CJI DY Chandrachud: I have some news Apart from E-SCR and the 34,000 judgments available, we also now have a number of judgments of SC in vernacular language. It will be released on the occasion of Republic Day #SupremeCourt
CJI: A total of 1091 judgments will be available in vernacular languages.
CJI: This in furtherance to our mission to make judgments accessible in local languages. We urge members of the bar to use these and whichever language they use.
Gujarat High Court is hearing a suo motu PIL pertaining to the tragic incident of the collapse of Julto Pul (Morbi bridge) in which over 135 people lost their lives.
Amicus: There was a query by this court as to how the private contractor allowed to use the bridge despite there being no approval by the General Board, Morbi Nagar Palika. Till now no proper answer is given.
Supreme Court hears a challenge to a notification setting up additional courts in Himachal Pradesh and instead have a bench of HP HC at Dharamshala
CJI DY Chandrachud: what is the constitutional infraction here? #supremecourt
CJI: Issue here is of litigant and advocates. You can have video conferencing. Chief Justice Muralidhar has set up video conferencing facility even for district courts. #supremecourt
CJI: You can pursue this on the administrative side with the Chief Justice. We clarify that we express no opinion on merits. #Supremecourt
#SupremeCourt to hear a plea by journalist Rana Ayyub against an order of a Ghaziabad court which has summoned her on January 27 in relation to a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case @RanaAyyub#PMLA
SC: we will be rising at 1 pm on account of some difficulty.
Adv Vrinda Grover: placing an urgent mentioning of my item..she has been summoned by a Ghaziabad court. I am seeking a stay on the coercive proceedings. @RanaAyyub
Grover: Today is the only day I can appear before this court and seek some protection milord
Justice Krishna Murari: Why not on Friday or Monday?
Grover: : appearance is bbefore the special court.
Kerala High Court will soon deliver its order on the application moved by NCP leader and now former MP from Lakshadweep, Mohammed Faizal, to suspend the conviction and 10yr sentence imposed on him by a Kavaratti court for attempt to murder. barandbench.com/news/lakshadwe…
Faizal along with three others were convicted for attempting to murder Padanath Salih, son-in-law of former Union Minister PM Sayeed, in relation to some political controversy during the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Lakshadweep police opposed the applications to suspend sentence and conviction and pointed out that Faizal is involved in two other serious crimes as well. barandbench.com/news/law-break…
#SupremeCourt to deliver its order on the bail plea of Ashish Mishra, key accused in the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence case and son of Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra #lakhimpurkheri#ashishmishra
SC: after taking note of allegations in FIR and similar is fate of under trials... bail plea of other accused is pending.. taken note of concerns on fair trial
[2020 Delhi riots hate speech case] Delhi High Court asks Delhi Police to inform whether the speeches that the HC is dealing with are subject matter of the proceedings before the Supreme Court as well.
A Division Bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh is hearing a batch of matters seeking action against leaders like @ianuragthakur, @KapilMishra_IND and others for allegedly inciting the riots in North-east Delhi.
The bench asked Sr Advocate Colin Gonsalves, who is representing one of the petitioners, to inform whether proceedings before the SC in the hate speeches matter cover the speeches delivered by Thakur, Mishra and others. #DelhiHighCourt#DelhiRiots#HateSpeech