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Sunday, April 28, 2024
TopicSupreme Court

Topic: Supreme Court

What brought justice to UK postal scam victims—fearless media, public support & a TV drama

What's common between the UK postal scandal and Bilkis Bano case is the prolonged struggle against a system determined to deny justice.

Is AMU a minority institution? Roots of 6-decade-old dispute & why it’s come up in SC again

A 7-judge bench led by CJI Chandrachud is revisiting 1967 ruling that AMU is not minority institution. Current case stems from appeal against Allahabad HC’s 2006 ruling.

In rare move, SC stays surrogacy rules for 7 couples, allows them to use donor eggs

SC indicates it might stay a provision of Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules, 2022, that bars intending parents from accepting donor eggs to bear a surrogate child.

Why Maharashtra speaker declared Shinde faction the real Sena — ‘Legislative strength only aspect’

Rahul Narwekar Wednesday gave his verdict on disqualification petitions filed against each other by the two rival Shiv Sena factions that emerged after Eknath Shinde rebelled in June 2022.

Pleas in Supreme Court seek review of verdict upholding scrapping of Article 370

The petitioners include the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association, Awami National Conference, Muzaffar Iqbal Khan and Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement.

Shiv Sena (UBT) moves SC objecting meeting between CM Eknath Shinde, Speaker Rahul Narwekar

Narwekar met Shinde at Varsha, the chief minister’s official residence, on Sunday. The two also met in October last year.

Why Supreme Court faulted its own ‘strange’ 2022 order as it sent Bilkis Bano convicts back to jail

A two-judge SC bench led by Justice B.V. Nagarathna Monday quashed the Gujarat government’s August 2022 order allowing premature release of convicts in Bilkis Bano case.

2 UP civil servants were taken in custody on HC orders. Now SC’s issued SOP on summoning govt officials

SOP says courts must refrain from summoning govt officials as the first resort, avoid passing remarks on physical appearance, educational background, or social standing.

Supreme Court rejects plea against Allahabad HC order dismissing PIL on Krishna Janmabhoomi

While dismissing the plea, Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta said the matter is already pending before the high court & advised against the 'multiplicity of litigation'.

Adani-Hindenburg row: A look at petitions filed in case and what Supreme Court has said now

Petitions filed in Supreme Court demanded a court-monitored probe into Hindenburg Research report which accused Adani Group of stock manipulation and fraud.

On Camera

Instagram reels on stoicism are the new rage — they can battle burnout and bigotry

The Romans’ version of stoicism is rapidly picking popularity on Instagram — Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Seneca are some names that get thrown at you when you fire up your screen.

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.