Aligarh Muslim University Case : Can Institution Of National Importance Have Minority Character? Supreme Court Discusses [Day 7]

On the 7th day of the hearing of the case related to the minority status of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), the Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 31) discussed whether an institution of national importance can have a minority status as well.As per Entry 63 of List 1 of the Constitution, institutions such as the AMU, Benaras Hindu University, Delhi University etc., are declared to...

Govt In Best Position To Provide Correct Facts About Itself; Criticism, Political Satire Not Stifled By IT Rules Amendment: Justice Neela Gokhale

In a split judgement, Justice Neela Kedar Gokhale of the Bombay High Court said she would uphold the 2023 amendment to IT Rules, 2021 empowering the government to establish a Fact check Unit and declare online content related to the government's business on social media platforms as fake, false or misleading. Justice Gokhale rejected the argument that the impugned Rule, by...

Govt Has The Loudest Voice With Biggest Megaphone, Doesn't Need A Fact Check Unit For Its Protection: Justice Gautam Patel On IT Rules Amendment

In a split judgement Justice GS Patel of the Bombay High Court said he would strike down Rule 3(1)(b)(v) of the IT Rules amendment 2023 empowering the government to establish a Fact check Unit and unilaterally declare online content related to the government's business on social media platforms as fake, false or misleading.Calling it a form of "censorship", Justice Patel held that the...

Delhi High Court Refuses Pre-Censorship Of Content Against Rohingya Community On Facebook, Says Treatment Can't Be Worse Than Disease

The Delhi High Court has refused to pass an order directing the Union Government to restrain Facebook India from allegedly promoting “hateful and harmful content” against the Rohingya community on the social media platform. A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora said that the suggestion that there should be prior censorship of...

When Party Violates Status Quo Order, Contempt Proceedings Must Be Initiated Than Merely Vacating Interim Order : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently, in a case where the status quo order qua possession of the suit premises was wilfully violated, held that the same amounts to civil contempt. Thus, instead of vacating the stay of execution proceedings, the Court held that contempt proceedings should have been initiated. A Bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sanjay Kumar passed the judgment....

Supreme Court Stays Allahabad HC Order Mandating Court Approval For Setting Up Educational Tribunals in UP

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed an Allahabad High Court order stipulating that the Uttar Pradesh Educational Service Tribunals should be established only after the permission of the High Court.“We find that the direction issued by the High Court, in effect requiring the State to establish Tribunal after taking leave of the Court, could not have been passed. In our view, the High Court...

Breaking | Bombay High Court Delivers Split Verdict On Pleas Challenging IT Rules Amendment, Govt To Not Notify 'Fact Check Unit' For 10 Days

The Bombay High Court today delivered a split verdict on the pleas seeking to strike down Rules 3(i)(II)(A) & (C) of the IT Amendment Rules, 2023 which empowers the Central government to establish a fact-checking unit (FCU) to identify any 'fake, false or misleading' information about its business on social media platforms.Justice Gautam Patel said he has ruled in favour of the...

Gyanvapi-Vyas Ji Tahkhana | Make Arrangements For 'Puja/Raga-Bhoga' Of Idols Inside Mosque's Southern Cellar: Varanasi Court To DM

Today, the Varanasi District Judge directed the District Administration to make appropriate arrangements within 7 days for Hindus to conduct worshipping rituals inside one of the sealed cellars/basement/tahkhana (vyas ji ka tehkhana) inside the existing Gyanvapi mosque complex. Worship at this spot was stopped in the year 1993.The matter relates to 'Somnath Vyas' tehkhana inside Gyanvapi...

Medical Negligence | Supreme Court Directs Doctor To Pay Rs 2.5 Lakh To Patient Who Lost Vision Of One Eye

The Supreme Court on Monday (January 29) granted relief to the 84-year-old man by directing the Doctor to award him compensation amounting to Rs. 2 Lacs in a medical negligence case. The complainant patient has lodged a consumer complaint against the Doctor after he lost vision in his left eye due to the medical negligence committed by the Doctor in a surgical procedure. The patient has...

Medical Admissions : Supreme Court Allows 3 Doctors To Resign From NEET-Super Specialty Seats To Join INIs

While hearing a plea against the embargo placed on medical candidates resigning from NEET seats after joining, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Directorate General of Health Services - Medical Counselling Committee (DGHS-MCC) to permit 3 doctors, who had secured selection in Super Specialty courses in INIs (Institutions of National Importance), to resign from the Institutes...

If Consent Of Woman Was Based On False Promise Of Marriage From Inception, Offence Of Rape Is Made Out : Supreme Court

To sustain the offence of rape on the ground of false promise of marriage, it must be established that right from the inception, the consent of the woman was obtained based on the false promise, reiterated the Supreme Court."If it is established that from the inception, the consent by the victim is a result of a false promise to marry, there will be no consent, and in such a case, the offence...

Chandigarh Mayor Polls: High Court Seeks UT Admin's Response On AAP Councillor's Plea Alleging Vote Tampering But Refuses To Stay Election Result

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today sought response from the Chandigarh UT administration and the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh on a plea filed by AAP Councillor Kuldeep Kumar, alleging vote tampering in the Mayor Elections where BJP candidate emerged victorious on Tuesday.While issuing notice on the plea, a division bench of Justice Sudhir Singh and Justice Harsh Bunger granted...