The Supreme Court will hear on April 16, a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, which aimed to regulate waqf properties by proposing amendments in the Waqf Act, 1995. In a related development, the Union government on Tuesday filed a caveat in the Apex Court, stating that no…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside a Punjab and Haryana High Court order of 2019, which imposed costs of Rs 10 lakh each on musician Vishal Dadlani and political activist Tehseen Poonawalla over their alleged derogatory tweets against a Jain monk. Expressing its strong displeasure over the High Court verdict, the Bench of Justice…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday termed as illegal and erroneous in law, the action of Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi withholding assent for 10 bills, the oldest of them pending since January 2020, and reserving them for the President nod after they were re-enacted by the State Legislature. The Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and…
A Delhi court on Tuesday granted interim protection from arrest to Narmada Bachao Andolan leader and activist Medha Patkar in a criminal defamation case lodged by Vinai Kumar Saxena in 2001. Additional Sessions Judge Vishal Singhheld that Patkar would not face jail for defaming Saxena, who is currently serving as Lieutenant General of Delhi. The…
The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking 100 percent counting of VVPAT slips in elections, in addition to counting of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) by the control unit. The Bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Sanjay Kumar, and Justice KV Viswanathan rejected the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by Hans Raj…
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, which aimed to regulate waqf properties by proposing amendments in the Waqf Act, 1995. Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal mentioned the matter before Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna. Appearing for the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind,…
The Delhi High Court on Monday adjourned till May 19, a petition filed by Narmada Bachao Andolan leader and activist Medha Patkar, challenging her conviction in a criminal defamation case lodged by Vinai Kumar Saxena in 2001. The order was passed by the single-judge Bench of Justice Shalinder Kaur. On April 2, a trial court…
Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra has filed a petition in the Bombay High Court seeking to quash the first information report (FIR) registered against him in Mumbai over his alleged derogatory remarks against Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Earlier, the Madras High Court had granted him interim anticipatory bail in the matter on the grounds…
The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) and the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) on Monday filed separate petitions in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf Amendment Act 2025. Terming the Act an infringement of minority rights, the IUML roped in Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal to represent the Kerala-based political party….
President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday gave her assent to the Waqf (Amendment), Bill, 2025, which aimed to regulate the Waqf properties by proposing amendments in the Waqf Act, 1995. The Bill was passed by both Houses of Parliament earlier this week after heated debates. The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 was first introduced in the Lok…