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Kerala High Court Now Has 7 Women Judges, Highest Ever In Its History
With Justice Shoba Annamma Eapen assuming office today, the Kerala High Court now has 7 women judges for the first time in its history. The High Court has now the following women judges: Justices Anu Sivaraman, Sophy Thomas, V Shircy, Shoba Annamma Eapen, MR Anitha, Mary Joseph and CS Sudha. Justice Shoba Annamma Eapen who has been sworn in as the Additional Judge of Kerala High Court today...
Gyanvapi Mosque Case : Should Not Allow The Spark To Spread
"Egregious violation of the rule of law"... "should not have been employed in a secular nation committed to the rule of law" - this is how the Supreme Court described the demolition of Babri Masjid in the Ayodhya verdict. The Court said that "during the pendency of the suits, the entire structure of the mosque was brought down in a calculated act of destroying a place of public worship".If...
Gyanvapi Mosque Case - Protect Area Where Shivalinga Is Stated To Be Found, No Restrictions On Muslims' Rights : Supreme Court Clarifies Varanasi Court's Order
The Supreme Court on Tuesday clarified that the order passed by the Civil Judge Senior Division at Varanasi to protect the spot where a "shiv ling" was claimed to have been found during the survey of the Gyanvapi mosque will not restrict the right of Muslims to access the mosque to offer namaz and to perform religious observances.The Court issued notice on the petition filed by the...
Women On The Bench : Madras HC Leads With 13 Women Judges, Followed By Delhi & Telangana; 5 HCs Have No Women Representation
With the Supreme Court Collegium making its recommendations for judicial appointments in several High Courts recently, the skewed gender ratio in the Indian judiciary has once again come under scrutiny. A couple of years ago, the India Justice Report had uncovered a rather dismal picture of the same, calling out the 'highly inadequate' representation of women, particularly in the higher...
Judge-Wise Statistics Of Reportable Judgments Of Supreme Court In April 2022
In April 2022, the Supreme Court delivered 88 Reportable Judgements. This month brought various concurring decisions rendered by Judges on different issues, for instance, on the issue of availability of the benefit of reservation after re-organization of States, Justice Uday Umesh Lalit authored the majority view (for himself and for Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha),...
Gyanvapi Mosque Survey An Attempt To Disrupt Communal Harmony, Violates Places Of Worship Act : Mosque Committee Tells Supreme Court
"An attempt to disturb the communal peace and harmony and in contravention to the Places of Worship Act" the Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Management Committee has argued before the Supreme Court while challenging the survey ordered by a Varanasi court in Gyanvapi Mosque premises on a plea by a few Hindu devotees.The present special leave petition has been filed challenging the recent order of...
CP Sudhakara Prasad, Former Advocate General Of Kerala, Passes Away
C P Sudhakara Prasad(81), Senior Advocate and former Advocate General of Kerala, passed away. He served as the Advocate General of Kerala from 2006 to 2011 and 2016 to 2021. He was also the Chairman of the Kerala State Bar Council from 2016 to 2019....
'Go Catch Bigger Fish...The Ones Who Loot 1000s Of Crores' : Supreme Court Rejects Bank's Case Against Farmer
The Supreme Court on Friday pulled up the Bank of Maharashtra for challenging a High Court's order of directing the bank to accept the OTS proposal given by a farmer who had availed a loan from the bank. "Go after bigger fish. Such a litigation in Supreme Court will spoil the families of farmers financially," the bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant remarked while dismissing...
National Consumer Commission's Appellate Order Can Be Challenged Before High Court Under Article 227 : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that an order passed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) in appeal under Section 58(1)(a)(iii) of the Consumer Protection Act 2019 can be challenged in a writ petition filed before a High Court under Article 227 of the Constitution.A bench comprising Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna held that NCRDC is a "tribunal" falling under Article 227...
"Will Create Chaos & Uncertainty": Supreme Court Dismisses Plea To Postpone NEET PG 2022 Exam
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed pleas to postpone NEET-PG 2022 scheduled for May 21, saying postponement will create chaos and uncertainty and will impact patient care and will cause prejudice to over 2 lakh students who have prepared.The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant was considering a petition preferred by doctors seeking to postpone the National Eligibility cum...