The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred to January 22 the hearing on a plea of the Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena against the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker’s order declaring the Sena bloc led by CM Eknath Shinde as “real political party” after its split in June 2022. The plea, which was filed on Monday by … Read more
A view of the Sterlite Copper plant in Thoothukudi . File | Photo Credit: Rajesh N The Supreme Court has agreed to consider hearing the Vedanta group’s plea related to the closure of its Sterlite Copper unit in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi on January 2. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud and Justices … Read more
Curfew was reimposed on December 31 in restive Manipur’s Moreh, a town on the India-Myanmar border, following intermittent gunfights between armed miscreants | Photo Credit: PTI Aadhar-linked pay becomes mandatory for MGNREGS workers From the New Year, all wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme must be paid through an … Read more
The Supreme Court has in a judgment said a suspect’s decision to abscond to avoid arrest does not necessarily imply guilty conscience. The tendency of a person to escape the clutches of the police on hearing that an FIR has been filed against him is not so out of the ordinary, a three-judge Bench led … Read more
Changing the law interpreted in its three earlier judgments, in which it was held that pendency of a criminal case would not come in the way of renewal or re-issue of regular passport that was already issued, the High Court of Karnataka on Monday said when the law bars issuance of regular passport during pendency … Read more
The story so far: The Supreme Court on November 23 agreed to consider a request for an open court hearing of petitions seeking a review of its judgment refusing to legalise same-sex marriage. In October, a five-judge Constitution Bench unanimously observed that there exists no fundamental right to marry and that judicial interference in this regard … Read more
India’s Mohammed Shami celebrates with captain Rohit Sharma after winning the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 first semi-final match against New Zealand, at the Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Kohli scores 50th ton as India march into World Cup final with 70-run win over New Zealand Virat … Read more
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan | Photo Credit: PTI The Kerala government has sought a declaration from the Supreme Court that Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has “failed to exercise his Constitutional powers and duties” in holding the Bills passed by the State Legislature for a long and indefinite period. Kerala raised the demand in a … Read more
Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka. | Photo Credit: K Murali Kumar The Supreme Court has said judges have to follow discipline and ought not to take up any case unless it is specifically assigned to their Bench by the Chief Justice. A Bench led by Justice A.S. Oka said taking up a case not specifically assigned … Read more
Mumbai: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) – that has been struggling to source information, especially from foreign jurisdictions, which it needs to complete its investigation into the Adani-Hindenburg matter – has reached out to the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), seeking “key documents,” people close to the matter said. OCCRP, … Read more