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Supreme Court Asks Centre To File Its Response To Pleas Challenging Places Of Worship Act By October 31
The Supreme Court bench, comprising Chief Justice U.U. Lalit, Justice Ravindra Bhat and Justice Ajay Rastogi listed a batch of petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of provisions of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991 on 14th November 2022. The court also directed the Union of India to file its response by 31st October 2022. The petitions have been filed against...
Supreme Court Live Updates : Challenge Against Demonetisation
The Supreme Court is hearing today petitions filed in 2016 challenging demonetisation of Rs500 & Rs 1000 currency notes.A Constitution Bench will examine if the issue is merely academic now.The pleas challenge the Centre's decision of Nov 2016. The Constitution Bench comprises Justices S Abdul Nazeer, BR Gavai, AS Bopanna, V Ramasubramanian and BV Nagarathna. The case is coming up before...
Part-Payment Made After Cheque Is Drawn Must Be Endorsed On Cheque As Per Section 56 NI Act : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that when a part- payment of the debt is made after the cheque was drawn but before the cheque is encashed, such payment must be endorsed on the cheque under Section 56 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The cheque cannot be presented for encashment without recording the part payment. If the unendorsed cheque is dishonoured on presentation, the offence under Section...
Every Public Trust Need Not Be A Wakf, Says Supreme Court While Hearing Maharashtra State Board Of Wakfs' Appeal
The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday orally opined that the Maharashtra State Board Of Wakfs's concern should be about protecting the Waqfs and not dealing with other public trusts. "The Wakf Board will not have jurisdiction over a public trust", a Bench of Justices KM Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy further remarked orally while considering a batch of 57 SLPs including the...
Any Attempt To Have A Uniform Civil Code Must Be Women Centric While Not Being Disadvantageous To Other Genders: Justice Nagarathna
"Laws designed to overcome systemic discrimination against women, particularly in relation to the right to property, must be accepted by the male members of the family and by the society at large. I must also caution the women- this is not anti-women, I am not saying anything against women- but I am only cautioning women to say that the women must seek to enforce their rights to obtain...
Centre Not Entitled To Segregate Collegium Resolutions, Supreme Court Should Act Tough Against Executive For Sitting Over Proposals : Justice MB Lokur
Former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B Lokur opined that the Central Government is not entitled to pick and choose names by segregating the resolutions made by the Supreme Court collegium. He added that it is unfair on the part of the Centre to keep certain collegium proposals pending.The retired Supreme Court judge was speaking in an interview with Manu Sebastian, the Managing Editor...
Four Months Time Limit U/Sec 19 PC Act To Decide A 'Sanction Request' Mandatory ; But Criminal Proceedings Cannot Be Quashed For Delay : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that, the period of three months (extendable by one more month for legal consultation) under Section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act for the Appointing Authority to decide upon a request for sanction is mandatory.However, the consequence of non-compliance with this mandatory requirement shall not be quashing of the criminal proceeding for that very reason, the...
Section 204 CrPC - Magistrate's Order Of Issuance Of Process Liable To Be Set Aside If No Reasons Are Given: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that an order of issuance of process is liable to be set aside if no reasons are given while coming to the conclusion that there is a prima facie case against the accused.The court made this observation while setting aside a summoning order of a magistrate in a complaint filed under Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940."The Magistrate is required...
"Nobody Will Invest In UP If Decades Are Taken For Commercial Disputes" : Supreme Court Asks State Govt & Allahabad HC To Resolve Pendency Issue
The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed that let there be a meeting between the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court and the members of the infrastructure committee of the High Court and the recruitment committee of the High Court with the Chief secretary, Finance Secretary, Law Secretary and Revenue Secretary of the State of UP within a period of one week to discuss the issues with...
Centre Splits Up Collegium Resolution, Withholds Approval For Justice Muralidhar's Transfer As Madras HC Chief Justice
The Central government today approved three recommendations made by the Supreme Court Collegium on September 28 for appointment of Chief Justices at the High Courts of Karnataka, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir.However, it has held back on a recommendation related to transfer of Justice Dr S. Muralidhar, presently serving as the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court, to the Madras High...
