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In 2020, the Government of India embarked on an ambitious exercise of reforming the Criminal Justice System. On 11th August 2023, three bills titled Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 and Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023 seeking to repeal and replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973 and the Indian...
Ensure Denotified Tribes Aren't Arrested Arbitrarily: Supreme Court Directs Police
The Supreme Court has directed the police to follow guidelines issued in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar (2014) and Amanatullah Khan v. The Commissioner of Police, Delhi (2024) to ensure that members of Denotified Tribes are not subjected to arbitrary arrest."The Police is directed to follow the guidelines issued in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar (2014) and Amanatullah Khan v. The Commissioner...
Tirupati Temple Laddu Case : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing
The Supreme Court will hear at 10.30 AM today a batch of petitions seeking a Court-monitored investigation into the allegations that adulterated ghee was used to prepare the laddus which are offered as the parasadam at the Tirupati temple.A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan will hear the matters. On the previous hearing date (September 30), the Court had criticised the...
Tendency To Treat Members Of Denotified Tribes As Habitual To Crime Or Having Bad Character Reinforces A Stereotype : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that the Model Prison Manual, 2016 and Model Prisons and Correctional Services Act, 2023 are inadequate to address the issue of caste-based division of labour, segregation, and discrimination against denotified tribes as they employ vague language leading the authorities to declare persons as habitual offenders merely on the ground of suspicion.This is in the context...
Criminal Cases Having Overwhelmingly Civil Character Should Be Quashed When Parties Settled Dispute : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today (Oct. 3) observed that criminal cases arising out of civil transactions should be quashed when the parties have resolved their entire disputes among themselves. “It could thus be seen that this Court reiterates the position that the criminal cases having overwhelmingly and predominantly civil character, particularly those arising out of commercial transactions...
Stubble Burning Increased Substantially In Some Punjab & Haryana Districts, Yet Only Mild Penalties Imposed : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday (October 3) pulled up the States of Punjab and Haryana as well as the Commission for Air Quality Management in Delhi NCR (CAQM) for not prosecuting persons who have violated CAQM orders to tackle stubble burning under stringent provisions of the CAQM Act and Environmental Protection Act, 1986 (EPA).A bench of Justice Abhay Oka, Justice Ahsanuddin Ammanullah...
Bringing Offence Of 'Rape' Within Marriage 'Excessively Harsh', Other Remedies Exist : Centre Opposes Criminalization Of Marital Rape By Supreme Court
In petitions seeking criminalization of marital rape in India, the Union of India has filed a preliminary affidavit, stating that alternative remedies in law already exist to protect married women against sexual violence and attracting the offense of "rape" to the institution of marriage may be "excessively harsh" and disproportionate.The Centre claims that to decide the constitutionality...
'Separate But Equal' Philosophy Has No Place In Constitution : Supreme Court Rejects View That Caste-Based Segregation Of Prisoners Will Prevent Violence
In a significant judgment declaring prevailing caste-based segregation unconstitutional in a PIL filed by Sukanya Shantha, a journalist at The Wire, the Supreme Court has overruled a judgment of the Madras High Court which accepted that prison inmates segregated based on caste would prevent any untoward incident.In C. Arul v. The Secretary to Government (2014), in a petition praying to...
'No Special Circumstance To Justify Law Affecting Single Entity' : Supreme Court Strikes Down Khalsa University (Repeal) Act 2017
Observing that it would be impermissible for the legislature to single out one entity from other entities without a reasonable classification, the Supreme Court today (Oct. 3) struck down the Khalsa University (Repeal) Act, 2017 (“Repeal Act”) as unconstitutional which sought to single out the Khalsa University amongst 16 private Universities in the State. The bench comprising Justices...
CJI DY Chandrachud Rebukes Lawyer For Inquiring With Court Master About Contents Of Order
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud today (October 3) rebuked a counsel for making enquiries with the Court Master regarding the contents of an order.The Counsel mentioned before the CJI that in an arbiration matter, few observations which were dictated in the open court were not present in the final draft of the order. When the CJI asked the counsel how he got to know about the contents of...