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Mar 12 59 tweets 17 min read
The Kerala High Court Advocates’ Association (KHCAA) and Samatha Law Society are organising a session on 'Legal Regulation of Hate Speech: Is it Possible? Is it Desirable?' at the High Court Auditorium Image The introductory remarks would be given by Dr. Justice A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and the keynote address will be delivered by Dr. Venkat Iyer, Barrister, Northern Ireland.
Mar 12 6 tweets 2 min read
#SupremeCourt hears MC Mehta case pertaining to air quality in Delhi

Bench: CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul Pancholi

Sr Adv Aparajita Singh gives suggestions on re-captioning of the case(s) to avoid impression that matter is pending since 1985 Image Order: Instant writ petition (of 1985) involves continuous mandamus issued by this court for controlling and management of high pollution level and other related issues namely [...]. Though wp was filed in 1985...series of orders were passed...various IAs have been preferred raising various issues, most of which have been disposed of with certain directions from time to time.
Mar 12 4 tweets 1 min read
#SupremeCourt hears a petitioner in person relating to Cash reserve ratio policy of India

CJI: whats you present income?

Petitioner : right now Iam jobless, all alone, no dependents, I trade the stock market for my living Image petitioner: in the last 3 years, the ratio went down to 3%...at the time of pandemic, using reserves ratio is understandable, but right now the economy is booming, so why to use it now....banks gamble with the 95% of customer deposits
Mar 12 7 tweets 1 min read
#SupremeCourt hears petition seeking directions to bring back mortal remains of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose from Tokyo, Japan Image Sr Adv AM Singhvi appears for the petitioners, the Grand Nephew of Netaji
Mar 11 5 tweets 1 min read
#MadrasHighCourt is hearing a plea filed by the father of youth who died recently due to alleged #Custodialtorture in #Manamadurai Image AAG Ajmal Khan says that the court should interfere with the protests. Says people are blocking national highways, not allowing buses or school buses.
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Mar 11 7 tweets 2 min read
The Kerala High Court is hearing a plea filed by actor Shwetha Menon seeking to quash the Obscenity FIR registered against her

#KeralaHighCourt #ShwethaMenon Image Justice C.S. Dias is hearing the case
Mar 11 26 tweets 4 min read
#DelhiHighCourt is hearing plea by kin of two accused apprehending demolition of their homes, booked in an FIR over death of a man at Uttam Nagar during Holi last week

On Tuesday the HC orally told #MCD not to take any action against the properties

#UttamNagar #demolition Image Justice Amit Bansal is hearing the matter

#UttamNagar #demolition
Mar 11 17 tweets 5 min read
#SupremeCourt to hear today the suo motu case taken up over a chapter on 'Corruption in Judiciary' in #NCERT's Class 8 social science textbook

Bench: CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M Pancholi Image On February 26, the Court issued a complete ban on the publication, re-printing and digital dissemination of the book containing the inappropriate content. Any sharing of the content, in any form, will be taken seriously, it said.

#SupremeCourt #NCERTTextbook
Mar 11 14 tweets 4 min read
#SupremeCpurt to pronounce judgment on India's first passive euthanasia case where the 2018 decision of Common Cause will be applied.

The case concerns a 32 year old man who has been on life support for more than 12 years and medical boards constituted by the Court have shown no signs of recovery.Image Bench: Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice KV Viswanathan.
Mar 10 11 tweets 3 min read
Book launch event of former Attorney General for India and Senior Advocate KK Venugopal titled 'An Accidental Lawyer' to begin. Image Director of The Hindu Group, N Ram, @SubhashiniAli, and Raian Karanjawala in conversation with Venugopal's former junior Diviya Kapur.
Mar 10 11 tweets 2 min read
#SupremeCourt hears suo motu plea concerning struggles faced by military cadets who are boarded out due to injury or disablement during training.

