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'Gender' & 'Sex' Distinct Concepts; Right To Choose Gender Is Vested With The Individual : Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court on Monday embarked upon an elaborate medico-legal discussion on the two concepts of 'gender' and 'sex', in an interesting decision raising the question as to whether the parents of a child with ambiguous genitalia would have the right to decide the gender of the child without the latter's consent and ignorant of the child's orientation.The Single Judge Bench of Justice...
Kuno Cheetah Deaths| Supreme Court Requests Centre To Take Into Consideration Suggestions Of Expert Committee In 'Right Earnest'
The Supreme Court on Monday closed the plea regarding the deaths of Cheetahs translocated to Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park from the African continent, taking on record the submission of the Centre that all the members on the Consulting Panel of Cheetah Project Steering Committee are being consulted to carry on the project in a proper manner and to ensure further deaths are...
Though Nationalised Bank Employee Is 'Public Servant', Protection Under Section 197 CrPC Not Available : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that the protection of Section 197 CrPC is not available to a person working in a Nationalised Bank.Section 197 CrPC is attracted only in cases where the public servant is such who is not removable from his service save by or with the sanction of the Government, the bench of Justices B R Gavai and J B Pardiwala said.In this case, the accused was serving as...
Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up: July 31 To 6 August
Judgment/OrdersUAPA - 'Watali' Precedent Won't Apply If Evidence Is Of Low Probative Value On Surface Level Analysis: Supreme CourtCase title: Vernon v. State of MaharashtraCitation: 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 575The Supreme Court’s decision to grant bail to Bhima Koregaon-accused and activists Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira appears to have carved out a crucial exception in an otherwise...
Chattisgarh Liquor Scam : Supreme Court Asks UP Police To Not Take Coercive Steps On FIR Against Officials
The Supreme Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh Police to not take any coercive action in the FIR registered against Chhattisgarh government officials, including Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Anil Tuteja, over alleged making of duplicate holograms in connection with the liquor scam case. The Court has however not restrained the UP Police from investigating the matter.A...
Jammu & Kashmir Case | Constitution Does Not Allow Changing Whole State Into Union Territory : Sibal Tells Supreme Court [Day 3]
Arguing before the Supreme Court Constitution bench, which is hearing the batch of petitions challenging the dilution of Article 370 of the Constitution of India, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal on Tuesday questioned the constitutionality of converting the State of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) into a Union Territory (UT). Sibal is representing National Conference MP Mohammed Akbar Lone who...
Bilkis Bano Case : Supreme Court Asks How Convict's Earlier Writ Petition Could Have Been Admitted By Court
While hearing the Bilkis Bano case on Tuesday, the Supreme Court questioned the maintainability of the writ petition filed by one of the convicts in 2022, in which the Court had passed an order allowing the State of Gujarat to decide on the premature release of the life-convicts.A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing a clutch of pleas against the decision of the...
Article 370 Case | No Question Of Referendum In Our Constitution, Says Supreme Court When Petitioner Cited Brexit-Referendum [Day 3]
Today, the Supreme Court resumed its hearings in the batch of petitions challenging the dilution of Article 370 of the Constitution of India which stripped the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) of its special status. The Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, and Surya Kant heard arguments raised...
Bilkis Bano Case | 'What Is Wrong With Garlanding A Family Member Who Comes Out Of Jail?' : Centre's Law Officer Asks During Supreme Court Hearing
"What is wrong with garlanding a family member who comes out of jail?", asked Additional Solicitor General of India SV Raju during the Bilkis Bano case hearing in the Supreme Court on Tuesday.A bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing a petition filed by Bilkis Bano and a clutch of PILs challenging the decision taken by the Gujarat Government to grant remission to...
A Tribute To Justice Muralidhar By Justice R V Easwar
As I sat listening to the farewell speech of Justice Muralidhar on his retirement as Chief Justice of the Odisha High Court, two things struck me. First, can this man be provoked to anger at all? Second, why does he have to be so self-effacing? During my return flight to Chennai, I kept thinking of these traits in him. To the first question, the definite answer is a big NO. And the reason...
'Will See Next Time This Happens': Supreme Court Disposes Plea Against Practice Of Appointing Interim Director For CBI
The Supreme Court on Monday(August 7) disposed of as infructuous a plea by non-governmental organisation ‘Common Cause’ against the appointment of Praveen Sinha as an interim director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in February 2021 after the expiry of the previous incumbent, Rishi Kumar Shukla. A division bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti refused...
'Once We Cease To Be Judges, Whatever We Say Are Opinions, They Aren’t Binding' : CJI DY Chandrachud On Ranjan Gogoi's ‘Basic Structure’ Comment
The statement made by former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi in Rajya Sabha yesterday doubting the basic structure doctrine came up for discussion before the Supreme Court during the hearing of the Article 370 case.Addressing a Constitution Bench, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, arguing for the petitioners, contended that the manner in which the Centre abrogated the special status of Jammu...