Author: Ashish Sinha
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has advanced the hearing in a case concerning the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Delhi to October 28. The petition seeks a direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to make public the list of voters who were issued notices during the SIR exercise, along with the specific reasons for each notice. On Wednesday, senior advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the petitioners, mentioned the matter before a bench comprising Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi. He urged the court to hear the case before October 30,…
New Delhi: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has approached the Supreme Court over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, adding another petition to the ongoing legal challenges concerning the voter list revision exercise. On Wednesday, advocate Nizamuddin Pasha, appearing for Owaisi, mentioned the petition before Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Suryakant and sought an early hearing. Pasha urged the Chief Justice to list Owaisi’s plea alongside other pending petitions related to the SIR process so that the connected matters could be heard together. CJI Assures Early Hearing CJI Justice Suryakant assured advocate Nizamuddin Pasha that the petition would…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Monday has approached the Supreme Court over the detention of lawyers and the suspension of internet services during ongoing protests in Delhi. The apex court is scheduled to hear the association’s petition on Tuesday. Senior advocate Pradeep Rai, president of the SCBA, mentioned the matter to the Topcourt. He submitted that lawyers have been facing several difficulties amid the protests in the national capital. He also raised concerns over the suspension of internet services, stating that such restrictions affect the professional work of lawyers. Court Functioning Must Not Be Disrupted, Says…
NEW DELHI: The Udayasthamana Pooja, a special day-long ritual at Kerala’s renowned Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple, will be performed on November 21, coinciding with Vrishchikam Ekadasi, the Supreme Court directed on Thursday. A bench comprising Justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M. Pancholi passed the order while hearing an application seeking directions for the traditional ritual to be conducted at the temple on Vrishchikam Ekadasi. The ceremony will be performed in accordance with the established traditions and customary practices of the Guruvayur Temple. Ritual Continues from Sunrise to Sunset Udayasthamana Pooja is an elaborate religious ceremony performed at the temple over…
NEW DELHI: Actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut has approached the Delhi High Court seeking the removal of allegedly AI-generated and obscene content featuring her that is being circulated online. She has sought legal protection for her personality rights and requested the court to restrain the dissemination of such material. High Court May Pass Interim Order Justice Vikas Mahajan issued summons to the parties named in Ranaut’s petition concerning the alleged misuse of her identity and personality rights. The court indicated that an interim order may be passed in the matter. The plea comes amid growing concerns over the use…
NEW DELHI: An application seeking recall of the Supreme Court’s recent split verdict on the law governing the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs) was mentioned before Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Wednesday. Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan mentioned the recall application before the CJI after the matter was released by the bench of Justice Dipankar Datta. The application challenges the September 23 verdict delivered by Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma in the proceedings concerning the constitutional validity of the 2023 law governing appointments to the Election Commission. What the split verdict…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed actor Rajpal Yadav to deposit ₹1.15 crore immediately in connection with seven cheque bounce cases linked to Murli Projects Private Limited. The court has granted him time until October 13 to pay the remaining ₹85 lakh. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, along with Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana, is hearing Yadav’s plea challenging his conviction. The case relates to seven dishonoured cheques. The Delhi High Court had convicted Yadav and sentenced him to three months’ imprisonment in each case. SC Had Warned Yadav of ‘Last Opportunity’…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear the Punjab government’s plea challenging a High Court order directing a CBI probe into corruption allegations involving individuals linked to the AAP-led state government and requiring the agency to submit its report within two months. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, along with Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana, agreed to consider the matter urgently. Senior Advocate Vikas Singh, appearing for the Punjab government, sought an early listing of the plea. The bench indicated that the matter would be taken up on Wednesday or Thursday.…
NEW DELHI : Swatantra Bhardwaj has been granted regular bail by a Delhi’s Patiala House court in a case concerning the alleged assault of the father of a student activist during a CJP protest at Jantar Mantar. Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Pratap Singh Laler passed the order on Tuesday, granting Bhardwaj regular bail after he had earlier been released on interim bail for three weeks. The court had granted the interim relief for a limited period and subsequently considered Bhardwaj’s conduct during that period while deciding the plea for regular bail. What is the case about? The case stems from…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed 15 petitions seeking the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots and the violence that broke out at Jamia Millia Islamia in 2019 during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). HC Declines Request for SIT Probe A bench comprising Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Manoj Jain divided the batch of petitions into two categories. The first related to the communal violence that erupted in Northeast Delhi in 2020, while the second concerned the violence at Jamia Millia Islamia in 2019. The petitioners had…