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Eyewitness Account Can't Be Discarded Merely Because Of Inconsistencies With Medical Evidence: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently reaffirmed the paramount importance of eyewitness accounts in criminal trials. The Court relied on Darbara Singh v. State of Punjab (2012) 10 SCC 476 and Anvaruddin v. Shakoor 1990 (3) SCC 266 to emphasize the importance of ocular evidence over the opinion of medical experts. The judgment underlined that eyewitness testimony, even if not detailed in every aspect,...
Women's Reservation & Our Founding Mothers: Reflections On Constituent Assembly Debates
The Centre’s introduction of the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty Eighth Amendment) Bill, 2023, otherwise known as the Women’s Reservation Bill, has created a buzz in all sectors by proposing to reserve one-third seats for women in the Lok Sabha, the State Legislatures, and the Delhi Legislative Assembly. This Bill, which is expected to raise the political representation of women,...
Assam NRC | Supreme Court To Hear Challenge To Section 6A Citizenship Act From October 17
The Supreme Court today decided that it will commence hearing the batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955 from October 17, 2023. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud along with Justices AS Bopanna, MM Sundresh, JB Pardiwala, and Manoj Misra had taken up the matter today to pass procedural directions. The bench noted that...
30 Incidents of Stray Dog Bites Reported Everyday, Euthanizing Stray Dogs Only Solution: Kerala Local Body To Supreme Court
The Kannur District Panchayat from the State of Kerala in a recent affidavit has told the Supreme Court that an estimated 30 stray dog bites are being reported in Kannur district everyday.The Panchayat has informed the Apex Court that despite its best efforts to curb the issue, the incidents of stray dog attacks, bites and road accidents due to collision with dogs, are increasing day by...
Delhi High Court Protects Actor Anil Kapoor’s Personality Rights, Restrains Use Of His Name, Image Or Voice Without Consent
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday passed an interim order protecting the personality rights of Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor and restrained various entities from misusing his image, name, voice or other elements of his persona for monetary gains without his consent. Justice Prathiba M Singh also restrained “other unknown persons” from disseminating various videos, links of which will...
BREAKING| Is Extending Period Of SC/ST Reservations In Lok Sabha & State Assemblies Valid? Supreme Court To Hear On November 21
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday (September 20) posted a batch of cases challenging the reservations provided for Scheduled Castes(SCs) and Scheduled Tribes(STs) communities in Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies for hearing on November 21.The bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud along with Justices AS Bopanna, MM Sundresh, JB Pardiwala, and...
Delhi High Court Restrains Parle From Using ‘For The Bold’ Tagline As Predominant Part Of Advertising ‘B Fizz’ Drink In Suit By PepsiCo
The Delhi High Court has restrained Parle from using the tagline “For The Bold” as predominant part of any advertising campaign for its “B Fizz” beverage in a trademark infringement suit filed by multinational chain PepsiCo. Justice C Hari Shankar passed the interim order in PepsiCo’s suit seeking a permanent injunction against Parle from using the tagline “For The Bold”. The...
India’s Arbitration Law Is In A ‘Chronic State Of Animated Suspension’: Fali S Nariman
Speaking at the inaugural session of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) South Asia Conference, 2023 Senior Advocate, Fali S Nariman, said that India’s Arbitration law is in a ‘chronic state of animated suspension’. In the event held on September 14, Nariman said that when the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 was enacted it largely conformed to...
Wife Refused To Fast For 'Karwa Chauth', Didn't Acknowledge Her Husband: Delhi High Court Upholds Divorce On Ground Of Cruelty
The Delhi High Court has ruled that constant rejection and non-acknowledgment of the husband in a marriage by his wife is a source of “great mental agony” for him. A division bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna upheld a family court order granting divorce to a husband on the ground of cruelty by his wife. The couple got married in March 2011 and started...
Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Law To Ban Screening Procedure For Nursery School Admissions In Delhi
A civil rights group ‘Social Jurist’, has approached the Supreme Court against the order of the Delhi High Court rejecting its Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed to expedite the finalization of Delhi School Education (Amendment) Bill, 2015. The bill prescribes banning of a screening procedure in the admission of children at the pre-primary level.The plea contends that even though bill...
Job Ads Not Complying With Minimum Wages Act Shouldn't Be Carried On 'Rozgar Baazar' Portal: High Court To Delhi Govt
The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to not publish any job advertisement in its “Rozgar Bazaar portal” which is non-compliant with the Minimum Wages Act, 1948. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula took note of Delhi Government’s submission that steps are being taken to update the software portal so that not a...
Misappropriation Of Funds Not 'Official Duty', No Sanction Required To Probe Chandrababu Naidu: Andhra Pradesh Govt Tells High Court
The Andhra Pradesh government today told the High Court that it does not need to obtain sanction to investigate former Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party leader N Chandrababu Naidu in connection with the multi-crore Skill Development scam case.Additional Advocate General P. Sudhakar Reddy, State counsels Mukul Rohatgi and Ranjit Kumar submitted that Naidu's actions were deliberate,...