New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday imposed a fine of Rs 20 lakh on the West Bengal government for shadow banning Bangla film “Bhobishyoter Bhoot” based on political satire. It also directed the state government to pay damages to theatre owners who were restrained from screening director Anik Dutta’s[Read More…]
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SC wants BCCI ombudsman to decide Sreesanth’s penalty
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday allowed BCCI ombudsman Justice (retd) D.K. Jain to decide on the quantum of punishment for cricketer S. Sreesanth regarding his alleged involvement in the spot-fixing scandal that rocked the 2013 Indian Premier League. While Sreesanth’s life ban was quashed last month, the Supreme[Read More…]
Lok Sabha Polls 2019: Supreme Court dismisses plea for rescheduling TN poll day
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea by a Christian body seeking postponement and rescheduling of the April 18 polling in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry since it coincides with the holy days of Good Friday and Easter. A bench of Justice S.A. Bobde, Justice S. Abdul Nazeer[Read More…]
PM Narendra Modi biopic: Supreme Court to hear plea on April 8
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will hear on April 8 a plea seeking to block the release of a biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi that is scheduled to release on April 5. A bench of Justice S.A. Bobde, Justice S. Abdul Nazeer and Justice Indira[Read More…]
SC stays contempt punishment against Shillong Times
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday put on hold a Meghalaya High Court order holding the Editor of The Shillong Times, Patricia Mukhim, and publisher Shobha Chaudhuri guilty of contempt and fining them Rs 2 lakh each. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice[Read More…]
SC slams petitioner who wants Muslims sent to Pakistan
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday took to task a petitioner whose PIL had sought that all Indian Muslims be sent to Pakistan and the Hindus there be brought to India. Pulling up Sangat Singh Chauhan, who had moved the PIL, the bench of Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman and[Read More…]
SC slams Assam’s casual approach to illegal immigrants
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed the Assam government for its “lackadaisical approach” in detecting and deporting the over 50,000 foreigners whose presence in the state was once described, by the top court, as “external aggression”. Noting that the Assam government had identified just 900 foreigners staying in[Read More…]
Ayodhya dispute: Meet the three mediators named in the case; All hail from Tamil Nadu
Interestingly, the panel that has been ordered by the Supreme Court has all of its three members hailing from Tamil Nadu
Rafale Deal: SC won’t hear AAP MP Sanjay Singh’ plea over ‘derogatory’ remarks on Judiciary
New Delhi: The Supreme Court in the hearing of the review petitions filed by various parties in the Rafale case, refuses to hear the plea by AAP leader Sanjay Singh, saying that he has made some “very, very derogatory statements” about the institution of judiciary. The bench comprising of Chief[Read More…]
SC to hear plea for Rafale judgment recall on March 6
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to hear, on March 6, the petitions seeking a recall and review of its judgment giving a clean chit to the Modi government on acquiring 36 Rafale jet fighters in a ready-to-fly condition from French company Dassault Aviation. The top court had, on[Read More…]
Rajasthan tribals aggrieved over SC eviction notice, to march to parliament on March 2
By Archana Sharma Jaipur: A Supreme Court recent order on the time-bound eviction of tribals and other households living in forests, whose claims have been rejected by the authorities under the Forest Rights Act, has triggered a huge furore in Rajasthan’s tribal belt. Over 5,000 workers of the Bheel Tribal[Read More…]
Take steps to end attacks on Kashmiris: Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Chief Secretaries and Directors General of Police (DGPs) in states and union territories to take prompt action to prevent the threat, assault, intimidation and boycott targeted at Kashmiris, especially students, in the wake of the February 14 Pulwama attack. It also[Read More…]
Supreme Court orders eviction of more than 1 million Adivasi, forest-dwelling families
The Supreme Court has passed directions regarding eviction of more than a million families of Adivasis and forest dwellers from forestlands. A three Judge bench comprising of Justices, Arun Mishra, Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee gave the order to the Forest Survey of India (FSI) to come up with a[Read More…]
Pulwama fallout: SC to hear pleas on Kashmiri students attacked
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Friday a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to the Centre and the state governments to protect Kashmiri students, who are being targeted across the country in the wake of Pulwama terror attack. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi,[Read More…]
SC can’t look into closure report by state police in criminal case: Bengal
New Delhi: The West Bengal government on Tuesday said that the Supreme court cannot go into the validity of a closure report filed by the state police in a criminal matter as this jurisdiction rests with the magistrate’s court. The bench of Justice A.K. Sikri, Justice S. Abdul Nazeer and[Read More…]
SC verdict against Constitution, democracy: Arvind Kejriwal
New Delhi: Calling the Supreme Court’s verdict on the powers of the Delhi government to transfer officers “unfortunate” and “injustice to the people of Delhi”, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said the order is against the Constitution and democracy. Speaking to the media after the judgement, Kejriwal said the[Read More…]
SC judgement a big loss to AAP, says BJP
New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday described the Supreme Court verdict on the tussle between the Delhi government and the Centre over sharing of powers as a big loss to the Arvind Kejriwal government and asked the chief minister to apologise to the top court. The remarks came soon after[Read More…]
SC delivers split verdict on Delhi government’s powers
New Delhi: A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a split verdict on the issue of transfer and posting of Delhi government officers. While Justice A.K. Sikri said transfers and postings of Joint Secretaries and officers above will be in the domain of Lieutenant Governor; for those[Read More…]
SC refuses court monitoring of Saradha chit fund scam probe
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a plea by a group of investors for court monitoring of the probe into the Rs 10,000-crore Saradha chit fund scam by the CBI and the Directorate of Enforcement. “We are not inclined to pass any order,” said the bench headed by[Read More…]
“Ridiculous PIL”: SC dismisses plea seeking ban on red dresses in India
Amid the long queue of serious cases, came a bizarre plea that left the Chief Justice of India (CJI) red faced. The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL calling it “ridiculous”. The plea sought a direction to ban all red coloured dresses across India. Hearing the PIL that was[Read More…]
CBI to move SC after face-off with Kolkata policemen in investigation of chit fund scams
Kolkata/New Delhi: Following the face-off between CBI and Kolkata policemen outside city Police Commissioner’s official residence, the central agency said it would move the Supreme Court, alleging the investigation in ponzi scam cases were being hindered and investigation officers were harassed. “We are in touch with legal advisors on this.[Read More…]
Centre to put hold on Ex-CBI Chief Alok Verma’s retirement benefits
Former CBI boss Alok Verma was sacked as the chief of Central Bureau of Investigation earlier this month. The Home Ministry has decided to take action against him for not taking charge as Director General, Fire Services after he was sacked from the post of CBI chief. All retirement benefits[Read More…]
Decoding 67 acres: What Centre argued SC to return the ‘excess’ undisputed Ayodhya area?
On Tuesday the Centre moved to Supreme Court asking it to restore/revert/hand over back the “excess” undisputed land to the original owners in the Ayodhya land dispute case. The Centre seeks for the return of 67 acres land to the original owners after the government had acquired it around the[Read More…]
Why only bureaucrats as information commissioners, asks SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday frowned at the way appointments to the information commissions, both at the Centre and in states, were being made only from the serving or retired bureaucrats, overlooking the mandate of the Right to Information Act which says eminent people from diverse fields should[Read More…]
4 convicts in Naroda Patiya case granted bail by SC
The massacre took place on February 28, 2002.