The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has noted that the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) has filed the reply mechanically without undertaking any exercise to ascertain the figures relating to the generation and processing of plastic waste in the city of Lucknow. The Principal Bench of Justice Prakash Shrivastava, Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi and Dr…
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the storage of child pornographic material, without deleting or reporting the same, constituted an offence under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The Bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala set aside a Madras High Court judgment which held that…
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has suggested young lawyers to trust their inner voice and personal values when faced with unique challenges just like the North Star, which guided people in uncharted waters. Addressing the 32nd annual convocation of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) at Bengaluru on Sunday, the CJI told…
The Jharkhand High Court has directed the government not to suspend internet services in the State on grounds of conducting any examination. On a special Sunday hearing, the Division Bench of Justice Ananda Sen and Justice Anubha Rawat Choudhary observed that it found no material to suggest an ‘intelligence’ input to disrupt the entire internet…
The Supreme Court has directed the advocates-on-record (AoR) in a given case to mark the appearance of only those lawyers who were authorised to appear and argue the case on a particular day. The Division Bench of Justice Bela M Trivedi and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma passed the order on Friday on a case where…
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Delhi Bar Council and bar associations across the national capital on petitions seeking 33 percent reservation for women in different bar bodies operating in the national capital. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan passed the order on Friday on two petitions seeking directions…
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Union of India, the Delhi government, the Delhi Police, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi on the alleged suicide committed by two Dalit students at IIT-Delhi. The Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra passed the order…
The Bombay High Court on Friday struck down the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023, specifically Rule 3, which empowers the Central government to form Fact-Check Units (FCUs) for identifying false or fake news against the government on social media and online platforms. The verdict was today delivered by…
By Dr Swati Jindal Garg In a recent case, an FIR was filed by Bajrang Dal activists at a Navi Mumbai police station which evoked interest. The complainant had alleged that a goat tied to a pole outside one Mohammed Shafi’s mutton shop had the word “Ram” painted on its skin. Following this incident, Shafi’s…
Court delays and high caseloads continue to be critical areas requiring urgent attention in India’s legal reform efforts. A significant milestone in judicial reform was achieved on August 16 at the Kerala High Court with the launch of “24×7 ON Courts”. These courts have been established in Kollam district with the support of Public Collective…