NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday came down heavily on Ajit Pawar‘s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) asking it to “stand up on your legs” and not use Sharad Pawar‘s name and photos in the ongoing election campaign in Maharashtra for the upcoming assembly polls.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan questioned Ajit…
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…
CJI interacts with AI lawyer NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud on Thursday interacted with an AI lawyer at the inauguration of the National Judicial Museum and Archive (NJMA). During the event, the Chief Justice asked the AI whether the death penalty is constitutional in India. The AI promptly responded, “Yes, the…
Children burning crackers during Diwali celebrations NEW DELHI: Taking note of the unchecked bursting of crackers on Diwali night in violation of its ban order, the Supreme Court Monday issued a notice to the Delhi government and Delhi police asking them to explain noncompliance of its order and sought their response on imposing a round-the-year…
NEW DELHI: There has been no forward movement on the names reiterated by SC collegium headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud for appointment as HC judges as he demits office as the chief justice of India on Nov 10.The collegium had in Jan 2023 reiterated the names of advocates Saurabh Kirpal for elevation as a…
NEW DELHI: More than 12 years after Supreme Court mandated separate toilets for girl students in schools across India, only Goa, Delhi, Chandigarh and Puducherry are in full compliance of the order while the north-eastern states and Jammu & Kashmir lag the national average of 98% in schools implementing the order.SC for the first time…
KOLKATA: History sheets, voluminous registers kept at police stations, profiling criminals and their aides, will now have to wipe out names of minors, random inclusions of innocent people just because they are socially and economically backward. The pre-Independence Police Regulations of Bengal, 1943, will now be amended after Supreme Court spelt out five-point guidelines in…
NEW DELHI: Personal setbacks and achievements matter little to CJI-designate Sanjiv Khanna, whose family, nearly half a century ago, took in its stride the unceremonious supersession of his uncle Justice H R Khanna, who stood up for citizens’ rights undaunted by the might of Union govt during the dark days of Emergency.He himself was fourth…
Actress Rhea Chakraborty who has been in the spotlight for the Sushant Singh Rajput death case, has a reason to feel relieved. On Friday, the Supreme Court dismissed the petitions filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the State of Maharashtra, and the Bureau of Immigration, which sought to challenge the Bombay High Court‘s…
NEW DELHI: Turning down the plea of the Sharad Pawar faction of NCP, Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the breakaway group led by Ajit Pawar to use the ‘clock’ symbol for Maharashtra assembly polls with the caveat that the deputy CM should mention in all print and audio/visual advertisements of the party that litigation over…
