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New Delhi, Feb 13. Hybrid hearings will continue in the High Court, Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud said on Monday, to reduce litigation costs and make justice accessible to all. He also frowned on High Court Chief Justices dismantling covid-era technological infrastructure set up with public money. I am “disturbed” that some Chief Justices are dismantling the infrastructure set up during the covid era, the CJI said, because they don’t understand technology. “This is public money. I am sorry. This is not the way to deal with public money. It doesn’t matter that you don’t understand technology or not.…
New Delhi, Feb 10. Stock market regulator SEBI on Friday told the Supreme Court that it was concerned over the losses caused to investors due to the fall-out of the Hindenburg report on Adani shares and was closely monitoring the recent developments. SEBI also agreed under the court nudge, to reassess its existing regulatory mechanism in the light of the recent short-selling of Adani shares which led to huge losses to investors and a fall in the Nifty and Sensex, and suggest ways and means to further strengthen the regime. A bench led by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud was dealing with…
New Delhi, Feb 10. The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the appointment of Victoria Gowri as an additional judge of the Madras High Court, insisting that she was obliged to uphold rule of law and the Constitution and will be judged by the people for her conduct and decisions every day. In a short reasoning given today, a bench led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna, said that “on taking oath the person pledges to work as a judge to uphold the Constitution and the laws”. He was sitting alongside Justice B.R. Gavai. Obliged under oath to uphold secularism,…
प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी को लेकर बनी बीबीसी की डॉक्यूमेंट्री पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने याचिकाकर्ता को कड़ी फटकार लगाई। अदालत ने कहा कि वो सेंसरशिप नहीं लगा सकती। विष्णु गुप्ता नाम के याचिकाकर्ता ने मांग की थी कि बीबीसी पर बैन लगाया जाए। इससे पहले की एक याचिका पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने केंद्र सरकार को नोटिस जारी किया था और बैन करने की वजहें बताने को कहा था। इस मामले की सुनवाई इस साल अप्रैल में होगी।
New Delhi, Feb 8. The Central government on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to set aside a 2011 judgement which had held that mere membership of a banned outfit per se cannot be treated as an offence under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). Though the central government had sought a review of the judgement way back in 2016, it came up before a three-judge bench, comprising Justices M.R. Shah, C.T. Ravikumar and Sanjay Karol, after a long gap today. In 2011, a bench, comprising Justices Markandey Katju and Gyansudha Misra, ruled that mere membership was not enough to…
New Delhi, Feb 8. The Supreme Court on Wednesday removed all references made in a recent judgement to “foreign origin” Nepalis of Sikkim, in deference to ruffled feathers in the state over its observations. The top court’s reference to this in a Jan 13 ruling had created a storm in the state. The protests had prompted the central government to file a review in the case. The state government had backed the review. A two-judge bench comprising Justices M.R. Shah and B.V. Nagarathna, which had passed the Jan 13, 2023 judgement, deleted the reference in deference to sentiments of the…
New Delhi, Feb 8. The Supreme Court has held that a Rs 2 cr compensation to a model over a bad haircut on the ground that she modelled for hair style products and this would affect her earnings was “excessive”, in absence of material evidence regarding her income and prospects. The bench has asked the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) to compute the compensation awarded to her afresh. The model Aashna Roy had complained that ITC Maurya had messed up her hair-cut and subsequent hair treatment causing her much emotional stress and financial loss and demanded a compensation of…
New Delhi, Feb 7. Advocate Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri was on Tuesday sworn in as an additional judge of the Madras High Court minutes after a Supreme Court bench led by Justice Sanjeev Khanna dismissed a challenge to her appointment. A petition had been filed challenging her appointment on the ground that she had made intemperate remarks reflecting her biases and prejudices on social media. These made her unfit for the post of a judge, the petition said. Justices Khanna and Gavai refused to interfere with the appointment made by the collegium. The petition, the bench said, was based on…
जस्टिस विक्टोरिया गौरी की नियुक्ति को लेकर अभी सवाल खड़े ही हो रहे थे कि आज उन्होंने हाईकोर्ट के एडिशनल जज के रुप में मद्रास हाईकोर्ट में शपथ ले ली। इससे पहले उनकी नियुक्ति को सुप्रीम कोर्ट में चुनौती दी गई थी और सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने इस याचिका को सुनवाई के बाद खारिज कर दिया। जस्टिस गौरी पर आरोप लगाया जा रहा है कि उन्होंने सोशल मीडिया पर कथित राजनीतिक बयानबाजी की थी और उन्होंने लव जिहाद को लेकर भी टिप्पणी की थी। इससे पहले सुप्रीम कोर्ट के क़ालेजियम ने उन्हें जज बनाए जाने की सिफारिश की थी और सरकार…
New Delhi, Feb 6. There is no place in a secular country for hate crimes against any religion and state governments must ensure that prompt action is taken to deal with it, the Supreme Court said on Monday. “Hate crimes have to be rooted out,” a bench led by Justice K.M. Joseph said. Inaction on such issues is a danger to rule of law, he said. When the state has the will, they will end, he said. “Be it the minority or the majority certain rights inhere in every human being. You are born into a family and raised as…