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…
NEW DELHI: The opposition is set to file a motion in the Rajya Sabha for removal of Allahabad HC judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav, whose controversial comments on a uniform civil code and Muslims at a VHP event triggered a major row, with even Supreme Court seeking a report from HC.While the motion is likely to…
NEW DELHI: Allahabad high court judge Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav‘s remark on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), calling it a measure to “eliminating unequal legal systems” has triggered controversy, with the Supreme Court intervening in the matter.Justice Yadav’s speech, made on December 8 while addressing a provincial convention of the legal cell and high court…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday took exception to the trend of ‘grant stay and forget listing the case for hearing’ in high courts and said this caused immense hardship to litigants, especially in disputes relating to matrimony and child custody.“This is a sad state of affairs in the judiciary. This pricks our conscience,” a…
NEW DELHI: Is the Election Commission powerless to disqualify a foreign national, who has got elected as a gram panchayat Mukhiya, despite unimpeachable evidence about his nationality?This question of law was raised by Bihar state election commission before the SC on Monday. A Nepalese citizen had written to the Nepal govt to cancel his citizenship….
