The Supreme Court on Thursday orally urged the Union government to reconsider the introduction of a third language from Class 9 under the CBSE curriculum, observing that introducing a new language at that stage would place unnecessary academic pressure on students preparing for Class 10 board examinations. The observations were made during the hearing of…
The Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that its investigation had found no evidence to suggest that Ashish Mishra or his father, former Union Minister Ajay Mishra, was involved in the alleged intimidation of witnesses in the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence case. The submission was made before the Bench of Chief Justice…
A Delhi court has restored the facility of two weekly e-mulakats (video meetings) for activist Umar Khalid, arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, in the larger conspiracy case relating to the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of the Karkardooma Court allowed Khalid’s application seeking restoration of the second weekly…
The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Union Government and the Delhi Government to ensure that climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar since June 28, is subjected to daily clinical and medical monitoring by government doctors. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya…
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed all States and Union Territories to formulate and notify, within three months, a comprehensive policy for the early, premature or compassionate release of prisoners who are of advanced age or are terminally ill, holding that such inmates are entitled to a humane, transparent and time-bound mechanism for consideration of…
The Supreme Court has orally observed that exclusion of a person’s name from the electoral roll pursuant to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal does not deprive the individual of entitlement to certain statutory welfare benefits, including subsidised food grains under the Public Distribution System (PDS). The Bench of Chief Justice of…
Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud has underscored the constitutional significance of press freedom, stating that an independent and free media is indispensable to a democratic society and that the right to question forms the foundation of the rule of law and constitutional governance. Speaking at the inauguration of a new studio of…
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Delhi High Court challenging the alleged continuous and intrusive surveillance of peaceful protesters at Jantar Mantar by the Delhi Police during an ongoing sit-in protest and hunger strike organised by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP). The petition alleged that the blanket surveillance violated the fundamental…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed serious concern over a recent Patna High Court judgment which held that allegations of confining a woman, pressing her chest and attempting to remove her salwar did not constitute the offence of attempt to rape, but only amounted to outraging her modesty under the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed an order of the Uttarakhand High Court directing a referendum among advocates and litigants on whether the High Court should continue to function from Nainital or be shifted to another location, holding that such directions could not have been issued in the exercise of judicial powers under its writ…