The Supreme Court on Friday heard a plea raising concerns over proposed restrictions on Delhi Metro services, reported train cancellations and other preventive measures ahead of an October 10 protest demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The Bench questioned why the organisers had not challenged the Delhi Police’s refusal to grant permission…
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking an independent investigation into FIRs registered by the Delhi Police against student protesters over the July Jantar Mantar protests, observing that the plea effectively sought a review of its earlier order quashing the FIRs. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya…
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with an Andhra Pradesh High Court judgment striking down the State Government’s decision to provide 34% reservation to Backward Classes in elections to rural and urban local bodies, questioning the evidentiary basis on which the enhanced quota had been determined. A Bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and…
The Supreme Court on Friday recused Justice Sheel Nagu from hearing the Punjab Government’s challenge to a Punjab and Haryana High Court order directing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to register a criminal case and investigate alleged corruption linked to the office of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. The matter was listed before a Bench…
The Supreme Court Justice Manoj Misra has recused himself from hearing a batch of review petitions filed by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), Mumbai, challenging the Court’s verdict recognising ISKCON Bengaluru as an independent legal entity and the owner of the Hare Krishna Temple in Bengaluru. The review proceedings arise from the Supreme…
The Kerala High Court has directed the State Police to register a First Information Report (FIR) against former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and others in connection with the alleged corruption in the CMRL-Exalogic case, allowing a petition challenging the authorities’ decision to conduct a preliminary enquiry instead of registering a criminal case. Justice A Badharudeen…
Former Supreme Court judge Justice V Gopala Gowda has said that the Supreme Court ought to reconsider and recall its judgment concerning the Election Commission of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls if it is established that the poll panel had withheld or misrepresented material facts before the Court. Justice Gowda has questioned…
The Supreme Court has been moved by five voters whose names were deleted from the West Bengal electoral rolls following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), seeking expeditious adjudication of their appeals pending before the Appellate Tribunals in Kolkata and Howrah ahead of the forthcoming municipal elections. The application has been filed in the pending proceedings…
The Calcutta High Court has declined to entertain a plea filed by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee seeking directions to restrain media houses from publishing or circulating reports and opinions concerning him in connection with an ongoing investigation. Banerjee, who is under investigation in an FIR, alleged that investigating agencies were leaking details of the…
The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned whether its approach of repeatedly commuting death sentences to life imprisonment could, in certain cases, have unintended consequences for the criminal justice system, with Justice Dipankar Datta observing that the Court’s “forgiving nature” must eventually have a limit. A Bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sheel Nagu made…