The Madras High Court has permitted the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to conduct route marches across 128 locations in Tamil Nadu on October 25 and November 1, while taking exception to the State Police’s repeated refusal to grant permission on grounds that had previously been rejected by the courts. Justice V Lakshminarayanan criticised the police…
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed further proceedings before the Bhopal trial court in the death case of former actor and model Twisha Sharma and issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the two accused on a plea by her father, Navnidhi Sharma, seeking transfer of the trial to Delhi. A Bench…
The Supreme Court on Friday granted relief to Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in a dispute over access to the Krishnanagar Circuit House in West Bengal, relaxing the advance-notice requirement for her visits and calling for a uniform protocol governing the allotment of government guest houses and circuit houses to elected representatives. A Bench comprising…
The Supreme Court on Thursday warned that it may initiate contempt proceedings against Chief Secretaries of States and Union Territories that fail to provide information on the implementation of its directions recognising menstrual health as a fundamental right. A Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan granted the States and Union Territories a…
The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre’s response to a public interest litigation filed by an Indore-based school seeking a comprehensive legal framework to protect children from the potential harms of social media, including a proposed ban on access for children below a prescribed age. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant…
The Supreme Court on Friday issued show-cause notices to Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut and journalist Nikhil Wagle in a criminal contempt case arising from their remarks targeting Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and the judiciary. The Bench sought their responses on why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against…
The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned by four weeks the hearing on Athar Khan’s bail plea in the alleged larger conspiracy behind the February 2020 Northeast Delhi riots. The adjournment came after the Delhi Police informed the Court that it had filed its response to Khan’s appeal. A Bench of Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice…
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an interlocutory application concerning allegations by a pregnant journalist that Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi pushed her inside the Court’s registry premises during the Opposition’s march to the Supreme Court on October 12. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi agreed on…
Former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Kerala High Court’s direction to register a First Information Report (FIR) in the alleged CMRL-Exalogic payoff case, after the High Court declined to permit him and two family members to appeal against the order. The challenge follows the Kerala High Court Division…
The Supreme Court has declined to entertain a challenge to the constitutional validity of Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, which empowers executive magistrates to issue urgent prohibitory orders to prevent potential threats to public peace and safety. However, the Court has agreed to examine a separate challenge to Section 172…