By Sujit Bhar Freedom of speech is possibly a lost concept in India today. As the Supreme Court of India has recently observed, there is little comprehension among the public and, especially within the police, those responsible for maintaining law and order in states, as to what this term means. The top court of the…
By Kumkum Chadha It was a festival that had a clear divide: VIPs versus commoners. It was as if the whole world had converged to participate in the 45-day festival in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj city. The Maha Kumbh which is held every 12 years, is one of the largest religious gatherings in the world. This…
The Union of India on Saturday approved the appointment of three lawyers as Additional Judges to the Calcutta High Court. Those appointed as judges include Advocates Smita Das De, Reetobroto Kumar Mitra and Om Narayan Rai. The information was shared by Minister of Law and Justice (Independent Charge) Arjun Ram Meghwal on his X (formerly…
A Delhi court has refused to quash summons issued by a trial court against Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Delhi Cabinet Minister Kapil Mishra over controversial remarks allegedly made by Mishra during the Delhi Assembly elections in 2020. Special Judge Jitendra Singh of the Rouse Avenue Courts on Friday dismissed the revision plea filed by…
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Union of India on a Public Interest Litigation seeking adequate facilities for disabled prisoners in jails and full implementation of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act of 2016 in prisons across the country. The Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta directed the…
The Karnataka High Court on Friday quashed the summons issued by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife, BM Parvathi, accused in the alleged Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam. The single-judge Bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna further quashed the summons issued by ED to Byrathi Suresh. Though the Minister was not…
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the repatriation of Justice Atul Sreedharan, currently serving as a judge at the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, to his parent High Court in Madhya Pradesh. On April 7, 2016, Justice Sreedharan was appointed as a judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. In early 2023, he…
A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking implementation of a three-language formula, as suggested under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, in the States of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and West Bengal. Filed by Advocate GS Mani, the petition contended that all states of the country except Tamil Nadu, Kerala and…
The Supreme Court has directed all High Courts across the country to collect information from the district judiciary regarding civil execution petitions pending before various courts and issue appropriate directions to ensure that such petitions were disposed of within six months. The Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan recorded in its order…
Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna has stressed on the importance of adopting a data-driven approach in criminal law, stating that the principle of proportionality applied by the Constitution Benches in several cases was primarily based on data and empirical evidence. Speaking at the launch of ‘Ratanlal & Dhirajlal’s Law of Crimes: A Comprehensive Commentary…