The Supreme Court has scheduled for November 3 the final hearing of former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal’s appeal challenging his conviction and 10-year rigorous imprisonment sentence in the 2013 rape case. The Court will also consider the Goa government’s plea seeking enhancement of his sentence to life imprisonment. A Bench comprising Justice M.M. Sundresh and…
Attorney General for India R Venkataramani has granted consent to the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against journalist Nikhil Wagle and Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut over their remarks concerning Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant. The consent was granted on October 15 under Section 15(1)(b)…
Street vendors operating at Delhi’s Palika Bazar have approached the Delhi High Court seeking urgent intervention to prevent the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) from holding a proposed demonstration at Central Park in Connaught Place on October 16, contending that another shutdown of the commercial district would severely affect their livelihood. The plea was mentioned on…
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI), Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi on a petition filed by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and other INDIA bloc leaders challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. A Bench comprising…
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) on a plea filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other INDIA bloc leaders challenging the deletion of voters’ names during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The proceedings concern the legality of the…
The Delhi High Court on Thursday declined to grant an urgent hearing to a woman journalist and two others seeking relief in connection with an FIR registered against them under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act over alleged casteist remarks against a Delhi Police officer during a protest in the national…
The Supreme Court has upheld the Madras High Court’s decision that a person converting from Hinduism to Islam cannot automatically claim reservation benefits under the Backward Class (Muslim) category on the basis of their pre-conversion caste status. A Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Shree Chandrashekhar dismissed the Tamil Nadu government’s challenge to the…
Four advocates have approached the Supreme Court seeking a uniform regulatory framework to prevent political demonstrations and processions within court premises and to regulate protests in the vicinity of the Supreme Court and High Courts. The petition also seeks consideration of criminal contempt proceedings against Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and other political leaders in…
The Union Home Secretary has tendered an unconditional apology before the Supreme Court over the temporary suspension of cellular internet services in parts of New Delhi during the protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, while maintaining that the restriction was necessary to preserve public order. In an affidavit filed in response…
A writ petition has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi Police’s decision to withdraw Jantar Mantar’s status as a designated protest venue, contending that shifting demonstrations to distant locations could substantially undermine citizens’ fundamental rights to freedom of speech and expression and peaceful assembly. Filed by advocate Swaty Singh, the petition assails…