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SC questions reservation benefits for children of advanced families in backward classes

SC questions reservation benefits for children of advanced families in backward classes

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Observing that with educational and economic empowerment there is social mobility, the Supreme Court on Friday questioned the continued grant of reservation benefits to children of economically and educationally advanced families within backward classes. A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing a plea challenging a Karnataka High Court judgment which upheld the exclusion of the petitioner, whose parents are both state government employees, from reservation. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

After Andhra HC row, SC directs high courts to set up Bar-Bench grievance panels

After Andhra HC row, SC directs high courts to set up Bar-Bench grievance panels

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The Supreme Court on Monday urged high courts across the country to consider constituting grievance redressal committees at the high court, district and taluka levels to amicably resolve tensions between the Bar and the Bench, days after a controversial courtroom exchange in the Andhra Pradesh high court involving a young lawyer triggered widespread outrage in legal circles. The Supreme Court said institutional mechanisms were necessary to ensure that issues arising between judges and lawyers are addressed in a timely and cordial manner. (ANI) A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and justice Joymalya Bagchi passed the direction while closing suo motu proceedings initiated on the basis of representations made by the Bar Council of India and the Supreme Court Bar Association over the incident involving justice Tarlada Rajasekhar Rao of the Andhra Pradesh High Court. The controversy arose from proceedings on May 5 during the hearing of a petition challenging a look-out circular and impounding of a passport, where the judge rebuked a young advocate appearing in the matter. A video clip of …

SC says law adequate to punish hate speech, underlines enforcement deficit

SC says law adequate to punish hate speech, underlines enforcement deficit

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Law is adequate to punish hate speech, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday, as it turned down a petition to declare it and rumour mongering as separate offences under the penal code, saying constitutional courts cannot compel the legislature to create laws and underlining the enforcement deficit. The Supreme Court said hate speech and rumour-mongering affect the constitutional ideal of fraternity. (HT PHOTO) “Creation of criminal offences lies within the legislative domain. The judiciary cannot create new offences in keeping with the separation of powers under the Constitution,” said a bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta. Advocate and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay filed a petition in 2021 seeking the declaration of hate speech as a separate offence. The court has since taken up pleas over hate speech, including during the 2023 Haridwar Dharam Sansad. It has issued interim orders directing police to mandatorily register cases in such matters. Dismissing all petitions in the matter, the bench said they arise not from a deficit in law but in enforcement. “The contention that …

SCs, STs 3 times more backward than OCs/general: T’gana survey| India News

SCs, STs 3 times more backward than OCs/general: T’gana survey| India News

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The Socio, Economic, Educational, Employment, Political and Caste (SEEEPC) survey commissioned by the Telangana government last year has indicated the prevalence of small and fragmented landholdings, with 80% of the households falling under the small landholding category having less than five acres. SCs, STs 3 times more backward than OCs/general: T’gana survey The SEEEPC survey, completed in January 2025, was kept in public domain on Wednesday night, after state backward classes welfare minister Ponnam Prabhakar, along with chief secretary K Ramakrishna Rao released it to the media. “The survey, covering approximately 35.5 million individuals across 242 castes, was the first comprehensive door-to-door caste survey of its kind in independent India,” Prabhakar said. The survey was analysed by an independent experts’ working group (IEWG), led by jstice B Sudershan Reddy and convened by economist Praveen Chakravarty and the report was submitted to the government in July 2025. It was also released in the public domain simultaneously. The 178-page report of the experts panel disclosed that Scheduled Castes (SCs) have the highest proportion of small landholding households …

Supreme Court calls for awareness, rules citizens can’t be forced to vote| India News

Supreme Court calls for awareness, rules citizens can’t be forced to vote| India News

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The Supreme Court on Thursday made it clear that while participation in elections is vital to a democracy, citizens cannot be compelled to vote, underscoring that awareness, and not coercion, is the appropriate means to strengthen electoral participation. The court pushed back against suggestions that non-voters should face punitive consequences or be denied state benefits. (HT PHOTO) A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and comprising justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi said that any move to impose penal or other consequences for not voting falls squarely within the “policy domain” of the legislature and cannot be judicially mandated. “The issues raised fall within the policy domain,” said the bench in a brief order, disposing of a petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution, seeking criminal and other restrictions against individuals who abstain from voting. The court granted liberty to the petitioner, Ajay Goel, to approach the appropriate authorities. During the hearing, the bench pushed back strongly against suggestions that non-voters should face punitive consequences or be denied state …

SC notifies 9-judge bench for Sabarimala temple review; hearing from April 7| India News

SC notifies 9-judge bench for Sabarimala temple review; hearing from April 7| India News

