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As the Uttar Pradesh government pushed for an early hearing, the Supreme Court on August 11, 2017 scheduled the hearing of 13 appeals in the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute on December 5, 2017, the eve of the 25th anniversary of the demolition of the 15th century mosque.A Special Bench of Justices Dipak Misra, Ashok Bhushan and S. Abdul Nazeer said the contesting parties, including the deity Ram Lalla, U.P. Central Sunni Waqf Board, Nirmohi Akhara, the Uttar Pradesh government and the several legal heirs and representatives of the original parties who died over the years of litigation in various courts, can make their opening statements on December 5, 2017 and continue for two more days in December before the court closes for Christmas vacations. Also Read Timeline: Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi dispute The court gave the Uttar Pradesh government responsibility to translate the oral evidence in the case within a period of 10 weeks from now. The State government, … [Read more...] about Ayodhya dispute: Supreme Court to hear opening arguments on December 5

Exactly forty years ago, on April 24, 1973, Chief Justice Sikri and 12 judges of the Supreme Court assembled to deliver the most important judgment in its history. The case of Kesavananda Bharati v State of Kerala had been heard for 68 days, the arguments commencing on October 31, 1972, and ending on March 23, 1973. The hard work and scholarship that had gone into the preparation of this case was breathtaking. Literally hundreds of cases had been cited and the then Attorney-General had made a comparative chart analysing the provisions of the Constitutions of 71 different countries! Core question All this effort was to answer just one main question: was the power of Parliament to amend the Constitution unlimited? In other words, could Parliament alter, amend, abrogate any part of the Constitution even to the extent of taking away all fundamental rights? Article 368, on a plain reading, did not contain any limitation on the power of Parliament to amend any part of the Constitution. There … [Read more...] about The case that saved Indian democracy

NEW DELHI: A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court is likely to conclude the hearings in the politically sensitive Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case on Wednesday, the 40th day of hearings. Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi had indicated this on Tuesday. The five-judge Constitution Bench headed by the CJI had earlier set the deadline to finish arguments on October 18. The bench later rescheduled it for October 17. During Tuesday's hearing, the CJI said that on Wednesday, 45 minutes will be given to advocate CS Vaidyanathan to argue for Hindu parties and 1 hour will be given to Muslim parties on rejoinder. The CJI also said that 4 slots of 45 min each will be given to all other Hindu parties to complete their arguments. Giving the time frame to the concerned parties, the SC said that the duration of hearing would be extended till 5 pm on Wednesday to allow both the Hindu and Muslim parties to submit their final arguments. It is to be noted that the SC bench … [Read more...] about SC likely to conclude hearing in Ayodhya case today, a day ahead of October 17 deadline

Shahjahanpur(UP): The 23-year-old law student, arrested for allegedly trying to extort Rs 5 crore from the BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand, whom she had accused of sexually exploiting her, was released from the jail here on Wednesday. The law student was released a week after securing bail from the Allahabad High Court in the extortion case lodged against her and her three male friends. "The girl has been handed over to her father after a release order from Chief Judicial Magistrate Omveer reached the jail. She was granted bail by the Allahabad High Court on December 4," Jailor Rajesh Kumar Rai told PTI. The 23-year-old woman and her three friends were booked on Chinmayanand's complaint that they had demanded Rs 5 crore from him. The former Union minister had alleged that they had threatened to make public some video clips that showed him getting massage from the woman law student, who was later arrested on September 25. Chinmayanand, whose trust runs the Shahjahanpur Law College where … [Read more...] about Law Student Who Had Accused Chinmayanand of Rape Released on Bail in Extortion Case

SHAHJAHANPUR: The 23-year-old law student, who levelled sexual harassment charges against former Union minister Chinmayanand, was released on bail from Shahjahanpur district jail on Wednesday evening. She was lodged in jail since September 25 after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) found her alleged involvement in an extortion case registered by Chinmayanand's lawyer Om Singh. The bail was granted by Allahabad high court on December 4. The bail applications were earlier denied by lower courts in Shahjahanpur. The law student was charged under IPC sections 385 (extortion), 506 (criminal intimidation), 201 (disappearance of evidences) and 35 (criminal act done with a criminal knowledge or intention) and section 67 of the Information Technology Act along with five other persons, including two BJP leaders. Woman's father, who spent over a month in Allahabad for his daughter's bail told TOI, "My daughter finally came out of jail and we all are very happy. We will focus on bringing her … [Read more...] about Uttar Pradesh: Shahjahanpur law student held for allegedly trying to extort money from Chinmayanand released