The Greater Noida Executive Magistrate has informed the Supreme Court that the ₹5 lakh bond notice issued to law student Akshat Tripathi over a Cockroach Janta Party protest has been withdrawn.
The Supreme Court has agreed to examine whether the closure of 17 Delhi Metro stations during the July student protests was a proportionate measure, issuing notice on a plea that argues no law permits shutting down a public utility to curb protests. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Union on a […]
Social media influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj has moved a Delhi court seeking bail in the Jantar Mantar assault case arising from the Cockroach Janta Party protests, with the plea listed for hearing on Monday, September 14. New Delhi: Social media influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj has approached a Delhi court seeking bail in the case concerning the alleged […]
The Supreme Court said allegations of intimidation and violence involving a 14-year-old girl linked to the CJP protests cannot be taken lightly, and directed immediate action on the FIR she has lodged, along with police protection for her and her family. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that allegations of intimidation and violence […]
Even as the High-Powered Committee begins its fact-finding, the Supreme Court was reminded that the weightier constitutional questions from the student protests, the legality of pellet guns and of police data-collection through private companies, must be decided by the Court itself, since a fact-finding body cannot rule on constitutional validity. New Delhi: As the Supreme […]
Hearing the student-protest matter, the Supreme Court stopped a vulnerable witness from speaking in open court because the proceedings were being live-streamed, and directed that such witnesses receive protection no less than that given to protected witnesses in judicial proceedings, including a dedicated helpline. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday took special care to […]
The Supreme Court made clear that the High-Powered Committee probing alleged police excesses against student protesters will report directly to it without any government intermediary, declined to alter the Committee’s composition, and set out the procedure it will follow. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday made clear that the High-Powered Committee (HPEC) it constituted […]
The Supreme Court sharply questioned a Greater Noida Executive Magistrate’s notice requiring a student to furnish a ₹5 lakh peace bond over the CJP protests, days after it quashed the FIRs and barred coercive action. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sharply questioned a notice issued by an Executive Magistrate in Greater Noida to […]
The Supreme Court used Article 142 to quash NEET-protest FIRs so they “cease to exist,” bypassing the closure-report route. Here’s how the mechanism works and why it matters. New Delhi: When the Supreme Court quashed the FIRs against the July NEET-protest students on Tuesday, the most consequential part of the exercise was not that the […]
The Supreme Court declined to restrain the Cockroach Janata Party’s September 5 Delhi protest, saying it can’t presume anything untoward will happen and that law and order is for the police to handle. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to pass any order restraining a protest march announced by the Cockroach Janata Party […]