News Update Supreme Court Criticizes Maharashtra Authorities Over E-Rickshaw License Misallocation in Matheran 23 Nov 2024 The Supreme Court expressed strong displeasure with the Maharashtra government for allegedly flouting its orders regarding the allocation of e-rickshaw licenses in Matheran, an eco-sensitive hill town. The licenses, intended…
News Update Supreme Court Grants Final Opportunity to Union in PIL Over Alleged Exchange of Defaced Notes Worth ₹30 Crores by Jammu RBI Branch 23 Nov 2024 The Supreme Court today, expressing concern over delays, granted the Union of India a final opportunity to file a response in a public interest litigation seeking a CBI investigation into…
News Update Supreme Court to Pronounce Judgment on Petition Challenging Inclusion of “Socialist” and “Secular” in the Preamble 22 Nov 2024 On November 2022, the Supreme Court of India reserved its judgment on a batch of petitions challenging the inclusion of the words "socialist" and "secular" in the Preamble of the…
News Update Justice Harjit Singh Bedi: A Stalwart of the Indian Judiciary Passes Away 22 Nov 2024 Justice Harjit Singh Bedi, former Supreme Court Judge, passed away on November 21, 2024. He served as a judge of the Supreme Court from January 12, 2007, to September 5,…
News Update Supreme Court Orders SIT Probe into Allegations of Sexual Assault in Chennai 21 Nov 2024 The Supreme Court recently constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate allegations of sexual assault against a 10-year-old girl in Anna Nagar, Chennai, and claims of police misconduct in…
News Update Supreme Court Directs Jail Authorities to Prioritize Women Undertrials for Release Under Section 479 of BNSS, 2023 21 Nov 2024 On November 19, 2024, the Supreme Court issued significant directives to Jail Superintendents, urging them to focus on identifying women prisoners eligible for release under Section 479 of the Bharatiya…
News Update Supreme Court Observes: “Even Ajmal Kasab Was Given a Fair Trial” in CBI Appeal Against Physical Production of Yasin Malik 21 Nov 2024 The Supreme Court, while hearing an appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) regarding the physical production of Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik in a Jammu court, orally observed…
News Update Supreme Court: Consensual Relationships Not Criminalized for Failure to Marry; Quashes Rape Case Filed on Promise of Marriage 21 Nov 2024 The Supreme Court today quashed a criminal case alleging repeated rape under the false pretext of marriage, observing that the non-materialization of a consensual relationship into marriage cannot be given…
News Update This Supreme Court case centers around the procedure for drawing and forwarding samples under NDPS Act 1985 21 Nov 202421 Nov 2024 This Supreme Court case centers around the procedure for drawing and forwarding samples under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act), particularly under Section 52A, which deals…
News Update Supreme Court to Decide on Parallel Investigations by CBI and SFIO in the Same FIR 21 Nov 2024 The Supreme Court is set to address a significant legal issue: whether the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) can conduct parallel investigations into…
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