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Supreme Court Warns Puducherry Home Minister, Threatens Contempt Over Sentence Review Board’s Failure to Act on Remission Plea

12 Nov 202412 Nov 2024

On Monday, November 11, the Supreme Court issued a strong warning to the Sentence Review Board (SRB) of the Union Territory of Puducherry for failing to consider the remission plea…

Apex Court seeks reason for not submitting proposal to mointer litigation in Revenue matters

A Bench headed by Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah asked the union Government to come up with concrete response in matters of litigation relating to revenue. On 10th February,…

Madras High Court slams State for leasing out “prime water bodies”

Madras High Court slammed the Central Government for issuing the government order (GO) that had allowed the lease of government land, including water bodies, to a private cement company. The…

Supreme Court confirms: No contempt case against journalist Rajdeep Sardesai

The Supreme Court's public relations department issued a statement that the court has not initiated any criminal contempt proceedings against senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai. The information published on the Supreme…

Kunal Kamra reacts to the notice of contempt of the Supreme Court, refusing to apologise

29 Jan 202129 Jan 2021

Before the hearing on a contempt case against him, stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court arguing that if influential individuals and organisations continue to display…

Fine of Rs 3 lakh, imposed by Allahabad High Court on the petitioner for filing 4 petitions in two years seeking same relief.

The Allahabad High Court levied costs of Rs. 3 lakh on a petitioner who, over a two-year period, filed four petitions on the same issue seeking the same relief. The…

Orissa High Court: Filing of fabricated evidence amounts to contempt of court

In Chandramani Kanhar v. State of Odisha, the High Court of Orissa held that any forged document filed before the court amounts to criminal contempt under 2(c) of contempt of…

Attorney General Venugopal grants consent for contempt proceedings against comic artist

In response to a letter written by law student Aditya Kashyap, Attorney General KK Venugopal has granted his consent to initiate contempt of court proceedings against comic artist Rachita Taneja, for a cartoon uploaded on…

Petitions against CM Jaganmohan Reddy to be heard by the Supreme Court on 1st December 2020

A number of petitions filed by G.S Mani and few other people against the Andhra Pradesh CM Jaganmohan Reddy will be heard before the Supreme Court bench headed by Justice…

Attorney General grants Consent to initate Contempt against the Comedian Kunal Kamra

The Attorney General for India, KK Venugopal has granted his consent for initiation of contempt proceedings against comedian Kunal Kamra, over his latest tweet passing comments on the Chief Justice…