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By Ritika Jain Supreme Court on Friday rejected a batch of pleas seeking 100 per cent tally of votes cast on EVMs, votes by paper ballots and physically dropping VVPAT paper slips in ballot boxes. The top court’s verdict comes on the day 88 constituencies across 13 states go to polls in phase 2 of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. This means, the current system where VVPAT verification is done at five random polling stations in each constituency selected by a Returning Officer by drawing lots, is in force. If there is any dispute, the vote recorded on VVPAT slip will take precedence. Justices Sanj...
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By Ritika Jain Supreme Court on April 5 found that material submitted by the National Investigation Agency revealed Professor Shoma Sen encouraged women to participate in the struggle for a “new democratic revolution” and there are prima facie no reasonable grounds to believe accusations of any involvement in “terrorist acts”. Encouraging women to participate in a democratic revolution does not construe as conspiracy under the anti-terror law, the court said. The court’s observation is significant since the embargo on bail under section 43D(5) of the UAPA—which states that bail rules don’t app...
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By Ritika Jain Supreme Court today stayed the Allahabad High Court's March 22 verdict which struck down the ‘Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrasa Education Act, 2004’ as unconstitutional. The top court’s interim order which allowed the almost 25,000 madrasas across the state to operate during the pendency of this plea comes as a relief to almost 17 lakh students studying there. The Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said the high court’s finding that the establishment of a madrasa board breaches principles of secularism “may not be correct”. The bench observed there was...
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By Ritika Jain Taking a stern view on the issue, the Supreme Court directed the State Bank of India (SBI) to submit all details on Electoral Bonds before the Election Commission by March 12 before “close of business hours”, and the poll panel has been directed to publish the same on its website no later than March 15. Dismissing SBI’s plea, the SC put the SBI’s chairman and managing director on notice and warned them of contempt for failure to comply with today’s orders. “Though we are not exercising the contempt jurisdiction, but we place SBI on notice that this court will proceed against it ...
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By Ritika Jain The Supreme Court today set aside the January 30 results of the Chandigarh Mayor Elections and declared Congress/AAP joint candidate Kuldeep Kumar as the winner after concluding that Anil Masih, the presiding officer, tampered with the ballots, in a dramatic turn of events. Kumar’s win comes after the top court declared the eight ballots in question as valid which gave him 20 votes, a clear majority over BJP leader Manoj Sonkar who was declared winner with 16 votes. Sonkar resigned on Sunday, even as three AAP councilors defected to the saffron party, “It is evident that Anil Ma...
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By Ritika Jain In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court’s five-judge Constitution Bench unanimously struck down the Electoral Bonds scheme calling it unconstitutional. This verdict is crucial ahead of the upcoming general elections tentatively slated for April-May since it changes the way political parties can now accept donations for poll campaigns. Non-disclosure of information is violative of one’s right to information and free speech under Article 19(1)(a), the Supreme Court said. More significantly, the top court issued a series of directions including directions to the State Bank of I...
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By Ritika Jain The Delhi High Court’s u-turn on an order permitting a woman abortion after All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) said foeticide was unethical in late-stage pregnancy has raised concerns. The high court on January 23 recalled its January 4 order after AIIMS expressed ethical concerns over aborting a foetus that is “grossly normal”. The Centre, too, had appealed for a recall seeking protection for the “unborn child”. In India, the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act allows for women (including cis genders) to opt for abortion up to 24 weeks. Beyond that, they must...
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By Ritika Jain Supreme Court said the Gujarat government was not competent to decide on the remission of the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case as it struck the order granting pre-mature release. The Maharashtra government, where the trial took place, was the competent authority to decide on this matter, it added. The top court's verdict comes on Bano's plea which challenged the early release of the convicts who gang-raped her and murdered members of her family during the 2002 Gujarat Riots. The apex court noted that the May 2022 order, which said the Gujarat government could decide on a plea...
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By Ritika Jain Supreme Court on Wednesday said no valid grounds were raised that necessitated the transfer of the SEBI probe to an SIT in the Hindenburg Research allegations of stock price manipulation by the Adani group of companies. There were no grounds to doubt the market regulator’s probe, the court said. The bench, led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, said there was no regulatory failure on SEBI’s part and the market regulator cannot be expected to carry on with its work based on press reports. The top court clarified, “Investigative reports by press can act as inputs for SEBI b...
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By Ritika Jain This year proved remarkable for the Supreme Court for the high number of judgments given by Constitution Benches (benches of five judges and seven judges), the number of judges appointed and those that retired, along with its record of “unprecedented disposal” of cases. To give perspective in numbers: In 2023, the Supreme Court Constitution Bench gave 18 judgments (five-judge benches: 17, seven-judge bench: 1); 14 judges were appointed while nine retired; and the top court made a dent in the backlog of its cases by disposing 52,191 cases against the registration of 49,191 cases....
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