Supreme Court To Hear PILs Challenging Premature Release Of Bilkis Bano Case Convicts On November 29

The Supreme Court on Tuesday remarked that the counter affidavit filed by the Gujarat government in opposition of PILs challenging the premature release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, is "very bulky"."A series of judgments are stated, where is the factual scenario, where is the application of mind?" Justices Ajay Rastogi asked.Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appearing for the...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Private Schools Association Plea Against Internet Shutdowns In J&K

A Division Bench of the Supreme Court of India on Monday issued notice on a writ petition seeking uninterrupted and continuous 4G mobile internet services in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The petitioner is a non-profit society called Private Schools Association J&K that represents "the interests of over 3800 member schools" in the Union Territory, according to the...

Kalkaji Temple Case : Supreme Court Appoints ASG Aishwarya Bhati As Amicus Curiae

The Supreme Court, on Monday, appointed Additional Solicitor General, Ms. Aishwarya Bhati as Amicus Curiae, in a plea assailing the Delhi High Court order regarding the administration and maintenance of Kalkaji Temple. The Apex Court thought it fit to appoint an Amicus in order to avoid hearing the pleas in a piecemeal manner and to have a complete overview of the matter. A...

PIL For Uniform Civil Code Not Maintainable, No Direction Can Be Made To Parliament To Frame UCC: Union Law Ministry Tells Supreme Court

The Union Law Ministry has submitted before the Supreme Court that it cannot direct the Parliament to frame or enact any law. Thus, the PILs filed before it seeking a Uniform Civil Code in the country must be dismissed as non-maintainable.In response to the PIL filed by BJP leader and Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay seeking uniformity in the personal laws regulating marriage divorce, maintenance...

Kabir Kala Manch Incited Hatred By Ridiculing Phrases Acche Din, Demonetization In Plays At Elgar Parishad: Bombay HC In Jyoti Jagtap Bail Order

Text ridiculing phrases like 'Ram Mandir' and 'Acche Din' aimed at the democratically elected government in Kabir Kala Manch's plays at the Elgar Parishad event in 2017 incited hatred & passion and indicate a larger conspiracy, the Bombay High Court has held. In its detailed order refusing bail to accused Jyoti Jagtap under UAPA, the HC also took exception to the mention of...

MBBS : Supreme Court Dismisses Students' Plea Against Medical Council Decision Cancelling Their Admissions As "Backdoor Entries"

The Supreme Court, on Monday, dismissed pleas challenging the order of the Delhi High Court, which upheld the discharge orders passed by the Medical Council of India (now National Medical Commission) cancelling the admission of students on allegations of backdoor entry in medical college. A Bench comprising Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Hima Kolhi agreed with Advocate, Mr....

Justice K.T. Thomas A Leading Name And Will Always Will Be, Says Chief Justice At Book Launch Event Of Justice Thomas' Memoir

Chief Justice U.U. Lalit on Monday said that he had the honour of learning from "great stalwarts" before whom "he had the privilege to appear" as a practising advocate, and foremost among them, was retired judge of the Supreme Court and Padma Bhusan-awardee, Justice K.T. Thomas. "Justice Thomas was a leading name," said the Chief Justice, "He will always be a leading name." Justice...

Nagaland DGP Appointment : Supreme Court Directs State Govt To Send List Of Empanelled Officers To UPSC

Displeased with the manner in which the incumbent DGP, Nagaland has been recommended for empanelled by Nagaland Government, the Supreme Court, on Monday, directed the State of Nagaland to send a fresh list of empanelled officers for appointment to the post of Director General of Police (DGP) Nagaland to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) by 31.10.2022. It further directed the UPSC...

Supreme Court Directs Registrar General Of Allahabad HC To File Affidavit On Infrastructure For Hathras Judicial District

The Supreme Court, on Monday, issued notice to the State of Uttar Pradesh, in a PIL petition filed by Advocate, Mr. M.L. Sharma, seeking directions to the State Governments and Centre to provide complete infrastructure to District Courts as it has a bearing on the process of dispensation of justice to the Indian citizens as guaranteed under the Constitution of India. The petition...

Statements Like 'I Will Expose Your Scam' Against A Minister Not Defamatory Unless There Is Something More: Supreme Court

The statements such as "I will expose you", "I will expose your corrupt practices" and "I will expose the scam in which you are involved, etc." are not by themselves defamatory unless there is something more, the Supreme Court observed while quashing defamation complaint filed by Delhi Minister Manish Sisodia against BJP leader Vijender Gupta.The bench of Justices S. Abdul Nazeer and...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea To Retain Court's Copyright Over Live-Stream Videos Of Hearings, Prevent Commercial Use Of Footages

Supreme Court on Monday issued notice in a plea seeking directions to preserve the copyright of the Court over the video footages of Court hearings live-streamed through platforms like YouTube. The application further sought prevention of usage of live-stream footage for commercial purposes.The application sought that the live-streaming should be done strictly in accordance with the judgement...

[Bilkis Bano Rape Case] Convicts Released For Good Behaviour, After Central Govt Approval: Gujarat Govt To Supreme Court

The Gujarat government has told the Supreme Court that it decided to release the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case on completion of their 14 years sentence as their "behaviour was found to be good" and after approval from the central government. The government has also said that the decision was taken as per the policy dated 09.07.1992 "as directed by" the apex court and not "under...