NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed all proceedings in sedition cases and directed the Centre and states to not register any fresh FIR invoking sedition charges until the government re-examines the colonial era penal law. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said all pending cases, appeals and proceedings with respect … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Centre to re-examine the sedition law and sought government’s response to a suggestion that registering of new cases under the colonial-era law be put on hold till the review exercise is over. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana expressed concern over Sec 124A … Read more
NEW DELHI: Time has come to move from ad-hoc committees to a more streamlined, accountable and organised structure by creating a National Judicial Infrastructure Authority for the standardization and improvement of judicial infrastructure which currently needs urgent attention, Chief Justice of India N V Ramana said on Saturday. Speaking at the Joint Conference of Chief … Read more
NEW DELHI: After a hiatus of over two years during which Covid-19 disrupted the Supreme Court’s normal functioning, it will resume in July hearing a batch of petitions challenging the scrapping of J&K’s special status under Article 370 and its bifurcation into UTs. On mention by senior advocates Shekhar Naphade and P Chidambaram for urgent … Read more