The apex court declined to accept the Centre's fervent request that reference of the petitions to a larger bench be deferred as Parliament is in the process of "re-enacting" the provisions of the IPC and a bill has been placed before a standing committee
However, the bench granted liberty to the petitioner to move a fresh application before the high court for releasing him on bail till his appeal against trial court's conviction order is decided
The SC referred to a Constitution bench of at least five judges a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the colonial-era provision of sedition under the IPC.
A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices P S Narasimha, while hearing two separate clutch of petitions relating to IOA and the AIFF, said it will decide the issues raised about their constitutions on October 20.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Datta issued notice to BJP leader DK Aruna, who the Telangana high court declared as elected after annulling Reddy's election, and sought her response within four weeks
Supreme Court on Monday extended till September 15 its order asking the Manipur Police not to take any coercive steps against four members of the Editors Guild of India
Supreme Court refused to entertain a PIL challenging the law establishing pre-eminence of the lieutenant governor over the elected dispensation in controlling services
Attorney General R. Venkataramani on Monday requested Chief Justice of India, D.Y. Chandrachud to defer proceedings coming up before the Constitution Bench on September 13
Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on September 12 a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of colonial-era provision of sedition under the Indian Penal Code
Supreme Court has said courts need not show compassion when contemnors use them as a "potent weapon" and "legal trick" to wriggle out of responsibility
The Supreme Court had on April 28 this year directed all states and Union Territories to register cases against those making hate speeches even if no complaint was made
The apex court acquitted two people whose conviction and life sentence for the offence of murder in a case lodged in 1989 was affirmed by the Chhattisgarh High Court
A bench of justices Vikram Nath and Ahsanuddin Amanullah said, "Elections to any office/body are required to be free, fair and transparent. Elections lie at the core of democracy
The matter was mentioned before a bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and Prashant Kumar Mishra after it was deleted from the causelist published for September 6.
In an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, the chief secretary of Manipur said it was unfortunate that the platform of the top court was being "misutilised", apparently referring to the lawyer's claim.
