NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused urgent mentioning of a plea seeking direction to Delhi Police to register an FIR over the alleged discovery of burnt wads of cash from the official residence of Delhi high court judge Yashwat Varma.The Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna-led bench, however, assured petitioner advocate Mathews J…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court directed all states and union territories on Wednesday to establish a grievance redressal mechanism for addressing complaints against deceptive advertisements that “can cause great harm to society”. The panel comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan mandated that state authorities should create procedures for citizens to report advertisements prohibited…
A day after the Supreme Court made the unprecedented move of publically releasing a comprehensive report detailing allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma of the Delhi High Court, following a fire incident at his residence on March 14 that resulted in the alleged discovery of unaccounted cash, videos are surfacing online of burnt currency notes that…
NEW DELHI: A day after transferring Justice Yashwant Varma of Delhi high court back to his parent Allahabad HC, Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna sought and received a report from Delhi HC Chief Justice D K Upadhyay Friday on alleged recovery of cash from Justice Varma’s official residence on March 14, on Holi. The…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a directive preventing any new legal cases from being filed against Tamil Nadu deputy CM and DMK leader Udaynidhi Stalin regarding his controversial “eradicate Sanatan Dharma” statement unless the court grants explicit permission. This protective measure comes in response to the multiple cases already registered across various…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday sought assistance of solicitor general Tushar Mehta in resolving the grievance of Indian Forest Service officers against their performance appraisal reports (PARs) being written by IAS officers as per the last June office order issued by Madhya Pradesh government.A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K Vinod Chandran…
NEW DELHI: SC on Monday ruled out censorship of freedom of speech and said it remained sacrosanct if it conformed to reasonable restrictions. However, it clarified that this was not a licence to broadcast on social media platforms filthy words and depraved thoughts that militate against decency and morality. Expanding the scope of the petition…
Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday questioned Gujarat police for lodging an FIR against Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi over a social media post with a poem, ‘Ae khoon ke pyase baat suno (those who are bloodthirsty listen to us)’. The piece is about promoting non-violence and is not related to any…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Customs and GST authorities had the power to carry out arrests but could not do so without adhering to the safeguards provided under the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) for personal liberty of the accused.Writing the main opinion, CJI Sanjiv Khanna said the safeguards penned in the Arvind…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday allowed transportation and disposal of hazardous chemical waste from the Bhopal gas tragedy site at a treatment-storage-disposal-facility (TSDF) in the industrial town of Pithampur in Madhya Pradesh.A bench of Justices B R Gavai and A G Masih refused to interfere with the order of Madhya Pradesh high court for…
