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Wakf- Community Members Want To Use Secular Law, It Can't Be Prohibited; Public Trust Act Will Apply to Muslim Public Trusts: Dr. Singhvi To Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday resumed hearing on the issue as to whether every charitable trust established by someone professing Islam is necessarily a waqf, on the contours of the Bombay Public Trust Act 1950 and Waqf Act, 1995.The bench of Justices K. M. Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy heard Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, for 3 respondent-trusts.Dr. Singhvi: "The issue no. 1 is whether...
Decision To Withdraw 86% Currency Taken Within 24 Hours, Demonetisation Contrary To RBI Act : P Chidambaram To Supreme Court
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to examine the legal arguments raised by the petitioners against the 2016 demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes, refusing to accept the arguments of the Centre that the issue is now merely "academic".The five-judge Bench - comprising Justices S. Abdul Nazeer, B.R. Gavai, A.S. Bopanna, V. Ramasubramanian, and...
Journalist Investigating Corporate Fraud Says He's Being Stalked; Supreme Court Urges Attorney General To Ensure His Safety
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, urged the Attorney General for India, R. Venkataramani, to take adequate measures to ensure the personal safety of an investigative journalist who was allegedly being stalked and attacked in connection with a corporate fraud he had been investigating. The matter was heard by bench comprising Chief Justice UU Lalit, Justice Ravindra Bhat and Justice Ajay...
Abetment To Suicide - Acts Of Accused Must Be Proximate To Occurrence For Conviction Under Section 306 IPC : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court reiterated that positive action proximate to the time of suicide on the part of the accused which led or compelled the deceased to commit suicide should be established for conviction under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code.In cases of alleged abetment of suicide, there must be proof of direct or indirect acts of incitement to the commission of suicide, the bench of...
Demonetisation Challenge : Supreme Court Wants To See RBI Board Meeting Documents, Centre's Recommendation; Seeks Comprehensive Affidavit
Nearly six years after the controversial demonetisation of high-value currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday began hearing a batch of 58 petitions challenging the November 8 circular issued by the Ministry of Finance that set the ball rolling. The five-judge Bench, comprising Justices S. Abdul Nazeer, B.R. Gavai, A.S. Bopanna,...
Rape Allegations Against BJP Leader Shahnawaz Hussain Bogus : Sr Adv Mukul Rohatgi To Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard plea filed by BJP Leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain in connection with an alleged 2018 rape case. Hussain has approached the top court challenging an order of the Delhi High Court directing registration of FIR against him. The Supreme Court had earlier stayed all proceedings against him in the matter. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India UU Lalit,...
No Person Should Be Prosecuted Under Section 66A IT Act : Supreme Court Issues Directions To Enforce Shreya Singhal Judgment
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that no one should be prosecuted under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act 2000, which was struck down as unconstitutional by the Court in 2015 in the Shreya Singhal Case.The Court issued a slew of directions to the Director Generals of Police and Home Secretaries of all States to ensure that reference to Section 66A is removed from all...
Challenge To Demonetisation Not Academic : Supreme Court Seeks Affidavits Of Union & RBI
Persuaded by the petitioners to change its preliminary view that the challenge to demonetisation has become an academic issue, the Supreme Court on Wednesday commenced hearing the legal arguments raised by petitioners on merits.After the arguments of the day, the Court asked the Union of India and the Reserve Bank of India to file a comprehensive affidavit in response to the...
