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'Never Seen Such A Procedure' : Supreme Court Questions West Bengal Police On RG Kar Hospital Rape-Murder Probe
The Supreme Court on Thursday (August 20) questioned the West Bengal police over the shortcomings in its investigation in relation to the rape and murder of a trianee doctor in the RG Kar Medical College Hospital at Kolkata on August 9.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, hearing the Suo motu case taken over the horrific...
Not Declaring Separate Cut-Off For PWD Category Falling Under Overall Horizontal Reservation Isn't Arbitrary : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (Aug. 21) held that non-fixation of the cut-off marks for the category of persons with benchmark disability falling under an Overall Horizontal Reservation could neither be said to be arbitrary nor violative of the Fundamental Rights. The Court said that when a particular category falls under an overall reservation, than it would not be incumbent on the...
Supreme Court Grants Bail To School Authorities Arrested By MP Police Over Alleged Illegal Fee Hike & Book Sales
The Supreme Court (on August 20) granted bail to principals of various schools and officer bearers of the Schools' Managing Committee (including a Bishop) in Jabalpur who were arrested for allegedly raising the fees and selling the books with different ISBN numbers. The Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh noted that the allegations are almost identical...
When Can Doctrine Of Prospective Overruling Be Applied? Supreme Court Explains
The Supreme Court in its recent judgment allowing retrospective application of its decision on July 25 upholding the powers of the States to tax mineral rights and mineral-bearing lands, analyzed the principles for applying the doctrine of prospective overruling.Chief Justice of India, Dr. DY Chandrachud, while authoring the judgment on behalf of the 9-judge bench (8:1 majority), explained...
Supreme Court Directs States/UTs To Implement S.19(6) Of POCSO Act & JJ Act Provisions To Ensure Rehabilitation Of Child Victims
Immediately after the knowledge of the commission of a heinous offence under the POCSO Act, the State, its agencies and instrumentalities must step in and render all possible aid to the victim children, the Court said.
'How Can POCSO Act Offence Be Termed Romantic?' : Supreme Court Slams HC Suggestion To Decriminalise 'Consensual' Sex Involving Older Teens
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 20) criticized the Calcutta High Court for observing in a judgment that the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) must be amended to decriminalise consensual sexual acts involving adolescents above sixteen years.The Supreme Court further expressed disapproval of the High Court's suggestion that an exception must be carved out...
Reserved Category Candidate Can Claim General Category Seat Of Horizontal Reservation Based On Merit : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (Aug. 20) set aside the Madhya Pradesh High Court's order which refused to allow admission of the meritorious reserved category candidates to the unreserved (UR) category. Upon placing reliance on the case of Saurav Yadav and Others v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Others, the bench comprising Justice BR Gavai and Justice KV Viswanathan observed that the candidates...
View Of Coordinate Bench Of Same HC Can't Be Ignored: Supreme Court Quashes Preventive Detention Over Non-Supply Of WhatsApp Chats
The Supreme Court today (August 20) quashed a detention order upheld by a division bench of the Kerala High Court, noting that once the coordinate bench of the High Court had set aside the detention based on same grounds and material relied, the division bench could not have ignored the same.In this case, the division bench of High Court of Kerala had passed an order upholding the detention...
RG Kar Hospital Rape & Murder | Remove Name, Photos & Videos Of Deceased Doctor From Media & Social Media: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today (August 20) directed the immediate removal of all social media content including any references to the name or pictures and videos taken of the trainee doctor who was raped and murdered at the RG Kar Medical College Hospital, Kolkata. The bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud comprising of Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing a petition filed by two...
Natural Guardian's Right To Custody Of Child Not Lost Just Because Temporary Custody Was Given To A Relative: Supreme Court
While granting custody of a minor daughter to her father, the Supreme Court observed that granting temporary custody of a minor child to a relative would not preclude the natural guardian from seeking custody of a minor child.After the unfortunate death of a minor's mother during COVID-19, the father had asked her sisters-in-law to take care of her minor daughter who required female...
Medical Professionals' Safety: Meet The Members Of National Task Force Formed By Supreme Court
To address the systemic issues regarding the lack of safety for medical professionals, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 20) ordered the formation of a National Task Force to give recommendations on the modalities to be followed all over the country.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra passed the order in the suo motu case taken...