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Kaali Poster Row : Supreme Court Transfers To Delhi Police All FIRs Against Filmmaker Leena Manimekalai; Interim Protection To Continue
The Supreme Court on Monday (April 10) transferred to the Delhi Police all the FIRs against filmmaker Leena Manimekalai over the poster of her documentary titled "Kaali". The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala added that until a report was filed by the Investigating Officer under Section 173 of the CrPC, the ad–interim order...
Telangana Governor Gives Assent To 3 Bills; Refers 2 To President; 3 Under Active Consideration : Statement In Supreme Court
In the plea filed by Telangana Government seeking directions to Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to clear ten bills passed by the legislative assembly, which were awaiting her assent, the Supreme Court on Monday was informed of the updated position of the bills, some of which had been assented to by the Governor. The matter was listed before a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice...
Menstrual Hygiene | Supreme Court Directs Union Government To Frame National Policy On Free Sanitary Napkins & Safe Disposal Mechanisms In Schools
The Supreme Court on Monday (April 10) directed the central government to frame a National Policy on menstrual hygiene for school-going girls in the country. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala stated that the said policy must ensure low cost sanitary napkins and safe disposal mechanisms of sanitary napkins in schools. The bench was...
'Fake' Encounters : Supreme Court To Consider Gujarat Govt's Objection To Sharing Records With Petitioners
In a case wherein the Supreme Court is monitoring 22 alleged 'fake encounters' conducted by the Gujarat Police between 2002 and 2007, it indicated, on Monday, that it would consider the reservation expressed by the State of Gujarat in sharing records of three encounters with the petitioners. The report filed by retired judge of the Supreme Court, Justice HS Bedi found prima facie evidence of...
Plea To Safeguard Copyright Of Live-Stream Videos In YouTube : Supreme Court Allows Petitioner To Give Suggestions
The Supreme Court on Monday disposed off an application filed by former RSS ideologue KN Govindacharya seeking a mechanism to preserve the copyright of the live-stream videos of hearings streamed through YouTube. A bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala disposed of the application giving liberty to the petitioner to give his suggestions to...
Alleged Lack Of Jurisdiction Of Court No Ground To Transfer Case : Supreme Court Dismisses PFI Student Wing Leader's Plea
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by KA Rauf Sheriff, the General Secretary of the Campus Front of India (the student wing of the banned Popular Front of India), seeking transfer of the money laundering case against him from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh to Ernakulam in Kerala.The money laundering case was registered in 2018 by taking a UAPA case relating to a PFI arms...
View That There Cannot Be Police Custody Beyond 15 Days From Date Of Arrest Should Be Reconsidered : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, on Monday, opined that its decision in CBI v. Anupam J. Kulkarni, wherein it was observed that there cannot be police custody beyond 15 days from the date of arrest, requires to be re-considered.A Bench comprising Justice MR Shah and Justice CT Ravikumar granted permission to CBI to have 4 days’ police custody remand of an accused whose remand was originally granted by...
Plea Against Identifying Minorities At National Level: Supreme Court Grants Last Opportunity To States, UTs That Are Yet To Submit Responses
The Supreme Court, on Monday, granted last opportunity to the State Governments and Union Territories that are yet to file their response stating their point of view regarding identification and notification of religious and linguistic minorities. The Apex Court directed them to submit their response to the Union Government within a period of six weeks. A Bench comprising Justice SK Kaul...
Can't Debar Persons Charged For Serious Offences From Elections, Says Supreme Court During Hearing
While hearing a PIL to debar persons against whom charges have been framed in serious offences from contesting in elections, the Supreme Court on Monday orally observed that it cannot pass a direction to debar persons who are chargesheeted for serious offences from contesting elections."The prayer is to debar persons against whom charges have been framed in serious offences from standing...
'PMLA Most Draconian Statute Ever In The Country': Kapil Sibal Urges Supreme Court To Reconsider 'Vijay Madanlal Choudhary' Judgment
“The Prevention of Money Laundering Act is the most draconian statute that has ever seen the light of day in the country,” senior advocate and Member of Parliament Kapil Sibal told the Supreme Court of India on Monday. “The act gives draconian powers to the Directorate of Enforcement for arrest, attachment, search and seizure. The safeguards provided in the Code...
Limited Scrutiny of Court Under Section 11 Of Arbitration Act Through The “Eye Of The Needle”, Is Necessary And Compelling: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled that the court while exercising jurisdiction under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act) is not expected to act mechanically, and that the limited scrutiny of the court at the pre-reference stage, through the “eye of the needle”, is necessary and compelling.The bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice...
Supreme Court Refuses To Grant Bail To Two Convicts In 2015 Jindal University Gang-Rape Case
The Supreme Court, on Monday, refused to grant bail to the two convicts in the 2015 OP Jindal University rape case. On a previous occasion, the Apex Court had issued limited notice in the plea to consider the challenge to conviction under two provisions only- Section 376(D) IPC (gang-rape) and Section 376(2)(n) IPC (commits rape repeatedly on the same woman)..Appearing before a Bench...