The Supreme Court has dismissed a batch of petitions seeking contempt action against the police over its failure to suo motu register First Information Reports (FIRs) in cases of alleged hate speech. The Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta clarified that contempt jurisdiction could not be invoked unless there was clear and…
The Supreme Court has raised serious concern over the rising number of dowry-related deaths in the country, particularly in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Karnataka. Setting aside an Allahabad High Court order, which granted bail to an accused husband in a dowry death case, the Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Vijay…
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday allowed jailed Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer Rashid to meet his ailing father at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, for a fixed duration each day till May 10. The Division Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Madhu Jain modified its…
The Supreme Court has issued notice on a petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging a Punjab and Haryana High Court order that had discharged former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Associated Journals Limited in a case relating to the alleged irregular allotment of land in Panchkula. The Bench of…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday raised serious concerns over the maintainability and bona fides of a public interest litigation (PIL) instituted by the Indian Young Lawyers Association (IYLA) in the case related to the entry of women devotees to the Sabarimala temple and other larger religious issues. The nine-judge Constitution Bench of Chief Justice of…
The Supreme Court has held that when a doctor facing allegations of medical negligence dies during the pendency of proceedings under the Consumer Protection Act, the legal heirs of the deceased can be substituted and brought on record. The Bench of Justice J.K. Maheshwari and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar, however, clarified on Monday that such…
The Bombay High Court on Monday granted bail to lawyer-activist Surendra Gadling in the Elgar Parishad Maoist links case, taking note of his prolonged incarceration of nearly eight years, as well as the fact that the trial was yet to commence in the matter. The Division Bench of Justice Ajay Gadkari and Justice Kamal Khata…
A Delhi court on Monday stayed the operation of a magistrate order, which directed the registration of a First Information Report (FIR) against political commentator Abhijit Iyer-Mitra for allegedly posting abusive and sexually coloured remarks against Newslaundry Editorial Director Manisha Pande and other women journalists on social media. Additional Sessions Judge Purushottam Pathak of the…
The Supreme Court on Monday expanded the scope of ‘acid attack victims’ under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016, holding that the statutory definition must also cover victims who suffer internal injuries or are forcibly made to consume acid, even in the absence of visible disfigurement. The Bench of Chief Justice of…
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea seeking deployment of Central forces to prevent post-poll violence in West Bengal during the ongoing vote counting process, directing the petitioner to seek appropriate relief before the jurisdictional High Court. The Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi…