Right to Choose Mother’s Alone, Not Medical Board’s; Court Can’t Abrogate Her Right: Bombay High Court Allows Medical Termination of 33-Week Pregnancy

The decision to terminate a pregnancy is the woman’s alone after a severe foetal abnormality is found irrespective of the length of the pregnancy, the Bombay High Court held while allowing a married woman to terminate her 33-week pregnancy against the advice of the Medical Board. A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Justice SG Dige observed: “The right to choose is...

Constitution Of India Is Supreme, Not The Parliament : Ex-Judge Justice MB Lokur Opposes Vice-President's Comments

Opposing the view expressed by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar that the Parliament has supremacy over other organs of the State, former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B Lokur said that it is the Constitution which is supreme."It is the Constitution of India that is supreme. The Judiciary is not supreme, the Executive is not Supreme, the Parliament is not Supreme. The Constitution of India...

Hijab Case : Supreme Court Agrees To Grant Urgent Listing After Concerns Raised Over Upcoming Exams [VIDEO]

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NDPS Act | Accused Must Apply For Default Bail On Expiry Of Statutory Detention Period, Cannot Be Released Automatically: Calcutta HC Full Bench

The Calcutta High Court at circuit bench Jalpaiguri held that an accused who is under detention under provisions of NDPS Act (the Act), cannot be released automatically on statutory bail on the expiry of 180 days which is prescribed under section 36A(4) of the Act until and unless he makes an application either in written or oral form. A Full bench comprising Justices Joymalya...

Law Minister Questions Collegium System Again, Backs Ex-Judge Who Said SC 'Hijacked' Constitution

Amid the ongoing friction between the judiciary and the executive over the process for judges appointments, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju endorsed the view of a former High Court judge who commented that the Supreme Court 'hijacked' the Constitution by formulating the collegium system to select judges.Rijiju shared in Twitter a video clip of the interview of former Delhi High Court judge...

NCLAT Chairperson Calls For IBC Amendment To Ensure Due Share For Operational Creditors; Stresses On Need To Train IRPs

Former judge of the Supreme Court and current chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, Justice Ashok Bhushan, said the move to inaugurate an insolvency law regime was one of the two most important changes in Indian legislative policy; the other being the introduction of the goods and services tax which replaced multiple indirect taxes levied by the centre as well as...

Religion Is Born Out Of Cow; Problems On Earth Will Be Solved The Day Cow Slaughter Is Stopped: Gujarat Court

While sentencing a 22-year-old man to life imprisonment for illegally transporting cattle from the state of Maharashtra, a Court in Gujarat's Tapi District recently said that all problems of the earth will be solved and the well-being of the earth will be established the day no drop of blood of cow drops on the earth. The Sessions Judge S. V. Vyas presiding over the District Court, Tapi...

33% Cases Coming To Supreme Court Are Bail Applications; This Calls For Introspection : Justice SK Kaul

While inaugurating NALSA’s First Regional Conference for the year 2023 titled ‘Northern Regional Conference on Enhancing Access to Justice’ organised by the Uttar Pradesh State Legal Services Authority at Varanasi, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Judge, Supreme Court of India & Executive Chairperson NALSA, on Saturday said that to dispose of the pending cases on bail and remission,...

Basic Structure Doctrine A North Star Which Guides Interpretation Of Constitution : CJI DY Chandrachud

Chief Justice of India Dr DY Chandrachud has called the ‘basic structure doctrine’ a north star “which guides and gives a certain direction to the interpreters and implementers of the Constitution when the path ahead is convoluted.” The basic structure doctrine had evolved in the celebrated 13-Judge Constitution Bench judgement of the Supreme Court almost five decades back....

By Asking Centre To Give Seniority To Reiterated Name Over New Proposals, SC Collegium Sets A New Precedent

The recent resolutions published by the Supreme Court Collegium have been making headlines as these are unprecedented instances of the Collegium publicising both the objections raised by the Central Government and its responses to them. The Collegium showed laudable temerity in calling out certain frivolous and unacceptable grounds of objection- such as sexual orientation of a candidate,...

'No Prima Facie Case Of Conspiracy Or Involvement Of Foreign Powers In Nambi Narayanan's Arrest': Kerala HC In ISRO Espionage Case

The Kerala High Court on Friday, while allowing the anticipatory bail applications of former Police and Intelligence Bureau officers-including former Gujarat ADGP RB Sreekumar and former Kerala DGP Siby Mathews- in the case relating to the alleged framing of former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan in the 1994 ISRO Espionage case, observed that prosecution has failed to prima facie establish...

Judicial Officers' Pension | Special Pay Part Of Pay, Should Be Reckoned To Calculate Pension : Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday held that the special pay granted to judicial officers is a part of their pay and that it is to be reckoned for the purpose of calculation of pension.The Single Judge Bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman was considering a batch of petitions filed by judicial officers who are either working or have retired from service as District and Sessions Judges,...