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BREAKING | Gyanvapi : Allahabad HC Refuses Interim Stay On 'Puja' Inside 'Vyas Tehkhana', Asks State To Maintain Law & Order Situation
The Allahabad High Court today refused to allow the Gyanvapi Mosque committee's plea seeking an interim stay on Puja being performed in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi Mosque (known as Vyas Tehkhana). However, the Court has directed the state government to maintain law and order situation in the area. Pooja inside the Tehkhana began on 31st January, shortly after the Varanasi District...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Law Graduate's Petition Challenging Enrollment Fee Charged By UP Bar Council
The Supreme Court on Friday (Februaryy 2) issued notice on a writ petition filed by a law graduate challenging the enrollment fee charged by the Uttar Pradesh State Bar Council.The petitioner, appearing as party-in-person, told a Bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra that the present fee cited by the State Bar Council is Rs. 16,665 for lawyers to...
Allahabad HC Hearing On Gyanvapi Mosque Committee's Plea Against Allowing 'Puja' In 'Vyas Tehkhana-LIVE UPDATES
The Allahabad High Court will hear today an appeal moved by the Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Committee (which manages Gyanvpai mosque in Varanasi) challenging the Varanasi District Court's January 31 order allowing Hindus to perform prayers in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque (Vyas Ji ka Tehkhana).FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES...
Chandigarh Mayor Election : AAP Councillor Seeks Urgent Hearing Of Petition In Supreme Court For Stay
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Friday (February 2) agreed to consider a request for urgent listing of the petition filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Kuldeep Kumar challenging the Chandigarh Mayor election result.Senior Advocate Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi mentioned the petition seeking urgent hearing. CJI asked Singhvi to send an email request and said that he will examine at...
BREAKING | Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Hemant Soren's Petition Against ED Arrest, Asks Him To Approach High Court
The Supreme Court on Friday (February 2) refused to entertain a writ petition filed by former Jharkhand Chief Minister, Hemant Soren, challenging his arrest by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in connection with an alleged land scam case.The court asked Soren to approach the Jharkhand High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution, adding that Soren was at liberty to seek expeditious...
Allahabad HC To Hear Today Gyanvapi Mosque Committee's Appeal Against Varanasi Court's Order Allowing 'Puja' In 'Vyas Tehkhana'
The Allahabad High Court will hear today an appeal moved by the Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Committee (which manages Gyanvpai mosque in Varanasi) challenging the Varanasi District Court's January 31 order allowing Hindus to perform prayers in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque (Vyas Ji ka Tehkhana).The matter was mentioned yesterday before the Acting Chief Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta...
Hemant Soren's Plea Against ED Arrest : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing
The Supreme Court will hear today former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's petition against his arrest by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED).A special bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, MM Sundresh and Bela Trivedi will hear the matter at 10.30 AM.Follow this page for live...
Article 30's Test Is Not That Minorities Must Administer The Institution Themselves : AMU Case Petitioners To Supreme Court [Day 8]
On the final day of hearings of the 7-judge Constitution Bench on the issue of granting minority status to the Aligarh Muslim University, the bench and petitioners dwelled to see whether the Amendment Act of 1981 restored the position of AMU as it was before 1951 or was amendment done “half-heartedly”. The 1981 Act amended Section 2(l) of the AMU Act to state that “University” means...
Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing Of Umar Khalid's Bail Application Till February 7
The Supreme Court on Thursday (February 1) adjourned the hearing of former JNU scholar and activist Umar Khalid's bail plea in connection with the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case. The Bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal could not take up the matter and posted it to February 7.Notably, the hearing has been adjourned several times since notice was issued by the top court in...
Supreme Court Constitutes Special Bench To Hear Hemant Soren's Petition Against ED Arrest Tomorrow
A Special Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna, MM Sundresh and Bela M Trivedi will hear tomorrow at 10.30 AM the writ petition filed by former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren challenging his arrest by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED).Senior Advocates Kapil Sibal and Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi had mentioned Soren's petition before Chief Justice of India...
Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Against Enforcing No-Fault Divorces Granted by UAE Courts In India
The Supreme Court recently dismissed a Writ petition challenging the implementation of no-fault divorces granted by courts in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The petition was placed before Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sanjay Kumar. This divorce is granted in UAE under Article 7 of the Federal Decree-Law No. 41/2022 on Civil Personal Status. It reads as: “Divorce by unilateral will:...
Supreme Court Asks 6 Maharashtra Police Officers To Pay Rs 6 Lakhs Cost To Tenants Who Were Illegally Evicted
The Supreme Court, in a recent judgment, imposed a cost amounting to Rs. 6 lakhs on six police personnel of the Maharashtra Police for conspiring and illegally detaining tenants, coercing them to sign documents against their will, and demolishing the premises in question without any order from a competent court.The tenants claimed that they were forcefully evicted from the rented premises by...