The Supreme Court on Monday (May 5) refused to entertain a petition seeking contempt action against BJP MP Nishikant Dubey for his comments attacking the Chief Justice of India. The bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar was hearing a writ petition filed by Advocate Vishal Tiwari, seeking to initiate criminal contempt against…
Considering the issue of bogus community certificates being used for securing public employment, the Madras High Court has asked the State to ensure that the required number of State Level Scrutiny Committees are constituted for effective disposal of the enquiries pending before the Committee. The writ of mandamus before the High Court was instituted to…
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday told the Delhi High Court that it was not insisting on cancellation of bail granted to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Chief Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy case for now. ASG SV Raju told Justice Ravinder Dudeja that even though the agency was not pressing for cancellation of Kejriwal’s…
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has upheld the appointment of the President Of the District Consumer Forum, Chittoor, which was earlier set aside by an order of a Single Judge. A Division Bench of Justice B. Krishna Mohan and Justice Nyapathy Vijay held, “As per Article 233(2) of the Constitution of India and as per…
The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a Writ Petition seeking contempt action against BJP MP Nishikant Dubey over his alleged derogatory comments targeting the Apex Court and the Chief Justice of India. A Bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar remarked, “We will pass a short order… but we…
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has ruled that once a person converted to Christianity, he/she could not invoke the provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Noting that the caste system was alien to Christianity, the single-judge Bench of Justice Harinath N ruled that once a person converted to Christianity,…
The Kerala High Court has held that the order passed by a bench in a matter falling outside the scope of its roster or the matters specifically assigned to it, will be considered as an order passed without jurisdiction and therefore a nullity. The High Court relied on the Supreme Court decision in Garden Reach…
The Karnataka High Court quashed a case registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, against a man who was accused of cultivating 5 to 6 cannabis plants on his property. The High Court noted that the segregation of leaves and the actual ganja was not made before weighing the same. The petitioner…
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by a woman, claiming to be a descendant of the last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, and seeking possession of the Red Fort by virtue of her linage. Terming the petition as totally misconceived, the Bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice PV…
The Supreme Court today issued notice on a plea seeking horizontal reservation for transgender persons in National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-PG 2025. The exam is scheduled to take place on June 15, 2025. A bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan passed the order after hearing Senior Advocate Indira Jaising (for petitioners), who argued that despite…
