The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that Pegasus reports affecting the country’s security and sovereignty would not be disclosed to the public. However, individuals who believe their phones were hacked may be informed separately.A bench of justice Surya Kant and justice N Kotiswar Singh said that it would balance national security and individual privacy concerns…
Supreme Court, VP Jagdeep Dhankhar (R) Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar expressed serious concerns on Thursday regarding the judiciary’s increasing reliance on Article 142 of the Constitution.The Vice President described Article 142 as a “nuclear missile against democratic forces” that remains “available to the judiciary 24 x 7,” and called for a comprehensive review of constitutional…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard a batch of petitions against the Waqf (Amendment) Act and various points of contention concerning the law, including “waqf by user“, inclusion of non-Muslims on the board and also the violence in Bengal’s Murshidabad that broke out during the protest against the law.During the hearing, the Chief…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday set a three-month deadline for the Centre to implement food safety norms that make it mandatory to display key information about packaged food items on containers. It said the Centre must decide amendments to Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020, within the period.“You all have grandchildren?…
NEW DELHI: Observing that it is not the court’s function to do moral policing, Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside a Punjab and Haryana high court order directing musician Vishal Dadlani and politician Tehseen Poonawalla to pay the cost of Rs 10 lakh for their tweets mocking a Jain monk.A bench of Justices Abhay S…
Supreme Court of India (Pic credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Representing Indian judiciary at Commonwealth Law Conference at Malta, Supreme Court Justice Surya Kant cited ‘Shah Bano’ case judgement, which had ruled that women irrespective of their faith, are entitled to maintenance from their husband and sounded the need for Uniform Civil Code, as a flag-post…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday said the party will “very soon” challenge the constitutionality of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in the Supreme Court. His statement came after the bill was passed by both houses of Parliament.Sharing a post on X, Ramesh said, “The INC will very soon be challenging in the Supreme…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday expressed displeasure over fresh pleas filed regarding the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, which requires maintaining religious sites’ status as of August 15, 1947. Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar, sitting as a two-judge bench, indicated they might not hear cases previously managed by…
NEW DELHI: Influencer Ranveer Allahbadia, in the eye of a storm for his recent alleged offensive comments on social media, on Friday moved Supreme Court objecting to Assam Police registering an FIR against him for his unsavoury remarks despite Mumbai Police already inquiring into it.For Allahbadia, whose petition was e-filed before SC at 2.37 am,…
Ex CJI DY Chandrachud (File photo) In an interview with BBC journalist Stephen Sackur on Hard Talk, former Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud shared insights into the challenges and complexities of his tenure leading India’s judiciary. He discussed the responsibility of overseeing a legal system impacting 1.4 billion people, the relationship between politics and…