[ad_1] The Supreme Court has reserved its verdict on a plea challenging the Centre’s decision to constitute a delimitation commission for redrawing the assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir following notifications of 2020, 2021 and 2022.A bench of justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S Oka reserved...
SC refuses to entertain Tarun Tejpal plea for in-camera hearing, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea by former editor of Tehelka magazine Tarun Tejpal seeking in-camera hearing on Goa government's appeal against his acquittal in a sexual assault case.A bench headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising justice P.S. Narasimha told Tejpal's counsel that...
Centre tells SC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] The Centre told the Supreme Court on Monday that religious freedom does not include a fundamental right to convert other people to a particular religion and that it certainly does not embrace the right to convert an individual through fraud, deception, coercion or allurement.The central government said it is...
SC issues notice on plea seeking free sanitary napkins in schools, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the central government, states and union territories on a plea seeking the supply of free sanitary napkins for adolescent girls in schools. The petition also seeks separate washrooms for girls in all government, aided and residential schools.A bench headed by Chief...
Government should stop overloading SC with endless statutory appeals, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] Attorney General (AG) of India R Venkataramani on Saturday said it is important that the government stops overloading the Supreme Court with endless statutory appeals.The AG, speaking at the Constitution Day celebrations held at the Supreme Court, said: "It is important that the government stops overloading the Supreme Court...
Fresh plea in SC seeks direction to amend IPC, CrPC to stop religious conversion, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] A fresh application has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to amend the Indian Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) to stop religious conversion by "intimidation, threatening, deceivingly luring through gifts and monetary benefits". The application has been filed by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay in a pending...
SC to hear Mumbai’s Aarey colony tree felling matter on Nov 24, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] The Supreme Court said that it will hear on Thursday the matter pertaining to the felling of trees at Mumbai's Aarey Colony, the site for a metro car shed project. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices Hima Kohli and J B Pardiwala took note of...
SC to hear NIA’s appeal against Teltumbde bail on Friday, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Friday an appeal by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against the bail granted to scholar-activist Anand Teltumbde in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. A bench, headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, took note of the submissions by Solicitor General Tushar...
Delhi LG approves filing of review petition against accused’s acquittal in SC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has approved the filing of a review petition in the Supreme Court against the acquittal of the three accused in the Chhawla rape and murder case, the sources at the LG secretariat informed.This has come days after the parents of the 2012 Chhawla gangrape...
Centre to SC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] "We will have to be tough on Naxalism," the Centre told the Supreme Court on Monday during a hearing on a plea seeking an SIT investigation into an alleged massacre in a Chhattisgarh village in May 2013 which is already being probed by the CBI. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta,...