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'Lawyers Cashing On Judges' Sympathy Is Embarrassing': CJI Lalit On Request For Adjournment In A Matter
Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice U.U. Lalit and Justice Ravindra Bhat, on Tuesday, expressed displeasure at lawyers cashing on judges' sympathy to get matters adjourned. The context of the same is that an Advocate on Record requested his matter to be adjourned for two days, stating that his senior, who had been leading him in the matter was unavailable at the moment.To this, CJI...
Polavaram Dam-Godavari River Dispute : Supreme Court Asks Union To Call For Meetings Between AP, Odisha & Chhattisgarh
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Union Government to hold talks between the States of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh for the resolution of Polavaram dam and Godavari river water dispute.It was submitted by Senior Advocate Gopal Subramaniam that the project being undertaken by the Andhra Pradesh is in violation of the recommendations of the Justice Bachawat Panel...
"Water Is A Natural Wealth To Be Shared" : Supreme Court Asks Union To Negotiate Between Punjab & Haryana Over Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal Dispute
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Union Government to hold meetings between the States of Punjab and Haryana to resolve the dispute related to Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal.A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Abhay S Oka and Vikram Nath was hearing an original suit filed by Haryana against Punjab in 1996.Appearing for the Union Government, Attorney General for India K. K....
Supreme Court Asks Union To Impress Upon States Which Continue To Register FIRs Under Section 66A IT Act To Take Remedial Steps
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Union Government to get in touch with the Chief Secretaries of the States where FIRs under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act are continuing to be registered despite the provision being declared as unconstitutional by the Court in 2015. The Court asked the Union to impress upon such states to take "remedial measures as soon as possible".A...
Lakhimpur Kheri Case : Supreme Court Issues Notice On Bail Plea Of Ashish Mishra
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the State of Uttar Pradesh in the petition filed by Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra, in the Lakhmipur Kheri violence case.A bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee and MM Sundresh was considering the petition filed by Mishra challenging the July 26 order of the Allahabad High Court which dismissed his regular...
CJI Indicates Supreme Court Might Hear Shiv Sena Pleas Tomorrow, After Eknath Shinde Group Seeks Urgent Listing
Chief Justice of India UU Lalit on Tuesday indicated that the Supreme Court Constitution Bench might take up tomorrow the cases related to the rift within the Shiv Sena party and the consequential political developments in the State of Maharashtra.This was after Senior Advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaul, representing the Eknath Shinde group, sought an urgent hearing of the matter, saying that...
No Big Deal If Somebody Records Proceedings On Mobile Phone What I Say, It's An Open Court Anyway: Justice Chandrachud
On Tuesday, Supreme Court Judge, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, who has been advocating the use of technology in legal proceedings for quite some time now, made some interesting remarks on the use of electronic devices in courtrooms. During the course of a hearing Senior Advocate, Mr. Vijay Hansaria apprised Justice Chandrachud that he has been told the judges of High Courts and...
Supreme Court Dismisses Former IPS Officer Sanjiv Bhatt's Plea To Quash Criminal Case Against Him
The Supreme Court on Monday(September 5) dismissed an appeal filed by former IPS Sanjiv Bhatt assailing the order passed by the High Court of Gujarat by which the High Court had refused to quash a complaint filed against him.The bench disposed of the Special Leave Petition and noted in its order that they found no reason to interfere with the matter."Having gone through the order of the...
Long Tenure For ED Director Serves Public Interest, Challenge Against It Politically Motivated : Centre To Supreme Court
From claiming that the petitioners are politically motivated to stating that the legislature's motive in enacting a law cannot be questioned, the Central government has filed a comprehensive counter affidavit supporting the extension of tenure given to the Director of the Directorate Enforcement (ED). This affidavit came in response to a batch of petitions challenging the extension...
Siddique Kappan Has Deep Links With Terror Funding Organizations Like PFI:UP Govt Tells Supreme Court
The UP Government has told the Supreme Court that Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, who is in custody since October 2020 in connection with the Hathras conspiracy case, has "deep links" with terror funding/ planning organizations like Popular Front of India and its student wing, Campus Front of India. These organizations have allegedly been found to have connections with Al Qaeda...
EWS Quota Case : Supreme Court Constitution Bench Proposes To Complete Hearing In 5 Working Days, To Start From September 13
The Supreme Court Constitution Bench, on Tuesday, took up the the cases challenging the constitutional validity of reservation for Economically Weaker Sections. In the last hearing, the 5-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India UU Lalit, Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, S Ravindra Bhat, Bela M Trivedi and JB Pardiwala had decided to list the matter for today (September 6) to set the time...
