Supreme Court Calls For Status Report From Union, Internet Intermediaries On Steps Against Child Pornography

The Supreme Court today directed the Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati to furnish status report of the Government and the internet intermediaries to the Court within a period of six months, in the matter regarding the issues pertaining to child sexual abuse, child pornography and rape/ gangrape videos.The bench of Justice B. R. Gavai and Justice C. T. Ravikumar heard the matter...

"Did You Draft This Petition With Any Sense Of Responsibility?": Supreme Court Pulls Up NGO Alleging West Bengal Poll Manipulation

The Supreme Court of India on Monday stopped short of imposing costs while dismissing a petition which sought to direct the Governor of the West Bengal to submit report to President under Art 356(1) in connection to the alleged manipulation of 2021 state elections. The petition also sought an NIA probe into the incident. During the hearing, the Bench of Justices KM Joseph and Hrishikesh...

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise Index (Citation 756 - 776) Part 3 [September 12, 2022 – September 18, 2022]

Administrative Law - The decision of the State in its executive power cannot be contradictory to the express provision of the statutory Rules, but where the statute and Rules are silent, the State Government, in exercise of its executive power, is competent to supplement the rules. The executive power of the State is to supplement and not supplant. Director of Teacher's Training...

Supreme Court Orders Status Quo On Guruvayur Devaswom's Donation To Chief Minister's Disaster Relief Fund

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice in an appeal filed by Guruvayur Devaswom Managing Committee assailing the order of the High Court of Kerala where it was held that the Committee had no authority to donate money to the Chief Minister's Disaster Relief Fund and it amounts to violation of Guruvayoor Devaswom Act, 1978.The bench of Chief Justice of India U. U. Lalit, Justice Ajay Rastogi...

"Some Bigger States With Vast Population Unrepresented In Supreme Court": BCI Chairman Writes To CJI UU Lalit

The Chairman of the Bar Council of India Senior Advocate Manan Kumar Mishra has written a letter addressed to the Chief Justice of India U. U. Lalit beseeching him and the other judges of the Supreme Court Collegium to consider the elevation of Judges of those High Courts who are unrepresented in the Supreme Court.In the letter to the CJI he stated that, "Some bigger States having vast...

"Pained That You've Put It To Religion" : Supreme Court Judge On Plea Against Wakf Act

The Supreme Court on Monday orally expressed reservations regarding the arguments made by a petitioner against the Wakf Act. A bench comprising Justices KM Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy was considering a petition filed by BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay seeking to transfer to Supreme Court the petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of the Wakf Act from the Delhi High Court.When the...

If A Muslim Woman Thinks Wearing of Hijab is Conducive for Her Religion, No authority Can Say Otherwise: Dushyant Dave To Supreme Court [DAY 7]

The Supreme Court today continued hearing the petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court's judgment which upheld the ban on wearing hijab by Muslim students in educational institutions. Today was the seventh day of hearing by bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia. Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave appearing for the Petitioners made elaborate submissions on religious...

Nitin Gadkari Election Challenge: SC Issues Notice On Plea Against Bombay HC Decision To Strike Out Allegations In Election Petition

A Division Bench of the Supreme Court of India on Friday (September 16) issued notice on a special leave petition challenging the decision of the Bombay High Court to strike down a slew of submissions and allegations made in an election petition filed against Union Minister Nitin Jairam Gadkari. The Nagpur Bench of the High Court, while refusing to quash the election petition disputing...

Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge Against Madras HC Order On Defamation Case Against Edappadi K. Palaniswami And O Panneerselvam

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging Madras High Court's order of quashing defamation proceedings against All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami and former party leader O. Panneerselvam.The plea was filed by VA Pugazhendi, former spokesperson of the AIADMK party, who had filed a defamation case against Edappadi K. Palaniswami...

Breaking: Supreme Court Stays Dismissal Of IPS Officer Satish Chandra Verma Who Assisted CBI in Ishrat Jahan Case Probe

The Supreme Court has kept in abeyance for a week, the order of Central government dismissing from service Gujarat cadre IPS officer Satish Chandra Verma, who assisted the CBI in the investigation in the Ishrat Jahan encounter killing case. A bench comprising Justices KM Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy directed that in the meantime, it is for Verma to take appropriate steps for amending the...

Chattisgarh NAN Scam-"High Court Judge Was In Touch With People Who Were Helping Accused": ED Tells Supreme Court

Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice of India, U.U. Lalit, Justices Ravindra Bhat and Ajay Rastogi, on Monday, heard the petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate, seeking a plea for transfer of investigation in the Nagrik Apurti Nigam (NAN) scam case, which relates to corruption in the Public Distribution System (PDS) in Chattisgarh. The bench directed the parties to place...

Hijab Ban- Supreme Court Hearing- DAY-7 Live Updates

Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia will hear a batch of petitions challenging the ban on wearing Hijab in educational institutions in Karnataka.A batch of 23 petitions is listed before the bench. Some of them are writ petitions filed directly before the Supreme Court seeking the right to wear hijab for Muslim girl students. Some others are special...