Tag: Supreme Court

Chief Justice Of India DY Chandrachud’s Day Out At Rashtrapati Bhavan’s Amrit Udyan

March 5, 2024 admin

President Murmu also shared pictures of the CJI’s visit in a post X. New Delhi: Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and other Supreme Court judges, along with their families, visited the Amrit Udyan at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. President Droupadi Murmu joined the Supreme Court judges and their families during their visit on Monday and…

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14-Year-Old Girl Can’t Be Treated As “Chattel” In Custody Battle: Supreme Court

March 5, 2024 admin

The stability of a child is of “paramount importance”, the court said. New Delhi: Observing that a 14-year-old child cannot be treated as “chattel”, the Supreme Court has set aside an order of the Orissa High Court allowing the biological father of a girl her custody, saying she was living happily with her paternal aunt….

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“Bribery Not Protected By Parliamentary Privileges”: Supreme Court’s Top Quotes

March 4, 2024 admin

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today pronounced its verdict on whether Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of Legislative Assemblies (MLAs) are immune from prosecution for accepting bribes in exchange for making a speech or casting a vote in the legislature. Here are the Supreme Court’s top quotes: We disagree with the judgment in the…

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Do MPs, MLAs Have Immunity In Bribery Cases? Big Supreme Court Decision Shortly

March 4, 2024 admin

The judgement was reserved last year after two day-long arguments (Representational) New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce its verdict today on whether MPs and MLAs enjoy immunity from prosecution for taking bribes to make a speech or cast a vote in the legislature. Having reserved its judgement on October 5, 2023, a…

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Supreme Court Judge Bhushan R Gavai On Rising Pendency Of Bail Pleas In Top Court

March 3, 2024 admin

Justice Bhushan R Gavai said district courts and high courts are not granting bail (File) Pune: The number of bail pleas in the Supreme Court is steadily rising since it is not being granted in the district courts or even the high courts, Justice Bhushan R Gavai said on Sunday. Every Supreme Court bench hears…

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2 Bilkis Bano Case Convicts Petition Supreme Court For Final Order On Remission

March 2, 2024 admin

One of the convicts has also filed an application for bail. (Representational) New Delhi: Two of the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case have moved the Supreme Court contending that its January 8 verdict cancelling remission of their sentence was “in teeth of” a 2002 constitution bench order and sought the issue to be…

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Article 21 Soul Of Constitution, Citizen’s Liberty Paramount: Supreme Court

March 2, 2024 admin

A bench of Justice B R Gavai and Justice Sandeep Mehta made the observation New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that Article 21 is the soul of the Constitution as the liberty of a citizen is of paramount importance and the high court not expeditiously adjudicating matters related to it would deprive a person…

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“Human Mind An Enigma, There Can Be Myriad Reasons For Suicide”: Supreme Court

March 1, 2024 admin

The bench said the prosecution had failed to prove the charge of abetment to suicide. New Delhi: The human mind is an enigma and there can be myriad reasons for a man or a woman to die by suicide, the Supreme Court has said while acquitting a man charged with abetting the death by suicide…

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After Bizarre Request, Chief Justice Of India DY Chandrachud Warning To Petitioner

March 1, 2024 admin

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud rejected a request to “digitally monitoring all MPs and MLAs” New Delhi: Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said he restrained himself from imposing cost on a man who requested the top court to give a direction for “digitally monitoring all MPs and MLAs”. Rejecting the request and warning…

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