By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Sept 1, 2022: The Supreme Court has directed the federal to take a stand within three weeks on the issue of extending scheduled caste tag to Dalit Christians and Muslims and said that the day has come to take a call on issues havingContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India on April 8 ruled that Rohingya refugees detained in Jammu should not be deported to Myanmar without following the prescribed procedure. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India S A Bobde delivered the ruling on a plea filed by a Rohingya refugeeContinue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, Aug 31, 2020: Just a couple of days before his retirement from the Supreme Court, Justice Arun Mishra gave (perhaps unwittingly) the people of India a very special gift: a ONE RUPEE COIN! It was in the form of the ‘punishment’ meted out to seniorContinue Reading
New Delhi, Aug 31, 2020: The Supreme Court of India on August 31 imposed a 1-rupee fine on lawyer activist Prashant Bhushan in a contempt of court case. The court has asked Bhushan to pay the fine by September 15, failing which he will be sentenced to three months inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Aug 22, 2020: A forum for Catholic nuns, brothers and priests practicing as lawyers says time has come for the self-examination of the Supreme Court of India. “It is the right time for the Apex Court for its self-examination,” the National Lawyers Forum ofContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Aug 21, 2020: As long as there are prophets like Prashant Bhushan who act as the conscience of the nation, Indian democracy and universal values enshrined in the preamble of the Constitution will be preserved. At a time when many celebrities, political leaders, bureaucrats and evenContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Aug 21, 2020: The head of the Jesuits in South Asia has urged his men to observe a day of fasting in solidarity with Prashant Bhushan, an activist lawyer who has been convicted for contempt of court. “We invite you to join the variousContinue Reading
New Delhi, Aug 21, 2020: A Zoom meeting organized by Swaraj Abhiyan of Yogendra Yadav on August 20 saw several speakers expressing their solidarity with Prashant Bhushan as his sentence proceeding transpired in the Supreme Court of India. The meeting started with around 140 participants, but their numbers increased toContinue Reading
New Delhi, Aug 14, 2020: A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court on August 14 found senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt for his two tweets on Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and the apex court. Justices Arun Mishra, B R Gavai and Krishna Murari delivered the verdictContinue Reading