New Delhi: Sept 4, 2020: The Supreme Court has upheld the Calcutta High Court’s decision to restrain six Church schools from taking “coercive action” against students defaulting fee payment. The schools, managed by the Church of North India, had moved the Supreme Court against the Calcutta High Court’s August 18Continue Reading
New Delhi, Sept 3, 2020: The Supreme Court has ordered the removal of about 48,000 slum clusters located within safety zones along railway tracks in Delhi within three months. In one of the last orders delivered by a Bench led by Justice Arun Mishra, who retired on September 2, theContinue 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
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
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, May 27, 2020: The members of legal fraternity, especially of the judiciary, ought to know the implications of the dictum, “Justice delayed is justice denied” better than the ordinary citizens. Unfortunately, in the case of India, the Supreme Court seems to have forgotten this dictum. TheContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 13, 2020: The Supreme Court on May 13 directed advocates to shed their traditional black robes and jackets for simple white cotton shirts and salwar-kameez as a precautionary measure against the spread of COVID-19 virus. “The competent authority has been pleased to direct that the advocates mayContinue Reading
By Shruti Mahajan New Delhi, Jan 8, 2020: The Supreme Court on January 8 agreed to hear plea filed by the National Council for Dalit Christians (NCDC) seeking inclusion of Dalit Christians in the category of Scheduled Castes. This petition filed through Advocate Franklin Caesar Thomas opposes the non-inclusion ofContinue Reading
New Delhi, Dec 13, 2019: The Supreme Court on December 13 asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to respond to a petition filed by two NGOs seeking a probe into alleged discrepancies between voter turnout and the number of votes counted in 347 constituencies in the 2019 Lok SabhaContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, July 8, 2019: The Supreme Court on July 8 rejected a plea seeking permission for Muslim women to enter mosques. Dismissing the plea from the Akhila Bharatha Hindu Mahasabha (All India Hindu grand council), a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said: “LetContinue Reading