The Supreme Court of India agreed with a petition asserting that powers granted under the Madras Maintenance of Public Order Act, 1949 enabled the State to unconstitutionally restrict free expression. Romesh Thappar filed a petition challenging a decision by the State of Madras banning the entry and circulation of his leftist journal, Cross ...
The Supreme Court of Canada is the court of last resort and final appeal in Canada. Cases that are successfully appealed to the Court are generally of national importance. Once a case is decided the Court will publish written reasons for the decision that consist of one or more reasons from any number of the nine justice
Corbiere v Canada (Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs) [1999] 2 S.C.R. 203, is a leading case from the Supreme Court of Canada where the Court expanded the scope of applicable grounds upon which a section 15(1) Charter claim can be based. This was also the first case to use the framework proposed by Law v. Canada.
The court remanded Ponnaiah to judicial custody for 15 days, and the Madras High Court granted conditional bail on August 10. Freedom of Expression for Members of the Press and Other Media, Including Online Media: Independent media were active and generally expressed a wide variety of views.
Apr 22, 2022 · Judgement of A.K. Gopalan vs the State of Madras. The judgment of this case was given by 6 judges constitutional bench of the Supreme Court with the ratio of 5:1 majority. Justice Fazl Ali gave the dissenting opinion. The court rejected the arguments given by A.K. Gopalan and said that personal liberty means freedom of the physical body only ...
Mar 17, 1994 · Freedom of conscience and religion - Scope of right - The Supreme Court of Canada per La Forest, J. (Gonthier, McLachlin, Sopinka and L'Heureux-Dubé, JJ., concurring), discussed whether the right of freedom of religion (Charter, s. 2(a)) was intrinsically limited and held that rather than impose internal restrictions, limitations of this ...
Mar 21, 2016 · On 26th December,1800 King George III issued a Charter which established the Supreme Court at Madras. This court came into existence on 4th September, 1801. However, in Bombay, the Recorder’s Court functioned till 1824.