Plea by Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind against employing bulldozers to raze down houses of persons suspected to be involved in criminal incidents such as #JahangirpuriClash mentioned before CJI NV Ramana led bench
Dave: unconstitutional, unauthorised demolition is taking place in jahangirpuri where riots took place. No notice was served so that reply is served in 10 days.
CJI: We direct status quo. We will list it tomorrow
Sr Adv Kapil Sibal mentions the plea by jamiat
Sibal: this is regarding all india ramification milords
Counsel: Office report says ... (Not clear) notice not issued to other respondents.
Counsel: These were proforma respondents
Counsel for respondents: They are entitled to, they have no objection
Counsel: No reason for other matter even be here.
Bench: Connected to the other matter or not?
Counsel: Charges framed in item 18. In this, May 2017, CBI framed certain aspects which were already enquired into and nothing was found. Magistrate interpreted your order saying no bar on further charges/investigations.
Delhi High Court will hear today a PIL challenging the provisions of recently promulgated Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022. #DelhiHighCourt#PIL
The act sanctions taking of body measurements of persons including finger-prints, palm-prints, foot-prints, photographs, iris and retina scan etc.
The PIL has challenged the Act on the grounds that it violates individual freedom and rule of law. #DelhiHighCourt
The petition will be heard by a Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipinn Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla.
A Supreme Court bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and BR Gavai to hear petition by Jamiat Ulama I Hind against demolition drive in Jahangirpuri and other States.
Apart from the petitions by Jamiat Ulama i Hind seeking to quash demolition notice by NDMC in #Jahangirpuri and a direction to cease bulldozer politics, CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat has moved #SupremeCourt stating demolition did not even stop an hour after SC ordering status quo
Senior Advocate Indira Jaising, present in Court, agrees.
Court: We will list it on Tuesday, but death penalty and life sentence matters will take priority. Tuesday we will list the matter subject to availability.
Adv Shahrukh Alam who mentioned the matter before Delhi High Court on behalf of Jahangirpuri residents informs @barandbench that she will not be moving the petition in view of the SC's stay order. #DelhiHighCourt#JahangripuriRiots
Advocate Shahrukh Alam appears before the High Court and says the matter has been taken up by the SC therefore she will not be pressing the matter. #DelhiHighCourt#JahangripuriRiots