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chief secretary who is due to retire on November 30, the Supreme Court sought to know under which power it can do so and quipped if it was «stuck with only one person» and didn't have any other IAS officer for the post. The apex court asked the Central government to inform it on Wednesday about the grounds on which it wanted to extend the tenure of Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar by six more months. During a hearing on a Delhi government's plea, a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud suggested that Kumar should be allowed to superannuate and a fresh appointment should be made.

India is resilient, has weathered even the worst challenges, including those posed by time, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said on Sunday. Mehta said any Constitution framed for a nation is always a vehicle for governance and the country decides for itself how its future governance would take shape.

Adani Enterprises rose 3.5% to Rs 2,250 in Friday's trade on NSE as the Supreme Court finished hearing on the Hindenburg issue and reserved its order. Other Adani stocks such as NDTV and Adani Power also rose 8.3% and 4.5%, respectively. Adani Energy Solutions, Adani Green Energy, Adani Ports and Adani Total Gas also rose over 1%. Market regulator SEBI on Friday informed the Supreme Court that it will not be seeking an extension to complete its probe in the Adani-Hindenburg matter. A Supreme Court-appointed expert committee had an interim report in May stating that it saw “no evident pattern of manipulation" in billionaire Gautam Adani's companies and there was no regulatory failure. It, however, cited several amendments the SEBI made between 2014 and 2019 that constrained the regulator's ability to investigate, and its probe into alleged violations of money flows from offshore entities has «drawn a blank». Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Friday asked the SEBI, represented by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta what it has been doing on investor value and if it is ensuring their protection. «There is extreme volatility in the stock market.

AAP lawmaker Raghav Chadha, who had challenged his indefinite suspension from Rajya Sabha, after it was informed that there was some development on the issue. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra listed the matter for hearing on December 1 after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Rajya Sabha Secretariat, said that discussions are on in the matter.

Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned by eight weeks the hearing on pleas seeking reconsideration of its July 27, 2022 verdict, which had upheld the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) powers to arrest and attach property under the PMLA. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul deferred the hearing, which continued since Wednesday, after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, sought time to address the arguments raised by the petitioners in detail.

electoral bonds. GoI, represented by solicitor general Tushar Mehta, opposed citizens' right to know about who supplies money to political parties, citing political donors' right to privacy. There is a strong case to be made in favour of the right to know.

Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on October 30 pleas filed by the Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena and the Sharad Pawar bloc of the NCP, seeking a direction to the Maharashtra assembly speaker to expeditiously decide disqualification petitions against some MLAs. A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud is scheduled to take up two separate pleas filed by both the factions.

Enforcement Directorate's (ED) powers to arrest and attach property involved in money laundering under PMLA required any reconsideration. A special bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said the remit was «limited» as a three-judge bench had already addressed some issues related to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). «The issue now is whether anything requires reconsideration,» said the bench, also comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Bela M Trivedi.

Supreme Court on Tuesday gave a «final opportunity» to the Maharashtra assembly Speaker to set out a «realistic timeline» to decide on disqualification proceedings pending against MLAs belonging to chief minister Eknath Shinde-led faction of Shiv Sena. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud minced no words in expressing its dissatisfaction over the delay by the Speaker in setting out a timeline to decide on the disqualification pleas. The bench granted the final opportunity after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing on behalf of the speaker, informed the SC that it would not be «realistic» for him to give a timeline today. He urged the court to grant him time till October 28 so that he can personally engage with the Speaker and apprise the bench of the time frame. Granting the request, the SC listed the matter for resumed hearing on October 30.

Shiv Sena, and demanded a timeline for the same by Tuesday. If the speaker fails to give a timeline by then, the bench will have to pass a «pre-emptory order» directing the speaker to decide on the disqualification pleas «within a time frame», a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud said on Friday. It is a «matter of concern» that the order of the Supreme Court is not being implemented, the CJI observed verbally, and said the speaker is «duty bound» to comply with the directions of the top court. The «dignity» of the court must be maintained, he added. Expressing strong dissatisfaction with the slow progress in the proceedings before the speaker, the CJI observed that the bench had in July issued notice on a plea filed by Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena seeking directions to the speaker to set a schedule for deciding the disqualification pleas.

Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on reconsideration of its 1998 judgement which had held that MPs and MLAs enjoy immunity from prosecution for taking bribe to make a speech or vote in legislature. The constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud reserved the verdict after hearing a battery of senior lawyers including Attorney General R Venkataramani and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta. The larger bench is reconsidering the 1998 verdict delivered in the JMM bribery case by a five-judge bench by which the MPs and MLAs were granted immunity from prosecution for taking bribe to make a speech or vote in legislature.

fact check unit proposed to be set up by the government will focus on patently false government-related content, and that its role is only to flag and present views on misinformation, leaving the final call to (take down content to) intermediaries. There will also be a provision of internal redressal mechanism in place and the courts can step in if issues remain unresolved, the government said in its submission.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta asserted Saturday, as he extolled India's growing economic power which is attracting foreign investment like never before. Bharat, he said, is leading the world in terms of digital payment, and justice is being delivered to the litigants at their doorstep because of the government's initiative for digitisation. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the Bar Council of India's (BCI) two-day 'International Lawyers Conference 2023' here, Mehta said there are 21,000 district courts, 25 high courts and the Supreme Court in the country, and now every document of every court is available in digitised format that anybody can access. «Bharat is the present and the future of the world.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said his government is making sincere attempts to draft laws in a simple manner and in Indian languages to the maximum extent. Inaugurating the International Lawyers' Conference here, he also flagged concerns about cyber terrorism and money laundering besides the use of artificial intelligence for destructive purposes. Modi said these dangers do not recognise borders and jurisdiction and called for collaborative efforts among legal frameworks of different countries to deal with them. «When danger is global, then the manner to deal with it should also be global,» he said. The prime minister cited the example of cooperation between air traffic control systems of all countries to ensure air travel and said preparing a global framework to deal with these dangers is not about one government or country. Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice of the United Kingdom Alex Chalk KC, Attorney General for India R Venkataramani, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, Bar Council of India chairman and senior advocate Manan Kumar Mishra and others, including several judges of the apex court, were present at the event. Commenting on the legal system, he said the language used to write laws and in the judicial process plays a big role in ensuring justice. «We in the Indian government are thinking that law should be produced in two ways.

ANI, in the statement, the Manipur government said that the State Government is willing to take a considerate view for the persons submitting such illegal weapons within these 15 (fifteen) days. “At the end of the 15 (fifteen) days, Security Forces, both of the Centre and the State will undertake a strong and comprehensive search operation all over the State to recover such weapons, and all persons associated with any illegal weapons will be dealt with severely, as per the law," it reads.

Manipur government on Friday told the Supreme Court that it has filed a status report on the issue of recovery of arms from «all sources» in the ethnic violence-hit state.

Supreme Court, a bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Monday disapproved the delay by Maharashtra assembly Speaker in deciding on the disqualification plea pending against MLAs belonging to chief minister Eknath Shinde's faction. Speaking for the Bench, CJI Chandrachud remarked, «it appears that nothing has happened since the day of judgment». On May 11, a Constitution Bench had directed the Speaker to decide disqualification proceedings in a «reasonable period». «The Speaker cannot say that he will hear in due course,» the CJI said.

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Shiv Sena rebel MLAs. The apex court has asked the Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly to list before him for hearing the disqualification petitions within a week and set down a time schedule to decide disqualification pleas.

Supreme Court on Monday said it wanted to «tighten up» the self-regulatory mechanism of monitoring TV news channels and granted four more weeks to News Broadcasters and Digital Association (NBDA) to come up with fresh guidelines. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra took note of submissions that the NBDA was in consultation with its present and former chairpersons, Justice (retd) A K Sikri and R V Raveendran, respectively, for framing fresh guidelines. Senior advocate Arvind Datar, appearing for NBDA, sought four weeks to come up with fresh guidelines. Appearing for the Centre, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said the Union government has already formulated a three-tier mechanism, the first of which is self-regulation. Senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, appearing for the News Broadcaster Federation of India (NBFI), said it was the only regulatory body registered with the Centre as per the 2022 rules, unlike NBDA.

FIR was lodged by the Manipur Police allegedly on the basis of the contents of his book published in January 2022. The top court also protected a professor against possible coercive action in connection with another FIR lodged on the basis of his alleged speech made in public. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra took note of the submissions that no lawyers were willing to take up their cases and appear in the Manipur High Court. «Issue notice.