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Law Commission Recommends Compulsory Registration Of Marriages Between NRIs/OCIs And Indian Citizens
The Law Commission of India, in its 287th report, has recommended compulsory registration of marriage between Non-Residential Indians/Overseas Citizens of India and Indian nationals. The commission has also recommended changes to the Registration of Marriage of Non-Resident Indians Bill, 2019 to make it more comprehensive enough to deal with all facets of marriage involving the...
After SCAORA, SCBA Decides To Intervene In Supreme Court Case Regarding Advocates' Liability Under Consumer Protection Act
After SCAORA, the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has resolved to intervene in an ongoing matter where the Supreme Court is considering whether advocates would come under the ambit of the Consumer Protection Act of 1986. Highlighting the impact of this matter upon all the advocates, the association has opted to intervene to assist the Court in 'laying down the correct...
BREAKING| Karnataka High Court Dismisses Plea Of Kerala CM's Daughter's Company Challenging SFIO Probe
The Karnataka High Court on Friday (February 16) dismissed the petition filed by Exalogic Solutions Private Ltd - a company of which Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's daughter Veena Vijayan is a director - challenging the investigation by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) against the company.A bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna dismissed the petition filed by Exalogic...
Reopening Of Income Tax Assessments : Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Delhi High Court's Guidelines To Tax Dept
The Supreme Court has refused to interfere with a 2017 Delhi High Court judgment which issued a set of guidelines to the Income Tax Department regarding the reopening of assessments.A bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Aravind Kumar dismissed a Special Leave Petition filed by the Income Tax Department in 2018 against the 2017 High Court verdict.The Delhi High Court bench of...
Supreme Court Tags Petition Challenging Criminalisation Of Triple Talaq With Pending Petitions
The Supreme Court on Friday tagged a fresh petition challenging the criminalisation of Triple Talaq along with the petitions already pending before the Court on the same issue.The lawyer appearing for the petitioner contended that the provisions for punishment of a Muslim husband conducting triple talaq were "anti-men and violative of their rights."The CJI asked the advocate appearing how...
Prison Reforms : Supreme Court Expands Scope Of District Committees To Address Pregnancies & Related Health Measures Of Women Inmates
The Supreme Court (on February 16) resumed its hearing in the matter relating to conditions in prisons. Last week, the Court had taken suo motu notice of the alarming number of pregnancies occurring among women inmates in prisons across the country. The Court, in today's order, expanded the scope of the district-level committees, which are to be constituted by the States/ UTs to...
Elder Sister Has No Legal Right To Exercise Guardianship Over Younger Sister, Unless There's A Court Order : Supreme Court
In a habeas corpus case filed by a woman for the production of her younger sister, the Supreme Court recently held that an elder sister does not have a legal right to exercise guardianship except when there is an order by a competent Court. Dismissing the petitioner's case, the Bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sanjay Kumar said, “we do not think the writ petition seeking relief...
'Because Of ECI Order, Sharad Pawar Will Be Subject To Ajit Pawar's Whip' : Singhvi Tells Supreme Court Seeking Urgent Listing Of NCP Case
Senior Advocate Mr Abhishek Manu Singhvi representing Sharad Pawar had today requested the Chief Justice of India for an urgent listing of their Petition challenging the decision of the Election Commission of India (ECI) which recognised the Ajit Pawar's Faction as the real Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).Highlighting the urgency in the matter, the senior advocate informed the bench that...
'Medicines Weren't For Sale' : Supreme Court Sets Aside Sentence Of Imprisonment Imposed On Doctor For Not Disclosing Manufacturer, Imposes Fine
The Supreme Court recently set aside the sentence of imprisonment imposed on a doctor for the offence under Section 18(A) read with Section 28 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, for not disclosing the name of the manufacturer/persons from whom the medicines in his clinic were procured.While maintaining the conviction, the Court converted the sentence of imprisonment of 6 months into a...
Supreme Court Sets Aside Dismissal Of Class-IV Court Staff For Sending Representations Directly To HC & CM On Salary Greivances
The Supreme Court on Thursday (February 15) observed that an employee cannot be terminated from the post merely because he sent a representation to his superior officers flouting the proper channel.“In this regard, it is suffice to observe that Class-IV employee, when in financial hardship, may represent directly to the superior but that by itself cannot amount to major misconduct for...
BREAKING | PM Modi Degree Defamation Case : Gujarat HC Dismisses Arvind Kejriwal & Sanjay Singh's Pleas Challenging Summons
The Gujarat High Court today DISMISSED pleas filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his party's Rajyasabha MP Sanjay Singh challenging a Sessions Court order affirming summons issued against them by a Magistrate Court in a defamation case filed by Gujarat University concerning Prime Minister Narendra Modi's education Degree.A bench of Justice Hasmukh D. Suthar had reserved its...
Sandeshkhali Violence: PIL In Supreme Court Seeks CBI/SIT Investigation On Allegations Of Sexual Assault
A PIL has been filed in th Supreme Court seeking a CBI/SIT investigation into the reports regarding sexual assault of women in Sandeshkhali in West Bengal.Advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava, the petitioner, alleges complicity and dereliction of duty on the part of the West Bengal police and that the state police is acting "hand in gloves" with the main accused Trinamool Congress leader...