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: Influencer Ranveer Allahbadia, in the eye of a storm for his recent alleged offensive comments on social media, on Friday moved Supreme Court objecting to Assam Police registering an FIR against him for his unsavoury remarks despite Mumbai Police already inquiring into it.For Allahbadia, whose petition was e-filed before SC at 2.37 am,…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the Election Commission of India‘s (ECI) response to the pleas seeking verification of the burnt memory and symbol loading units in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in compliance with its judgement. A special bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta asked the poll panel to…
NEW DELHI: Dismissing an appeal of the Centre against a Sikkim high court decision, the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday said that lottery distributors are not liable to pay service tax to the Union government. “Since there is no agency in the relationship, the respondents (lottery distributors) were not liable to pay service tax….
NEW DELHI: Infusion of information technology in court proceedings notwithstanding, Supreme Court has barred police and law enforcement agencies from sending pre-arrest notices through WhatsApp or other electronic means to people suspected of committing a cognisable offence under Section 41A of CrPC and Section 35 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).Both these provisions mandate a…
NEW DELHI: Pulling up Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for non-compliance of its order on solid waste management, with 3,000 tonnes of waste being dumped untreated on a daily basis, Supreme Court on Friday said it would be forced to pass a drastic order against it, and asked the Centre to intervene and sort out…
NEW DELHI: The Union law ministry on Monday notified the appointment of Justice Krishnan Vinod Chandran, Chief Justice of Patna HC, as a judge of Supreme Court with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office. In another order, the govt appointed Justice Ashutosh Kumar, judge of Patna HC, as acting chief justice…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the review petitions on same-sex marriage observing that ‘no interference is warranted’ in the earlier judgment.A batch of petitions had sought review of 2023 judgement. A five judge Constitution Bench had held in October 2023 that there is no unqualified right to marriage and same-sex couples cannot…
NEW DELHI: While putting a freeze on the spate of lawsuits for reclamation of temples allegedly converted to mosques during the Mughal era while it hears the validity of the Places of Worship Act, 1991, Supreme Court said on Thursday, “The primary issue which arises for consideration is Sections 3 and 4 of the 1991…
NEW DELHI: Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay on Thursday said that the religious character of a place cannot be determined through mere observation and argued for the necessity of surveys at disputed sites.Upadhyay also challenged the validity of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, calling it unconstitutional and claiming it legitimizes historical actions by rulers…
