A Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice V. Mohana issued notice to the petitioners who have challenged the amended law before various High Courts and sought their response to the Union government's plea that all such cases be heard together, preferably by the Delhi High Court.
The order was passed by the Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice V. Mohana after hearing the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by K.S. Raju Legal Trust through its representative, Dr Jagmohan Singh Raju.
While hearing the matter, a bench of Justices Sandeep Mehta and Vijay Bishnoi denied bail to RTI activist Rakesh Kumar Behl and his aide.
The apex court left open the option of an election petition before the High Court as the Congress intensified its protest over the rejection of Natarajan's candidature.
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued detailed guidelines for courts dealing with cases involving the custody of a child who is an alleged victim under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, emphasising that the child’s welfare, dignity, emotional security and psychological well-being must remain the paramount consideration at all stages of the proceedings.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to defer the framing of charges by the trial court in the land-for-jobs scam case involving Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad during his tenure as Railway Minister from 2004 to 2009.
A five-judge Constitution Bench stated it would first hear Tamil Nadu and Kerala on the preliminary issue of maintainability, after both States argued that the Reference amounts to an “appeal in disguise” against the Court’s April 8 judgment.
Stating that it will intervene if there was mass exclusion of voters from electoral rolls in Bihar in the wake of ongoing Special Intensive Revision by the Election Commission of India, the Supreme court on Tuesday fixed August 12-13 for hearing a batch of petition challenging the exercise triggered ahead of the state assembly elections slated for October-November.
A Bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi expressed displeasure after Shah’s counsel informed the Court that the minister had issued an apology online.
The Supreme Court on Monday told the Election Commission to adopt a voter verification approach based on “mass inclusion, not mass exclusion,” as it questioned the poll body’s refusal to accept Aadhaar and voters IDs as valid proof of identity under the ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar.
