Pak parliamentary body approves bill to raise number of Supreme Court judges to 25, ET LegalWorld
A Pakistan parliamentary panel has approved a controversial bill to increase the number of judges in the Supreme Court from 17 to 25 despite its disapproval by the opposition lawmakers who termed it an attempt to manipulate the judiciary. ‘The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) (Amendment) Act 2024’ which sought to increase the number of […]
SC stays NGT direction for punitive action against Executive Officer in Dasna, Ghaziabad water body pollution case, ET LegalWorld
The Supreme Court has stayed the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) directive for punitive action against the Executive Officer of Dasna in the Ghaziabad water pollution case. A bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, and Augustine George Masih issued a notice to the respondent and scheduled the matter for December 9. The Supreme Court […]
SC rejects PIL for setting up autonomous body to monitor content on OTT, other platforms, ET LegalWorld
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to the Centre to set up an autonomous body to monitor and filter content and regulate videos on over-the-top (OTT) and other platforms in India, saying these are policy matters. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj […]
PIL in SC seeks autonomous body to regulate content on OTT, other digital platforms, ET LegalWorld
A PIL was filed on Tuesday in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to set up an autonomous body to “monitor and filter” content and regulate videos on over-the-top (OTT) and other platforms in India. The PIL also referred to Netflix series IC 814:The Kandahar Hijack to highlight the need for such […]
Ex-SCBA prez moves SC for clarification over voter list of bar body, ET LegalWorld
Senior advocate Adish C Aggarwala, who has voiced his opposition against SCBA president Kapil Sibal over a resolution on the Kolkata rape and murder case, on Wednesday sought clarification from the Supreme Court as to who will be eligible to sign resolutions after a new voter list of the bar association was prepared this year. […]