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'For Parliament To Do' : Supreme Court Dismisses PIL To Reform Domestic Violence & Dowry Laws
The Supreme Court today(January 27) dismissed a Public Interest Litigation seeking directions to ensure that the husband and his family members are not harassed in false cases of domestic violence and under dowry laws.The PIL was filed in the wake of the suicide of a man named Atul Subhash allegedly due to harassment by his wife through matrimonial cases. It was filed by Advocate Vishal...
Supreme Court Appoints Retd P&H HC Judge As Independent Observer To Physically Supervise Chandigarh Mayoral Elections On Jan 30
In a plea filed by Chandigarh Mayor Kuldeep Kumar, the Supreme Court today appointed former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Justice Jaishree Thakur as an Independent Observer to supervise the Chandigarh Mayoral Elections scheduled for January 30. The election proceedings shall take place in the physical presence of the Observer, the Court said.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N...
Whenever There's A Protest, S.144 CrPC Order Is Issued; This Sends Wrong Signal : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (January 27) flagged the misuse of Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Section 163 BNSS) to issue curfew orders to curb protests and demonstrations.A bench comprising Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan dismissed a petition filed by the State of Jharkhand challenging the Jharkhand High Court's order quashing cases against 28 BJP leaders...
Anna University Sexual Assault Case : Supreme Court Stays Madras HC's Directions Against Tamil Nadu Police Over FIR Leak
The Supreme Court today (January 27) stayed the Madras High Court's direction to the Tamil Nadu police to hold a departmental enquiry regarding the leak of the FIR in the sexual assault case of a 2nd Year Engineering Student inside the Anna University campus in Chennai.A bench comprising Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma also stayed the adverse comments made by the...
'Tell Us Where Rohingya Families Live' : Supreme Court In Plea Seeking Admission For Rohingya Children In Local Schools
In a petition seeking admission for Rohingya refugee children in local schools, the Supreme Court today called on the petitioner (an NGO) to file an affidavit stating whether the Rohingya refugees are confined in make-shift camps or living in regular residential colonies.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh passed the order in a plea filed by Social Jurist-A Civil Rights...
When Scope Of Appeal Is Limited To Delay Condonation, Merits Of Matter Can't Be Considered : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court (recently on January 22) observed that when the scope of an appeal before the High Court is limited to condonation of delay, it should not touch upon the merits of a matter. Elaborating, the Court said that once the delay is condoned, the case's merits can be examined by the appellate tribunal.“This we say so because the scope of the appeal before the High Court was limited...
Supreme Court Grants Bail To Telangana Police Officer Accused Of Phone-Tapping Bureaucrats & Judges
The Supreme Court today(January 27) granted bail to Mekala Thirupathanna, a suspended police officer accused of phone-tapping bureaucrats and High Court judges, after 10 months of incarceration. A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma granted bail while stating that the trial Court may set appropriate bail conditions. Any breach of the bail condition may lead to the...
Maharashtra Stamp Act | Limitation Period For Refund Starts From Execution Of Cancellation Deed, Not Its Registration: Supreme Court
Observing that the right to claim a refund of stamp duty originates from the date of execution of the cancellation deed, the Supreme Court on Friday (January 24) directed the refund of stamp duty to flat owners whose claim had been rejected on limitation grounds. The bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol, and Sandeep Mehta was hearing the case relating to the refund of the...
Supreme Court Annual Digest 2024: Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002
Whether the High Court was justified in quashing the summons issued to the respondent merely on the premise that the respondent was discharged in the predicate offence. The permissibility of continuing proceedings under the PMLA, despite the discharge in the predicate offence. Held, the issuance of summons cannot be quashed solely because the respondent has been discharged in the...
Constitutional Law: All India Digest 2024
SUPREME COURTArticle 8 - The Court clarified that when a person acquires a foreign citizenship, the cessation of Indian citizenship happens by operation of law by virtue of Section 9 of the Citizenship Act. Hence, such cessation of citizenship cannot be regarded as voluntary. Therefore, children of such persons cannot seek to resume Indian citizenship under Section 8(2) of the Citizenship Act....
Ex-CJI JS Khehar Awarded Padma Vibhushan; Senior Adv CS Vaidyanathan Awarded Padma Shri
The President has approved the conferment of Padma Vibhushan award to former Chief Justice of India JS Khehar. Justice Khehar served as the 44th Chief Justice of India from 4 January 2017 to 27 August 2017. Justice Khehar was a Judge of the Supreme Court from September 2011 to August 2017. He was part of several landmark verdicts such as NJAC, right to privacy, triple talaq(dissenting),...