-The Hindu “Hesitation” to comply with the direction would attract proceedings for contempt of the Supreme Court against the erring officers, the court said. The Supreme Court on October 21 said it is "tragic what we have reduced religion to" in the 21st century and a "climate of hate prevails in the country", while directing police and authorities to immediately and suo motu register cases against hate speech makers without waiting for...
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Kerala did virtually nothing for Endosulfan victims for 5 years: SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu The delay in compensation is appalling and the inaction is in breach of court orders, says Bench The Supreme Court has slammed the Kerala government for doing “virtually nothing” for Endosulfan pesticide exposure victims. The court said the State’s inaction was “appalling” and amounted to a breach of the apex court’s 2017 judgment, which had ordered the State to pay ₹5 lakh each to the victims in three months. Five years...
More »CJI Ramana flags ‘illegal’ arrests, custody torture and cop bias -R Balaji
-The Telegraph Chief Justice says the Union and state governments account for 50 per cent of the cases in the country Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Saturday castigated “illegal arrests”, custody torture and biased investigations by police while spelling out why governments deserved most of the blame for the backlog of 4 crore court cases in the country. “If police investigations are fair, if illegal arrests and custodial torture come to...
More »How a 62-year-old farmer got 5 IAS officers sentenced for Contempt of Court -Apoorva Mandhani
-ThePrint.in Savithramma from SPS Nellore district wasn't paid compensation for land taken over by revenue authorities in 2015. What followed was a 6-year-long legal battle to get her due. New Delhi: On Thursday, four serving IAS officers and a retired one were found guilty of Contempt of Court by the Andhra Pradesh High Court and were sentenced to varying jail terms or fines. The order came after a six-year-long legal fight and a...
More »"Within 48 Hours Of...": A Supreme Court Move To Decriminalise Politics -Deepshikha Ghosh
-NDTV.com Petitions have asked for contempt against political parties for not obeying the February 2020 orders of the Supreme Court. New Delhi: Political parties must make criminal records of their poll candidates public within 48 hours of their selection, the Supreme Court said today, in a big step towards decriminalising politics. In an earlier ruling in February last year linked to the Bihar election in November, the Supreme Court had said candidates must...
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