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Supreme Court Stays HC Order Which Stopped Trial Of Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim In 2015 Sacrilege Cases
The Supreme Court on Friday (October 18) stayed the Punjab and Haryana High Court's order which stayed trial of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim in the 2015 cases relating to sacrilege of holy book Shri Guru Granth Sahib.A bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan passed the order in Punjab government's plea challenging the stay imposed on Ram Rahim's trial by Punjab and Haryana...
'Proceedings Can't Be To Malign Institutions' : Supreme Court Closes Habeas Corpus Petition Against Sadhguru's Isha Yoga Centre
The Supreme Court on Friday (October 18) closed the habeas corpus petition filed by a father alleging that his two daughters were being illegally confined at Sadhguru's Isha Yoga Centre at Coimbatore, because of the categorical statements made by the two women, who are presently aged 42 and 39 years, that they are staying at the Ashram out of their free choice.While closing the matter,...
Supreme Court Dismisses Karnataka's Plea Against Anticipatory Bail Granted To Bhavani Revanna In Kidnapping Case
The Supreme Court today dismissed the State of Karnataka's plea challenging the grant of anticipatory bail to Bhavani Revanna in a case involving allegations of kidnapping of a woman.Bhavani Revanna is the mother of Janata Dal (United) leader Prajwal Revanna, who is accused of committing sexual offences against several women.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan noted that the...
Supreme Court Recalls Its Judgment Which Struck Down Sections 3 & 5 Of Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act 1988
The Supreme Court on Friday (October) recalled its 2022 judgment in Union of India vs Ganpati Dealcom Pvt. Ltd which struck down Sections 3(2) and 5 of the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act 1988 as unconstitutional.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra recalled the judgment allowing a review petition filed by the Union...
Tamil Nadu Police Informs Supreme Court About Cases Relating To Sadhguru's Isha Yoga Centre
The Tamil Nadu Police informed the Supreme Court on Friday (October 18) that in last few years some missing persons complaints and enquiry on suicides relating to the Isha Yoga Centre have been filed. The Police also stated that the alleged detenues in the ongoing Habeas Corpus case have been living at the centre as per their free will. The Affidavit states that in the last 15 years,...
Trust Not Disqualified From Filing Consumer Complaint: Centre To Supreme Court
The Union of India submitted before the Supreme Court on Thursday (October 17) that merely being a trust does not disqualify a legal entity from filing a consumer complaint if it meets other conditions of being a consumer.“So your submission seems to be since definition is inclusive, considering the objects of the Act a public trust which otherwise qualifies under definition of consumer has...
"Violates Right To Education": Parents Of School Children Approach Bombay High Court Against 'Poll Duties' For Teachers Amid Exams
Parents of a school in the city have moved the Bombay High Court challenging various circulars of the Election Commission of India (ECI) and also the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) deploying over 2000 employees of the Education Department, mostly teachers as Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and Polling Station Officers (PSOs) for the upcoming State Assembly Elections.A division bench...
Whether Adjudicating Authority Under PMLA Ought To Have One Judicial Member? Supreme Court To Consider
A Division Bench of the Supreme Court has passed an order directing that 6 cases, raising the issue whether Adjudicating Authority under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) ought to have one Judicial Member, be placed before the Chief Justice of India so that they can be listed before one Bench.The order was passed by a bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and AG Masih in a special leave...
Plea To Criminalise Marital Rape | 'If Wife Says No, Husband's Only Option Is To File For Divorce?' Supreme Court Asks
The Supreme Court today (October 17) commenced the hearing of a batch of petitions seeking the criminalization of marital rape. The petitioners represented by Senior Advocate Karuna Nandy stressed that the Exception no.2 under the definition of Rape as per the old and new penal provisions violated the fundamental rights of a woman under Articles 14, 21 and 19 of the Constitution and reduced...
'Singling Out Assam Rational; Cut-Off Date Not Arbitrary' : Supreme Court Holds S.6A Citizenship Act Doesn't Violate Article 14
While upholding the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act 1955, which recognized the Assam Accord, the majority judgment authored by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Surya Kant (for Justices M.M. Sundresh, Manoj Misra and himself) has held that Section 6A did not violate Article 14. Justice J.B. Pardiwala, who lone dissented, has held otherwise. As...
In Motor Accident Claims, Preponderance Of Probabilities Must Be Applied; Not Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday (Oct. 17) observed that in motor accident claim cases, the courts must apply the principle of preponderance of probability and cannot apply the test of proof beyond reasonable doubt. While observing so, the bench comprising Justices CT Ravikumar and Prashant Kumar Mishra allowed the motor accident compensation claim of the kin of the bike rider who was killed in...