The Supreme Court on Thursday transferred a batch of contempt petitions alleging violations of its landmark November 2024 judgment against “bulldozer justice” to the respective jurisdictional High Courts, holding that disputes over compliance with its demolition guidelines involve disputed questions of fact that are best examined by constitutional courts at the State level. The Bench…
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a special leave petition filed by Karnataka Legislative Council Deputy Chairman MK Pranesh challenging the Karnataka High Court’s order directing recounting of votes cast in the 2021 Karnataka Legislative Council election from the Chikkamagaluru Local Authorities’ Constituency. With the dismissal of the plea, the recount of votes ordered by…
The Supreme Court on Thursday strongly criticised the Delhi Police for failing to invoke the offence of attempt to murder in an FIR registered over the alleged assault on Supreme Court Advocate Pankaj Sharma and directed that the investigation be transferred from the local police to the Delhi Crime Branch. The Bench of Chief Justice…
The Supreme Court on Thursday orally urged the Union government to reconsider the introduction of a third language from Class 9 under the CBSE curriculum, observing that introducing a new language at that stage would place unnecessary academic pressure on students preparing for Class 10 board examinations. The observations were made during the hearing of…
The Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that its investigation had found no evidence to suggest that Ashish Mishra or his father, former Union Minister Ajay Mishra, was involved in the alleged intimidation of witnesses in the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence case. The submission was made before the Bench of Chief Justice…
A Delhi court has restored the facility of two weekly e-mulakats (video meetings) for activist Umar Khalid, arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, in the larger conspiracy case relating to the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of the Karkardooma Court allowed Khalid’s application seeking restoration of the second weekly…
The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Union Government and the Delhi Government to ensure that climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar since June 28, is subjected to daily clinical and medical monitoring by government doctors. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya…
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed all States and Union Territories to formulate and notify, within three months, a comprehensive policy for the early, premature or compassionate release of prisoners who are of advanced age or are terminally ill, holding that such inmates are entitled to a humane, transparent and time-bound mechanism for consideration of…
The Supreme Court has orally observed that exclusion of a person’s name from the electoral roll pursuant to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal does not deprive the individual of entitlement to certain statutory welfare benefits, including subsidised food grains under the Public Distribution System (PDS). The Bench of Chief Justice of…
Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud has underscored the constitutional significance of press freedom, stating that an independent and free media is indispensable to a democratic society and that the right to question forms the foundation of the rule of law and constitutional governance. Speaking at the inauguration of a new studio of…