The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy scam case. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan delivered its judgment on two petitions filed by Kejriwal challenging his arrest and seeking bail in the case registered by the Central Bureau…
Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal on Thursday expressed concern over the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the residence of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud for Ganpati Puja giving way to a variety of speculations, in the backdrop of state elections in Maharashtra by this year-end. Addressing the media over the meeting, Sibal clarified…
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognizance of the alleged listing of Khuga Reserved Forest land near Churachandpur in Manipur for sale. The petition is registered suo motu on the basis of the news item dated 19.08.2024. As per the article, the incident came to light after a video in the Kuki…
The Allahabad High Court while dismissing an application held that a man establishes a sexual relationship with a woman against her will and without her consent is said to have committed rape on the woman. A single-judge bench of Justice Anish Kumar Gupta passed this order while hearing an application under section 482 filed by…
The Bombay High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed praying for omnibus reliefs stating that the petitioners are anguished by “blatant defiance of the secular and democratic character of the provisions contained in the Indian Constitution”. The petitioners stated that India has more religious shrines, maths and ashrams as against the total sum of…
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to the respondents to include taekwondo, judo and karate course in classes 1 to 8 of girls for their becoming independent, self-confident and facing the difficulties of life in the future. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Vikas Budhwar passed…
The Gujarat High Court dismissed two Public Interest Litigations (PILs) pending for more than 10 years. The first PIL sought the following relief :- -To put a complete ban on any construction without parking facility, “Change of Use Permission”, “Business Use Permission” from Respondents and without permission from respective authority in the residential zone Manekchowk…
The Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on Friday on the petition filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking bail and quashing of arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Delhi Excise Policy scam case. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan had earlier reserved the verdict on…
A petition has been filed in the Allahabad High Court by a Janhit Kisan Party (JKP) leader who intended to contest the Lok Sabha elections 2024 from Varanasi against Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the Returning Officer rejecting his nomination form. Filed by JKP leader Vijay Nandan, a native of Madhya Pradesh’s Seoni district, the…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday emphasised on the establishment of Gram Nyayalayas across the country, stating that it would help improve access to justice. The Bench of Justice BR Gavai, Justice PK Mishra and Justice KV Viswanathan made the observation while hearing a petition seeking direction to the Centre and all states to take steps…