The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear the Union Government’s petitions challenging the Bombay High Court’s September 2024 judgment which struck down the provisions in the Information Technology Rules which empowered the Central Government to establish Fact Check Units (FCU). The Court however turned down the request of Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta … Read more
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Union of India, through the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, to frame a no-fault compensation policy for individuals who suffer serious adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination. A Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta passed the direction while clarifying that the existing mechanism for monitoring … Read more
The Supreme Court today (March 9) declined to entertain Pinjra Tod activist Devangana Kalita’s plea challenging the Delhi High Court’s refusal to allow reconstruction of the case diaries in relation to a 2020 Delhi riots case. A bench comprising Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice PB Varale heard the matter. Kalita’s counsel argued that the material … Read more
The Supreme Court today(March 90 closed suo motu contempt proceeding initiated against Chandigarh-based YouTuber and Editor-in-Chief of Varprad Media, Ajay Shukla, for his alleged “scandalous, contemptuous and defamatory” remarks against a former judge of the Supreme Court. The matter was disposed of by a bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma after … Read more
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The Supreme Court has held that a High Court can entertain a contempt petition alleging violation of its directions even if the original judgment has merged with a Supreme Court order affirming it. The Court clarified that the doctrine of merger does not extinguish the High Court’s contempt jurisdiction where the Supreme Court has not … Read more
The new plea challenges a passage at Page 62 of Social and Political Life – III, in a chapter dealing with the role of the judiciary and the right to livelihood. The sentence states that “recent judgments tend to view the slum dweller as an encroacher in the city.” According to the petitioner, this statement … Read more
An urgent mentioning was made about this development before a Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi this morning. “Judicial officers have been given a training module on what to refer and what not to refer. This Court stated Chief Justice of High Court will decide modalities,” argued Senior … Read more
The bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi were hearing a plea assailing the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 on account of repugnancy owing to the Section 111 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. A petition filed by Siraj Ahmad Khan challenging provisions … Read more
The Court in its order also took strong objection to the communication by the NCERT Director to the Supreme Court after the controversial portions came to light. “Instead of filing an introspection of what has been written in the book in an extremely contemptuous and reckless manner, the NCERT Director wrote back defending the contents,” … Read more