"The offence was not against society, not kidnapping, rape, or murder. How can this become an offence involving moral turpitude?" Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who appeared for Rahul Gandhi, argued.
The top court is hearing a plea by Gandhi challenging the Gujarat High Court verdict which dismissed his plea seeking a stay on his conviction in a defamation case over his "Modi surname" remark.
The bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and S.V.N. Bhatti ordered to re-list the case for hearing on interim relief and the regular bail application on September 4 while adjourning the matter.
The bench said that there are only two highly debatable issues -- whether Article 370 acquired a permanent status with the cessation of the constituent assembly of J&K and whether the procedure adopted for its abrogation was valid
The government will challenge the interim order issued by Andhra Pradesh High Court which directed the government to stop construction of houses in the R-5 zone
The petition said that Article 246 read with the three lists enumerated under VIIth Schedule makes it clear that Parliament has exclusive power to make laws with respect to all the matters enumerated in the Union List as Census is enumerated at Entry 69 of List 1.
As reported by The News International, the apex court rejected the plea on Wednesday and issued a notice to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for August 4.
SC issued notices to Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Delhi governments, amid protest marches and demonstrations being organised against the violence in Haryana's nuh on July 31.
Thec court directed the authorities concerned to comply with the directions given by the apex court on October 21, 2022 over restriction on hate speech.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawyer Khawaja Haris informed the court that the trial court has ordered the witnesses to be produced and that should they fail to do so, the right of defence will be lost.
In 2013, the state government came out with a policy to grant lease on the basis of auction which was challenged by various miners in the Rajasthan High Court which had annulled it
There was a complete breakdown of law and order machinery of the state," remarked a bench headed by CJI DY Chandrachud questioning the delay in registration of FIRs by the Manipur Police
