The Supreme Court adjourned the PIL filed by Pankaj Kumud Chandra Phadnis seeking re-investigation of the Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination in the understanding of some new evidence for four weeks after Advocate Amendra Sharan demanded more time to gather information about the case. Gandhiji’s great grandson Tushar Gandhi also sought the courts permission to intervene in the case opposing the re-investigation.
The Attorney General K.K. Venugopal, requested the Supreme Court that the Aadhaar case should be be heard in March as the centre is willing to extend the deadline for linking various services to Aadhaar till March, 2018. Advocate Gopal Subramanian also added that there should be no compulsion of linking various services with Aadhaar if the hearing is postponed but
The Supreme has taken a step ahead in the famous Hadiya Case by ordering Ashokan, a 24 year old woman Hadiya’s father to produce her in front of the court on November 27 at 3 pm to determine whether she, an adult, after her conversion had willingly agreed to marry Shafin Jahan, a criminal. It has decided to speak to
The Supreme Court reprimanded Mamata Banerjee’s West Bengal government for questioning the Constitutional viability of the Aadhaar Act under Article 32 of the Indian Constitution. It stated that no state can challenge a law passed by the parliament. SC also issued a notice to the Department of Telecom to stop distorting people by informing them about Aadhaar being the only
The Supreme Court while hearing appeals seeking compensation at par with that granted to others involved in the same notification under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, which was earlier dismissed on the basis of delay, rejected the order and sent the matter back to the Collector for re-determination of compensation in view of its observations. It also stated that detain in
The Supreme Court while hearing a petition filed by Mr. Sadaullah observed that the Jharkhand High Court rejected to hear the petitioners appeal while observing that there are much older cases pending for more than thirteen and a half years. SC deplored that pendency of criminal appeals before high courts and has asked the centre to suggest remedies to ensure
Supreme Court held that shorthand notebooks, is only a tentative draft of the Judgement, cannot be treated as information held by Public Authority. Supreme Court further held that they did not see any ground to interfere with the Delhi High Court’s order, which did not favour an RTI applicant Tapan Choudhury’s plea, seeking copies of the shorthand note books in which
The Supreme Court has abandoned the plea filed by Prince Lenin, general secretary of We The People, against the decision taken by Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court of rejecting the plea to direct the CBI to conduct a detailed inquiry into the allegations of food scam behind the murder of the IAS Officer Anurag Tiwari. Shikha TiwariI am a
The Supreme courts eCommittee has ordered the High Court to create a database of lawyers and litigants to create a Case Information System. Creation of such database shall help the parties and their advocates to get regular updates of their cases through registered email addresses. The High Courts have directed all District and Sessions Judges to create a database of email ids
The Supreme Court has asked Doordarshan and Private channels to air a private program regarding the ill effects of Blue Whale game and how it is a threat to the lives of kids and youth. The Central government has also stated that the Department of Information and Technology is involved in the process of stopping the game and has sent
