New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing on a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the bail granted to expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case.Due to the non-availability of Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta, a Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi deferred the hearing and said that the matter would be taken up after two weeks.At the same time…
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Mumbai, Feb 26 (IANS) Advocate and President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of India, Vikas Singh, on Thursday criticised the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for including a chapter on judicial corruption in its textbook, calling the move ‘unfortunate.’ He said that if the intention was to educate students about corruption, other institutions could also have been discussed. Speaking to IANS, Vikas Singh said, “It is unfortunate. If we want to focus on charac…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the Union government and all states and Union Territories to instal display boards at police stations and public offices, highlighting the penal consequences of filing false complaints, fabricated charges and false evidence. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi passed the order after hearing submissions …
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court has registered a suo motu (on its own motion) case over references to “corruption in the judiciary” in a newly introduced Class 8 Social Science textbook published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).As per the causelist uploaded on the website of the apex court, a Bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi is slated to consider on February 26 the matte…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court is set to hear on Monday the pleas filed by Meta Platforms and WhatsApp challenging a penalty of Rs 213.14 crore imposed on them by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) over their privacy policy.A bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, along with Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi, is likely to take up the matter.Earlier, on February 3, the court made strong remarks against the two companies, saying they cannot “play with the …
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday appeals filed by Meta Platforms and WhatsApp LLC challenging a National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) order that upheld a Rs 213.14 crore penalty imposed by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) over the messaging platform’s 2021 privacy policy and data‑sharing practices.As per the causelist published on the apex court’s official website, the matter is listed before a Special Bench of Chief Justice of India…
Jaipur, Feb 20 (IANS) The Rajasthan High Court’s Jaipur Bench received another bomb threat on Friday, triggering a security alert and temporary disruption of court proceedings. The threatening email stated, “Cancel the CJI’s visit. Clear the High Court by 12 noon. RDX bombs have been planted.”Following the bomb threat, security agencies conducted a thorough search of the High Court premises as they cannot take any threat lightly.However, no suspicious object was found during the search ope…
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The Oudh Bar Association (Allahabad High Court, Lucknow bench) has written to Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant expressing concern over “repeated adverse remarks” made against judges of the Allahabad High Court and sought expunging of certain observations made in a recent judgment. In a letter addressed to the CJI, the bar association said that the Supreme Court, while exercising appellate jurisdiction, should avoid making stigmatic remarks against High Court judge…
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…