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
Issuing notice to Shailendra Kumar Pathak Vyas - Acharya Ved Vyas Peeth Temple Varanasi and the Board of Trustees of Shree Kashi Vishwanath Temple, the bench ordered that only the priest appointed by the Vishwanath Temple Trust would perform puja at Vyas Tahkhana.
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.
The Supreme Court must enlarge the ambit of its direction to fast-track cases against elected representatives to include bureaucrats, say NARENDER HOODA and SEEMA SINDHU.
