[ad_1] New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a batch of pleas on the Manipur situation including one by a ruling BJP MLA challenging the high court order on the issue of Scheduled Tribe status to the Meitei community and a PIL by a tribal outfit for an SIT probe into the violence … Read more
[ad_1] New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to entertain a plea challenging the validity of the provision mandating “blanket and automatic” disqualification of legislators upon conviction and sentence. Counsel for petitioner Aabha Muralidharan, contended before Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud that the provision restrains a lawmaker from freely discharging the duties cast … Read more
[ad_1] Kochi: A public interest litigation (PIL) was moved in the Kerala High Court on Tuesday against certain statements in the teaser and trailer of controversial Hindi film, ‘The Kerala Story’, and seeking that the court set aside the certificate for public display given to the movie by the censor board. The high court, after … Read more
[ad_1] New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on April 28 a plea seeking an independent probe into the killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj. Atiq Ahmad (60) and Ashraf were shot dead at point-blank range by three men posing as journalists in the middle … Read more
[ad_1] New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a petition seeking uniformity in grant of compensation to the victims of hate crime and mob lynching, and sought the response of the Centre, states and union territories. A bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna also asked the Centre, states and UTs … Read more
[ad_1] Caste based census taking place in Bihar New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on April 28 a fresh plea against the Bihar government’s decision to conduct a caste-based survey in the state. A bench of Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha took note of … Read more
[ad_1] Ahmedabad: A plea seeking a ban on the use of loudspeakers at mosques in Gujarat will be taken up by a division bench of the Gujarat High Court on June 19, an official said on Wednesday. The plea has been filed by a doctor, Dharmendra Prajapati. The Gujarat government has not responded to a … Read more
[ad_1] New Delhi: A five-judge bench headed by CJI D Y Chandrachud, will hear a batch of petitions seeking recognition of same-sex marriage on April 18. On March 13, while referring the matter to a constitution bench, the top court noted that it is a very seminal issue. A bench headed by the CJI and … Read more
[ad_1] New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine on April 14, a plea for alternative arrangement for ‘wuzu’ for worshippers at Gyanvapi mosque, Varanasi. The plea said that due to Ramazan, the number of worshippers have increased. Senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi mentioned the matter on behalf of Muslim side before a bench … Read more
[ad_1] New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a batch of pleas seeking the identification of minorities at the state level. A bench of justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Ahsanuddin Amanullah will take up for hearing the petitions raising various issues related to the identification of minorities, including challenging the constitutional … Read more