Petitioner In PIL On Religious Conversions Seeks Recall Of SC Order Which Removed His Name From Case-title

Advocate, Mr. Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has, recently, filed an application before the Supreme Court seeking recall of its order which directed change in the title of the case pertaining to religious conversion. The application beseeches the Apex Court to grant the following relief -“...the Court may be pleased to delete the first para of the order dated 09.01.2023 [The Present petition be...

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Declaration That Citizens Have Fundamental Right To Directly Petition The Parliament

On Friday, the Supreme Court directed that a copy of the public interest litigation seeking to declare that citizens have a fundamental right to directly petition the Parliament and invite deliberation on important issues of public interest, be served to the Centre. A Bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna observed that it did not want to issue notice in the plea at this point...

Without Independent And Fearless Judges, India Will Enter A Dark Age : Former SC Judge Justice RF Nariman

Without independent and fearless judges the judiciary would fall and India would enter a new dark age, retired Justice Rohinton Nariman said at a lecture in Mumbai on Friday. "If you don't have independent and fearless judges, say good bye. There is nothing left. As a matter of fact, according to me, if finally, this bastion falls, or were to fall, we will enter the abyss of a...

Court Acquits All In Case For Murder Of Mohsin Shaikh, Who Was 'Lynched For Having Beard, Skull Cap'

Nine years after Mohsin Shaikh, a 28-year-old Muslim techie was lynched while he was returning from his evening prayers, a Sessions court in Pune has acquitted all accused of his murder including Dhananjay Jayram Desai, head of the radical outfit Hindu Rashtra Sena (HRS). Sessions Judge SB Salunkhe acquitted 21 accused of all charges. They were booked by the Hadapsar police...

Each Pending Case Is A Debt On Judiciary Which Needs To Be Discharged: Madhya Pradesh High Court CJ Ravi Malimath

Delivering his Republic Day speech on Thursday, Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court Justice Ravi Malimath spoke about the implementation and tremendous success of ’25 Debt’, a scheme launched in October 2021 to tackle the issue of old cases which were pending for many years but were were not being taken up or adjudicated.“Older cases were being shelved while other cases were...

S.125 CrPC | Major Unmarried Daughter Not Entitled To Maintenance From Father Merely On Ground That She Is Unable To Maintain Herself: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday reiterated that an unmarried daughter who attained majority cannot claim maintenance from her father under Section 125(1) CrPC, merely on the ground that she does not have means for her sustenance. The Court observed that an unmarried daughter unable to maintain herself by reason of any physical, mental abnormality or injury is entitled to claiming...

Lakshadweep MP’s Disqualification: ECI Tells Supreme Court That It Will Act As Per HC Order Staying Conviction

On Friday, the Supreme Court disposed of former Member of Parliament from Lakshadweep, Mohammed Faizal’s plea challenging Election Commission of India’s decision announcing bye-elections for the constituency, following his disqualification owing to conviction in a criminal case.Faizal, belonging to Nationalist Congress Party, was convicted by the Sessions Court at Lakshadweep on January 11...

Freedom Of Expression Doesn't Give Citizens The Right To Speak Sans Responsibility On Social Media: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court recently observed that the freedom of expression does not confer upon the citizens the right to speak without responsibility on social media nor does it grant an unfettered license for every possible use of language."...it is beyond the shadow of a doubt that social media is a global platform for the exchange of thoughts, opinions, and ideas. The internet and social...

Sitting On Names Recommended By Collegium Deadly, Against Democracy: Retired Justice RF Nariman Says SC Should Set Strict Deadline For Collegium Resolutions

The Supreme Court of India should constitute a five-judges bench to tie all loose ends of the Memorandum of Procedure for the appointment of Judges, and lay down a strict deadline for the government to respond to the collegium resolutions or else it should be taken that the government has nothing to say, and appointments should be done, Justice (Retd) Rohinton Nariman said on...

Decide On Real Estate Proposals For Environment Clearance In Accordance With DCPR-2034: Bombay High Court To SEIAA

The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Maharashtra State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) to re-start deciding proposals pending before it for environmental clearance on a petition by NAREDCO, a self-regulatory real estate body. The court of ACJ SV Gangapurwala and Sandeep Marne ordered that all project proposals should be considered in accordance with...

S. 308 IPC| Intention Or Knowledge & Circumstances Under Which Act Committed Is Material, Not Injuries: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that for the purposes of constituting an offence under Section 308 of the Indian Penal Code, what is the material is intention or knowledge and the circumstances in which the act has been done, and not the injuries.The bench of Justice Syed Aftab Husain Rizvi observed thus while upholding an order of the Sessions Judge, Varanasi rejecting the plea...

Unnao Rape Case: Delhi High Court Reduces Period Of Interim Bail Granted To Ex-BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar

The Delhi High Court on Friday reduced the period of interim bail granted to former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in Unnao rape case. He has been granted the interim bail to allow him attend his daughter’s wedding.A division bench of Justice Mukta Gupta and Justice Poonam A. Bamba modified its earlier order dated January 16 by which...