New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court has dismissed a review petition challenging its March 24 judgment, which held that a person who has converted to Christianity and continues to profess and practise the faith cannot claim Scheduled Caste (SC) status or invoke protections under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.A bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Manmohan said that there was “no error apparent on the record” warranting review of its earlie…
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New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday clarified that an accused does not have an unqualified right to have an advocate continuously present throughout police interrogation, holding that Section 38 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) only guarantees the right to meet a lawyer during interrogation and not the lawyer’s uninterrupted physical presence. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta modified a series of conditions imposed by a trial court and partly af…
Visakhapatnam, July 23 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) special court here has convicted and sentenced three accused to five years in a terror conspiracy related to radicalisation, recruitment and support for the banned CPI (Maoist) terrorist organisation. The accused, Dongari Devendra, Dubashi Swapna and Chukka Shilpa, were members of Chaitanya Mahila Sangam (CMS), an outfit working for CPI (Maoist), the NIA said in a release.The court has sentenced each of the accused, who were a…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) YSR Congress Party Member of Parliament Maddila Gurumoorthy submitted an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha seeking an urgent discussion on the deteriorating law and order situation in Andhra Pradesh. In his notice, he stated that the state is witnessing a disturbing rise in police excesses, crimes against women, atrocities against Scheduled Castes, political violence, and serious violations of civil liberties, making the issue one of urgent public importance.He high…
Amaravati, July 7 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday granted permission to the SIT for questioning the suspended SHO of Krishna Lanka Police Station in police custody in the alleged custodial death of 25-year-old Gade Sai Krishna. Pronouncing the orders on the petition of the Special Investigation Team (SIT), Justice Kuncham Maheswara Rao allowed the SIT to question S.S.V.V. Nagaraju for eight days from July 9.The SIT had approached the High Court, seeking relaxation of the conditions i…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The Centre on Friday cleared the appointment of three judicial officers as Additional Judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, following the recommendation made by the Supreme Court Collegium. Announcing the decision in a post on X, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal said that, in exercise of the powers conferred by the Constitution of India and in consultation with the Chief Justice of India, the President has appointed Su…
Vijayawada, June 29 (IANS) In a key development in the alleged custodial death of 25-year-old Gade Sai Krishna, two head constables on Monday surrendered before police. Ashok and Nani surrendered at the Suryaraopet ACP office.The duo, serving as head constables at Krishnalanka police station, had allegedly gone into hiding after the arrest of suspended Circle Inspector (Station House Officer) S.S.V.V. Nagaraju.The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is probing the case, had found during the …
Amaravati, June 24 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing on a PIL seeking orders for a CBI probe into the alleged custodial death of 25-year-old Gade Sai Krishna.A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the High Court, seeking orders for a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the disappearance of the youth after he was picked up by Krishna Lanka police in Vijayawada last month.Advocate General informed the division bench that a Spe…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday urged High Courts across the country to constitute grievance redressal committees (GRCs) at their as well as district and taluka levels to address issues arising between members of the bar and the judiciary and ensure their amicable resolution in a timely manner.A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi observed that such institutional mechanisms, involving members of Bar Councils and Bar Associations, woul…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of a representation and resolution passed by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) concerning the recent incident involving a member of the Bar before the Andhra Pradesh High Court. As per details uploaded on the website of the apex court, a writ petition titled “Supreme Court Bar Association vs High Court of Andhra Pradesh” has been registered on the judicial side after converting the representation/resolution pa…