#RamMandir - #BabriMasjid: CJI Ranjan Gogoi tells Senior Counsel Sushil Kumar Jain appearing for Nirmohi Akhara to concentrate on the merits of the case as he has already argued on limitation extensively.
#RamMandir - #BabriMasjid: You have said that the outer courtyard was under your possession amd management and the deity was owned by you, Justice DY Chandrachud refers to Nirmohi Akhara's claim.
Discussion still on whether Akhara is claiming title or only Shabaitship.
#RamMandir - #BabriMasjid: Bench asks Nirmohi Akhara to lead it through documentary evidence to prove its claim of Shabaitship.
Supreme Court hears suo moto case on the struggles faced by cadets who suffer disabilities during military training.
Bench: Justices BV Nagarathna and R Mahadevan
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Counsel: we have been advancing the cadets’ cause before the Delhi high court since the past 7 years. The prayers are broadbanding and disability compensation.
Court: in a suo moto petition the court speaks first. Allow us to speak.
Court: we noted the article on Indian express. We deliberated and resolved to place it before the CJI to treat it as a suo moto writ petition. CJI has considered it placed it before this bench. We issue notice in the suo moto writ petition.
Supreme Court hears a plea in connection with criminal defamation case against Delhi CM Atishi and former CM Arvind Kejriwal over remarks on alleged deletion of voters' names from electoral rolls in the national capital.
Bench: Justice MM Sundresh and Justice NK Singh
Delhi High Court in September 2024 had rejected plea filed by AAP leaders seeking quashing of the case.
This led to an appeal by Kejriwal and Atishi before the Supreme Court, and the Apex Court has stayed the proceedings in the criminal defamation case.
Supreme Court hears appeal against Allahabad HC order upholding appointment of professor Naima Khatoon as the vice-chancellor (VC) of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)
Sr Adv Kapil Sibal: If this is the way Vice Chancellors are appointed, I shudder to think what will happen in future
CJI Gavai: Rather than prelude tell us your arguments.
Sibal: She will get only 6 votes if 2 votes are excluded. It is only because of VC vote in the executive committee and there was another. If you take these two out, then she is out
Adv Prashant Bhushan: Authorities are randomly picking up Bengali Muslims claiming them to be Bangladeshis and when it is verified it is seen they are Indians. Some were deported and then it was verified and then taken back.
Justice Kant: But they were owned by the state and state said they belong to the state.
Bhushan: Here Delhi police says documents are in Bangladeshi language. What is that? It is Bangla. So what ?
Justice Kant: suppose someone comes to Delhi... And has document in Bangla. Suppose now it has to be verified..
Bhushan: But how can they be detained. Let them verify.
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Justice Joymalya Bagchi: on migrant labours isn't there a system in place to check the place of origin of such workers and the verify the same
Justice Kant: a nodal agency is needed to coordinate between state of origin and the state where they are earning livelihood.
Bhushan: But what they are doing is detaining the persons when being verified.. this is panic among bengali Muslims
Justice Bagchi: this is a serious issue of mass migration. Here the workers are from eastern part coming to North and work. The nodal agency can coordinate .
Bhushan: some are even being tortured in such detention centres. Even foreigners act does not give authority for this even if someone is termed a foreigner.
Justice Kant: Issue notice
Bhushan: In the meantime please say that in case verifying
It is fine but no detention
Justice Kant: We cannot overlook ground realities...Suppose someone is Infiltrator and he enters illegally. How to deal with that situation. If you don't detain..the writing on the wall is that they will disappear. Yes some mechanism needs to be there. .. may be some card from place of origin and authorities from other state can accept the bona fide
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Supreme Court hears a plea filed by the Governor of Kerala, in his capacity as Chancellor of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, challenging a High Court judgment that upheld the State govGovernor–State standoff
Bench: Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan
Yesterday, Supreme Court said it would constitute a search committee to shortlist candidates for the post of Vice-Chancellor of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University and Digital University.
The Bench suggested both sides propose 4 names each after which it shall form the search committee to decide full-time VC appointments as a measure to end the current impasset’s power to recommend temporary VCs.