New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed concerns over excessive judicial intervention in matters of religion, orally observing that indiscriminate challenges to religious practices before Constitutional courts could disrupt the civilisational fabric of India. A nine-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant was hearing arguments in the Sabarimala reference matter, which involves broader constitutional questions concerning the scope of reli…
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New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the locus and intent of the Indian Young Lawyers’ Association in filing the public interest litigation (PIL) that led to the much-debated Sabarimala judgment, with a nine-judge Constitution Bench repeatedly asking why a lawyers’ body had chosen to intervene in a matter concerning religious practices. Hearing the Sabarimala review reference, the Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and comprising Justices B.V. …
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court has formally notified the constitution of a nine-judge Constitution Bench, which will commence hearing from April 7 in the long-pending Sabarimala review matter. As per the cause list published for April 7 on the official website of the apex court, the bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant will hear the reference arising out of review petitions filed against its September 2018 judgment permitting entry of women of all ages into the Lo…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to Pune businessman Vishal Agarwal, father of the minor accused in the high-profile Pune Porsche crash case, who is alleged to have been involved in a conspiracy to swap blood samples to conceal evidence of alcohol consumption after the fatal accident that claimed the lives of two IT professionals. A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan granted relief, noting that Agarwal has spent around 22 months in custody and …
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea seeking to restrain the release of the feature film ‘Yadav Ji Ki Love Story’, observing that the movie’s title does not portray the Yadav community in a negative light. A Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan dismissed the writ petition challenging the title of the film, remarking that mere apprehension of reputational harm to a community cannot render a film unconstitutional. “We have peruse…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed an FIR and criminal proceedings against a Chhattisgarh-based advocate accused of repeatedly raping a woman on the false promise of marriage, holding that the case arose out of a consensual relationship between two adults, which later turned acrimonious. A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan held that continuation of the prosecution would amount to an abuse of the process of law, and accordingly set aside the Chhattisgar…