Karnataka Hijab Ban: Supreme Court Hearing DAY-4 -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...

BREAKING| Hyderpora Encounter - "Decent Burial Given, Last Rites Performed By State" : Supreme Court Dismisses Father's Plea For Handing Over Son's Body

Observing that Amir Magrey, who was killed by security forces in the Hyderpora encounter in Jammu and Kashmir was given a decent burial by the State authorities, including performance of last rites in accordance with religious beliefs, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by his father Mohammed Latif Magrey seeking hand over of the body of his son.A bench comprising...

Gyanvapi Case Order Today-All You Want To Know About The Present Case

Near the Lalita ghat in the heart of Varanasi stands the Kashi Vishwanath Temple. Adjacent to the temple is the Gyanvapi Mosque. This property dispute has also become another potentially controversial court case. In a nutshell, the controversy is whether the Gyanvapi Mosque was built after destroying some parts of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple. Earlier this year, in August a local court...

Supreme Court Monthly Digest- August 2022

Sec 24(1) RFCTLARR Act- Land Acquisition Proceedings Get "Initiated" From Publication Of Sec 4(1) Notification Under 1894 Act : Supreme CourtCase Status: Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation vs Deepak Aggarwal | 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 644 | SLP (C) 6631-16632/2018In a judgment delivered on Thursday (28 July 2022), the Supreme Court explained the meaning of...

Policy For Premature Release Of Life Convicts Must Be Implemented In Objective & Transparent Manner : Supreme Court

In a recent order, the Supreme Court stressed that the State must implement its policy for premature release of life convicts in an objective and transparent manner. Noting that several convicts languish in jail despite serving long sentences due to inability to access legal resources to apply for remission, the Court stated that the State must consider the cases of eligible prisoners...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up: September 5 To September 11, 2022

JudgmentsScheme For Appointing Heirs Of Employees On Their Retirement Is Unconstitutional : Supreme CourtCase Status: Ahmednagar Mahanagar Palika v. Ahmednagar Mahanagar Palika Kamgar Union 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 739The Supreme Court observed that appointment to the heirs of the employees on their retirement/ superannuation is violative of Articles 14 and 15 of Constitution of IndiaSection 239 CrPC...

Accused's Offer Of Payment Of Ad Interim Compensation To Victim Cannot Be A Ground For Granting Bail: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that the offer of payment of ad interim compensation to the victim cannot be a ground to release the accused on bail. In this case, accused were arrested after an FIR was registered against them under Sections 341, 342 and 376(D) IPC and under Sections 4 and 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and Section 3(4)(w)(i) of the SC/ST (Prevention...

Sunday Sitting At Delhi High Court : DHCBA Elections Back In Schedule, Alternate Sources To Be Explored For EVMs

In a special Sunday hearing, the Delhi High Court Bar Association's Election Commission informed the Delhi High Court that it has resolved to suspend its decision to defer Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) 2022 elections for a period of one week. The election is scheduled for September 28. The development came after a single judge bench comprising of Justice Sanjeev Narula was hearing...

Supreme Court Stays HC Proceedings In PILs Seeking Probe Into Assets Of 19 Trinamool Congress Leaders

The Supreme Court on Friday(September 9) stayed the proceedings in two PILs before the Calcutta High Court seeking probe into the assets of 19 leaders of the Trinamool Congress(TMC), including some current ministers in the West Bengal Government.On August 8, a division bench of the Calcutta High Court had added the Directorate of Enforcement(ED) as a party in the PILs. Challenging the High...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-132]

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Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest 2022 (Jan – Jun) Motor Vehicles Act

Constitution of India, 1950; Article 12 - State - Whether Automotive Research Association of India Is A State -The majority of the members of the Association are associated with the manufacturers of the automobiles or their components and are not in service of the government. They are private players and from the motor vehicle industry - The main objective and function of...

Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind Moves Supreme Court Seeking Proper Enforcement Of Places Of Worship Act

A writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution has been moved in the Supreme Court which is in nature of a Public Interest Litigation seeking orders from the Supreme Court for effective enforcement of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.The petition filed by the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has submitted that Muslim Places of Worship are being made the subject matter of...