On 26th April 1973—half a century ago today—is the only day in the history of the Supreme Court that the Bar struck and called the action of the Government "a blatant and outrageous attempt at undermining the independence and impartiality of the judiciary.
It was the day Chief Justice A.N. Ray took over as Chief Justice of India—superseding three senior Justices, Justice J.M. Shelat, Justice K.S. Hegde and Justice A.N. Grove
Justice J.M. Shelat, Justice K.S. Hegde and Justice A.N. Grove were a part of the majority in Kesavananda Bharati Case.
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#MadrasHighCourt to hear today pleas filed by All India Gaming Federation and Gameskraft Technologies Pvt Ltd challenging the Tamil Nadu law prohibiting online gambling and regulating online games in the State. #onlinegambling #onlinegaming
The bench of Acting Chief Justice T Raja and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy will be hearing the pleas filed by the companies challenging the validity of the act and seeking a stay on its operation. #MadrasHighCourt #onlinegambling #onlinegaming
Senior Counsel Abhishek Manu Singhvi appearing for one of the online rummy companies says that the Act is unconstitutional. Says that there is a watershed distinction between games of chance and skill. #MadrasHighCourt #onlinegambling #onlinegaming
#BombayHighCourt will hear stand-up comedian KUNAL KAMRA's plea to stay new amendment to IT Rules empowering the Central Govt. to identify 'Fake News' about itself in the social media.
Breaking: Gauhati High Court Denies Interim Protection For Now To Srinivas BV, National President - Indian Youth Congress in a Case filed by his Former Colleague under Sections 509/294/341/352/354/354A(iv)/506 of the IPC
Srinivas B V on Wednesday moved the Gauhati High Court seeking quashing of the FIR filed BY his former Colleague alleging harassment.
He has prayed for stay of the operation of the impugned FIR in Dispur P.S. Case No. 692/2023 as well as to direct Assam Police not to take any coercive steps/action against him.
Same-Sex Marriage| "Matter not b/w Govt and #SupremeCourt, it concerns citizens of India. It is a question of people's will. The will of the people is reflected in Parliament, state assemblies and in forums where elected people are there": Law Minister Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju)
"If 5 wise men, decide something which is correct according to them, I can't make any kind of any adverse comment. But if people don't want it, you can't impose things on people. A sensitive matter like the institution of marriage has to be decided by the people of the country."
"#SupremeCourt can issues directions, fill vacuum but when it comes to a matter which affects every citizen of the country, then the Court is not the forum to decide on behalf of the people of the country": Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju)
The court observed that "an institute (cannot) be permitted to force upon the Petitioner a name, identity or a gender that the Petitioner has chosen to reject in preference to some other,"
A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale passed the order on transgender person's plea to retrospectively change their name in Tata Institute of Social Science's records and issue fresh certificates.