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BREAKING : Supreme Court Imposes Fine On 8 Political Parties For Violating Directions To Publish Criminal Antecedents Of Candidates In Bihar Polls
The Supreme Court imposed fine on eight political parties for committing contempt of court by flouting the directions in its February 2020 judgment for publication of the criminal antecedents of candidates during the Bihar assembly polls last year.Rupees Five Lakhs each have been imposed as fine on Communist Party of India( Marxist) and Nationalist Congress Party. Bharatiya Janata Party,...
[BREAKING] Politicians With Criminal Antecedents Cannot Be Permitted To Be Law-Makers; But Our Hands Are Tied: Supreme Court
Sending a stern message to decriminalize politics, the Supreme Court observed that persons with criminal antecedents cannot be permitted to become law-makers. However, the Court refrained from issuing any directions to that effect, saying that such directions cannot be issued in the absence of a statutory foundation."Our hands are tied, we can only appeal to the conscience of the...
Political Parties Have To Publish Information On 'Candidates With Criminal Antecedents' On Their Website Homepage: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has directed the political parties to publish information regarding criminal antecedents of candidates on the homepage of their websites.It will also become necessary now to have on the homepage a caption which states "candidates with criminal antecedents"The court has also directed the Election Commission of India to create a dedicated mobile application...
'NHRC Working Without Full Strength For First Time' : Plea In Supreme Court To Fill Up Vacancies
The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned a plea seeking Top Court's intervention to ensure that the Apex Human Rights watchdog of the country runs with its full strength to September 9, 2021. The matter was listed before a division bench of Justice L Nageshwar Rao and Justice Aniruddha Bose. Claiming that it was for the first time in the history of the National Human Rights...
[BREAKING] NEET MDS 2021 Counselling From August 20 To October 10, 2021 : Centre Tells Supreme Court
The Union of India on Tuesday informed Supreme Court that it has decided to conduct NEET MDS 2021 counselling from 20th August 2021 and will conclude the same on 10th October 2021The Medical Counselling Committee and Union of India made the submission through an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court today, August 10th. The Centre has also submitted the proposed schedule for counselling...
'Country Has Right To Know' : Goa Govt Opposes Tarun Tejpal's Plea For In-Camera Hearing Of Rape Case Appeal
Journalist Tarun Tejpal has sought all proceedings in the Bombay High Court at Goa against his acquittal in 2013 rape case to be held in-camera and raised objections on the maintainability of the Goa Government's appeal. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted that he usually wouldn't be opposed to an in-camera prayer, but in this case, the institution has failed to impress...
Judges Handling Criminal Cases Against MPs & MLAs Should Not Be Transferred Until Further Orders: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that Judges hearing the criminal cases against sitting or former MPs/MLAs should continue in their current posts until further orders of the Supreme Court, to ensure the disposal of pending cases. "To ensure the disposal of pending case, the presiding officers of special courts, or CBI courts involved in prosecution of MPs MLAs to continue in...
Supreme Court Bars Withdrawal Of Criminal Prosecution Against MPs/MLAs Without Permission Of High Court
The Supreme Court on Monday directed that no prosecution against sitting of former MPs snd MLAs will be withdrawn without the permission of the High Court of the concerned state.The Court further directed that judges hearing the criminal cases against MPs/MLAs in Special Courts should continue in their current posts until further orders of the Supreme Court. This direction will be subject to...
'Please Have Faith In System' : Supreme Court Disapproves 'Parallel Debates' By Petitioners On Pegasus Issue
In connection with the Pegasus issue, the Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed some reservations regarding the petitioners, who have an interest in the matter, from conducting "parallel proceedings and parallel debates" on social media while the Court is seized of the issue and is dealing with it."Mr. Shyam Diwan, Mr. Kapil Sibal, Mr. C. U. Singh, Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, all...
Pegasus Snoopgate: Solicitor General Seeks Time For Instructions, Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing Of Pleas Seeking SIT Probe Till Aug 16
The Supreme Court today granted time till Monday to Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to seek instructions from the Government on the nine petitions seeking probe into the Pegasus snooping controversy, on a request made by him While doing so, a bench comprising Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Vineet Saran and Justice Surya Kant asked the Petitioners to refrain from indulging...