The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned for two weeks the hearing on a petition filed by Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Arvind Ganpat Sawant challenging the Lok Sabha Speaker’s decision recognising the merger of six UBT MPs with the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. A Bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe deferred…
The Supreme Court voiced serious concern over the escalating menace of drug abuse and trafficking across the country as it sought responses from the Centre and several State governments on a petition seeking systemic reforms in the enforcement of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya…
Delhi High Court Justice Prathiba M Singh has questioned the need for lawyers to immediately disclose their use of artificial intelligence (AI), observing that such a requirement could add to their compliance burden and eventually result in another set of standardised affidavits. Her remarks assume significance amid the Supreme Court’s draft Regulations for Use of…
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by TV Today Network Limited, which operates Aaj Tak, challenging a Delhi High Court order directing it to pay Rs 5 lakh in compensation for violating the privacy of a child sexual abuse survivor by broadcasting details that revealed her identity. A Bench comprising Chief Justice…
The Supreme Court is considering whether separate exclusive courts should be designated to conduct trials arising from the Manipur violence, with one court dealing with cases investigated by the CBI and another handling NIA cases. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana considered the proposal…
The Supreme Court declined to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking registration, recognition and State monitoring of institutions imparting secular and/or religious education to children up to 14 years of age. A Bench of Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Vipul Pancholi declined to entertain the plea, following which it was asked to withdraw. The…
A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Calcutta High Court challenging police directions asking religious establishments in West Bengal to remove loudspeakers from their premises. The PIL was mentioned for urgent hearing on Monday by Senior Advocate Kalyan Bandyopadhyay before a Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Atarup…
The Supreme Court on Monday permitted Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee to travel abroad for three weeks in September for eye treatment. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana passed the order while hearing Banerjee’s appeal against the Calcutta High Court’s refusal to…
The Centre has opposed before the Supreme Court a plea seeking income-based preferences within each reserved category to ensure that economically weaker candidates among the Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) receive a greater share of reservation benefits. The Union government submitted that reservation for SCs,…
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Union Government and the Assam Government to file their responses to a batch of petitions seeking issuance of National Identity Cards to persons whose names were included in the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) published in Assam in 2019. A Bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice…