Petitioner Must Be Secular, Don't Be Selective : Supreme Court On Plea To Ban Political Parties With Religious Names

The Supreme Court on Friday observed that the petitioner, who has filed a PIL seeking to ban political parties with religious names and symbols, must not be selective in his approach.The petitioner must be "fair to everyone" and "secular" and should not give room for an allegation that only a particular community was targeted. The Court made these verbal comments after objections were raised...

PNB Scam : Give CBI Letter Of Authority To Access Bank Accounts, Supreme Court Suggests To Nirav Modi's Brother-in-Law

The Supreme Court on Tuesday suggested to Nirav Modi’s brother-in-law Mainak Mehta to provide the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) with a "Letter of Authority" for bank accounts which are being probed by the CBI in relation to the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case. The matter was listed before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha. The CBI...

Are Migrants Registered In E-Shram Portal Given Benefits Under Food Security Act? Supreme Court Asks Centre, States

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Union of India and all state governments to inform whether the 28.55 crores migrants/unorganised workers registered on the E-Shram portal are having the ration cards and whether all of them are given the benefit of food under the National Food Security Act.The Court said that mere registration in the portal is not enough and that the benefits of...

Electoral Bonds Case | Supreme Court Bifurcates Petitions In Three Sets, Decides To Hear Each Set Separately

The Supreme Court of India bifurcated the batch of petitions concerning the Electoral Bonds scheme into three sets and decided to hear them separately. The matter was listed before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha. The bench noted that the petitions could be divided in three distinct sets raising the following issues– 1. The challenge to the...

Supreme Court Reserves Judgment In Rana Ayyub's Plea Challenging Jurisdiction Of Ghaziabad Court To Take Cognisance Of Money Laundering Case

The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved judgment on a writ petition filed by journalist and author Rana Ayyub challenging the order passed by a special court in Ghaziabad taking cognisance of the prosecution complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate alleging money laundering in the crowdfunding campaigns run by her for charity work.A bench comprising Justices V. Ramasubramanian and...

Mere Word ‘Muslimeen’ In Party’s Name Can't Amount To Any Appeal To Electorate On Ground Of Religion: AIMIM Tells Supreme Court

Asaduddin Owaisi led AIMIM (All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen) has filed a counter affidavit before the Supreme Court opposing a PIL for cancelling the symbol and name allotted to political parties which are using religion in their name or carrying religious connotations in their symbol.AIMIM claims that mere mention of the word, ‘Muslimeen’ in the party's name cannot amount...

Professor Of Indore Law College Approaches Supreme Court Seeking Anticipatory Bail In Case Over "Hinduphobic" Book In Library

A professor of Indore’s Government New Law College has approached the Supreme Court seeking protection after the Madhya Pradesh High Court rejected his anticipatory bail plea in a case over an alleged "anti-national" and "Hinduphobic" book found in the college library. Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud agreed on Tuesday to list the petition on February 3, 2023 after Advocate Aljo...

Centre Seeks Review Of SC Judgement Declaring Section 3(2) Of Benami Transactions Prohibition Act As Unconstitutional

The Central Government has filed a petition seeking review of the Supreme Court judgement which had declared that Section 3(2) of the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act 1988 as unconstitutional on the ground of being manifestly arbitrary. Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta mentioned the matter before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha. Through...

EVM VVPAT : Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response On Plea To Introduce Technology To Aid Voters With Visual Disability

The Supreme Court on Monday granted four weeks-time to the Ministry of Law and Justice to file its counter affidavit in a plea which seeks the introduction of a technology to allow visually impaired voters to verify their votes. A Bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela Trivedi also granted two weeks’ time to the petitioner to file rejoinder in the matter. The plea...

Sec 482 CrPC | Pendency Of Suit Concealed, Cloak Of Criminal Offence Given To Civil Dispute : Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings

The Supreme Court has held that criminal proceedings can be quashed in exercise of powers under Section 482 CrPC when it is found that the attempt was to give a "cloak of criminal offence" to a dispute which is essentially of civil nature.The Court quashed the criminal proceedings after noting that the application filed under Section 156(3), Cr.P.C did not satisfy the essential ingredients...

'Serious Matter': Supreme Court To Hear Rajkot COVID Hospital Fire Case In Second Week Of March

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing of the suo moto case regarding the fire in Rajkot, Gujarat on 26.11.2020 which had resulted in the death of Covid patients in Hospital to the second week of March. The matter was listed before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala.Advocate Aparna Bhat, appearing for some victims,...

Supreme Court Asked Mizoram And Manipur To Consider Desirability Of Amending Recruitment Rules for State Pollution Control Boards

The Supreme Court, on Monday, closed the contempt petitions seeking implementation of a 2017 order of the Supreme Court directing all the State Governments to frame appropriate recruitment rules for Chairperson, Member Secretary and Members of the State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) in terms of the reports of various committees and authorities (Bhattacharia Committee, Belliappa...