On Thursday, in the Supreme Court, Justice DY Chandrachud refused to accept a plea for taking suo moto contempt action against Mr. Suresh Chavhanke, Editor-in-Chief of the Sudarshan TV, for his tweets after the court passed the order to sojourn the broadcast of his show ‘Bindas Bol’. The bench comprising Justices KM Joseph and Justice
Today, the Supreme Court was hearing the plea challenging the decision of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru to conduct its law admissions this year on the basis of its independent National Law Aptitude Test (NLAT) scores instead of CLAT. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice
SC Issued Notice on 7 Judicial Officers’ Plea against Non-recommendation of Their Names by SC Collegium The petition, filed by seven judicial officers of the state through advocate Aruna Gupta, has requested the collegium to reconsider their cases. A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India, SA Bobde has issued notice to
SC directs for fresh investigation, sets aside closure report of Rajasthan Police Today, the Supreme Court heard an order seeking the transfer of police from the State Police to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the mysterious death of third-year student Vikrant Nagaich at National Law University, Jodhpur in August 2017. A bench of
On Tuesday the Supreme Court said that the regulation of electronic media is needed as most of the channels are only in the race for TRPs and this is going towards more sensationalism. On the other hand, the Centre, while advocating the freedom of journalism, told the court that controlling the press would be fatal
Kangana Ranaut’s amended plea in Bombay HC seeks Rs 2 Cr damages from BMC On Tuesday, Actress Kangana Ranaut filed an amended writ petition in the Bombay High Court. It has been said in the petition that due to the action of BMC, 40 percent damage has been done in Kangana’s house (office). Also demanded
Does not mean I accept the judgment: Prashant Bhushan while depositing draft for Re 1 fine imposed for Contempt of Court On Monday Advocate Prashant Bhushan deposited a rupee token fine imposed by the Supreme Court in the contempt case on his two tweets in the Supreme Court. Before entering the Supreme Court registry, Bhushan
HC adjourns plea seeking recognition of same-sex marriage under Hindu Marriage Act Today Delhi High Court was heard the Public Interest Litigation seeking recognition of Same-sex marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act. PIL was filed by Abhijeet Iyer Mitra, Gopi Shankar, Geeti Thadani and G. Orvasi. Same as in other marriages, gay marriage gets equal
No Immediate Demolition of Slums near Delhi Tracks Till Urban Affairs Ministry Takes a Decision: Centre Tells SC A hearing was held in the Supreme Court today to withdraw the order to remove the slum from the side of the railway line in Delhi. The matter was heard by a Bench of Chief Justice of
Judge seeks contempt action against actor Suriya for remarks on judiciary On Sunday Madras High Court judge Justice SM Subramaniam wrote a letter to Chief Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi looking for contempt proceedings against popular Tamil actor Suriya over his statements about Supreme Court upholding central government’s decision to conduct the National Eligibility cum Entrance
