The Karnataka High Court sought the response of the Central government in a petition challenging the validity of Section 2(c)(i) of the Contempt of Courts Act.
The state government had come to the Apex Court in appeal against the HC order. It had informed the Court that only the President can declare President's rule under Article 356 of the Constitution, which deals with the provisions in case of failure of constitutional machinery in a state.
According to the plea, the Apex Court being the custodian of the Constitution and should issue proper directions for implementation of the judicial charter in all the courts to decide the cases within 3 years and to break even and dispose of the backlog by 2023.
The Supreme Court on Friday will issue an order in the pleas filed seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against the comic cartoonist for her tweets against the Apex Court.
A division bench of the Apex Court comprising Justices Indu Malhotra and B. Subhash Reddy considered it appropriate to refer the matter for mediation to resolve all disputes pending between the parties and arrive at an overall settlement.
The Supreme Court bench headed by Justice UU Lalit on Monday will hear plea by GS Mani & Anr. against Andhra CM YS Jaganmohan Reddy after he wrote a letter to the CJI making allegations against Judges of Supreme Court and the High Court and released the contents of letter in media
Gujarat High Court lawyer Yatin Oza might still have a chance of getting his Senior Advocate cloak back. The Supreme Court yesterday observed that depriving a lawyer of his senior tag is like a “death penalty.”
The Supreme Court yesterday rejected a plea that over-qualification cannot be a ground for disqualification and upheld the order to terminate the services of a peon of Punjab National Bank (PNB).
Hathras case: UP Government files affidavit in Supreme Court, Same sex marriage: Delhi HC seeks response from Centre. Karnataka High Court refuses to quash corruption case against former chief minister HD Kumarswamy.