Supreme Court Rejects Uddhav Group's Plea To Stop Election Commission From Deciding Eknath Shinde's Claim As Real Shiv Sena

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stop the Election Commission of India from deciding the claim of Eknath Shinde group as the real Shiv Sena. A Constitution Bench of the Court dismissed the application for stay filed by the Uddhav Thackeray group after a day long hearing."We direct that there would be no stay of the proceedings before the Election Commission of India. Accordingly,...

EWS Quota : Supreme Court Constitution Bench Reserves Judgment On Pleas Challenging 103rd Constitutional Amendment

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday, reserved judgment on a batch of petitions challenging the 103rd Constitutional Amendment which introduced 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in education and public employment.The 5-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India UU Lalit, Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, S Ravindra Bhat, Bela M Trivedi and JB Pardiwala...

4th Constitution Bench Of Supreme Court Formed, Pleas Challenging Demonetisation Listed Tomorrow

One more Constitution Bench has been constituted in the Supreme Court to hear matters pending before 5-judge benches.The new bench comprises Justices S Abdul Nazeer, BR Gavai, AS Bopanna, V Ramasubramanian and BV Nagarathna. The bench will sit tomorrow to consider five cases. The petitions filed in 2016 challenging the decision of the Central Government to demonetise the currency notes of...

Aam Aadmi Party Made Statements Against Delhi LG In Reckless Manner, Corruption Allegations Based On Hearsay: High Court

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said the tweets and statements by Aam Aadmi Party and its five leaders against Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, alleging corruption by him, were made in a reckless manner, without any factual verification, to tarnish his image.Justice Amit Bansal restrained the party and the five leaders from posting any defamatory or factually incorrect...

Allow Euthanasia Or Culling Of Violent And Rabid Stray Dogs : Kerala Govt Requests Supreme Court

The Kerala government has requested the Supreme Court to permit euthanasia or culling of violent and vicious stray dogs, particularly those dogs suspected of having contracted rabies.The Court was told that the state Government had issued an order on September 15 in consonance with the high-level meeting chaired by the Minister for Local Self Government Department to deal with various...

Breaking: SC Collegium Recommends To Elevate Bombay HC Chief Justice Dipankar Datta As Judge of Supreme Court

Supreme Court Collegium has recommended to elevate Bombay High Court Chief Justice Dipankar Datta as a Judge of the Supreme Court.Born in February 1965, Justice Datta is the son of a former Calcutta High Court Judge, late (J) Salil Kumar Datta and brother-in-law of Justice Amitava Roy, former Supreme Court Judge.He obtained his LL.B. degree from the University of Calcutta in 1989 and was...

EWS Quota Case-Supreme Court Hearing-Day 7 - Live Updates

Supreme Court Constitution Bench to continue hearings on cases challenging the constitutional validity of reservations for Economically Weaker Sections.Live Updates- Day 1Live Updates- Day 2Live Updates- Day 3Live Updates- Day 5Live Updates- Day 6Follow this page for live...

Permanent Injunction Cannot Be Sought On The Basis Of An Unregistered Agreement To Sell : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a relief of permanent injunction cannot be sought on the basis of such an unregistered document/agreement to sell.A plaintiff cannot get the relief indirectly which otherwise he/she cannot get in a suit for for specific performance, the bench of Justices MR Shah and Krishna Murari observed.In this case, the plaintiff filed a suit praying for a decree of...

Supreme Court Asks Petitioner To Come Back With "Structured Reliefs" In Plea Relating To Assam-NRC

The Supreme Court, on Monday, deferred the hearing of the plea, inter alia, seeking Court's indulgence to stop the alleged harassment of people belonging to religious and linguistic minority communities in Assam in the guise of detection and deportation of alleged foreigners. The petition also seeks direction to authorities to not delete/exclude names from the 'final draft' of the NRC...

MBBS : Supreme Court To Examine Validity Of Rule Excluding Persons With Speech Disabilities From Medical Courses, Laments Girl Losing Admission

The Supreme Court, on Monday, issued notice in a petition challenging the 2019 Amendment to the Regulations on Graduate Medical Education, 1997 to the extent it precludes candidates with speech and language benchmark disability (quantified at 40% or above) from availing reservation and taking admission in MBBS courses. Advocate, Mr. Gaurav Agarwal appearing on behalf of the petitioner, apprised...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On DCPCR Plea Challenging Juvenile Justice Act 2021 Amendments Making Certain Offences Non-Cognizable

The Supreme Court, on Monday, issued notice in a plea filed by the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) challenging the 2021 amendment made to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act 2015 (JJ Act), which came into force on 1st September, 2022, whereby certain categories of offences against children have been made non-cognizable. Appearing for DCPCR before a...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Speedy Adoption, Foster Care And Sponsorship

The Supreme Court, on Monday, issued notice in a petition, inter alia, seeking guidelines for timely and speedy action by stakeholders under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act) to secure rights of children in need of care and protection, primarily, in relation to adoption, foster care and sponsorship. A Bench comprising Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and...