Supreme Court Stays Bombay HC Observation That People Who Feed Street Dogs Must Adopt Them; Asks Dog Feeders Not To Create Public Nuisance

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that no coercive steps shall be taken in pursuance of the order of the Bombay High Court(Nagpur Bench) which prohibited the public feeding of street dogs.The Court also stayed the High Court's observation that persons who feed street dogs must adopt them.A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and JK Maheshwari stayed the following observation in the...

Morbi Incident | "Don't Take This Matter Casually; File Counter-Affidavit By 4:30 PM Today Or Pay ₹1Lakh Cost": Gujarat HC To Civic Body

Hearing a suo moto case pertaining to the October 30 Morbi Bridge Collapse incident, the Gujarat High Court today directed the Morbi Civic Body to file its counter-affidavit in the matter by 4:30 PM today or pay 1 lakh cost. The Court also asked it to stop taking this matter casually. A bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh J Shastri directed thus as it was informed today...

Kathua Rape-Murder Case : Supreme Court Sets Aside Order Which Declared One Accused As Juvenile; Directs To Prosecute Him As An Adult

The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the orders of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kathua and the Jammu and Kashmir High Court which held that one of the accused in the Kathua rape-murder case was a juvenile.The Apex Court has directed that the said accused Shubham Sangra should be tried as an adult.A bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and Justice JB Pardiwala allowed the appeal filed...

Offices Held By Constitutional Functionaries Not Open To Denigration By 'Self-Styled' Warriors Of Public Interest: Delhi HC On PIL Challenging CJI Appointment

Dismissing a PIL challenging the appointment of newly sworn-in Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, the Delhi High Court has observed that the offices held by constitutional functionaries are not open to denigration by "self-styled warriors of public interest" on the basis of superficial allegations, having no basis in law or fact.Calling the plea challenging Justice Chandrachud's appointment...

"Common Man Interested In Solutions Not Meetings": Supreme Courts Raps Punjab, Haryana Govts Over Failure To Prevent Flooding In Ghaggar River

Opining that the common man is interested in real solutions and not meetings, the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday pulled up the state governments of Punjab and Haryana for not taking any effective steps to prevent flooding near the Ghaggar river basin. A Bench of Justices MR Shah and MM Sundresh noted that both the Punjab and Haryana state governments took no concrete steps...

Morbi Incident | How Contract Of Renovation Granted Without Inviting Tender? Gujarat High Court Raises Questions About MoU For Bridge Maintenance

While hearing the suo moto case pertaining to the October 30 Morbi Bridge Collapse incident, the Gujarat High Court raised its eyebrows over the way in which the contract for renovation was granted to the Gujarat-based Ajanta Manufacturing, a part of the Oreva Group."State took steps that are expected from it (after the incident) but the agreement signed b/w Morbi civic body and a...

'Last Warning For Prosecution To Wake Up': Court Pulls Up Delhi Police For Presenting 'Irrelevant' Witnesses In Riots Case

Issuing a "last warning for prosecution to wake up", a trial court has pulled up the Delhi Police for presenting 'irrelevant' witnesses for examination before it in a 2020 riots case."Despite repeated directions given, in the past in a number of cases, for the prosecution to go through the record and to check, if everything is well with the record, such pain was not taken in this case, either...

'I Have A List Of Lawyers In My Mind' : CJI Chandrachud On SCBA Demand To Consider Supreme Court Lawyers For Elevation As High Court Judges

At his felicitation ceremony organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association, while addressing the concern of Senior Advocate, Mr. Vikas Gupta, President of SCBA regarding elevation of the Supreme Court Advocates as Judges of High Court, CJI, Justice Chandrachud made an interesting remark. He said: "I can let out a secret, when a young lawyer appears before us, the instinct that...

Did You Know That A Former Chief Justice Of India Did Not Have A Law Degree? [VIDEO]

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Collegium Should Take Forward Proposal To Elevate Justice Dipankar Dutta : SCBA President Vikas Singh

Senior Advocate Vikas Singh, the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association, on Monday said that the proposal to elevate Bombay High Court Chief Justice Dipankar Dutta must be taken ahead by the Supreme Court Collegium despite the change in its composition.Speaking at a felicitation function organised by the SCBA to honour the newly sworn-in Chief Justice of India Justice Dr DY...

Forceful Conversion Of Religion Serious Issue, May Affect Security Of Nation : Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response

Forceful conversion of religion will not only affect the Union of India but also affect the freedom of religion and conscience of individuals, the Supreme Court of India observed on Monday. Terming this as a "very serious issue", a Bench of Justices MR Shah and Hima Kohli asked the Union of India to make its stand clear by filing a counter affidavit in the matter within November...

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Plea Against Electoral Bonds' Sale For Polls In Gujarat, HP [VIDEO]

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