Delhi Court Grants Bail To AAP Leader Satyendar Jain In Money Laundering Case, Says He's Incarcerated Since 18 Months

A Delhi Court on Friday granted bail to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain in a money laundering case.Special Judge Vishal Gogne of Rouse Avenue Courts granted the relief citing delay in trial and long incarceration of Jain. “Considering the delay in trial and long incarceration of 18 months, and the fact that trail will take long to start, let alone conclude, accused is...

'With These Kind Of PILs, We Don't Get Time To Deal With Genuine PILs' : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea For OTT Regulation

The Supreme Court today (October 18) dismissed a plea seeking constitution of a board for regulation of content and release of films on the OTT Platform. The petitioner mainly contended that there is no regulation for monitoring the OTT Content and the release of the films of OTT. "Just last month there were two movies, one was an OTT, one was for the theatre. The theatre movie could not...

'Frivolous SLP' : Supreme Court Imposes Rs 1 Lakh Cost On Jharkhand, Says Govt Can Enquire Which Officer 'Ill-Advised' Filing

The Supreme Court today imposed an exemplary cost of 1 lac on the State of Jharkhand for filing a frivolous special leave petition and granted the State liberty to initiate an inquiry against the officer responsible for advising the filing of an "ill-advised" SLP to recover the costs. A bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and K.V Viswanathan recalled that it has repeatedly insisted against the filing...

'Prioritise Prevention, Prosecution Alone Ineffective To Bring Social Change' : Read Supreme Court's Guidelines Against Child Marriages

The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 is a social legislation which requires a collective effort of all stakeholders for its success, said the Supreme Court, emphasising the need for community-driven strategies and more focus on prevention than prosecution.The Court said that preventive strategies should therefore be tailored to address the root causes of child marriage, such as...

Rajasthan Civil Judge Exam 2024 : Supreme Court Seeks Production Of English Essay Papers With Low Scores, Issues Notice To HC

The Supreme Court today (October 18) while issuing notice in the pleas challenging the Rajasthan Civil Judge Cadre, 2024 has directed the production of those answer sheets where candidates have been marked below 15 marks for English essays. As per the pleas, the common contention is that while the candidates had performed well overall, it is alleged that they have been marked unjustly low in...

Supreme Court Grants Bail To UP MLA Abbas Ansari In Money Laundering Case

The Supreme Court today (October 18) granted bail to Abbas Ansari, MLA from Mau from Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party.A bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and Pankaj Mithal however did not make any observation on merits. On the last occasion, the Court issued notice in the special leave petition filed by Ansari against the order of the Allahabad High Court denying bail to him in the Prevention...

Supreme Court Upholds Maintainability Of Appeals Filed By Airports Economic Regulatory Authority Against Orders Of TDSAT On Tariff Imposition

The Supreme Court today (October 18) upheld the maintainability of appeals filed by Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) assailing orders of the TDSAT under the AERA Act 2008 relating to tariff imposition on certain services. The bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra allowed the appeals to filed by AERA in the following order : "The appeals...

Supreme Court Grants Bail To UP MLA Abbas Ansari In Case Over Alleged Unauthorised Jail Meetings & Threats To Witnesses

The Supreme Court today granted bail to Uttar Pradesh MLA Abbas Ansari in a case involving allegations that his wife made unrestricted visits to him in Chitrakoot jail and he used her mobile phone to threaten witnesses and officials.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan passed the order in Ansari's challenge to an Allahabad High Court order whereby he was denied bail. Notice was...

'Bill Pending In Parliament' : Supreme Court Refrains From Deciding If Prohibition Of Child Marriage Act Overrides Personal Laws

While issuing various guidelines for the prevention of child marriages, the Supreme Court refrained from deciding the issue whether the Prevention of Child Marriage Act, 2006 overrides personal laws which sanction such marriages.The Court noted that the Parliament is seized of the issue since a bill introduced in 2021 to amend the Prevention of Child Marriage Act to give it overriding effect...

BREAKING | Supreme Court To Launch Live-Streaming Of Regular Hearings In All Benches

The Supreme Court is proposing to start the live-streaming of the regular hearings on all benches. The proceedings of all benches of the Supreme Court were streamed live on Friday (October 18) in a test format(can be accessed here).The streaming was done on the Court's own application instead of its official YouTube channel. Currently, only constitution bench matters and hearings of...

Supreme Court Stays HC Order Which Stopped Trial Of Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim In 2015 Sacrilege Cases

The Supreme Court on Friday (October 18) stayed the Punjab and Haryana High Court's order which stayed trial of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim in the 2015 cases relating to sacrilege of holy book Shri Guru Granth Sahib.A bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan passed the order in Punjab government's plea challenging the stay imposed on Ram Rahim's trial by Punjab and Haryana...

'Proceedings Can't Be To Malign Institutions' : Supreme Court Closes Habeas Corpus Petition Against Sadhguru's Isha Yoga Centre

The Supreme Court on Friday (October 18) closed the habeas corpus petition filed by a father alleging that his two daughters were being illegally confined at Sadhguru's Isha Yoga Centre at Coimbatore, because of the categorical statements made by the two women, who are presently aged 42 and 39 years, that they are staying at the Ashram out of their free choice.While closing the matter,...