Muslim Women Can Approach Family Courts For 'Khula', Self Declared Bodies Like ‘Shariat Council’ Can’t Certify Dissolution Of Marriage: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has said that the Shariat Councils are neither courts nor arbitrators and thus they cannot pronounce or certify dissolution of marriage by Khula.Justice C Saravanan quashed a Khula certificate issued by the Shariat Council and directed a woman and her husband to approach the Tamil Nadu Legal Services Authority or a Family Court to resolve their disputes."Thus, while it...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Appointment Of Police Officers As Public Prosecutors In Jammu & Kashmir

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice in a petition challenging the appointment of police officers as public prosecutors in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir.The bench of Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar sought the responses of the Centre and J&K administration after hearing the matter briefly today. The case will come up next on March 20. The petition filed by Amit...

Supreme Court Directs Tamil Nadu To File Status Report On Appointment of Trustee Committees For Temples

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the State of Tamil Nadu to file a report before the court within four weeks time pointing out the status of appointment of trustee committees for the temples in the state as per the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959. The bench of Justices AS Bopanna and Hima Kohli passed the above order while hearing a Special Leave...

Odisha Chief Minister Lays Foundation Stone Of High Court’s Centre For Judicial Archives

The foundation stones for the 'Centre for Judicial Archives' of Orissa High Court and High Court employees' residential complex were laid by the state Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in the presence of Justice Vineet Saran, former Judge of the Supreme Court. Chief Justice of Orissa High Court Dr. S. Muralidhar alongwith other judges of the High Court attended the...

Courts Must Realise Their Limitations, Needless Interference In Commercial Matters Can Cause Havoc: Calcutta High Court

Observing that the State must be given a sufficient leeway in tender processes to ensure that commercial activities of the government do not come to a grinding halt, the Calcutta High Court recently cautioned writ courts from needlessly interfering in commercial matters. A division bench of Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj said:“The Courts must realise...

165 Death Sentences Awarded By Trial Courts In 2022, Highest Ever In A Year Since 2000 : Project 39A Report

In 2022, trial courts imposed the largest number of death sentences in a single year since 2000 while the death row population was the highest it has been since 2004. These trends stand in stark contrast to the efforts by the Supreme Court to reform the death penalty sentencing framework, setting up the first Constitution Bench since Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab to review the...

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Seeking Compulsory Labelling On Fortified Rice Sacks

The Supreme Court, on Monday, refused to entertain plea seeking compliance of Clause 7(4) of the Food Safety and Standards (Fortification of Foods) Regulations, 2018 to carry out mandated labelling on fortified rice sacks for the benefit of those (including sickle cell disease and thalassemia patients) who are contraindicated to consume the same.On the last date of hearing, a Bench...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Bail Applications Of Godhra Train Burning Case Convicts

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on the bail application of convicts in the 2002 Godhra train burning case. The matter was listed before a bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala. The bench had earlier asked the State of Gujarat to specify the individual roles of the convicts, based on which their applications for bail...

Six Indian Lawyers Awarded NISAU India-UK Achievers Award

The National Indian Student and Alumni Union (NISAU), UK recently announced the winners of its India-UK Achiever's award, and the list features six Indian lawyers for their contributions to the field of law.The Achiever's award was presented to 75 Indian students and alumni, who had pursued a British programme of study, and have gone on to achieve excellence in their field, to celebrate the...

'Secular In 75 Years Of Functioning' : Muslim League Tells Supreme Court Opposing Plea To Ban Political Parties With Religious Names

The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has filed its counter affidavit in a plea seeking ban on political parties which use names and symbols with religious connotations. IUML has given a six point response to the petition and has prayed that the petition should be dismissed in limine.The six point response by IUML through its counter affidavit are as follows:1. Non Joinder of Necessary Parties...

Matrimony Based On Mutual Love And Affection; Not On Terms And Conditions: Supreme Court

“Matrimony is based on mutual love and affection and not on terms and conditions”, the Supreme Court of India orally observed on Monday. A Bench of Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar made this comment while hearing a plea pertaining to a marital dispute between a husband-wife duo. During the hearing today, the advocates for both the parties informed that that they were interested...

Gorakhnath Temple Attack Case 2022: Lucknow NIA Court Awards Death Penalty To Convict Ahmed Murtaza Abbasi

A Special NIA Court in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow District today awarded death penalty to one Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi who was arrested last year in April on the allegations of forcefully entering the Gorakhnath Temple last year in April and attacking security personnel deployed at the premises with a sickle.After hearing the case continuously for 60 days, Special judge of the ATS court...