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Article 370 Case : Can't Parliament Exercise Its Amending Powers To Abrogate J&K Special Status? Supreme Court Asks [Day 2]
The Supreme Court today resumed its hearings in the batch of petitions challenging the dilution of Article 370 of the Constitution of India which stripped the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) of its special status. The Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, and Surya Kant heard arguments raised...
Lok Sabha Passes Delhi Services Bill (GNCTD Amendment Bill)
The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the contentious Government of NCT of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023 - which seeks to dilute the powers of the Delhi Government over services. The Bill was passed in a voice vote.Notably, the Bill introduced by the Centre has significant changes from the Ordinance promulgated by it on May 19 a week after the Supreme Court ruled that the Delhi Government has...
Gyanvapi Case : Masjid Committee Moves Supreme Court Against Allahabad HC Order Allowing ASI Survey Of Mosque
After the Allahabad High Court today dismissed Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee's challenge to the Varanasi District Judge's July 21 order for ASI Survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque, the Masjid Committee moved the Supreme Court. The committee has challenged the Allahabad High Court order and urged for the matter to be heard soon. The matter was mentioned by Advocate Nizam Pasha before...
Kuno Cheetah Deaths| Mortalities Troubling But Not ‘Unduly Alarming’: Centre To Supreme Court
In the wake of recent deaths of Cheetahs translocated to Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park from the African continent, the Centre has informed the Supreme Court than even though the mortalities among the introduced cheetah population are troubling, they are not ‘unduly alarming’. As per media reports, another cheetah has died in the Kuno national park this week, taking the number...
Bihar Caste-Based 'Census' | Petitions Filed in Supreme Court Challenging Patna High Court Upholding State Govt's Survey
Multiple petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court of India challenging the decision of the Patna High Court to uphold the Bihar government's caste-based survey. This verdict was delivered by a division bench of the high court, which rejected the contention that an attempt to collect data on the basis of caste amounted to a census and held the exercise to be "perfectly valid initiated...
Supreme Court Dismisses Judicial Officer's Challenge Against Denial Of Promotion On Ground Of "Below Average" Judgments
The Supreme Court recently dismissed a petition filed by a judicial officer challenging the decision of the Punjab & Haryana High Court to deny him promotion as Additional District & Sessions Judge. The six-member Committee of Judges of the High Court had denied him promotion saying that his judgments were “below average”. The officer challenged the decision on the judicial side...
'Possibility Of Fresh Violence' : Manipur High Court Orders To Maintain Status Quo Ante On Land Where Mass Burial Of Kuki-Zo Victims Was Proposed
The Manipur High Court, after an urgent hearing held at 5 AM on Thursday, ordered to maintain status quo ante with respect to a land where the mass burial of the bodies of the members of the Kuki-Zo community, who got killed in the recent ethnic clashes, was proposed to be carried out.The Court observed that the interim order was necessary taking into account "the potentiality of aggravating...
Article 370 Case : Live Updates From Supreme Court [Day 2]
A Constitution Bench will resume hearing today the batch of petitions challenging the dilution of Article370 of the Constitution which took away the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.In yesterday's proceedings, Sr Adv Kapil Sibal argued that Article 370 could not be abrogated as J&K Constituent Assembly never recommended it before its dissolution. The bench also discussed the...
BREAKING | [Gyanvapi] 'Scientific Survey Necessary In Interest Of Justice' : Allahabad HC Dismisses Mosque Committee's Challenge To ASI Survey Of Premises
The Allahabad High Court today dismissed Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee's challenge to the Varanasi District Judge's July 21 order for ASI Survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque."Issue of a comminsion is permissible. The Varanasi Court was justified in ordering for ASI survey of the premises. Scientific survey is necessary in the interst of justice, " said the bench of Chief Justice Pritinker...
Supreme Court Monthly Round-Up: July 2023
Judgment/OrdersSupreme Court Grants Interim Protection To Teesta Setalvad For 7 Days ; Stays HC Order After Special Night SittingCase title- Teesta Atul Setalvad v. State of Gujarat Citation-SLP (CRIMINAL) Diary No(s). 25725/2023The Supreme Court at a special sitting on Saturday night granted interim relief to social activist Teesta Setalvad in connection with an FIR lodged against her by...
'Affinity Test' Cannot Be Applied As Litmus Test For Scrutinizing Caste Claims ; Pre-Constitution Period Documents Have Got Highest Probative Value : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that 'affinity test' cannot be applied as a litmus test during scrutiny of caste claims."If an applicant is able to produce authentic and genuine documents of the per Constitution period showing that he belongs to a tribal community, there is no reason to discard his or her claim as prior to 1950, there were no reservations provided to the Tribes included in...
Parliament Passes Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023
After opposition walked out over their demands for discussion on Manipur Violence, the Rajya Sabha passed the contentious Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023 today. It aims to amend certain provisions under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, to extend and exempt specific types of land from the Act's applicability. The Bill was approved by Lok Sabha last week with voice vote.In...