Supreme Court notice on the petition challenging the High Court verdict acquitting the six accused in the Paul Muthoot murder case. The Supreme Court sent the notice on a petition filed by Paul M. George’s brother, George Muthoot George. The notice was sent by a bench consisting of Continue Reading
Should we start bringing jalebis to the movies? was a question raised by the judges during today’s Supreme Court hearing on whether patrons can bring food into theatres. The issue arose as a result of a petition that demanded that outside food be prohibited from being brought inside movie theatres. The Supreme Court declared that […]Continue Reading
The Gujarat government was urged to consider the applications for the remission of sentences of 11 convicts in the gang-rape case, while Bilkis Bano’s request for a review of the Supreme Court’s earlier judgement was denied. During the riots in Gujarat in 2002, Bilkis Bano was the victim of gang-rape and seven members of her […]Continue Reading
The West Bengal government asked the Supreme Court to consider filing a FIR against BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari and others in connection with a stampede that occurred during a blanket distribution programme in the Paschim Bardhaman district. However, the Supreme Court declined to do so today. Senior attorney AM Singhvi, representing the state government, informed […]Continue Reading
The producer Ekta Kapoor was severely criticised by the Supreme Court today for the “objectionable content” in her online series “XXX,” claiming that she was tainting the brains of the nation’s young population. Ekta Kapoor’s appeal against the arrest warrants issued against her for allegedly disrespecting troops and harming their Continue Reading
A split decision in the Supreme Court today resulted from petitions against the hijab prohibition in Karnataka. While Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia approved the applications, Justice Hemant Gupta dismissed them. “It’s ultimately a matter of choice and nothing else. One thing which was topmost for me was education of the girl child,” said Justice Dhulia. Continue Reading
The Supreme Court concluded today that all women have the right to a safe and lawful abortion procedure and that it is illegal to differentiate between married and unmarried women in this regard. The court also recognised marital rape in the landmark decision by the bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, AS Bopanna, and JB Pardiwala, […]Continue Reading
The Karnataka High Court’s decision to uphold a ban on the hijab at educational institutions was challenged in a number of petitions, and the Supreme Court on Thursday postponed its decision. After the parties presenting from both sides of the case had finished speaking, a bench of justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia reserved their […]Continue Reading
A petitioner who sought to follow the Manmohan-Musharraf 4-point formula for settling the Kashmir crisis was fined 50,000 rupees by the Supreme Court on Friday. An IIT-Bombay graduate named Prabhakar Venkatesh Deshpande filed a petition, emphasising that there cannot be a military solution to the issue. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli […]Continue Reading
The Supreme Court has granted bail to journalist Siddique Kappan of Kerala and stated today that “Everyone has the right to freedom of expression.” Since being detained in 2020 while en route to Hathras in Uttar Pradesh to report on a 19-year-gang-rape, old’s Siddique Kappan has been imprisoned. Under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, he […]Continue Reading