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The Supreme Court on Saturday formally notified the constitution of a nine-judge bench to hear the long-pending Kerala’s Sabarimala temple review, reviving a constitutional controversy that has remained in cold storage for six years and could reshape the court’s approach to religion-rights conflicts. Nine-judge bench to hear Sabarimala review from April 7, revisiting women’s entry and larger issues of constitutional morality and religious rights. The bench will comprise chief justice of India Surya Kant and justices B V Nagarathna, M M Sundresh, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, Aravind Kumar, A G Masih, R Mahadevan, Prasanna B Varale and Joymalya Bagchi. The batch of matters arising out of the review of the 2018 verdict allowing entry of women of all ages into Sabarimala temple was last substantively taken up in February 2020. It will now be heard from April 7, with arguments expected to conclude by April 22. A three-judge bench led by CJI Surya Kant, and comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi, had in February issued procedural directions for the hearing of the reference, which has …

‘Denying Maternity Leave To Women Who Adopt Children Above 3 Months Illegal’: SC’s Big Verdict | India News

‘Denying Maternity Leave To Women Who Adopt Children Above 3 Months Illegal’: SC’s Big Verdict | India News

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Last Updated:March 17, 2026, 13:28 IST ‘Denying Maternity Leave To Women Who Adopt Children Above 3 Months Illegal’: SC’s Big Verdict Supreme Court of India (File photo) ‘Denying Maternity Leave To Women Who Adopt Children Above 3 Months Illegal’: SC’s Big Verdict First Published: March 17, 2026, 13:26 IST News india ‘Denying Maternity Leave To Women Who Adopt Children Above 3 Months Illegal’: SC’s Big Verdict Disclaimer: Comments reflect users’ views, not News18’s. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Read More Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Supreme Court annuls rape conviction of man citing marriage but with a condition| India News

Supreme Court annuls rape conviction of man citing marriage but with a condition| India News

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New Delhi: From conviction for rape to exoneration under the Constitution’s broadest equity powers –– the Supreme Court has wiped out a ten-year jail term of a man after recording that he had since married the woman and that the couple was happily living together, but made it clear that the acquittal would survive only so long as he does not abandon her. The bench, comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, noted that the relief was exceptional and conditional. (ANI) The bench, comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, noted that the relief was exceptional and conditional, while cautioning that any attempt by the man to desert his wife would revive the conviction. ALSO READ | SC junks plea against EC training judicial officials “In light of the subsequent events that the appellant and respondent No.2 got married, we deem it appropriate to invoke our powers under Article 142 of the Constitution…The appellant shall stand acquitted for all intents and purposes, however, subject to the condition …

SC upholds HC’s clean chit to T’gana CM in SC/ST case| India News

SC upholds HC’s clean chit to T’gana CM in SC/ST case| India News

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The Supreme Court on Monday upheld an order of the Telangana high court closing a criminal case against state chief minister A Revanth Reddy under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 finding no prima facie ground to sustain the allegations. SC upholds HC’s clean chit to T’gana CM in SC/ST case A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant passed the order on a petition filed by the complainant N Peddi Raju who approached the top court challenging the dismissal of the case by the high court in July 2025. “We read in between lines, how these political battles take place,” observed the bench, also comprising justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Nautiyal observing that the view taken by the high court was both “possible and plausible” as the allegations were inferential in nature with no material to establish the role of the present CM. The criminal case was registered in 2016 by Raju, the director of SC Housing Society in Razole who accused Revanth Reddy, his brother Kodanda Reddy among others …

‘Beautiful Girl Can Distract A Man’: Congress MLA’s Bizarre ‘Rape Theory’ Sparks Row | India News

‘Beautiful Girl Can Distract A Man’: Congress MLA’s Bizarre ‘Rape Theory’ Sparks Row | India News

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Last Updated:January 17, 2026, 13:01 IST Sparking a massive row, Baraiya stated that women belonging to backward communities are not even beautiful, but still get raped because it is written in their scriptures. Congress MLA Phool Singh Baraiya from Bhander triggers a major political storm in Madhya Pradesh following his comments on rape and religious texts. Congress MLA Phool Singh Baraiya from Bhander in Madhya Pradesh sparked a massive controversy after he claimed that most rapes in India occur in the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) communities. He further went on to explain his rape theory behind the statement and stated that if a person sees an “extremely beautiful woman” while travelling, their mind may get distracted, leading to rape. Referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes (OBC) communities, the Congress MLA suggested that women belonging to the backward section of society are targeted due to what he described as a “distorted belief system” rooted in their ancient texts. Baraiya claimed that perpetrators believe sexual violence …