New Delhi | The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed state governments to apprise it on the condition of migrant children and also data on their numbers, on a petition seeking protection of fundamental rights of children in the backdrop of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde asked all state governments, […]
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Covid in SC: 44 staffers positive, judges hear matters virtually from home
New Delhi | The surge in cases amid the second wave of Covid-19 has hit the Supreme Court with several of its staff testing positive for the viral infection. According to sources familiar with the development, 44 people have tested positive for Covid-19 so far in last one week. A top court official, however, dismissed some […]
SC declines to order independent probe into Nandigram attack on Mamta
New Delhi | The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea seeking direction for investigation by an independent agency into the incident where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was injured after an alleged attack on her in her poll constituency Nandigram. A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and comprising Justices A.S. […]
SC junks plea seeking ban on sale of Electoral Bonds ahead of assembly polls
New Delhi | The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an application seeking to bar sale of Electoral Bonds ahead of the upcoming elections in West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Union Territory of Puducherry in March-end and April. A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and comprising Justices A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian said: […]
Free speech of citizens can’t be stifled with criminal cases: SC
New Delhi | The Supreme Court on Friday said that free speech of the citizens of this country cannot be stifled by implicating them in criminal cases, unless such speech has the tendency to affect public order. A bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat said: “India is a plural and multicultural society. […]
SC slams Army for ‘indirect discrimination’ of women officers
New Delhi | The Supreme Court on Thursday said “the structures of our society has been created by males for males”, and “equality will be farce” if change does not occur and women get equal opportunity. The apex court was directing the Centre to consider granting permanent commission (PC) to women army officers, within a month […]
New IT rules on OTT similar to strictures in Aus, Singapore, EU: Centre
New Delhi | The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has submitted before the Supreme Court that the new IT regulations will keep a strong check on the content on OTT platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime. The government said the regulation is similar to mechanisms in many countries like Singapore, the European Union, Australia, etc. The […]
SC stays proceedings before High Courts on regulation of OTT content
New Delhi | The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the proceedings in pleas connected with the regulation of content on over-the-top (OTT) platforms in various High Courts. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted before a bench headed by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud though the top court had issued notice on the Centre’s transfer plea to club all such […]
SC restrains banks from charging interest-on-interest on borrower during moratorium
New Delhi | The Supreme Court on Tuesday said any amount collected during moratorium period by banks as interest on interest or compound interest, should either be refunded or adjusted against the next EMIs payable by the borrowers. A bench comprising Justices D. Y. Chandrachud, M. R. Shah and Sanjiv Khanna pronounced the verdict. The top […]
No insurance claim if death due to alcohol consumption: SC
New Delhi | The Supreme Court on Monday declined to grant the insurance claim to the legal heir of a man who died of asphyxia due to alcohol consumption. A bench of Justices M.M. Shantangoudar and Vineet Saran said the proviso of the insurance company makes it amply clear that the injured is not entitled to […]