#SupremeCourt hears the Delhi Air Pollution matter regarding stubble burning, pollution caused by power plants, color coded stickers on vehicles to identify fuel type, and implementation of Solid Waste Management Rules.

Bench: Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan.

#DelhiAirPollution J Oka: How many power plants are there?

Amicus curiae Aparajita Singh: Eleven. Some owned by the state, some private. Delhi plants are on gas.
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#SupremeCourt hears a case dealing with the recurring issue of false statements and suppression of material facts in remission pleas.

Bench: Justice Abhay Oka and Justice AG Masih. Amicus Curiae S Muralidhar has suggested amendment to the Supreme Court Rules delineating roles and responsibilities of every lawyer involved in the process of filing a case to ensure accuracy in pleadings in the case. #SupremeCourt
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"There is something hanky panky as far as my department is concerned. Without consultation a half baked affidavit in counter has been filed even before we filed appearance for it."

ASG SV Raju tells the #SupremeCourt in bail plea of Arun Pati Tripathi, an accused in the alleged Chhattisgarh liquor scam.
#Bail #PMLA @dir_ed Bench: Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan.

#SupremeCourt #Bail #PMLA @dir_ed #ChhattisgarhLiquorScam

Bombay HC today heard for 3 hours, the arguments of former judge and now Sr Adv Dr S Muralidhar, who appeared for 2 life convicts in the Mumbai 7/11 train blasts case.

A special bench of Justices Anil Kilor and Shyam Chandak is hearing the appeals of 12 convicts in the blasts case, of which 5 are facing death sentences while 7 are serving their life terms.

#BombayHighCourt #JusticeMuralidhar #MumbaiBlastsCase Appearing for two life convicts - one from Bangalore and the other from Mumbai, Muralidhar argued on various issues like media trial, lapses on part of the prosecution, the trial court, confessional statements of the accused etc.

#BombayHighCourt #JusticeMuralidhar #MumbaiBlastsCase

#AllahabadHighCourt is hearing a plea moved by Alt-News Co-founder Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) challenging an FIR lodged against him accusing him of 'promoting enmity' by putting a post on 'X' about #YatiNarsinghanand's speech. A bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Justice Nalin Kumar Srivastava is hearing the matter.

On December 18, the #AllahabadHighCourt had orally questioned Zubair for choosing to post the matter on social media rather than filing an FIR against Yati Narsinhanand or approaching the court seeking appropriate remedy.

#SupremeCourt hears the MC Mehta case concerning enhancing green cover and conducting a tree census in Delhi.

Bench: Justice Abhay Oka and Justice AG Masih.
#DelhiGreenCover #TreeCensus The Court is also considering imposing a cap on tree felling permissions over which permission will be sought from a committee of experts.

J Oka: CEC has given concurrence for participating in this exercise.
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"You are making submissions contrary to express statute."

#SupremeCourt pulls up Counsel for Enforcement Directorate for arguing that rigorous conditions for bail under PMLA would apply to a woman, despite exception granted under proviso to Section 45(1).

#Bail @dir_ed Bench: Justice Abhay Oka and Justice AG Masih. #SupremeCourt #Bail #PMLA @dir_ed

#SupremeCourt hears batch of petitions challenging Calcutta HC Order which set aside over 24000 appointments of teaching and non-teaching posts by WB School Selection Committee

Bench : CJI Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar Sr Adv Rakesh Dwivedi explains the facts of the case to the bench

#AllahabadHighCourt to shortly hear a plea moved by Alt-News Co-founder Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) challenging an FIR lodged against him accusing him of 'promoting enmity' by putting a post on 'X' on #YatiNarsinghanand. The matter is before a bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi.

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Actor Allu Arjun has moved the #TelanganaHighCourt seeking quashing of an FIR in connection with a stampede outside a cinema theatre in Hyderabad last week where the actor had appeared unscheduled, in which one woman died.

#AlluArjun #Pushpa2TheRule #telanganahighcourt A lunch motion was moved before Justice Juvvadi Sridevi by the counsel for the Actor, which was allowed by the Bench. Matter to be heard at 4pm.

