The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to interfere with the Calcutta High Court’s order granting interim bail to Congress candidate Milan Pradhan in six criminal cases to enable him to contest the Nandigram Assembly bypoll and participate in the counting process. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice…
Delhi High Court Justice Prateek Jalan on Wednesday recused himself from hearing a plea filed by the Delhi Gymkhana Club Staff Welfare Association challenging the Central government’s move to evict the club from its 27.3-acre premises in Lutyens’ Delhi. Citing his membership in the club, Justice Jalan recused himself from the matter, stating he would…
The Delhi High Court has directed the authorities to take a decision within six months on framing a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) governing the operation and use of body-worn cameras by police personnel, including the storage and handling of recorded data. A Division Bench of Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Justice Sanjay Sharma were hearing…
The Supreme Court has held that High Courts should not make sweeping observations suggesting that custodial interrogation of an accused is necessary while deciding an anticipatory bail plea, observing that the nature and manner of interrogation should be left to the investigating agency. A bench comprising Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Atul S Chandurkar made…
The Delhi High Court has sought assistance on the statutory framework governing structural safety and periodic audits of buildings in the national capital while hearing a public interest litigation arising from the Satya Niketan building collapse, which claimed seven lives. The PIL has been filed by Indraprastha Renaissance Trust under Article 226 of the Constitution,…
A Bengaluru special court has stayed further proceedings in a criminal defamation case against Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge and Congress leader Mohammed Haris Nalapad over alleged defamatory remarks concerning the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Special Judge K.B. Shivaprasad passed the interim order while hearing revision petitions challenging the Magistrate’s decision to take cognisance of…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday accepted actor Rajpal Yadav’s proposal to sell his ancestral property to raise funds towards the dues arising from a cheque bounce case connected with a loan taken for his 2012 film Ata Pata Laapata. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana…
A fresh application has been moved before the Supreme Court seeking recall of its recent split verdict concerning the constitutional challenge to the 2023 law governing the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs). The application was mentioned before a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, along with…
Former Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and retired Delhi High Court judges Justice SN Dhingra and Justice RS Sodhi have questioned Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan’s recent public remarks on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, stressing that the issue is pending adjudication before the Supreme Court. Justice Bhuyan made the remarks…
The Delhi High Court is set to hear a Public Interest Litigation seeking directions to make body-worn cameras mandatory for Delhi Police and Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel deployed for crowd-control, protest-management and dispersal operations. The petition, filed by advocate Chahat Raghav, seeks formulation of a binding Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) requiring personnel deployed in…