NEW DELHI: Former CJI D Y Chandrachud came in for stinging criticism from Sena UBT, which accused him of “doing nothing about violation of anti-defection law over the split in the party”. The remarks about “defilement” of the Constitution came amid comments from other parties that there were serious questions about the independence of judiciary…
NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh on Saturday said the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 is in the news these days because of certain oral observations made in 2022 by then Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud that have since opened a “Pandora’s box”.On May 20, 2022, the top…
NEW DELHI: Marking out hate speech as a cause for concern, Justice D Y Chandrachud said its impact was multi-fold with the rise of social media.“Hurtful comments have far-reaching consequences on the psyche and emotional well-being of people,” he said while warning that curbs on hate speech must not have the effect of “chilling free…
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Sunday shared his personal experience dealing with the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute and said that he prayed to God for a solution. During a felicitation ceremony in his native village of Kanhersar, CJI revealed that he had sought divine intervention to find a resolution to the…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking to fix a three-year outer limit for all courts to clear their cumulative backlog of more than five crore cases, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra.A bench led by CJI D Y Chandrachud told the petitioner that what he was seeking to achieve was very desirable…
NEW DELHI: In a rare instance, Supreme Court on Friday recalled its Aug 2022 judgment striking down key provisions of the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988, finding force in Union govt’s argument that the SC had erroneously ruled on the validity of the provisions even though no party had challenged them.Solicitor general Tushar…
CJI DY Chandrachud (File photo) NEW DELHI: In validating Section 6A of the Citizenship Act that conferred citizenship to Bangladeshi migrants entering India before March 25, 1971, Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud in his opinion said this cut-off date was reasonable as on that day Pakistan army had launched ‘Operation Searchlight‘ to curb the Bengali…
CHENNAI: Taking exception to the outburst of Justice R Subramanian of Madras HC judge at senior advocate P Wilson while hearing an appeal, All-India Bar Association (AIBA) has written to CJI D Y Chandrachud to frame guidelines for judicial conduct and set up a mechanism to redress complaints of unprofessional conduct by members of judiciary.AIBA…
In a landmark judgment, Supreme Court ruled in favour of the income-tax (I-T) department, upholding the validity of nearly 90,000 reassessment notices issued after April 1, 2021, under the old provisions. Over 9,000 writ petitions had been filed in various high courts challenging these notices, with most courts siding with taxpayers.A bench of Chief Justice…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday expunged the Allahabad HC’s remark that majority population of the country would be in minority one day if religious congregations where conversions take place are not stopped.A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Manoj Misra passed the order while granting bail to one Kailash against whom…
