Tag: ExcelsiorSC

NEW DELHI, Aug 16: Words like eve-teasing, prostitute, and housewife may soon be out of the legal lexicon and will be replaced by terms like street sexual harassment, sex worker and homemaker. The Supreme Court on Wednesday launched a handbook that contains a glossary of gender unjust terms and ...

New Delhi, Aug 14: The Supreme Court on Monday termed as “fake” and “ill-intended” a social media post exhorting the public to protest against authorities using a file photograph and falsely quoting Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud.A press note issued by the apex court said no such ...

New Delhi, Aug 9: Supreme Court judge Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra on Wednesday recused himself from hearing a plea filed by former JNU student Umar Khalid seeking bail in a UAPA case related to alleged conspiracy behind the riots here in February 2020.Khalid’s petition challenging the October 18 last ...

NEW DELHI, Jul 19: The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted regular bail to activist Teesta Setalvad in a case of alleged fabrication of evidence to frame innocent people in the 2002 post-Godhra riots cases.A three-judge bench of Justices B R Gavai, A S Bopanna and Dipankar Datta set aside ...

New Delhi, Jul 5: The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud on Wednesday recommended the names of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice S Venkatanarayana Bhatti for elevation as the judges of the apex court.The collegium, which also comprises Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, B ...

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice DY Chandrachud greets Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra as he administers oath of office to the latter as a judge of the Supreme Court, in New Delhi on Friday. (UNI) NEW DELHI, May 19: Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and senior advocate Kalpathy Venkataraman Viswanathan ...

Poster of ‘The Kerala Story’ NEW DELHI, May 2: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking a stay on release of the movie “The Kerala Story” on grounds that its a “worst kind of hate speech” and an “audio-visual propaganda”. A bench of Justices KM ...

NEW DELHI, Apr 28: Extending the scope of its 2022 order beyond three states, the Supreme Court on Friday directed all states and Union Territories to register cases against those making hate speeches even if no complaint has been made.A bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna termed ...

NEW DELHI, Mar 20: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking framing of norms for registration of every live-in relationship with the Centre and termed it a “hare-brained” idea.A bench, headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, asked the counsel for petitioner, lawyer Mamta Rani if she ...

NEW DELHI, Feb 27: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking constitution of a ‘renaming commission’ to restore “original” names of ancient, cultural and religious places “renamed” by invaders, saying India can’t be a prisoner of the past.A bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna questioned ...