Atul Subhash Suicide : PIL In Supreme Court Seeks Reform Of Domestic Violence & Dowry Laws To Prevent Harassment Of Innocent Husbands

In the wake of the suicide of a man named Atul Subhash allegedly due to harassment by his wife through matrimonial cases, a PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to ensure that husband and his family members are not harassed in cases filed under domestic violence and dowry laws.The Public Interest Litigation filed by Advocate Vishal Tiwari seeks directions to the Union...

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'Land A Precious Resource, State Must Be Transparent In Distribution': Supreme Court Quashes Maharashtra Govt's Land Allotment To Pvt Doctors

Citing arbitrariness in the allotment process, the Supreme Court (Dec.12) set aside the allotment of land made by the Maharashtra Government in favor of the Medinova Regal Co-operative Housing Society (“MRCHS”) to provide housing facilities to the doctors working at Tata Memorial Hospital. While doing so, the Court underscored the need to maintain transparency in the distribution...

Year-Round Ban On Firecrackers Required Not Just To Curb Air Pollution But Also To Curb Noise Pollution: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday (December 12) directed Delhi government and NCR states to decide on a complete year-round ban on firecrackers, including manufacture, storage, sale, distribution, and use.A bench of Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih emphasized that the ban was necessary to curb both air and noise pollution. It ordered states to place their decisions on...

Muzaffarnagar School Slapping | No Quality Education If Students Aren't Taught Values Of Equality, Secularism & Fraternity: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday (December 12) underscored the significance of inculcating constitutional values such as equality, secularism, and fraternity in students while dealing with a PIL filed by activist Tushar Gandhi concerning the 2023 Muzaffarnagar student slapping incident.“The state cannot ignore the fact that ultimate object of rendering quality education is to ensure that...

Hema Committee Report : How Can Witnesses Say They Won't Cooperate With Investigation? Supreme Court Asks

The Supreme Court today (December 12) heard in brief petitions challenging the Kerala High Court's October 14 direction to the police to register FIRs on statements made by women actors to the Justice Hema Committee regarding the abuses they faced in the Malayalam cinema industry.During the hearing, the Court orally asked how can the victims/witnesses say that they would not cooperate with...

MBBS : Supreme Court Allows Disabled-OBC Student's Admission To Medical College In Rajasthan

After having summoned the Director General of Health Services's presence after the Respondents failed to appear in a case relating to the admission of an OBC student with a benchmark disability in medical college, the Supreme Court today allowed the petitioner to be admitted to Government Medical College, Sirohi, Rajasthan.A bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Vishwanathan had recorded yesterday...

Civil Courts Can't Run A Race With Supreme Court, There Is A Judgment Upholding Places Of Worship Act : SC

While passing a significant order halting fresh suits and survey orders against religious places, the Supreme Court on Thursday (December 12) orally said that the civil courts "were running a race" by passing orders ignoring the Supreme Court's 5-judge judgment in the Ayodhya case which upheld the Places of Worship(Special Provisions) Act, 1991.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India...

Mere Harassment Not Abetment Of Suicide : Supreme Court Discharges Husband In Wife's Suicide Case

Mere harassment is not sufficient to hold an accused guilty of abetment of suicide under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, held the Supreme Court while discharging a husband in a case related to the suicide of his wife."Mere allegations of harassment are not enough unless the accused's actions were so compelling that the victim perceived no alternative but to take their own life.Such...

Ex-Haryana Minister Moves Supreme Court For Verification And Checking Of EVMs Used In Haryana Polls

Former Haryana Cabinet Minister and 5-time MLA Karan Singh Dalal has approached the Supreme Court seeking verification and checking of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used in the recent Haryana Assembly Elections. The petition filed by Dalal, alongwith Lakhan Kumar Singla (a candidate in the Haryana polls), seeks directions to the Election Commission of India to lay down a...

S. 197 CrPC | Sanction For Prosecution Needed When Alleged Offence Was Connected To Discharge Of Official Duties : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently quashed a criminal case and summoning order against a District Town Planner, ruling that no prior sanction under Section 197 of the Cr.P.C. was obtained for prosecuting her demolition actions, which were part of her official duties carried out under senior's instructions. “we observe that the first respondent herein ought to have sought sanction for prosecution...

Judges Should Not Go To Facebook At All, Can't Comment On Judgments : Justice BV Nagarathna

"There is no place for flamboyance amongst judges," Justice Nagarathna said.