A bench of Justice B R Gavai and Justice K V Viswanathan agreed to hear the plea and issued notices to the Centre and others seeking their responses on the petition. The plea, filed by Sanjay Sharma who runs the YouTube channel, has sought a direction to the Centre to produce the blocking order with…
By Kumkum Chadha “From the soil of Bihar, I say to the whole world that India will identify, track, and punish every terrorist and their backers,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared at an election rally, just days after a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir which claimed 26 lives. The assault occurred in Baisaran, a…
The National Commission Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) bench comprising Subhash Chandra, Presiding Member and AVM J. Rajendra, Member has held that repudiation of an insurance claim by State Bank of India Life Insurance where the insured person died before the commencement of risk cover cannot be termed as ‘Deficiency in Service’. Brief facts: The complainants…
The Supreme Court today expressed surprise that the Jharkhand High Court has not pronounced verdicts in 67 criminal appeals after reserving judgement and asked all high courts to submit report in a month on cases where judgements are pending. A bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice N Kotiswar Singh termed the development as “disturbing”,…
By Sujit Bhar It has been a while since the Supreme Court declared that the right to privacy was a fundamental right. This landmark decision had been delivered on August 24, 2017, and had come off the Justice KS Puttaswamy (retd) vs Union of India case. The nine-judge top court bench, headed by the then…
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has asked residents of Gwalior to participate in the social audit of the Swarna Rekha River Revival Project noting that they are important stake-holders in the city’s urban planning and development activities. The Court opined that the vision and suggestions of the residents can be a real value addition as…
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed the Writ Petition preferred by a Judicial Officer who challenged the Order of his compulsory retirement. At the time of passing of such Order, he was posted as Special Judge (Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Prevention of Atrocities Act) at Kaushambi. A Division Bench comprising Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra…
The three-member committee of judges, which was constituted to conduct an in-house probe against Justice Yashwant Varma over the alleged recovery of cash from his official residence, has submitted its report to Chief Justice of India Sanijv Khanna. The Supreme Court issued a press note, stating that the three-member Committee, comprising Justice Sheel Nagu, Chief…
The Supreme Court today issued notice to comedians Samay Raina, Vipun Goyal and three others in a petition alleging that they had made insensitive jokes mocking persons with disabilities. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh directed the Commissioner of Police, Mumbai to issue notice to them to ensure they remain present…
A three-member Committee, comprising Mr. Justice Sheel Nagu, Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana; Mr. Justice G.S. Sandhawalia, Chief Justice of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh; and Ms. Justice Anu Sivaraman, Judge of the High Court of Karnataka, was constituted to conduct an inquiry into the allegations levelled against Mr….
