The Supreme Court Today (Sept 25) is hearing a matter concerning failure of Maharashtra Government. The Maha govt told the Supreme Court on July 15 that it would hand over 4.39 acres of land to the Bombay High Court for constructing a new building by September 10. Earlier bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and justices BR Gavai and JB Pardiwala was also told that the remaining 30.46 acres would be handed over to the high court within a prescribed time.
The Supreme Court Today (Sept 25) is hearing a suo motu matter concerning controversial remarks made by a Karnataka High Court Judge during court proceedings.The Court on Sept 20 took suo motu cognizance of the video clips containing the controversial comments made by a judge of Karnataka High Court during hearings.
The Supreme Court Today (Sept 23) set aside a Madras High Court order that had said that downloading and watching child pornography is not an offence, ruling that viewing and storing such content is an offence under the Pocso Act. A 2-judge bench headed by CJI DY Chandrachud said that deleting child pornography content after downloading, watching and storing is also punishable acts.
The Supreme Court today reviewed a challenge to a National Green Tribunal order limiting the number of people in a ‘dhol-tasha’ group for Lord Ganesh idol immersion to 30. Chief Justice Chandrachud noted the urgency, promising to address the issue by 2 PM. This follows Prime Minister Modi’s visit to the Chief Justice’s residence for Ganesh Puja.
The National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducted the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) (undergraduate) 2024, has informed the Supreme Court that a central piece of evidence to show that a mass paper leak had happened a day prior to the exam on May 5, was edited to create a “false impression of an early leak”.
Rahul Gandhi Robber | The News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) instructed Aaj Tak to remove a fictional video portraying Rahul Gandhi as a robber and cautioned against similar content in the future. The directive followed a complaint by the Indian Youth Congress president, alleging malicious intent to tarnish Gandhi’s reputation. Aaj Tak argued that the story was based on tweets from Priyanka Gandhi.
