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"Horrendous Wrong Decision":134 Former Civil Servants Write To CJI Seeking Revocation Of Gujarat Govt. Order Releasing Bilkis Bano's Case Convicts
Former Civil Servants have written an open letter the Chief Justice of India against the premature release of 11 life convicts in the case of gang rape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of her family members in the 2002 Gujarat riots. The letter beseeches the Supreme Court to rescind the Gujarat Government's order of remission and send them back to jail to serve out their life...
Rajasthan High Court Half-Yearly Digest: January To June 2022 [Citations: 1 - 202]
CITATIONS 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 1 TO 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 202 Digests Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: January 2022 [Citations 1 - 43] Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: February 2022 [Citations: 44 - 81] Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: March 2022 [Citations: 82 - 114] Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: April 2022 [Citations: 115 - 153] Rajasthan High Court...
Breaking: Kerala High Court Orders Government To Close Down Religious Places And Prayer Halls That Are Functioning Illegally And Without Obtaining Permission
The Kerala High Court recently, while disallowing a petition to convert a commercial building to a Muslim place of worship, issued a direction to the State Government to close down religious places and prayer halls that were functioning illegally and without permission. Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan directed the Chief Secretary of State of Kerala and the State Police Chief to issue necessary...
"You Have Been A Citizens' Judge": Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave Breaks Down During CJI NV Ramana's Farewell
Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave broke down crying while bidding farewell to CJI NV Ramana today. In the ceremonial bench, while many spoke on the work done by CJI Ramana and even referred to him as the member of their "family", Dave got emotional and while stating that he could no longer hold his emotions said that–"You have been a citizens' judge...I cannot hold back my emotions today....
Election Freebies Issue: Supreme Court Refers Matter To 3-Judge Bench
The Supreme Court has referred the issues pertaining to promises made by political parties and election freebies to a three-judge bench.The bench led by CJI NV Ramana observed,"The issues raised by parties require extensive hearing. Certain preliminary hearings need to be determined, such as what is the scope of judicial intervention, whether appointment of expert body by court serve any...
BREAKING | Live-Streaming In Supreme Court For First Time; Public Can Watch Proceedings Of CJI Ramana's Bench On His Last Working Day
The Supreme Court's proceedings before the bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana will be live-streamed today. This is a significant development, as it is the first time that live-streaming is happening in the Supreme Court since the 2018 verdict which granted approval for live-streaming of the proceedings of the Apex Court in principle.The proceedings before the ceremonial bench of the...
Pegasus Probe Committee Report To Remain Sealed In Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has decided to keep sealed the reports submitted by the technical committee and the Overseeing Judge (former Supreme Court judge Justice RV Raveendran) who were tasked with probing the allegations of surveillance of mobile devices using the Israeli spyware Pegasus."The sealed covers were opened in the Court and we read out some portions of the said Reports. Thereafter,...
DNA Test | Proof Of Paternity Not Sufficient To Prove Marriage/ Domestic Relationship Between Parties Under DV Act: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently held that conducting DNA test and proving child's paternity would not be enough to prove the existence of a marriage or domestic relationship in a proceeding under Domestic Violence Act, 2005, when paternity or legitimacy in itself was not a fact in issue.Justice Kauser Edappagath while holding so, observed that under the DV Act, what is required to be proved...
Touching Child's Private Parts With Sexual Intent Sufficient To Attract POCSO Act, Absence Of Injury Not Relevant: Bombay High Court
Merely touching the private parts of a child with sexual intent is enough for it to be construed as sexual assault under section 7 of the POCSO Act and a medical certificate demonstrating an injury is not mandatory, the Bombay High Court has held. "The absence of injury mentioned in the medical certificate will not make any difference to her case because the very nature of the offence...