Chief Secretary Assault Case: Delhi Court Discharges CM Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, And 9 Others-Read Judgment

A Delhi court today discharged Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and nine others in a case of the alleged assault on the then Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash. However, the special MP/MLA court, presided over by Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sachin Gupta has ordered framing of charges against two AAP MLAs - Amantullah and Prakash Jarwal...

Impact Of Supreme Court Direction : Karnataka HC Says Govt Order Withdrawing Prosecution Won't Apply To MPs/MLAs

In the light of the order passed by the Supreme Court yesterday, the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday said that the order issued by the Karnataka Government on August 31, 2020 to withdraw criminal prosecutions will not apply to sitting or former MPs/MLAs.Yesterday, a bench led by the Chief Justice of India had ordered that no criminal prosecution must be withdrawn against MPs/MLAs without...

Allahabad High Court Dismisses Plea By Lawyer Seeking Home Delivery of Liquor

The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a PIL which sough a direction to the State for framing necessary policy for home delivery of liquor.A Bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice Subhash Chandra Sharma noted that the petitioner did not cite reasons like avoiding overcrowding rather it relied on argument of increase in revenue of the State."Petitioner has shown...

'Perversity' Or 'Patent Illegality' Not Grounds To Refuse Enforcement Of Foreign Arbitration Award: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that perversity of an award is not a ground to refuse enforcement of a foreign award under Section 48 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, after 2015 amendment.The Court held that the ground of "patent illegality" is only available to set aside domestic arbitration awards made under Part 1 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act and will not apply to...

Unconstitutionality Of Marital Rape Exception In Indian Penal Code

The Kerala High Court delivered a landmark judgment in which it held that 'marital rape' is a good ground for divorce. Merely for the reason that the law does not recognise marital rape under penal law, it does not inhibit the court from recognizing the same as a form of cruelty to grant divorce, Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque observed in the judgment.This judgment, in a way, reignites the...

Decriminalization Of Indian Politics: 13 Key Observations Made By Supreme Court Today

The Supreme Court delivered a significant judgment today emphasizing the need to decriminalize Indian politics. The following are key observations made by the bench of Justices RF Nariman and BR Gavai in its judgment today:Candidates with criminal antecedents should not be permitted to be the law-makers.No one can deny that the menace of criminalisation in the Indian political system is...

No CET For Class 11 Admissions; Admit Students Based On Class 10 Marks : Bombay High Court To Maharashtra Govt

Allowing a student's plea, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday set aside the Maharashtra Government's decision to hold a common entrance test (CET) based only on the State Board's syllabus for class XI or first-year junior college admission. "The state government does not have the power under law to issue such a notification and this court can intervene in extreme cases of gross...

Bombay High Court Extends Protective Orders Against Evictions And DispossessionsTill August 30, No Further Extension

The Bombay High Court has refused to continue its unconditional extension of all interim orders in Maharashtra beyond August 30, given the improving covid situation and resumption in the physical functioning of courts. (Suo Motu PIL NO. 1 of 2021) A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justices AA Sayyed, SS Shinde and PB Varale had kept all orders or decrees for...

Supreme Court Bars Withdrawal Of Criminal Prosecution Against MPs/MLAs Without Permission Of High Court

The Supreme Court on Monday directed that no prosecution against sitting of former MPs snd MLAs will be withdrawn without the permission of the High Court of the concerned state.The Court further directed that judges hearing the criminal cases against MPs/MLAs in Special Courts should continue in their current posts until further orders of the Supreme Court. This direction will be subject to...

'Please Have Faith In System' : Supreme Court Disapproves 'Parallel Debates' By Petitioners On Pegasus Issue

In connection with the Pegasus issue, the Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed some reservations regarding the petitioners, who have an interest in the matter, from conducting "parallel proceedings and parallel debates" on social media while the Court is seized of the issue and is dealing with it."Mr. Shyam Diwan, Mr. Kapil Sibal, Mr. C. U. Singh, Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, all...

Rajya Sabha Returns Taxation Laws Amendment Bill To Nullify Retrospective Tax Demand

The Rajya Sabha on Monday returned to Lok Sabha the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill 2021 in the Lok Sabha which seeks to nullify the effect of the amendment brought by Finance Act 2012 to impose tax liability on gains arising from indirect transfer of Indian assets with retrospective effect.Since Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill 2021 is certified as a money bill by the Lok Sabha Speaker, the...

"Abuse Of This System": Supreme Court Imposes 1L Cost On Police Constable Accused Of Killing His Wife For 'Dragging Trial' Over 14 Years

The SLP was filed against the Uttarakhand High Court's order refusing to entertain his application for recording his statement again and refusing to quash the Trial Court's order.