Category: LEGAL NEWS

That the Government of India intends to explore an alternative to the earlier alignment of Skeletomuscular Ship Channel project without affecting/damaging the Adam’s Bridge/Ram Sethu in the interest of the nation,” the affidavit filed by the ministry had said. The court then asked the government to file a fresh affidavit. The Sethusamudram shipping channel project has been facing protests from some political parties, environmentalists and certain Hindu religious groups. Under the project, an 83 km water channel was to be created, linking Mannar with Palk Strait, by extensive dredging and…

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday is scheduled to hear a plea seeking direction to seize the symbol or deregister a party that promises or distributes irrational freebies before polls and a separate petition of the Aam Aadmi Party challenging postponement of MCD polls on grounds of delimitation of wards in the national capital. A bench headed by CJI N V Ramana on January 25 had issued notices to the Centre and the poll panel on the PIL of lawyer and BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay seeking action against political parties for…

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The Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow bench on Friday rejected the bail plea of gangster-turned politician Mukhtar Ansari in a case of alleged fraud in the registration of an ambulance used to ferry him to a Punjab court last year. During his jail time in Punjab, Ansari was on March 31 last year taken to the Mohali court from Ropar jail in an ambulance having its number registered in Barabanki. A case was registered on April 2 that year in Barabanki after finding that the documents used for registration of the…

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The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Wednesday several important cases, including the pleas pertaining to the recent political crisis in Maharashtra that led to the fall of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government and the petition by Alt News co-founder Mohd Zubair relating to FIRs lodged against him in Uttar Pradesh. The apex court would also take up for hearing the plea of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) seeking to amend its constitution with regard to the tenure of its office bearers, including President…

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The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list for hearing on July 21 a fresh plea seeking its permission to worship the Shivling’, which is stated to be found in the Gyanvapi mosque premises in Varanasi during a court-ordered survey. The plea also sought carbon dating of the Shivling’ to ascertain its age. A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli took note of the submissions of lawyer Vishnu Shankar Jain that the plea be listed for hearing on July 21 along with…

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to pass an interim direction staying demolitions across states, and said it cannot pass an omnibus order preventing authorities from taking action. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and P S Narasimha asked the parties to complete pleadings in the matter, and said it will hear the plea filed by the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind against demolitions on August 10 “Rule of law has to be followed, there is no dispute on that. But can we pass an omnibus order? If we pass such an…

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will hear Bhima Koregaon case accused P Varavara Rao’s plea for permanent medical bail on July 19 and extended his interim protection till further orders. The 83-year-old, who has challenged the Bombay High Court order rejecting his petition for permanent medical bail, is currently on bail on medical grounds and was to surrender today. “At the joint request made by the counsel appearing for the parties, this matter be posted as first item on July 19,” a bench headed by Justice U U…

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The Delhi High Court was informed on Tuesday by its administrative side that all efforts will be made to ensure that infrastructure for starting 42 additional commercial courts here is ready in six months. The counsel for the administrative side of the high court submitted that the building was under construction and once the court rooms are handed over to them, the vacant posts of district judges (commercial) will be filled. The submission was made in a pending petition seeking to direct the authorities to set up more commercial courts…

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The Supreme Court on Monday said that it would hear next week pleas challenging the Centre’s ‘Agnipath’ scheme for recruitment in the armed forces. A vacation bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and JK Maheshwari said that petitions will be listed next week before an appropriate bench upon reopening of the apex court after summer vacation. A counsel, who filed a plea against the scheme, said Indian Air Force aspirants have undergone training and were waiting for appointment letters but now their career will be cut short from 20 years to…

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A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre to ascertain the feasibility of enacting a stringent population control law to secure fundamental rights for citizens. The plea filed by spiritual orator Devkinandan Thakur said there is a need to control the population explosion to secure the basic rights of the citizens as this is the root cause of all the problems. “The facts constituting the cause of action accrued on December 10, 2020, when the Centre said that it is against the forcing of…

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