The Supreme Court has issued notice on a petition filed by the Hindu Dharma Parishad seeking directions for daily lighting of a traditional lamp at the Thirupparankundram Hill in Tamil Nadu and for handing over the site to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). A Bench comprising Justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M. Pancholi sought…
Vikas Bharat Gogawale, the son of Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Bharat Gogawale, surrendered to the police in connection with a rioting case from Mahad in Raigad district, following sharp observations made by the Bombay High Court on the delay in his arrest. The matter relates to violence that erupted on December 2 during the Mahad Municipal…
The Supreme Court has expressed serious concern over an administrative lapse by its Registry after petitions challenging the same impugned order were listed before different benches of the Court. The issue arose during the hearing of a petition stemming from an Allahabad High Court order. A Bench comprising Justices Rajesh Bindal and Atul S. Chandurkar…
The Bombay High Court has granted bail to Sagar Gorkhe and Ramesh Gaichor, who were arrested in connection with the Bhima Koregaon–Elgar Parishad case, noting the prolonged period of incarceration they have already undergone. The order was passed by a division bench while hearing bail applications filed by the two accused, who were charged under…
The Supreme Court has rejected a petition that sought to restrain the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from using the name “Indian cricket team,” holding that the plea was devoid of merit and amounted to a misuse of judicial time. The matter was heard by a Bench comprising Chief Justice of India…
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to exercise its writ jurisdiction to prescribe uniform, binding guidelines for crowd management at political rallies and large public congregations across the country, holding that such matters predominantly fell within the executive and administrative domain and were best addressed by subject-matter experts and law enforcement authorities rather than through…
A Delhi court on Thursday acquitted former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in two complaint cases instituted by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED), alleging wilful non-compliance with summons issued during the agency’s investigation into the Delhi Excise Policy matter. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Paras Dalal of the Rouse Avenue Courts refused to proceed against Kejriwal…
The Supreme Court on Thursday framed an interim administrative framework to ensure the peaceful observance of Basant Panchami rituals by the Hindu community and the conduct of Friday Juma Namaz by the Muslim community at the disputed Bhoj Shala–Kamal Maula complex in Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, amid a continuing contest over the religious character of…
The Supreme Court has directed all States and Union Territories to formulate clear policies regulating media briefings by police authorities, taking guidance from the “Media Manual” prepared by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL). A Bench comprising Justices M.M. Sundresh and N. Kotiswar Singh observed that the absence of uniform norms governing police interaction…
The Supreme Court has asked the Delhi government to submit its response to a curative petition filed by Mohammad Arif, a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist sentenced to death for his role in the 2000 Red Fort attack. The matter was taken up by a three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, along with Justices…