Menstrual Hygiene | Supreme Court Directs Union Government To Frame National Policy On Free Sanitary Napkins & Safe Disposal Mechanisms In Schools

The Supreme Court on Monday (April 10) directed the central government to frame a National Policy on menstrual hygiene for school-going girls in the country. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala stated that the said policy must ensure low cost sanitary napkins and safe disposal mechanisms of sanitary napkins in schools. The bench was...

'Fake' Encounters : Supreme Court To Consider Gujarat Govt's Objection To Sharing Records With Petitioners

In a case wherein the Supreme Court is monitoring 22 alleged 'fake encounters' conducted by the Gujarat Police between 2002 and 2007, it indicated, on Monday, that it would consider the reservation expressed by the State of Gujarat in sharing records of three encounters with the petitioners. The report filed by retired judge of the Supreme Court, Justice HS Bedi found prima facie evidence of...

Plea To Safeguard Copyright Of Live-Stream Videos In YouTube : Supreme Court Allows Petitioner To Give Suggestions

The Supreme Court on Monday disposed off an application filed by former RSS ideologue KN Govindacharya seeking a mechanism to preserve the copyright of the live-stream videos of hearings streamed through YouTube. A bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala disposed of the application giving liberty to the petitioner to give his suggestions to...

Alleged Lack Of Jurisdiction Of Court No Ground To Transfer Case : Supreme Court Dismisses PFI Student Wing Leader's Plea

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by KA Rauf Sheriff, the General Secretary of the Campus Front of India (the student wing of the banned Popular Front of India), seeking transfer of the money laundering case against him from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh to Ernakulam in Kerala.The money laundering case was registered in 2018 by taking a UAPA case relating to a PFI arms...

Quarterly Digest Of Tax Cases: January-March, 2023

Indirect TaxesSupreme CourtSabka Vishwas Scheme : Supreme Court Grants Relief To Company Which Missed Deadline Due To IBC MoratoriumCase Title: Shekhar Resorts Limited vs Union of IndiaCitation : 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 15No one can be expected to do the impossible, the Supreme Court remarked while granting relief to a company which could not avail the benefit of settlement of tax dues under...

View That There Cannot Be Police Custody Beyond 15 Days From Date Of Arrest Should Be Reconsidered : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, on Monday, opined that its decision in CBI v. Anupam J. Kulkarni, wherein it was observed that there cannot be police custody beyond 15 days from the date of arrest, requires to be re-considered.A Bench comprising Justice MR Shah and Justice CT Ravikumar granted permission to CBI to have 4 days’ police custody remand of an accused whose remand was originally granted by...

Plea Against Identifying Minorities At National Level: Supreme Court Grants Last Opportunity To States, UTs That Are Yet To Submit Responses

The Supreme Court, on Monday, granted last opportunity to the State Governments and Union Territories that are yet to file their response stating their point of view regarding identification and notification of religious and linguistic minorities. The Apex Court directed them to submit their response to the Union Government within a period of six weeks. A Bench comprising Justice SK Kaul...

Can't Debar Persons Charged For Serious Offences From Elections, Says Supreme Court During Hearing

While hearing a PIL to debar persons against whom charges have been framed in serious offences from contesting in elections, the Supreme Court on Monday orally observed that it cannot pass a direction to debar persons who are chargesheeted for serious offences from contesting elections."The prayer is to debar persons against whom charges have been framed in serious offences from standing...

'PMLA Most Draconian Statute Ever In The Country': Kapil Sibal Urges Supreme Court To Reconsider 'Vijay Madanlal Choudhary' Judgment

“The Prevention of Money Laundering Act is the most draconian statute that has ever seen the light of day in the country,” senior advocate and Member of Parliament Kapil Sibal told the Supreme Court of India on Monday. “The act gives draconian powers to the Directorate of Enforcement for arrest, attachment, search and seizure. The safeguards provided in the Code...

Can Centre Withhold Reasons Behind Blocking Orders? What Happens In Other Countries Like USA? Karnataka High Court Asks In Twitter's Challenge

The Karnataka High Court on Monday asked Twitter and the Union of India to clarify by Wednesday, on how laws of other countries including that of the United States of America deal with the aspect of disclosure of reasons by governments, while issuing account blocking orders to intermediaries for posting of objectionable content. A single judge bench of Justice Krishan S Dixit said...

Threshold Limit Of Rs. 1 Crore Applicable From The Date Of Filing And Not From Date Of Registration Of Petition: NCLAT Delhi

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (“NCLAT”), Principal Bench, comprising of Justice Ashok Bhushan (Chairperson) and Shri Kanthi Narahari (Technical Member), while adjudicating an appeal filed in Royal Manpower Services v Faridabad Autocomp System Pvt. Ltd., has held the revised minimum threshold of Rs. 1 Crore is applicable from the date of filing of petition and not from the...

Gujarat High Court Seeks Congress MLA Kiritkumar Patel's Response On Plea Challenging His Election From Patan Assembly Constituency

The Gujarat High Court has issued notice to Congress MLA Kiritkumar Chimanlal Patel from Patan Assembly in an Election Petition alleging that he had not furnished information with regard to the FIRs registered against him in the affidavits filed before the Returning Officer during the 2022 Assembly Elections. The petitioner, an elector from the Patan Assembly, alleged in the...