New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to curb the practice of animal sacrifice in temples across the country.Issuing notice, a Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta sought responses from the Union Ministry of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, and posted the matter for hearing after four weeks.“Issue notice, returnable in four weeks,” the Justice Vikram Nath-led Bench ordered.The petition, filed u…
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New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday disposed of a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the framing of pan-India guidelines to address “continuing constitutional failure” in dealing with racially motivated violence against citizens from the North-Eastern states.Terming as “unfortunate” the recent incident involving the murder of a Tripura student in Uttarakhand’s Dehradun, a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant asked the PIL litigant to place t…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a plea seeking the framing of stringent guidelines to regulate statements and remarks made by constitutional functionaries that do not comport with constitutional morality. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said the issue raised was serious, but the petition, in its present form, appeared to target particular individuals.The plea referred to remarks attributed to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa…
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would consider an urgent hearing on a plea seeking to restrain the conduct of the Maha Shivaratri puja at the Raghava Chaitanya Shivling, which is installed within the premises of the Laadle Mashaik Dargah in Karnataka’s Kalaburagi district. Senior advocate Vibha Datta Makhija, appearing for the dargah management, urged Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant to list the matter before February 15, when Maha Shivaratri is scheduled t…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The Jan Suraaj party, founded by political strategist Prashant Kishor, has moved the Supreme Court seeking a declaration that the 2025 Bihar Assembly election results are null and void, and requesting a direction to hold fresh elections. In a writ petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution, the party has contended that the disbursal of Rs 10,000 each through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to one woman per family during the subsistence of the Model Code of Conduct …
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice in a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking urgent directions to protect the independence of the judiciary and to prevent “intimidation and communalisation of judicial orders” following recent rulings delivered by Justice G.R. Swaminathan of the Madras High Court permitting the centuries-old Deepam ceremony at the Thiruparankundram temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and P.B. Varale sought res…