The Supreme Court recently stayed a November 2023 order passed by Karnataka High Court that had granted conditional bail to Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, pontiff of Murugha Rajendra Bruhanmath of Chitradurga. The Karnataka seer was arrested under POCSO on charges of sexually assaulting minor girls in the mutt-run hostel.
While staying the bail order, a division bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Prashanth Kumar Mishra ordered the seer to surrender before the Chitradurga ...
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Thursday announced that the Supreme Court will start sharing information relating to cause lists, and filing and listing of cases to advocates through WhatsApp messages.
The aforesaid announcement was made by the Chief Justice before a nine-judge bench that commenced the hearing on a vexed legal question arising from the petitions whether private properties can be considered material resources of the community under Article 39(b) of the Constitution, ...