The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a plea seeking to declare Bhagavad Gita as national text saying the subject falls outside its domain.
“How can we say. Every citizen has a mindset which is a sacred book. How can we give a declaration,” a bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justices M Y Eqbal and Arun Mihra said.
The PIL was filed by advocate M K Balakrishnan.
Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad #ABAP after success of its ‘Dattopant Thengadi Lecture Series’ has commenced new online lecture series in the name of eminent Jurist & Prof N. R. Madhava Menon from 08.05.2020. Under this lecture series, every week an eminent Jurist, Lawyer or Professor will preside the lecture on Social Media platforms of ABAP. […]
Why not a portion of former CM. J Jayalalithaa’s properties be allotted for welfare of the public as she was a leader who always said she was made by the people & worked for them, the Madras HC asked on Friday. A division bench of Justice N Kirubakaran & Justice Abdul Quddhose made the oral observation while hearing a plea […]
Directing UP police to produce the missing Shahjahanpur law student who was traced to Rajasthan Friday, a Supreme Court bench, after interacting with her in the evening instructed that she be accommodated in a short-stay home in New Delhi for four days. The woman was reported missing a week ago from Shahjahanpur, & her father had accused […]
BJP MP Subramanian Swamy was on Friday cross-examined in a Delhi court in connection with the National Herald case. Swamy, the complainant in the case, was cross-examined by the R S Cheema, the counsel of Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi & Rahul Gandhi, in the Rouse Avenue Court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Samar Vishal. […]
The missing 23-year-old LLM student has been found by the Police in Rajasthan on Friday morning. She will be produced in the Supreme Court in before the police take her home. The law student had gone missing after accusing BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand, 72, of harassment. Her family had expressed concerns about her safety and accused the Police of trying to pressurise […]
A Delhi court on Friday took cognisance of a charge sheet filed the by Delhi Police against AAP MLA Gulab Singh and others in connection with the 2016 alleged extortion case. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal took cognisance on the charge sheet and handed over its copies to the accused persons who were present […]
Delhi HC has advised the state govt to appoint law officers on a contractual basis in the 16 jails of the capital for their better administration & smooth functioning. A bench of Chief Justice (CJ) DN Patel & Justice C Hari Shankar on Thursday made the remarks while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking appointment of one law officer in each of […]
On Thursday, an 11-judge bench of the Patna High Court suspended an order by fellow judge Justice Rakesh Kumar who, while ruling on an anticipatory bail matter, alleged corruption & nepotism in the judiciary. Justice Kumar’s order, the bench said, is “to shake the confidence of the public in the judiciary & to lower its […]
Names of Krishna Murari, Chief Justice Punjab & Haryana High Court, Hrishikesh Roy, Chief Justice, Kerala High Court, Ravindra Bhat, Chief Justice, Rajasthan High Court & V Ramasubramanian, Chief Justice Himachal Pradesh High Court, had been recommended by the SC Collegium for appointment as Apex Court Judges. People familiar with the appointments process confirmed that on Wednesday, […]
The Haryana Police have secured the conviction of two persons, who were accused of kidnapping & raping a minor girl in Charkhi Dadri. After holding them guilty, 20 years imprisonment had been awarded to them by the Court of Additional District & Session Judge, Charki Dadri with a fine of Rs 17,000 each. According to a spokesman […]
On Thursday, J-K High Court refuted a media report published on Aug 27 which stated that the Court is not functioning smoothly. “The news report of newspaper is totally baseless as the High Court is functioning normally & the cases are being heard & disposed off regularly,” the spokesperson of Jammu & Kashmir High Court […]
Days after he paved the way for the arrest of Former FM P Chidambaram by denying him interim bail, now-retired Delhi HC judge Justice Sunil Gaur was on Wed. appointed the chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal for Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Gaur is set to take over the post from Sept 23. He had retired […]
