The Supreme Court has declined to interfere with a judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court directing the Railway authorities to consider the claim of a deceased employee’s grandson for appointment on compassionate grounds. A Bench comprising Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Vijay Bishnoi dismissed the challenge instituted by the Union of India and the…
A Buddhist activist has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Union Government’s directions prescribing the singing and playing of the complete six-stanza version of Vande Mataram at specified official occasions, contending that the mandate has implications for secularism, religious freedom and constitutional fraternity. The writ petition has been filed by BD Borkar, a Nagpur-based Buddhist…
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has called upon constitutional courts across Asia to engage with digitalisation and artificial intelligence without allowing technological advancement to displace the foundational values that animate constitutional adjudication. Addressing the inaugural session of the VII Congress of the Association of Asian Constitutional Courts (AACC) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, CJI Kant said…
The Delhi High Court has upheld the validity of rules allowing elderly parents and senior citizens to approach the District Magistrate (DM) for eviction of children or legal heirs from their property in cases involving non-maintenance or ill-treatment. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia held that Rule 22(3)(1)…
A Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court in New Delhi has ordered the framing of charges against separatist leader Yasin Malik and six others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in a case concerning alleged foreign funding routed through hawala channels to finance secessionist and subversive activities in Jammu and Kashmir. The accused…
The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to entertain a plea filed by the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) challenging the freezing of four of its bank accounts by the West Bengal Police following a complaint by a member of the party’s rebel faction. A Bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice PB Varale refrained from…
The Delhi High Court has granted bail to Mohd Shahzad Kamal, an accused in a National Investigation Agency (NIA) case alleging his involvement with the ISIS-affiliated Harkat-Ul-Harb-E-Islam terror module, after he remained incarcerated for more than five years. A Division Bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Arun Bhardwaj allowed Kamal’s appeal against the Special…
The Delhi High Court has sought responses from the Centre and oil marketing companies on a public interest litigation challenging the requirement of biometric Aadhaar authentication for domestic LPG consumers seeking refills at the regulated retail price. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia directed the respondents to place…
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to interfere with a Delhi High Court ruling that music composer Ilaiyaraaja did not hold copyright over the lyrics and sound recording of the popular song En Iniya Pon Nilave from the Tamil film Moodu Pani. A Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice K Vinod Chandran declined to…
Journalist and The Wire Editor Seema Chishti has approached the Supreme Court seeking permission to intervene in the Constitution Bench reference examining the constitutional contours of legislative privileges and their interplay with fundamental rights. The intervention application has been filed in the long-pending matter of N. Ravi & Ors. v. Speaker, Legislative Assembly, Chennai &…