The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a petition challenging the Allahabad High Court order directing the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) to whitewash the exterior walls of Shahi Jama Masjid, situated in Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh. The Bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar passed the order on a…
Members of the Allahabad High Court Bar Association (AHCBA) on Tuesday resumed judicial work, after suspending their agitation against the transfer of Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma to the Allahabad High Court. On March 29, the AHCBA passed a resolution, stating that the strike was suspended till the completion of an in-house inquiry…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition challenging the Gujarat government’s decision to revamp the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad at an estimated cost of Rs 1,200 crore. The Bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Rajesh Bindal dismissed the Special Leave Petition filed by Tushar Gandhi, great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, challenging the Gujarat High…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a writ petition challenging the validity of Section 4 (2) of the Places of Worship Act 1991, which provided that any legal proceedings on the religious character of a place of worship initiated before August 15, 1947 shall be terminated on the commencement of the Act. The top court…
In order to streamline the judicial processes and ensure efficient functioning of the judiciary, the Allahabad High Court has transferred 582 judges across the state of Uttar Pradesh. As per a notification issued by Joint Registrar of the Allahabad High Court Satish Kumar Pushkar on Sunday, the judges have been transferred in Uttar Pradesh under…
A Delhi court has granted bail to former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain, who was arrested by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in connection with the riots that shook the Northeast area of Delhi in 2020. Hussain, however, would remain behind bars in another case…
The Delhi High Court has upheld the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) order granting disability pension to two soldiers, observing that the possibility of disease and disability came as a package deal when one went to serve the country as a soldier. The Bench of Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Ajay Digpaul noted that the…
By Vikram Kilpady Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde doesn’t need enemies—his own supporters seem more than capable of doing the damage. A pointed yet indirect jab at Shinde by stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra was blown out of proportion, triggering a free speech firestorm. The comedian’s remarks led to an FIR against him and vandalism…
By Kenneth Tiven Unintimidated federal judges across the nation have resisted what they see as illegal and generally bad legal performance from US President Donald Trump’s attorneys, more comfortable in ideology than in federal law. Statistics on anti-Trump events across the nation are uncompiled as most of it has been small protests across the nation,…
By Sujit Bhar As the world, led by the US, struggles to avoid a looming recession, protectionist trade barriers and major immigrant crises that have been the result of incessant conflicts around the globe, India seems to have completely lost the plot. Not only is India being forced by the US to reduce many tariff…