Ashish Sinha

SC declines stay on new law for CEC & ECs appointment by panel excluding CJI

February 14, 2024

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay implementation of the new law, which establishes a panel excluding the Chief Justice of India for appointing the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs). A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta issued notice to the Centre on a...

Sharad Pawar moves SC against EC order

February 14, 2024

Veteran leader Sharad Pawar has moved the Supreme Court challenging an Election Commission (EC) order that recognizes the party led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar as the real Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). On February 6, the poll panel, while applying the test of majority in the legislative wing,...

Delhi HC quashes FIR In case Of dog bite in a building lift

February 14, 2024

The Delhi High Court has quashed an FIR lodged in a case of attack or bite by a dog in a building lift in Preet Vihar. The high court quashed the FIR lodged in 2020 in view of the fact that the parties have settled the dispute amicably. Justice Anoop...

Farmers’ protest: Exercise your rights without INFRINGING ON others’ freedom

February 14, 2024

At midnight on 15 August 1947, the members of the Constituent Assembly gathered to witness India’s independence. Subsequently, the Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution of India in 1950. The question arises that how did the new constitutional system provide the right to protest to the free citizens of a free...

Big relief to Tejashwi as apex court quashes defamation case against him

February 14, 2024

The Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed a criminal defamation complaint against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav regarding his remarks against Gujaratis. Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan quashed the complaint after Yadav retracted his “only Gujaratis can be thugs” statement. “We have quashed the case as the...

SC dismisses PIL against practice of deputy CMs’ appointment

February 13, 2024

The Supreme Court declined to entertain a PIL on Monday challenging the practice of appointing deputy chief ministers, asserting that it does not breach the Constitution. A bench of CJI DY Chandrachud along with Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra stated, ‘this is just a label and even if...

SC dismisses TN Football Association’s plea against order for admin panel appointment

February 13, 2024

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea by the Tamil Nadu Football Association challenging a Madras High Court order appointing a committee to examine the football body’s affairs until a new administrative panel is appointed. Justices Surya Kant and K V Viswanathan observed that the plea constituted an abuse...

SC Directs Registry to Stop Referring to Trial Courts as ‘Lower Courts’

February 13, 2024

The Supreme Court, while hearing a plea filed by two individuals challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict, has directed its registry to refrain from referring to trial courts as ‘lower courts’. A bench comprising Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan passed the order. “It will be appropriate if...

Lakhimpur Kheri violence: SC extends accused Ashish Mishra’s interim bail

February 13, 2024

The Supreme Court on Monday extended the interim bail granted to Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra in the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence, which claimed eight lives. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and K V Viswanathan directed the apex court registry to obtain a report from the...

Skill Development Scam: SC to Hear Plea Challenging Naidu’s Bail on Feb

February 13, 2024

The Supreme Court scheduled the hearing of the Andhra Pradesh government’s plea against a high court order granting regular bail to TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu in the skill development corporation scam case for February 26. Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal adjourned the hearing after senior advocate Siddharth...

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