New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday said the Constitutional right to peaceful protest must be protected and stressed that allegations of police excesses as well as violence against security personnel during demonstrations require an impartial examination, while indicating that a uniform nationwide protocol may be needed to govern the handling of public protests.A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI), Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana, hearing a batch of peti…
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New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday deferred till July 27 the hearing on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging continuous police surveillance of student protesters at Jantar Mantar, after the Centre defended videography of public demonstrations as a routine law-and-order measure and argued that there can be no reasonable expectation of privacy at a public protest.A Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia said it would continue h…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday said it would “very closely monitor” the Centre’s road map for institutional reforms in the National Testing Agency (NTA) and measures to prevent future paper leaks, while directing the Union government to file a comprehensive affidavit detailing its proposals, including the feasibility of shifting NEET to a computer-based testing (CBT) mode, cybersecurity safeguards and examination security protocols.A Bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Al…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to constitute a medical board within a week to examine the health condition of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu in connection with his plea seeking interim bail on medical grounds. A Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and P.B. Varale directed the medical board to submit its detailed report within one week, saying that it would decide Asaram’s prayer for interim bail only…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday suggested that Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime accused in the Raja Raghuvanshi honeymoon murder case, consider surrendering and face trial pending the examination of key prosecution witnesses, while indicating that the apex court could otherwise proceed to decide on the merits of the Meghalaya government’s plea challenging the grant of bail to her.A Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and P.B. Varale asked counsel appearing for Sonam Raghuvanshi to…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to consider reconstituting the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged financial irregularities in the handling of donations and offerings received by the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, saying the investigation should be led by a senior IPS officer and taken to its “logical conclusion”. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana als…
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) has filed its status report in a sealed cover before the Supreme Court, which is slated to hear on Monday a batch of petitions seeking a court-monitored probe into the alleged financial irregularities in the handling of donations and offerings received by the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust. As per the causelist uploaded on the apex court’s official website, the clutch of petitions is sche…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Rajasthan government to examine the medical reports of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu and inform whether his health condition warrants the grant of interim bail on medical grounds. A Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and Prasanna B. Varale was hearing Asaram’s plea challenging the Rajasthan High Court judgment upholding his conviction and life sentence in the 2013 minor rape case, along with his application seeking interim bail on hea…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The Centre on Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court judgment that set aside the technical evaluation process for outsourcing Consular, Passport and Visa (CPV) services at Indian Missions in Abu Dhabi (UAE), Kuwait, Singapore and Canberra (Australia). Appearing before a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta mentioned the matter and sought an urgent hearing on the Union government’s plea.In respon…
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed concern over the difficulties being faced by students due to the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) On-Screen Marking (OSM) system for evaluation of Class 12 board examination answer sheets.A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking supervision and regulation of the CBSE’s digital evaluation mechanism and direction…