The wrestlers led by Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, and Bajrang Punia have been protesting at the Jantar Mantar demanding action against WFI Chief Brij Bhushan Singh over sexual misconduct allegations against him levelled by top female wrestlers.
Justice Anish Dayal on Tuesday dismissed the plea of Vishal Yadav after hearing the submissions of all the parties. Vishal Yadav had moved the High Court in March 2022. A detailed order is awaited.
"Supreme Court's being ambivalent on this issue. There have been voices of the SC saying that 142 can't come where there is substantive justice to be done. According to me cases of matrimony must be decided much earlier because each day in a person's life is valuable," said Geeta Luthra.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ask World Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh to resign from the post amid sexual harassment allegations against him by the country's top wrestlers.
Article 142 empowers the Supreme Court to pass decrees and orders which are necessary for "doing complete justice" in any cause or matter pending before it
The Central government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it has initiated process of re-examining Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code which criminalises the offence of sedition. A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala took into note the submissions of
The parents of slain Punjabi rapper Sidhu Moose Wala, Balkaur Singh, on Monday, urged people not to vote for Aam Aadmi Party in Jalandhar bypolls and asked them to put 'justice for Moose Wala' pictures as their profile picture on social media.
A Constitution Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, Abhay S Oka, Vikram Nath and JK Maheshwari held that the six-month period prescribed under the Hindu Marriage Act can be dispensed with.
Judicial officers Girish Kathpalia and Manoj Jain on Monday were sworn in as Additional Judges of the Delhi High Court by Chief Justice Satish Chander Sharma.
Division Bench comprised of Chief Justice Satish Chand Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad on Friday observed that this issue requires arguments in detail and therefore the matter is admitted in a regular list and the same would be taken for detailed hearing in due course.