The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the execution of death sentence awarded to Ahmed Bawa @ Abbu Abubakar Barelvi, one of the 38 convicts sentenced to capital punishment in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case. A Bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Augustine George Masih passed the order while hearing Barelvi’s…
The Supreme Court has held that judges should refrain from imposing their personal views or value judgments on morality while deciding bail applications or conducting criminal trials. A Bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Atul S Chandurkar made the observation while setting aside a Madhya Pradesh High Court order that had denied bail to…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday took up Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra’s plea concerning her alleged late-night eviction from the Nadia Circuit House in West Bengal, with Solicitor General Tushar Mehta questioning whether an individual grievance concerning a Member of Parliament could be directly agitated before the Court under Article 32 of the Constitution. A…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the manner in which contempt petitions alleging non-compliance with its directions on deputation of IPS officers to Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) were removed from the cause list of a regular bench and listed before a special bench. A bench of Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan took…
The Gujarat High Court has declined to interfere with the order imposing a cost of ₹25,000 on Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the proceedings seeking disclosure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s educational degree, holding that no ground has been made out to warrant interference with the earlier judgment. A Division Bench…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday came down heavily on the Uttar Pradesh Police over alleged irregularities in a criminal investigation. A Division Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva observing that it might as well direct the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take over all investigations in the State. The Court made…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday remarked that the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah dispute was “jinxed”, while expressing concern over repeated adjournments in the matter. A Bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Sanjeev Sachdeva were hearing a plea challenging an Allahabad High Court order that had designated one Hindu party as the representative of all devotees of…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated that it would adopt a balanced approach to the use of firecrackers during the upcoming Diwali season, ruling out both a complete ban and unrestricted bursting throughout the day. A Bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice PB Varale said that a total ban could affect the sentiments of…
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea challenging the results of the recently held Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections over allegations of large-scale electoral malpractice and partisan campaigning by university officials in favour of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). Justice Saurabh Banerjee rejected the petition filed by Vijay Shankar Meena, a…
At least three judges of the Bombay High Court have recused themselves from hearing the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) appeal challenging the bail granted to dismissed police officer Sachin Waze in the Antilia bomb scare case. On Wednesday (September 30), the appeal was listed before a division bench of Justice Bharati Dangre and Justice Ashish…