates have spoken against the actions taken by the Chennai police against anti-CAA "Kolam" protests.On 29th December 2019, Shastri Nagar police detained Gayatri Khandhadai, a lawyer and human rights defender, for drawing "kolam" against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Three other lawyers who had visited her to render legal assistance were also detained. The...

[Exclusive] 'Offends Secular Colour Of The Country': Meghalaya HC Had Cautioned Against The Very Idea Of CAA

A Division Bench of the Meghalaya High Court, on 24th May 2019, had sounded a word of caution against the very idea of granting citizenship based on religion to minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, which the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, now, more or less, proposes to do. It had observed that such an idea has 'a colour of offending secular colour of the country.'On...