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Marital Rape | Supreme Court To Hear Pleas Seeking To Criminalize Marital Rape On May 9, 2023
The Supreme Court on Wednesday listed the pleas concerning the constitutional validity of the Marital Rape exception on May 9, 2023. The batch of petitions, which was listed before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha and Justice JB Pardiwala for 21st March 2023, could not be heard then owing to Justice Pardiwala's absence.Accordingly, the matter was...
'Courts Should Not Further The Notion That Only Male Child Will Assist Parents In Old Age; Avoid Patriarchal Remarks' : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has advised Courts to refrain from making patriarchal remarks in judgments. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice Hima Kohli and Justice PS Narasimha was deciding a petition seeking to review the death penalty awarded to a convict for the kidnap and murder of a 7-year old boy.The bench noted that the Supreme Court, in its appeal confirming the...
Supreme Court Directs All High Courts To Respond To Suggestions Of Amicus On Expediting Trials In Cases Against MPs/MLAs
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the response of the High Courts to the suggestions made by amicus curiae Senior Advocate Vijay Hansaria for expediting the trail in the cases against sitting and former MPs/MLAs.During the hearing, the bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha stated that the court will be able to deal with the matter of expediting trial of legislators in...
Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board Worst In Karnataka For Corruption: Supreme Court Judge
Pulling up the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board, Supreme Court Judge MR Shah on Tuesday opined that it is the "worst authority" in Karnataka in terms of corruption."It is the worst authority, worst in Karnataka, in terms of corruption. In how many cases the land is allotted? We haven't formed an opinion but we are saying this. There are so many cases from Karnataka, we have...
Rarest Of Rare Doctrine Requires Death Sentence Be Imposed Only If There Is No Possibility Of Reformation : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, commuted the death sentence awarded for kidnapping and murder of a 7 year old child to life imprisonment for not less than twenty years without remission of sentence. A Bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice Hima Kohli and Justice PS Narasimha observed that though the crime was grave and unpardonable, ‘the ‘rarest of rare’ doctrine requires that...
'Remarks During Live-Streaming Have Far Reaching Effects; Be Cautious While Making Adverse Comments' : Supreme Court Advises Judges
The Supreme Court on Tuesday cautioned judges against passing adverse remarks in court, unless accompanied by a proper justification, in the right forum, and necessary to meet the ends of justice. A bench of Justices Krishna Murari and Ahsanuddin Amanullah was hearing the appeals filed by Karnataka ADGP Seemant Kumar Singh, former Bengaluru Urban Deputy Commissioner J Manjunath and...
Supreme Court Questions Practice Of Some Trial Courts To Remand Accused The Moment They Appear In Response To Summons
The Supreme Court has noted that in some parts of the country, trial courts follow the practise of remanding the accused when they appear in response of a summoning order. Therefore, accused persons apprehend arrest even in cases when the investigating agencies are not seeking their custody.A bench comprising Justices V Ramasubramanian and Pankaj Mithal therefore observed that the...
Supreme Court Warns Magistrates Who Don't Follow Judgments On Bail; Says They Might Be Taken Off From Judicial Work & Sent For Training
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, was irked to note that even after 10 months of the judgment being passed, the District judiciary is not complying with directions issued in Satender Kumar Antil vs Central Bureau Of Investigation 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 577, wherein it had laid down elaborate guidelines regarding arrest and bail. It observed that the non-compliance would have a dual ramification -...
Supreme Court Initiates Suo Motu Contempt Proceedings Against TN Police Officer For Concealing Material Facts
The Supreme Court on Tuesday initiated suo motu contempt proceedings against an Inspector of Police in the State of Tamil Nadu for suppressing material facts in an affidavit filed before the Court.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Hima Kohli was considering a review petition filed by a death row convicting against the death penalty...
Supreme Court Praises Orissa High Court For Creatively Using Technology; Says Other HCs Should Replicate It
The Supreme Court has recorded its appreciation for the Orissa High Court for using technology to improve the access to justice for people from far flung areas of the State.A bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud was deciding petitions challenging the Centre's decision to abolish the Odisha Administrative Tribunal. One of the arguments raised by the petitioners was that the...
Challenge To ED Chief's Tenure Extension | Not Concerned With Politics Of Petitioners, Says Supreme Court
Supreme Court orally said on Tuesday that it was not concerned with the political affiliations of the petitioners who have filed petitions challenging the third extension given to the term of ED Director SK Mishra and also the CVC Amendment Act 2021. Earlier, in February, the Solicitor-General for India, Tushar Mehta had made a preliminary objection to the petitions on the ground of the...
Time Limit Under Rule 4(2) Of Declaration Of Wild Life Stock Rules Cannot Be Relaxed : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that the time for making a declaration of the possession of any wild animal or animal article as per the Wild Life Stock Rules 2003 cannot be relaxed.According to Section 40 of the Wildlife(Protection) Act 1972, every person having at the commencement of this Act the control, custody or possession of any captive animal specified in Schedule I or Part...