The Supreme Court on Tuesday said a country possessing spyware for security purposes is not wrong but using it against a civil society person will be looked into.
The matter came up for a hearing at a special court in Kolkata on Monday afternoon, where the counsel of the victim’s parents submitted a written synopsis of his observations on the CBI probe into the matter so far and in that written submission, this particular allegation was made.
Following a plea over obscene content on OTT and social media, SC notes that these platforms have a social responsibility and issues a notice to the Centre.
The Supreme Court on Thursday granted an interim bail till May 8 to Vikas Yadav, who is serving a 25-year jail term in 2002 Nitish Katara murder case, to attend to his ailing mother who is said to be in a serious condition.
Posting the matter for final hearing on May 6 and 7, a bench of Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice Rajesh Bindal told the advocates appearing for the Gujarat government and the convicts to file a compilation of their submissions in the case.
Extending the exemption to Shivraj Singh Chauhan and others from personally appearing before the trial court, a bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Rajesh Bindal said that it would further hear the case on March 26.
Bhushan told the bench that the petitioner NGOs would not take long in presenting its arguments.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended its January 15 interim order protecting from arrest former IAS trainee officer Puja Khedkar accused of forging her documents to be eligible for the 2022 Union Public Service Commission examination.
A bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Nongmeikapam Kotishwar Singh issued the notice and sought the Centre’s response on the PIL by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) contending that the present system of the Central government solely selecting the CAG hampered their independence of the national auditor.
The Supreme Court on Friday posted for April 22, 2025 the hearing on a batch of petitions seeking inquiry into the allegations that the government is using Israeli software Pegasus for snooping.
