Suchitra Mohanty

National Capital Territory of Delhi

Assistant Editor at The New Indian Express

Working as Asst Editor (Legal) in New Indian Express Newspaper, Delhi, cover Indian Judiciary & Law Beat. Ex- UNI, PTI, Asian Age, Reuters, ANI & BBC.

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Supreme Court on child trafficking

2 days ago | newindianexpress.com | Suchitra Mohanty

The court also issued a stern reminder to the authorities about the urgency of tracing the missing children and arresting those behind the racket. "You have to find these missing children at any cost and arrest the kingpin," the bench said during the hearing. On April 15, the apex court had dealt with a similar case involving inter-state child trafficking.
SC raps petitioner over allegations in PIL, asks him to file better petition

3 days ago | newindianexpress.com | Suchitra Mohanty

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea filed by a lawyer seeking an independent probe into the violence in West Bengal's Murshidabad district during protests against the Waqf Act, taking strong exception to the language used in the petition.
SC to hear Ranveer Allahbadia's passport plea on April 28

3 days ago | newindianexpress.com | Suchitra Mohanty

By Suchitra Kalyan Mohanty During the course of the hearing, lawyer Abhinav Chandrachud, for Allahbadia, said that the state was to inform whether the investigation is complete for the release of the passport. Hearing this, the court fixed the matter for further hearing to next Monday. Earlier on February 18, the Supreme Court directed no coercive actionagainst Allahbadia for his alleged obscene remarks made on a YouTube show 'India's Got Latent'.
SC to hear plea today seeking paramilitary deployment in Bengal over Murshidabad violence

3 days ago | newindianexpress.com | Suchitra Mohanty

By Suchitra Kalyan Mohanty NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is set to hear a plea on Tuesday seeking the deployment of paramilitary forces in West Bengal, in view of the recent violence in Murshidabad over the Waqf (Amendment) Act. The Supreme Court on Monday did not comment on the listing or hearing of the plea mentioned by advocate Vishnu Jain, who appeared for the petitioner, Devdutta Majid, a resident of West Bengal.
NHRC seeks reports on cases of 'dead' persons found alive across states

4 days ago | newindianexpress.com | Suchitra Mohanty

NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought Action Taken Reports (ATRs) on the issue of individuals who were officially declared dead but are physically alive in different parts of India. The human rights watchdog has requested the ATRs from the Secretary of the Ministries of Home Affairs and Law and Justice, the Director General of Police (DGP) of Bihar, and the Superintendent of Police, Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, in response to the issues raised in the petitions.
SC dismisses plea by Bihar DSP seeking to quash FIR against him in rape case

5 days ago | newindianexpress.com | Suchitra Mohanty

According to Mishra's lawyer, Shailendra Mani Tripathi, the case against him was initiated without the due process of law. "The case has been initiated without the lodging of an FIR, which is contrary to legal requirements. And also there is no content prescribed in the FIR. The proceedings are not in accordance with the law. The FIR indicates that the distance from the place of occurrence to the police station is 2 kilometres.
Supreme Court rejects plea filed by ADM Naveen Babu's wife seeking CBI probe into his death

1 week ago | newindianexpress.com | Suchitra Mohanty

By Suchitra Kalyan Mohanty NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday in its order rejected the appeal filed by Manjusha, the wife of the deceased ADM, in Kerala, Naveen Babu, seeking an "impartial and independent" CBI probe into his death. "There is merit in the appeal (filed by the petitioner, Manjusha). We reject the same," said a two-judge bench of the top court, led by Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Vinod Chandran, in its order.
SC directs States, UTs to implement protocol ensuring immediate help for road accident victims

1 week ago | newindianexpress.com | Suchitra Mohanty

Taking strong exception to the fact that January 8 order was not followed by the Centre, the two-judge bench of the top court summoned the secretary of the Ministry of Road Transport seeking an explanation from him. The apex court clarified that the time earlier granted to the Centre had already expired on March 15, 2025. "This is a serious breach and violation of not only orders of this court, but a violation of implementing a very beneficial legislation.
Centre assures SC it will put hold on key provisions of Waqf Act including removal of 'waqf by user'

1 week ago | newindianexpress.com | Suchitra Mohanty

The CJI clarified to Mehta that the court has already said there were some positive things in the law but it also doesn't want the situation to change which is prevailing now, hence, a stay on certain provisions would be warranted. "We said there are some positive things. But we don't want the situation prevailing today to change so drastically that it affects the rights of the parties.
"Come up with plan to restore 100 acre if you want chief secretary to be saved from action": SC to Telangana gov't

1 week ago | edexlive.com | Suchitra Mohanty

Making it clear that “not a single tree” in the 400 acres adjacent to the University of Hyderabad should be felled, the Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a plan on restoration of the ecology in the 100 acres that were denuded of green cover recently. "You (state government) have to come up with a plan as to how you will restore those 100 acres if you want your chief secretary to be saved from any severe action.

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Articles

Supreme Court on child trafficking

SC raps petitioner over allegations in PIL, asks him to file better petition

SC to hear Ranveer Allahbadia's passport plea on April 28

SC to hear plea today seeking paramilitary deployment in Bengal over Murshidabad violence

NHRC seeks reports on cases of 'dead' persons found alive across states

SC dismisses plea by Bihar DSP seeking to quash FIR against him in rape case

Supreme Court rejects plea filed by ADM Naveen Babu's wife seeking CBI probe into his death

SC directs States, UTs to implement protocol ensuring immediate help for road accident victims

Centre assures SC it will put hold on key provisions of Waqf Act including removal of 'waqf by user'

"Come up with plan to restore 100 acre if you want chief secretary to be saved from action": SC to Telangana gov't

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