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'Disabling Humour' Disparaging Persons With Disability Must Be Distinguished From 'Disability Humour' : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today (July 8) in a significant ruling on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) laid down guidelines for ensuring their sensitive portrayal by Creators on Visual and Electronic Media. The Court also highlighted the difference between 'disability humour' and 'disabling humour' which often gets overlooked by the media creators.The Bench of CJI DY Chandrachud and...
No Presumption That Only Women Officers Will Effectively Handle Sexual Violence Cases : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (July 8) expressed reservations about a petition seeking to direct that sexual assault cases should be handled only by public prosecutors, investigating officers and medical examiners who are women. The Court remarked that it would be unreasonable to assume that in cases of gender violence, male officers would not effectively fulfil their duties. The bench led by...
ED Moves Supreme Court Against Bail Granted To Hemant Soren In Money Laundering Case
In a recent development, Enforcement Directorate has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Jharkhand High Court order vide which bail was granted to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in a money laundering case related to an alleged land scam.It may be recalled that Soren, who was arrested on January 31 this year, is being investigated for money laundering charges in connection with...
Court Need Not Always Impose Bail Condition Requiring Foreign Accused To Obtain Embassy's Assurance On Not Leaving India: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court clarified today that courts need not impose a bail condition requiring a foreign accused to obtain assurance from his country's Embassy/High Commission that he will not leave India and would appear before the court as required.A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan allowed an appeal by a Nigerian national challenging such a condition imposed on...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea For Ensuring Stray Dogs' Sterilization And Immunization In Delhi
The Supreme Court today issued notice on a petition filed by an NGO seeking to ensure immunization and sterilization of stray dogs in Delhi.A bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan passed the order after hearing counsel for the petitioner NGO-Conference for Human Rights, who argued that no sterilization/immunization exercise had been carried out by the authorities.Initially, the...
Supreme Court Issues Notice To IT Department On NewsClick's Plea To Stay Tax Demand
Today (on July 08), the Supreme Court issued a notice in an SLP filed by a news portal, “NewsClick,” against the Delhi High Court's order rejecting a stay on the income tax demand. The division bench of BV Nagarathna and Dipankar Datta was seized on the matter. To provide a brief background, the news portal had claimed that the respondent-tax authorities, vide orders passed...
Supreme Court Dismisses Sikh Community's Plea Challenging District Judge's Nominations To Prabandhak Committee Of Takht Sri Patna Saheb
The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition filed against 3 nominations made by District Judge, Patna to the Prabandhak Committee managing affairs of Sri Takhat Harimandir Ji, Patna Saheb.A bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan passed the order, noting that the petitioner had not raised any argument regarding the 3 nominations leading to increase in the total strength of the...
Supreme Court Apprehensive About Employers Shunning Women If Menstrual Leave Is Mandated, Asks Centre To Examine
The Supreme Court on Monday (July 8) asked the Union to consult all stakeholders on the question of having a menstrual leave policy for working women. The Court also expressed apprehension that such a policy may not be welcomed by the employers and create troubles for women seeking jobs. The bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing a...
Allahabad High Court Half Yearly Digest: January - June 2024 [Citations 1-415]
[NOMINAL INDEX PROVIDED AT THE BOTTOM] ORDERS/JUDGMENTS (JANUARY-JUNE 2024) UP Victim Compensation Scheme 2014 | Eligibility/ Quantum Of Compensation For Rape Victims To Be Decided By DLSA, Not Court: Allahabad HC Case Title: Ramesh Alias Mehandi Hasan vs. State Of U.P. And 3 Others [MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 5804 of 2023] Case Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (AB)...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Delhi Police's Plea Challenging Bail Granted To Convicts In Journalist Soumya Vishwanathan Murder Case
In another development pertaining to the 2008 murder case of journalist Soumya Vishwanathan, the Supreme Court today (on July 08) has issued a notice in a special leave petition, preferred by the Delhi Police, challenging the bail granted to the four accused in this matter. The Bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma were hearing the SLP against the Delhi High...
Uniform Model Builder-Buyer Agreement Vital For Entire Country; Guarantees Check On Defrauding Builders : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today (July 8) expressed the need for having a uniform model 'builder-buyer agreement' to keep defrauding builders within the check. CJI underlined the necessity to 'prima facie' have a uniform model agreement in place across the states in the Country. "Prima facie we should take these agreements on record and say that the states will have to implement because there has to...