Tag: SA Bobde
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CJI bench to hear pleas against Republic Day Tractor Rally violence today
One of the pleas filed has sought directions to the NIA to a court-monitored investigation against anti-social elements, part of the tractor rally, who engaged in violence in the National Capital on Republic Day.
February 3, 2021 -
Farmers’ protest: SC expresses disappointment; CJI says ‘There is absolutely no improvement’
The three-member Chief Justice SA Bobde headed bench, comprising of Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian told Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta and Attorney General (AG) KK Venugopal, representing the Centre, "There is absolutely no improvement in the situation."
January 6, 2021 -
Supreme Court agrees to hear petitions challenging laws against unlawful religious conversion in UP, Uttarakhand
The Uttar Pradesh government's Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance 2020 and the Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act, 2018, prohibits forceful prohibition of conversion for the purposes of marriage.
January 6, 2021 -
Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan writes to CJI against Justice N V Ramana, alleges him of colluding with TDP
CM has also referred, in his eight-page letter, to TDP leader and former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, and an Anti-Corruption Bureau investigation into “questionable transactions of land” involving two daughters of Justice Ramana.
October 11, 2020 -
Supreme Court denies bail to 1984 anti-Sikh riots case convict Sajjan Kumar
'It is not a small case. We cannot grant bail,' the court said.
September 4, 2020 -
SC to commence physical hearing of cases in limited manner, issues SOP
The apex court has been holding hearings through video conferencing since March 25 due to the COVID-19-induced nationwide lockdown and even after the restrictions were relaxed; it has decided to continue with the practice.
August 31, 2020 -
SC to pronounce order on quantum of sentence in contempt case against Prashant Bhushan today
On August 25, a bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra, BR Gavai and Krishna Murari had reserved its order on the quantum sentence, after Bhushan declined to apologize for the tweets.
August 31, 2020 -
Contempt case: ‘Painful’ to read Prashant Bhushan’s justification on tweets, says SC, asks why he can’t apologise
Today, the Supreme Court took a 30-minute break from the hearing to allow Prashant Bhushan to think on withdrawing a 100-page statement he submitted on Monday, in which he refused to apologise for his tweets.
August 25, 2020 -
Contempt case: SC rejects Prashant Bhushan’s plea to defer hearing on sentence, gives 2-3 days to ‘reconsider’ tweets
During the hearing, senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan quoted Mahatma Gandhi and contended that he will not apologise for the two tweets and cheerfully accept the punishment that will be given to him.
August 20, 2020 -
SC holds Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt for tweets on CJI, judiciary; sentencing on August 20
Advocate Bhushan has said that he was 'exercising his freedom of speech' and giving his opinion about the functioning of the court, and it does not amount to 'obstruction of justice', necessitating the contempt proceedings.
August 14, 2020 -
CJI explains why migrants’ case was not taken up urgently
The Chief Justice termed it odd that the apex court has to explain this process to the lawyers instead of them being well aware about this process and how it works.
July 10, 2020 -
Rath rolled back
Odisha had opted to protect lives by deciding early while placing the state under lockdown since 22 March, indeed two days ahead of the Prime Minister's address to the nation.
June 20, 2020 -
‘Lord Jagannath will not forgive us if we allow rath yatra this year’: Supreme Court
The remarks came from the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde while hearing a petition seeking to defer the rath yatra in Odisha's Puri which is scheduled to start on June 23.
June 18, 2020 -
Supreme Court seeks status report from Centre on migrant workers amid COVID-19 lockdown
'The fear and the panic over the coronavirus pandemic is bigger than the virus itself,' Chief Justice of India SA Bobde said.
March 30, 2020 -
Coronavirus: SC directs states, UTs to set up panel to free jail inmates
In regard to the provisions of Article 21 of the Constitution of India, it has become imperative to ensure that the spread of coronavirus within the prisons is controlled, the court said.
March 23, 2020 -
To save paper Supreme Court to accept petitions on A4 sheets
The current practice involves usage of legal-size paper, which is bigger than A4 size sheets, and it is used in most of the courts in the country.
March 12, 2020 -
No starvation deaths, ration card cancellations: Centre to SC
Attorney General K.K. Venugopal contended before a bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde that he will put the response on an affidavit as incorrect statistics have been relied upon to arrive at this conclusion.
February 24, 2020