The Supreme Court on Monday directed all State Information Commissions (SICs) to provide litigants with hybrid mode as well as to hear complaints and appeals under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act).
A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra affirmed the Election Commission's guidelines on the issue and said it was not inclined to interfere with the Delhi High Court order in the matter.
CJI referred to the significant increase in the number of women judges and cited a specific example of a junior division court in Maharashtra, which currently has a total of 75 judges, 42 of whom are women.
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Mishra sought a response from the Centre, States and poll panel within four weeks.
A bench of seven-judge headed by the Chief Justice of India started to re-evaluate its 1998 judgement. Other judges on the bench are Justices AS Bopanna, MM Sundresh, PS Narasimha, JB Pardiwala, Sanjay Kumar, and Manoj Misra.
The letter was written by 16 press associations in the wake of a raid by Delhi police's Special Cell into the residences of journalists, editors and writers associated with the news portal 'Newsclick'.
A bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi by Fredda Brilliant was unveiled in 1968 at the centre of Tavistock Square in London, to mark the impending centenary of Gandhi's birth in 1869.
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Deputy Director General of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Gauhati and Home Secretary of Manipur to ensure that the displaced persons in ethnic strife-torn State, who may have lost their Aadhaar cards, are provided a copy of the card a
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Saturday said it was "utopian" to think that there could ever be a day when the "delivery of justice" will not be challenged.
A five-judge Constitution bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices AS Bopanna, MM Sundresh, JB Pardiwala, and Manoj Misra said it will adjudicate the validity of the 104th Constitution Amendment Act 2019, which extended the political reservations for SC/STs by another 10 y
A bench of five headed by the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud referred the matter to a larger bench of seven to deal with the issues observing that it is an important issue having significant bearing on the morality of polity.