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Hindu Marriage Act | Divorce Petition Can Be Filed If Spouse Ignores Restitution Of Conjugal Rights Decree For Over One Year : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that a divorce petition can be presented on the ground that there has been no restitution of conjugal rights between the parties to the marriage for a period of one year and more after passing the decree for restitution of conjugal rights.The Court referred to Section 13(1A)(ii) of the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 in this regard."Under Section 13(1A)(ii), it is provided...
Lis Pendens Doctrine Does Not Bar Property Purchaser From Seeking Impleadment In Suit : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court reiterated that a registered sale deed cannot be held to be void merely because it was executed during the pendency of a suit in relation to the property. The doctrine of lis pendens under Section 52 of the Transfer of Property Act 1882 does not render the pendente lite transfer void.The Court also held that there is no bar for impleadment of the transferee who has purchased...
Relevant Factors To Assess Compensation In Land Acquisition Proceedings : Supreme Court Explains
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (July 10) laid down the three categories of relevant factors that ought to be considered while determining the estimated value of the land to determine a fair amount of compensation in land acquisition proceedings.The court has developed the belowmentioned categories of factors so that the valuation of the land could be ascertained based on these factors, and...
Plea Filed In Bombay HC Against Rahul Gandhi, Dhruv Rathee, Uddhav Thackeray For Allegedly Spreading False Narratives About 'EVM Hacking'
A petition has been filed in the Bombay High Court seeking contempt proceedings against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders Uddhav Thackeray, Aditya Thackeray, Sanjay Raut and YouTuber Dhruv Rathee, for allegedly interfering in a sub-judice matter.As per the petition, the respondents – Rahul Gandhi and others, had posted on the social media platform 'X', a story by...
Supreme Court Judge Justice Sanjay Kumar Recuses From Manish Sisodia's Bail Plea In Liquor Police Case
Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjay Kumar has recused himself from the hearing of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's bail petition, citing personal reasons. Sisodia's bail plea pertained to the money laundering and corruption cases booked against him in the liquor policy case.A three-judge Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Sanjay Karol and Sanjay Kumar was scheduled to hear...
Supreme Court Adjourns Pleas To Cancel NEET-UG 2024; Next Posting On July 18
The Supreme Court on Thursday (July 11) adjourned the hearing of the petitions seeking the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2024 exam until next Thursday (July 18).The Court granted the adjournment to enable the petitioners to file their responses to the affidavits filed by the Centre and the National Testing Agency yesterday. Though the bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud...
'What Signals Are We Sending?' : Supreme Court Expresses Shock At HC 'Casually' Staying Reasoned Bail Order For One Year
The Supreme Court of India on Thursday(July 11) expressed shock at the Delhi High Court staying a regular bail order without specifying any reasons. The Court questioned the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) for defending the High Court's orders prolonging interim stay on a bail order by the trial court.During the hearing, Justice Abhay S Oka remarked, "When there is a reasoned order granting...
Supreme Court Laments States Not Filling Vacancies In Pollution Control Boards
The Supreme Court on Wednesday deprecated the Delhi Government for “adopting the shortcut” of engaging contractual employees instead of making regular appointments to the state pollution control board.“Instead of making an effort to regularly appoint the staff members, the government seems to have adopted a shortcut method of appointing contractual employees. This practice needs to...
Plea To Cancel NEET-UG 24 : Live Updates From Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will hear today a batch of petitions seeking to cancel the NEET-UG 24 exam held on May 5.Yesterday, the Centre and the NTA filed affidavits pursuant to the directions passed by the Supreme Court ton July 8.The Centre stated that there are no indications of any mass malpractice in the exam, as per the data analytics study done by the experts of the IIT Madras.The NTA stated...
Video Showing NEET Paper Leak In Telegram Fake : NTA Tells Supreme Court
The National Testing Agency has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court stating that the video showing a photo of the NEET UG exam paper leaked on Telegram on May 4 was fake. The timestamp was manipulated to create a false impression of an early leak., the affidavit added. On the last hearing date (July 8), a bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud sought the responses of the Union/NTA...
No Mass Malpractice In NEET-UG 24 As Per Data Analytics : Centre Tells Supreme Court
The Union Government has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court denying any mass malpractice in the NEET-UG 2024 exam. The Centre said that the data analytics done by the Indian Institute of Technology Madras showed that mark distribution followed a bell-shaped curve that is seen in any large-scale exam, indicating no abnormalities."There is neither any indication of mass malpractice nor...