In a landmark judgment, a bench comprising CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi upheld the Commission's authority to conduct the SIR of electoral rolls and said that Aadhaar is not proof of citizenship. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/supreme-court-upholds-election-commission-electoral-roll-documentation-rules-kouam1ka?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Aadhaar #SupremeCourtOfIndia #SIR #Citizenship
The plea, submitted by practising lawyer Raja Chaudhary, claims that the group’s formation and subsequent trademarking of the ‘CJP’ name amount to the manipulation of judicial remarks. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/cbi-probe-sought-into-cockroach-janta-party-in-new-supreme-court-plea-ackvtsih?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #CockroachJanataParty #SupremeCourtofIndia #CBI
Reasserting that “bail is the rule, jail the exception” even under UAPA, the Supreme Court granted bail to J&K resident Syed Iftikhar Andrabi, stressing that Section 43D(5) cannot justify indefinite incarceration. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/bail-is-the-rule-and-jail-the-exception-even-in-uapa-cases-supreme-court-ux5cjb10?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #UAPAAct #SupremeCourtOfIndia #BailPetition
In a sharp courtroom exchange, CJI Surya Kant likened some unemployed youngsters to “cockroaches” who become media, social media and RTI activists and “attack the system”, as he rebuked a lawyer chasing senior advocate status and even hinted at CBI checks on lawyers’ degrees. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/cji-some-jobless-youth-are-cockroaches-who-reinvent-themselves-as-media-social-media-activists-jqihgezn?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ChiefJusticeOfIndia #Controversy #SupremeCourtofIndia #SuryaKant
SpiceJet approached the court on May 7 after the Delhi High Court dismissed its review plea and fined the airline ₹50,000 for repeatedly seeking modifications to an earlier order https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/spicejet-moves-supreme-court-against-delhi-hc-order-in-rs-144-crore-maran-dispute-t42fshy5?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #SpiceJet #DelhiHighCourt #SupremeCourtofIndia #IndiaNews
The bench directed the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) to analyse the recording and compare the voice sample in it with the admitted voice samples of Biren Singh. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/supreme-court-orders-forensic-testing-audio-clip-linking-former-cm-biren-singh-manipur-violence-b9oqkq4b?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #SupremeCourtofIndia #BirenSingh #ManipurViolence #IndiaNews
Upholding the Allahabad High Court’s reasoning, the Supreme Court said schools cannot sit in appeal over decisions taken by the government under the RTE framework. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/education/news/supreme-court-rte-act-neighbourhood-schools-must-admit-state-allotted-students-a9fgwo5m?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #RTEAct #SupremeCourtofIndia #EducationNews