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Supreme Court Extends Until March High Court's Stay On Bail Granted To Gautam Navlakha In Bhima Koregaon Case
The Supreme Court on Monday (February 12) extended until March the stay on the bail granted to journalist and activist Gautam Navlakha in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case, following a petition filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and SVN Bhatti was hearing the central agency's special leave petition against a Bombay High Court order granting...
Students Union Elections : Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging UGC's Limitations On Number Of Times Candidate Can Contest
In a plea against limitation of the number of times a candidate can contest Students Union elections for office bearer and executive posts, the Supreme Court today issued notice.The Bench of Justices Surya Kant and KV Viswanathan was hearing a PIL filed under Article 32 of the Constitution seeking the quashing of Rule 6.5.6 of the Lyngdoh Committee Report and a notification dated November...
Farmers' Protest: Plea In Punjab & Haryana High Court Challenges Internet Suspension, Border Sealing In Haryana
A petition has been filed before the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging the "obstructive actions" of the Central and State governments, including sealing of border between Haryana and Punjab in order to "prevent the farmers from exercising their constitutional right to assembly and protest peacefully."The plea also questions the suspension of mobile internet services and bulk SMS...
Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing Of Uddhav Sena's Plea Against Maharashtra Speaker's Refusal To Disqualify Shinde Group MLAs
The Supreme Court on Monday (February 12) deferred the petition filed by a Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) member challenging the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker's refusal to disqualify the MLAs belonging to Eknath Shinde group.The bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud could not take up the matter today due to paucity of time. CJI agreed to list the matter at an earlier date...
NewsClick Withdraws Its Plea In Supreme Court To Stay Tax Demand; To Move Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
Today (February 12), the Supreme Court allowed the company running the news portal “NewsClick” to withdraw its appeal against the Delhi High Court's order rejecting a stay on the income tax demand. The Division bench of BV Nagarathna and Augustine George Masih granted it the liberty to move before the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal. While doing so, the Court also recorded that the...
Karnataka High Court Reserves Order On Kerala CM's Daughter's Company To Stay SFIO Probe
The Karnataka High Court on Monday (February 12) reserved order on the plea of Exalogic Solutions Private Ltd - a company of which Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's daughter Veena Vijayan is a director - to stay the investigation by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) against the company.A bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna reserved order on interim relief while hearing a...
Supreme Court Extends Interim Bail Of Union Minister's Son Ashish Mishra In Lakhimpur Kheri Case
The Supreme Court today extended the interim bail granted earlier to Union Minister Ajay Mishra's son Ashish Mishra in the Lakhimpur Kheri case concerning the killings of four farmers in October 2021.The Bench of Justices Surya Kant and KV Viswanathan noted that since the last date of hearing ie September 26, 2023, no Report had been received from the Trial Court on the progress of the...
Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Challenge To Law Allowing Collection Of Prisoners' Biometrics; Asks Petitioners To Approach HC
The Supreme Court on Monday (February 12) refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by the Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) challenging the constitutionality of the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022, and the attendant rules, but granted the organisation liberty to approach the jurisdictional high court. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar...
Appointment Of Deputy Chief Ministers Not Unconstitutional : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (February 12) dismissed a PIL challenging the appointment of Deputy Chief Ministers in various states as being violative of Article 14. The Court opined that the Deputy Chief Minister was firstly a minister within the state government and the position was merely a label and nothing more.The bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala...
Heartbreaks Part Of Everyday Life; Breaking Up & Advising Partner To Marry Someone Else Won't Amount To Abetment To Suicide: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that merely advising a partner to marry as per the advice of parents would not attract the penal provisions of abetment to suicide under Section 306 of the Indian Penal.In this case, the girl died by suicide after her boyfriend advised her to marry as per her parent's choice. The deceased girl became upset after the boy's family started looking for a bride....
'Pension Scheme Must Be Interpreted Widely' : Supreme Court Allows Central Govt Service To Be Included For Pension Of Gujarat Govt Employee
Recently, the Supreme Court, while granting a pension to a government employee under Gujarat Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2022, observed that a government servant earns a pension in lieu of tireless service by him/ her. Further, pension is often an important consideration for the person(s) seeking government employment. “Accordingly, in our considered opinion, the raison d'etre qua...
Jharkhand High Court Issues Formal Notice On Hemant Soren's Plea Challenging ED Arrest, Hearing On February 27
The Jharkhand High Court today allowed the amendment application filed by former CM Hemant Soren, questioning the power of arrest exercised against him by the Enforcement Directorate under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 in an alleged land scam.While doing so, a division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Rajesh Kumar ordered...