Apex Court

In a relief to the suspended BJP member Nupur Sharma, the Supreme Court directed to club all FIRs registered against her to Delhi police. On August 10, the Top Court ordered to club all FIRs against her over her derogatory remarks on Prophet Muhammad to Delhi, releasing her from justifying and appearing before different states in India, where cases have been registered, triggering massive chaos and protests.

The Supreme Court on March 1 refused to extend bail to 2,674 prisoners from Delhi who were released to decongest jails, following the COVID-19 outbreak. The apex court has ceded the convicts, 15 days to surrender before the jail authorities. While prisoners contested that cells are still overpopulated, with 17,000 inmates against sanctioned 10,000, the bench maintained that it would deal with overcrowding later. However, the Court asked to… read-more

The Supreme Court on February 8 held that parents have to pay 100% of school fees for the pandemic period. In the interim order, the apex court, however, cleared that any student’s name cannot be omitted from school rolls for non payment of fees. Also, directing that no board student will be denied permission to appear for exams, the court allowed parents to pay the dues in six installments from March 5.

Emphasizing that instances of 'media trials' have increased, Indian film producer Nilesh Navalakha has filed a petition in the Supreme Court, seeking to set up an independent media tribunal. The petitioner-demanded tribunal aims to hold media houses and journalists accountable for hate speeches, media trials, violation of the Right to privacy, and fake news among others. However, it also said the demand of the citizen-led tribunal does not… read-more

The Supreme Court has ordered all the states and UTs to not stick Covid-19 isolation posters outside the houses of affected patients. However, the court has directed the Disaster Management authorities to allow posters only after reviewing on a case-by-case basis. Moreover, the Apex noted that Centre has not issued any such orders. The bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan has mandated the states to follow the Health Ministry's guidelines … read-more