By Dilip Bobb As the Supreme Court taken a worrying U-turn on its stand on free speech? In 2022, it ordered that Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair be given bail and rejected the imposition of a ban on his social media accounts. It said, then, that “Gag orders have a chilling effect on the freedom…
Poet & veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar and Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut have ended their five-year-long legal battle by withdrawing the defamation and criminal intimidation cases they had filed against each other. The Bollywood celebrities personally appeared before Chief Judicial Magistrate’s court in Bandra, where Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate AK Awari recorded the settlement reached through…
The Supreme Court has ordered the NCR states to compensate the construction workers affected by the closure of activities due to Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) measures in Delhi-NCR. The Bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan on Friday observed that compensation should be paid in accordance with its earlier order dated November…
The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its verdict on a Special Leave Petition filed by expelled Gujarat IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt seeking suspension of sentence awarded to him by the Gujarat High Court in a custodial death case of 1990. Appearing for Bhatt before the Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta, Senior…
The Supreme Court has expressed its strong disapproval of the Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court closing a matter related to land acquisition for a layout on the same day, relying on an affidavit filed by the Bangalore Development Authority, without giving the appellant an opportunity to meet the averments made therein. Terming it…
The Supreme Court on Friday pulled up the Chhattisgarh Police for deliberately adding charges under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against an accused, in order to defeat the Court’s previous order granting him interim protection from arrest in another case. The Bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan observed that the hasty action…
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation seeking compensation for the victims of the stampede that occurred at the New Delhi Railway Station on February 15, leading to several deaths. The Bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice PK Mishra told the petitioner to approach the High Court for relief….
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Friday apprised the Allahabad High Court that the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh did not require whitewashing ahead of Ramzan since the entire structure was coated with enamel paint, and was in good condition. Pursuant to a direction issued by the High Court on…
The Supreme Court has stayed the operation and implementation of a notification issued by the Union of India on January 29, granting exemption to certain projects from obtaining mandatory environmental clearance under the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), 2006. The Bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan further stayed an Office Memorandum dated…
The Delhi High Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a petition filed by the Delhi University (DU) challenging an order passed by the Central Information Commission (CIC) in 2017, directing the varsity to furnish information related to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s degree to a Right to Information (RTI) applicant. The single-judge Bench of Justice Sachin…