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"Slum Dwellers Cannot Be Pushed To The Outskirts Of Mumbai": High Court Upholds Scheme For Rehab Of Slums Built On 'Reserved' Open Spaces
In a city where inequality is visible in how space and services are distributed, providing formal housing to slum dwellers within the city and not on its outskirts, is a step towards real equality, the Bombay High Court held on Thursday while refusing to strike down Regulation 17(3)(D)(2) of the Development Control and Promotion Regulations, (DCPR) 2034, which provides for rehabilitation of...
Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Seeking E-Passes For Lord Murugan Conference At Madurai; Allows To Approach HC
The Supreme Court today (June 19) declined to entertain a petition challenging the condition imposed by the Commissioner of Police, Madurai City, requiring vehicle passes to be obtained 24 hours in advance from the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) for the upcoming Lord Murugan Conference (Muruga Bakthargal Aanmeega Maanadu) scheduled on June 22, 2025, in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.The...
Supreme Court Sets Aside Madras HC Order For Arrest Of TN ADGP In Abduction Case; Transfers Investigation To CB-CID
The Supreme Court today(June 19) set aside the Madras High Court's order, which directed the arrest of Tamil Nadu Additional Director General of Police HM Jayaram in relation to an abduction case.The Court also transferred the investigation of the case to the CB-CID of the State Police. Senior Advocate Siddharth Dave, for the State, did not object to the investigation by CB-CID. He also...
Stringent Penal Laws Like UP Gangsters Act Can't Be Used As Tool Of Harassment : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court cautioned against the routine invocation of stringent extraordinary legislation like the UP Gangsters Act (“Act”), stating that such laws must be invoked judiciously based on relevant considerations without acting as a tool for harassment. “The constitutional guarantee of personal liberty acquires even greater significance when extraordinary legislation with...
Constitution Not Just A Governance Document, A Revolutionary Statement; Tool For Social Change: CJI BR Gavai
Chief Justice of India BR Gavai said that the Constitution is not just a political document for governance, but was a "revolutionary statement", giving a ray of hope to a country coming out of long years of colonial rule, suffering from poverty, inequality, and social divisions.Speaking at the Milan Court of Appeal, Italy, on the topic "Role of Constitution in Delivering Socio-Economic Justice...
'Prima Facie Appears State Is Trying To Reintroduce Same Classes Of OBC Reservations Which Were Struck Down': Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court while putting a stay on the notification by which the state government had ordered the preparation of a new list for Other Backward Caste (OBC) classes in the state, has held that it prima facie appeared that the state was trying to reintroduce the same OBC classes and percentage of reservations which had been struck down by a division bench of the court, and upheld by...
Mere Involvement In Communal Clash Not Enough To Attract UP Gangsters Act Without Proof Of Habitual Criminality : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently held that stringent state laws such as the U.P. Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 (“Gangsters Act”) cannot be applied to individuals solely for their involvement in a single incident of anti-social activity, in the absence of evidence indicating prior or ongoing coordinated criminal conduct. “The mere listing of multiple accused...
Calcutta High Court Directs Central Govt To Prospectively Implement MGNREGA Scheme In Bengal After 3 Yr Hiatus
The Calcutta High Court has directed the prospective implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme in the state of West Bengal, from 1st August 2025, after an almost three-year hiatus over allegations of embezzlement.A division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Chaitali Chatterjee (Das) was hearing a continuing matter on...
Supreme Court Grants Protection To Minor Girl Forced Into Child Marriage To Settle Debts
The Supreme Court today(June 18) granted police protection to a minor girl from Bihar who escaped from a forcible marriage, and to her friend who helped her escape.The minor with her friend ran off after the former was allegedly married to a 33-year-old contractor based in Bihar, Jai Shankar, as a repayment of the financial debts owed by her parents to him. The petitioner, a 16-year-old...
'Compassionate Appointment Can't Be Stretched To Absurd Levels' : Supreme Court Rejects Plea Of Man With 33 Acres & HIG House
The Supreme Court on June 17 dismissed a special leave petition challenging the Rajasthan High Court's order dismissing a writ petition filed by the petitioner to seek a compassionate appointment. A bench comprising Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Manmohan rejected the plea of the petitioner and questioned how a compassionate appointment in such a case could be sought. Justice...
Supreme Court Grants Interim Anticipatory Bail To Kerala Journalist TP Nandakumar In Case Over Video Against Woman Politician
The Supreme Court today (June 18) issued notice in an anticipatory bail plea filed by Kerala-based journalist Nandakumar T.P. in connection with an offence of publishing a defamatory video on his YouTube channel “Crime Online”. The partial court working days bench comprising Justices Sandeep Mehta and Prasanna B Varale also granted interim relief to Petitioner Nandakumar, stating that in...