The Supreme Court on Monday granted all States and Union Territories four weeks to file compliance affidavits in a batch of public interest litigations relating to road safety after noting that only four States had complied with its earlier directions. Senior Advocate Atmaram Nadkarni, appearing as Amicus Curiae, informed the Bench of Justice Vikram Nath…
The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the invocation of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 in cases involving consensual relationships between teenagers, observing that parents often resort to criminal proceedings to preserve their “honour” when adolescents elope. The Bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice R Mahadevan made the observations while…
The Principal District and Sessions Court in Patna on Monday granted anticipatory bail to educator Faisal Khan, popularly known as Khan Sir, in connection with the firing incident outside his coaching institute, Khan Global Studies (KGS), in Patna last month. The Court also granted anticipatory bail to three staff members of the institute and regular…
The Allahabad High Court has sought a response from the Uttar Pradesh government on a writ petition filed by a Shahjahanpur resident alleging that he was pressured and offered money to falsely implicate Jyotish Peeth Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati in a fabricated sexual assault case and was threatened after refusing to do so. The Division…
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Union government to place before it a copy of the rules framed to regulate airfares in India while hearing a petition seeking measures to curb arbitrary and excessive fluctuations in airline ticket prices. The Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta passed the direction after the…
The Madras High Court has observed that the fundamental right to practise and profess religion does not confer a right to pollute rivers or other water bodies, expressing serious concern over the large-scale dumping of clothes and other ritual waste into the Thamirabarani river during obsequies and death-related ceremonies. In an order passed on July…
The Supreme Court on Monday held that the determination of citizenship and foreigner status must be undertaken through a fair, lawful and reasonable process, while setting aside judgments of the Gauhati High Court affirming the declaration of 27 individuals as foreigners. The Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta allowed a batch of…
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant relief to Dr M Kodanda Ram, a professor at Kannur Dental College accused of verbally harassing Dalit student Nithin Raj, who died by suicide in April, holding that the allegations against him warranted no interference at this stage. The Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep…
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the operation of a Madras High Court judgment that had set aside the appointments of 17 Personal Assistants (PAs) to High Court judges over alleged irregularities in the recruitment process. The Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta granted interim relief to nine of the affected appointees…
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a batch of writ petitions filed by teachers and non-teaching employees of recognised Madrasas in West Bengal challenging the rejection of their claims for regularisation and grant-in-aid benefits by a court-appointed committee. The Bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Augustine George Masih held that none of the petitioners…