Bench: Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan. Image The Court had last year directed the Defence Ministry and the Finance Ministry take a decision on the recommendations made by Chiefs of Army, Navy and Airforce.
Mar 10 14 tweets 3 min read
#SupremeCourt hears a petition challenging the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937 on the issue of non-granting of succession rights to muslim women Image Prashant Bhushan for petitioner : just like in Shayra Bano case, this court held that tripple talaq was arbitrary under article 14, same way Iam saying that if any personal law - essentially its not part of any ....
Mar 10 19 tweets 4 min read
Pune Porsche Case | #SupremeCourt hears bail plea of father of minor driver of the car involved in the 2024 accident that caused the death of two persons.

Bench: Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan. Image The petitioner is accused of hatching a conspiracy to swap blood samples so that the occupants of the car get a Nil Alcohol report.
Mar 10 18 tweets 5 min read
#SupremeCourt to hear today a batch of petitions related to #WestBengalSIR, including WB Chief Minister #MamataBanerjee's plea raising issues inter-alia about characterization of voters in the 'logical discrepancy' list

A bench led by CJI Surya Kant to hear the matter

Two fresh petitions filed by persons from West Bengal, against their exclusion from the voters' list after the SIR process, also listed before the benchImage Yesterday, the fresh petitions were mentioned before the CJI, who wondered if the Court could sit in appeal over the decision of the authorities, bypassing the statutory remedies

In response, Sr Adv Menaka Guruswamy explained that the relevant orders had not been served on the petitioners and hence they were deprived of remedies.
Mar 10 14 tweets 2 min read
Delhi High Court to hear today ED’s plea seeking expunging of adverse remarks made against it while discharging Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and all other accused in CBI’s excise policy case. Image Matter will be heard by Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma.

Details about the petition can be read here:

ED Moves Delhi High Court To Expunge Trial Court's Remarks While Discharging All Accused In Excise Policy Case

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Mar 9 29 tweets 4 min read
Delhi High Court to hear today CBI’s plea challenging the discharge of Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and all other accused in the corruption case related to the alleged liquor policy scam. 

@ArvindKejriwal @msisodia @CBIHeadquarters #LiquorPolicy #DelhiHighCourt Image On February 27, special judge Jitendra Singh, in strong words, had rapped CBI for lapses in investigation and said that the “voluminous chargesheet” has many lacunae not supported by any witness or statement. Read here:

CBI, ED Probes Into Election Spending Must Not Become Tools To Influence Political Outcomes: Delhi Court In Liquor Policy Case

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Mar 4 16 tweets 3 min read
#MadrasHighCourt is hearing the contempt petition against non-compliance with its earlier order to light Karthigai deepam at the deepathoon (stone pillar) on the #Thiruparankundram hills. Image Senior Advocate Vikas Singh, appearing for the police says that contempt will not be maintainable now since the single judge's order was merged with that of division bench
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Mar 2 14 tweets 3 min read
CMO Bulk Messaging Issue: The Kerala High Court is hearing a plea preferred challenging the bulk messages sent from the Chief Minister's office to govt. employees, judges by illegally accessing their data on SPARK

#KeralaHC #CMO #BulkMessages Image Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas is hearing the case
Mar 2 23 tweets 4 min read
Delhi High Court to hear plea filed by Indian Youth Congress (IYC) President Uday Bhanu Chib challenging trial court order staying bail granted to him in relation to the shirtless protest at the recent India AI Impact Summit Image Matter will be heard by Justice Saurabh Banerjee.

#AISummit #Protest
Feb 27 4 tweets 1 min read
#BREAKING

Delhi Court discharges Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia in the corruption case related to alleged liquor policy scam.

Court raps CBI for implicating them without any material, says voluminous chargesheet has many lacunae not supported by any witness or statement.

@ArvindKejriwal @AamAadmiParty @msisodiaImage Order passed by Special Judge Jitender Singh of Rouse Avenue Courts.

Court says CBI failed to make out a prima facie case against Sisodia.

Judge adds Kejriwal was implicated without any cogent material.
Feb 26 9 tweets 2 min read
#SupremeCourt hears suo motu petition regarding concerns surrounding revised definition of Aravalli Hills.

Bench: CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul Pancholi. Image The Court had previously kept in abeyance its earlier directions concerning the change in definition of Aravalli Hills, after expressing concern that the expert committee report and the Court's observations were being misconstrued.