#SupremeCourt hears against Kerala HC's order quashing transfer of senior scientist at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, whose son faces 65% permanent locomotor disability.

The Court held that the transfer order violated the legal right of the disabled son to be taken care of by his father. The respondent was working as a senior scientist at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing. He was issued with an order to be transferred to Jammu and Kashmir to head a project.

#MadrasHighCourt launches year long awareness program at the High Court and at District level for Gender Sensitisation and Elimination of Violence against Women

Justice BV Nagarathna to deliver the keynote address Justice Nagarathna: It is indeed an honour for me to be present in this august gathering. It is my pleasant duty to be here today and I thank you all for inviting me today.

Justice Rohinton F. Nariman, former Judge of the #SupremeCourt, to shortly address the First Justice AM Ahmadi Memorial Lecture on the topic "Secularism and the Indian Constitution" organised by Ahmadi Foundation. Opening remarks will be given by Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi.

#SupremeCourt to hear the issue regarding lack of access to computers, and soft copies of Bare Acts in the All India Bar Examination raised by two 100 percent blind law students.

Bench: Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan Adv Rahul Bajaj appears.

#SupremeCourt to hear shortly the Delhi Air Pollution matter.

A bench comprising Justices AS Oka and AG Masih will consider today if the GRAP-IV restrictions should continue in Delhi-NCR. The Court on Friday (November 22) appointed 13 members of the Bar as court commissioners to visit the entry points to Delhi and verify whether entry of trucks is being stopped.

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#BREAKING United States Justice Department indicts Gautam Adani and 7 other senior executives on charges to bribe Indian officials.

It is alleged that they “orchestrated an elaborate scheme to bribe Indian government officials to secure contracts worth billions of dollars and Gautam S. Adani, Sagar R. Adani and Vneet S. Jaain lied about the bribery scheme as they sought to raise capital from U.S. and international investors.” “Following the promise of bribes to Indian government officials, in or
about and between July 2021 and February 2022, electricity distribution companies for the states and regions of Odisha, Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh entered into PSAs with SECI under the Manufacturing Linked Project. Andhra Pradesh's electricity distribution companies entered into a PSA with SECI on or about December 1, 2021, pursuant to which the state agreed to purchase approximately seven gigawatts of solar power-by far the largest amount of any Indian state or region”

#SupremeCourt continues hearing the question of law under NDPS Act- whether samples have to be drawn after S.52A application is filed and in front of the magistrate.

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Adv Akshay Bhandari (Respondent) and SG Tushar Mehta for (Petitioner)

#SupremeCourt is hearing National Control Buruea's plea against Delhi HC's order which said that the application for drawing sample of a narcotic drugs or psychotropic substance before the concerned Magistrate under section 52A of NDPS Act should be made within 72 hours. Justice Jasmeet Singh of the Delhi HC had observed that such an application cannot be moved at the “whims and fancies” of Narcotics Control Bureau, being the prosecuting agency: livelaw.in/high-court/del…

#SupremeCourt to pronounce judgment today 10.30 AM on petitions seeking directions against "bulldozer actions" by State Govts to demolish properties of persons accused of crimes.

Follow thread for live updates. Judgment is pronounced

J Gavai: Having a home is a longing that never fades...it is dream of every family to have a house...an important question whether executive should be permitted to take away shelter as a major infliction of penalty...

#SupremeCourt #BulldozerActions

Supreme Court Bar Association (#SCBA) will shortly commence its farewell function in honor of CJI #DYChandrachud who will demit office on November 10

Justice Chandrachud was sworn in as the 50th Chief Justice of India on November 9, 2022

Function scheduled to begin at 04:15 PM The function can be watched using this link:

#CJIChandrachud #SCBAFarewell

#SupremeCourt will soon pronounce its decision on the issue of granting Minority Status to Aligarh Muslim University under Article 30 of the Constitution

The 7 Judge Constitution Bench deciding the matter is led by CJI DY Chandrachud Bench : there are 4 opinions, CJI for the majority, and 3 Dissents