The Supreme Court was hearing the PIL challenging the poll panel’s communications whereby the maximum number of electors per polling station had been increased from 1200 to 1500.
Justice Sanjiv Khanna assumed office as the 51st Chief Justice of India on Monday, following Justice DY Chandrachud’s tenure. The oath of office was administered by President Droupadi Murmu in a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Dismissing the plea, a bench of Justice B R Gavai and Justice Sandeep Mehta said they were not convinced to interfere with the High Court order which had also refused to stay the trial.
Setting aside the Madras High court order cancelling the bail, earlier granted to 'Sattai' Durai Murugan on November 2021, a bench observed that he could not be said to have misused the liberty granted to him.
The observation from the bench came as Stalin, seeking the clubbing of the multiple FIRs registered against him across the country, relied on the top court judgments in the matters relating to media persons in support of his plea
The Supreme Court of India, in a landmark judgment, had placed the Election Commission of India and its head among the most important 'institutions of integrity'. India's greatest pride is that it is not only the world's largest democracy, but it has also been able to hold country-wide elections at regular intervals on an unprecedented scale, unlike many other newly independent countries
The SC bench said there should be prior screening of content on web platforms while hearing a plea filed by Amazon Prime Indias head regarding the FIRs against her over web series Tandav
While judicial pronouncements have provided a limited extent of gender equality in property rights, legislative measures are necessary to protect a womans property rights, says SUJATA KUMARI MUNI.
The court said that the situation has gone worse and said, “Tell us whether you will put the laws on hold or else we will do it. What's the ego here?”
The PIL contended that continuous violation of fundamental rights, statutory rights and human rights in West Bengal has reached its zenith.
