Supreme Court Issues Notice On Pleas Over ECI Functioning, with the Chief Justice of India’s bench giving the petitioners two weeks to respond to the Election Commission’s counter-affidavit and listing the batch of petitions on November 17. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday (October 27) issued notice on a batch of petitions questioning the […]
The Supreme Court has issued notice on a habeas corpus petition that seeks relief against the alleged illegal detention of about 7,000 people in Delhi on October 10, while the Union has denied that anyone was illegally detained and called the petition infructuous. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Sunday issued notice on a habeas […]
In its written order from the special Sunday sitting, the Supreme Court has recorded a prima facie case in a contempt petition alleging violation of its October 9 directions on Delhi Metro and rail services, and has called for a counter affidavit and compliance report by October 13. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has held […]
Senior Advocate Menaka Guruswamy told the Supreme Court that around 7,000 people were reported to have been detained and 45 detention centres set up, with no official numbers provided, and asked whether the State was saying there is an undeclared Emergency. Her submissions are the petitioners’ contentions, the Union disputes the contempt allegations, and the […]
Metro and rail services to run normally, internet to stay undisturbed, people free to move, and no detention except by procedure established by law: those were the Supreme Court’s directions at a special Sunday sitting on the Delhi protests, along with notice on a contempt petition. The allegations of contempt and illegal detention are disputed […]
Supreme Court Delhi protests: a special Sunday Bench has directed that no one be detained except by the procedure established by law, and that Metro and rail services run normally, unless restrictions are needed for public order. The allegations before the Court are untested, and its directions are subject to the law and order situation. […]
A special Bench of Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana will sit on Sunday, 11 October, to hear a habeas corpus plea by Menaka Guruswamy over the detention of political leaders during the Delhi protests against the Chief Election Commissioner. Her allegations are untested, and the Court has expressed no view on them. New Delhi: […]
