NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is set to hear a plea from social media influencer Ranveer Allahbadia challenging the FIRs filed against him over his allegedly offensive remarks made during a now-deleted YouTube show, with the hearing scheduled for Tuesday.A bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh is scheduled to hear the case,…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday expressed displeasure over fresh pleas filed regarding the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. The apex court adjourned the hearing of pleas filed challenging the validity Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991, which preserves the character of religious places as they existed on August 15, 1947.‘There…
NEW DELHI: Remarriage after the death of a spouse cannot be a stumbling block to claim custody of a child from the first marriage, Supreme Court has said while allowing a father to take back custody of his minor son who was taken away by in-laws after the death of his first wife.A bench of…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday strongly criticised the Assam government for holding individuals declared as foreigners in detention centres instead of deporting them, asking sarcastically, “Are you waiting for some muhurat”.Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said that deportation should happen immediately after individuals are determined to be foreigners.“You have refused to…
NEW DELHI: An NRI, who was prima facie held guilty for contempt of court by Supreme Court and was restrained from leaving the country with his passport deposited in court, has managed to leave the country for the US. Taking exception to his conduct, the court directed the Centre to take steps to get him…
NEW DELHI: Observing that there is no concept of state domicile in the Constitution, which only recognises domicile of India, Supreme Court on Wednesday said domicile-based reservation in specialised and higher studies like postgraduate (PG) medical courses is not permissible and quota for residents of states could be extended to a certain degree in undergraduate…
NEW DELHI: Though admitting that Punjab and Haryana HC committed an “egregious error” by reversing the acquittal order of three persons by invoking its revisional jurisdiction, not allowed as per law, and that too without granting them a hearing, SC on Wednesday blamed Haryana govt for the mistake and said the public prosecutor should have…
Tamil Nadu deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain writ petitions seeking criminal action against Tamil Nadu Deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin for his speech in Sept 2023 calling for the eradication of ‘Sanatana Dharma‘.A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Prasanna B Varale raised questions and asked the…
NEW DELHI: With a sizeable percentage of 1.5 million advocates in India feared to be fake, the Supreme Court Thursday expressed serious concerns over the delay in weeding out imposters who dupe gullible litigants and asked Bar Council of India (BCI) to file a status report on the verification drive it had undertaken over nine…
NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over misuse of Section 306 of Indian Penal Code pertaining to abetment to suicide, the Supreme Court on Friday said prosecuting agencies should be sensitised not to “mechanically frame charges” to subject people to a totally untenable prosecution just to “assuage the feelings” of the family of the deceased.A bench of…
