Category: Supreme Court

Illegal detention of children in J&K: Supreme Court to hear plea filed by activists

Source: wakilsahab.in The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a petition filed by two child rights activists seeking clarity in reports that children are being illegally detained by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir, undergoing a period of lockdown following the reading down of Article 370. A Bench led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi will

Supreme Court slams Gautam Khaitan’s lawyer in black money case

Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra on Wednesday slammed the lawyer of Gautam Khaitan in the AgustaWestland case on the applicability of the black money law with retrospective effect. “You are trying to avoid the bench. This conduct is deprecating,” Justice Mishra said during the hearing. “Nonsense”, said Justice Mishra,

India blasts Pakistan’s false narrative over Kashmir, Assam NRC in heated UNHRC session

Source: indiatoday.in Despite its efforts, Pakistan failed to garner enough support at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to even file a request for an “urgent debate” at the world body meeting. Before leaving for Geneva, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had promised his domestic constituency that he would move a “resolution” on

Supreme Court steps in for missing UP law student who accused BJP leader

Source: hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court has decided to take up the case of the Uttar Pradesh law student from Shahjahanpur who went missing after accusing BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand Saraswati of threats and harassment. The case, taken up by a bench led by Justice R Banumathi on the court’s motion, will be heard on Friday. Chinmayanand, who

Supreme Court slams government for denying pension to freedom fighter

Source: thehindu.com The Supreme Court has slammed the Centre for harassing a 90-year-old freedom fighter by filing repeated appeals in higher courts, often at the last minute, to deny him a freedom fighter’s pension. The government had challenged a Delhi High Court order directing the Centre to pay Dev Narayan Mishra his freedom fighter pension. The High