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 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court 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 batch of matters is listed before a bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana.The petitions include a writ pe…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Friday clarified the context behind the Supreme Court’s earlier remarks asking lawyers not to “waste” the top court’s time while seeking an urgent hearing on petitions relating to the alleged police action against student protesters, saying the apex court had never refused to hear the matter and that no properly instituted petition had been before it at the time. Speaking to NDTV, CJI Kant said the Supreme Court could never den…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) A group of advocates from across the country has written to Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, urging the Supreme Court to take suo motu cognisance of the July 21 sit-in protest led by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and other Opposition leaders near Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official residence at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg.The representation, signed by advocates from multiple High Courts and coordinated by advocate Sanket Gupta, urged the apex court to order a fac…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Friday refuted media reports claiming that he had refused to list a petition relating to the alleged police action against student protesters during the recent ‘Sansad Chalo’ march, clarifying that no writ petition had been filed before the Supreme Court and that only a letter representation had been submitted.Making the clarification in open court, CJI Kant said reports suggesting that the apex court had declined to hear the m…
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal has moved the Supreme Court by filing a writ petition as a party-in-person challenging the interpretation of the Tenth Schedule to the Constitution, contending that the existing legal position on political mergers is diluting the anti-defection law. The petition, filed against the Union of India, was assigned Diary No. 42846/2026 and filed on July 20, according to details available on the apex court’s official website.Appearing before a Bench…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said that changing one person will not suffice as the entire government needs to be replaced. “There are two years left until the elections, so you have plenty of time. This is just the beginning. The entire government will have to be changed; removing just one person will not work. Until the government changes, there will be no change in your lives. Stand firm in Delhi. The fire of this movement…
Mumbai, July 21 (IANS) Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) chief Uddhav Thackeray will meet and interact with students protesting in Delhi on Wednesday, party leader Aaditya Thackeray announced. Aaditya Thackeray also assured that Shiv Sena (UBT) will provide complete legal assistance to student protesters who have received police notices or are facing legal action. Several young students were injured after police baton-charged those protesting against the NEET paper leak at Jantar Mantar. Ud…
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday closed a batch of petitions challenging the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu in view of its recent judgment upholding the revision exercise in Bihar. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana passed the order, observing that the issues raised in the Tamil Nadu petitions stood covered by its earlier judgment delivered in …
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the National Testing Agency’s (NTA) decision to cancel the original NEET-UG 2026 examination and conduct a nationwide retest, observing that the issue no longer survived since the fresh examination had already been conducted. A Bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Alok Aradhe told the counsel appearing for the petitioner that the matter had become infructuous as the re-examination ha…