Justice KM Joseph Recuses From Hearing St.Stephens' College Plea Against Delhi University Admission Norms

Justice K.M. Joseph on Friday recused himself from examining whether St. Stephen's College in Delhi was permitted to conduct interviews for non-Christian students notwithstanding the revised admission policy of the University of Delhi requiring constituent colleges to admit students to undergraduate courses on the basis of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) scores alone. This...

'Judge Can't Perform With The Intention Of Pleasing People': Justice Hemant Gupta On His Farewell Function

The Supreme Court Bar Association organised a Farewell Function in honour of Justice Hemant Gupta. The farewell function saw various members of the bar, such as the Attorney General for India R. Venkataramani, President of the SCBA, Senior Advocate Vikas Singh and Vice President of the SCBA, Sr. Adv. Pradeep Rai pay their respect to Justice Hemant Gupta. The ceremony was commenced by Sr....

Supreme Court To Have Special Sitting On Saturday To Hear Maharashtra Govt Appeal Against Discharge Of Prof GN Saibaba & Others

The Supreme Court will have a special sitting on Saturday (tomorrow) at 11 AM to hear the petition filed by Maharashtra Government challenging the discharge of Professor GN Saibaba and others in a UAPA Case.A bench comprising Justice MR Shah and Bela M Trivedi to hear the matter.The acquittal verdict was passed by Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) on Friday allowing the appeals filed by...

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case| Union Has No Role To Play In Remission In View Of Perarivalan Judgment, Supreme Court Told

The Supreme Court of India on Friday adjourned two special leave petitions filed by Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts Nalini Srihar and R.P. Ravichandran seeking premature release, to October 17.A Bench of Justices BR Gavai and BV Nagarathna passed the order after stating that there wasn't sufficient time today to take up the matter. "I have to be in a different bench at 2 pm", Justice...

Supreme Court Turns Down Maharashtra Govt's Oral Plea To Stay Discharge Of Prof GN Saibaba & Others In UAPA Case

The Supreme Court, on Friday, granted permission to Solicitor General, Tushar Mehta, appearing for the State of Maharashtra to move an application before the Supreme Court Registry for early listing of plea challenging acquittal of former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba in alleged Maoist links case. "The SLP has been mentioned before this court because Hon'ble CJI has risen...

"Absolutely Bizarre" : Supreme Court Pulls Up Hindu Dharma Parishad For Plea To Allow No One To Raise Any Issue Regarding CAA

A Division Bench of the Supreme Court pulled up the Hindu Dharma Parishad for knocking at the Court's door with a "bizarre" request. The Bench, comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S. Oka, expressed its shock and disbelief and proceeded to read out the prayer in open court – "He said no one should be permitted to raise an issue about the CAA." Justice Kaul sharply...

Order XXII Rule 2 CPC- Entire Suit Cannot Be Held To Be Abated On The Death Of One Of The Plaintiffs : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that, where there are more than one plaintiffs, the entire suit cannot be held to be abated on the death of one of the plaintiffs.In this case, the Trial Court decreed a suit for declaration of title and recovery of possession filed by the plaintiffs. The First Appellate Court allowed the appeal solely on the ground that one of the plaintiffs having died and as...

Mere Abusive, Humiliating Or Defamative Words By Itself Cannot Attract Offence Under Section 294 IPC : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that mere abusive, humiliating or defamative words by itself cannot attract an offence under Section 294 of the Indian Penal Code. To prove the offence under Section 294 of IPC mere utterance of obscence words are not sufficient but there must be a further proof to establish that it was to the annoyance of others, the bench of Justices S.Abdul Nazeer and JB...

BREAKING| Supreme Court Dismisses Pleas Of WhatsApp-Meta Against CCI Probe Into Privacy Policy

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the petitions filed by Whatsapp and its parent company Meta (Facebook) seeking to stay the investigation by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) into their privacy policy.A bench comprising Justices MR Shah and Sudhanshu Dhulia rejected the petitions filed by WhatsApp and Meta challenging the order of the Delhi High Court division bench which refused...

BREAKING | [Gyanvapi] Varanasi Court Rejects Hindu Worshippers' Plea For Scientific Probe Into 'Shiva Linga' In View Of SC Order

The Court rejected the plea in view of the Supreme Court's May 17 order to protect the spot where a "shiv ling" was claimed to have been found during the survey of the Gyanvapi mosque.

UAPA Trial Without Valid Sanction Is Void; Procedural Safeguards Can't Be Sacrificed: Bombay High Court While Discharging GN Sai Baba

Acquitting former DU Professor GN Saibaba and five others in a maoist- links case under the stringent UAPA, the Bombay High Court has held the entire trial against them to be null and void in the absence of a valid sanction under section 45(1) of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. The bench of Justices Rohit Deo and Anil Pansare noted that the sanction to prosecute GN Saibaba...

Supreme Court Posts Electoral Bonds Case To December 6

The Supreme Court on Friday posted a batch of petitions challenging the anonymous electoral bonds scheme to December 6.A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and BV Nagarathna was considering a batch of petitions filed by Association for Democratic Reforms, Communist Party of India (Marxist) etc, challenging the electoral bonds scheme.The case was listed today for first time after the last...