100 Major Supreme Court Judgments Of 2021 [Part 3, Judgments 76 -100]

This is the third part of the article covering 100 major Supreme Court judgments of 2021. The first part covered 52 judgments delivered from January to June. The second part included judgments(53-75) delivered from July to October. The third part will cover judgments (76-100) from October to December. Read the first part here and the second part here.76. National Green Tribunal Has Suo...

High Courts Weekly Roundup [December 20, 2021 To December 26, 2021]

Allahabad High CourtAllahabad High Court Directs UP Govt To Regularly Update State Enactments, Amendments On Official Websites [In Re - Regular Publication of All The Enactments of The State Legislature, as well as Rules, framed]The High Court called upon the Uttar Pradesh Government to regularly update the text of the state laws, along with the amendments, if made, on its official websites....

Karnataka High Court Allows Christian Woman To Perform Prayers At Her House Subject To Conditions; Allows Police To Video Record

The Karnataka High Court has by way of an interim order allowed a 70-year old Christian woman staying in Udupi District of Karnataka to perform prayers at her house. A single judge bench of Justice Krishan S Dixit said that, "AGA is requested to accept notice for respondent Nos.1 to 4; issue ad-interim order as prayed for, subject to the following undertaking given by...

WhatsApp Group Administrator Not Vicariously Liable For Objectionable Posts By Members : Madras HC Endorses Bombay HC Judgment

The Madras High Court recently granted relief to an administrator of a WhatsApp group in an FIR registered over offensive messages posted in the group by a member. The Court directed that the group administrator should be removed as an accused from the chargesheet, if the investigation reveals that he has only played the role of an administrator and nothing more. The Madurai Bench...

Popular Majority Not A Defence For Arbitrary Actions Of Govt; Functioning Of Democracy Unthinkable Without Judicial Review : CJI Ramana

A popular majority is not a defence for arbitrary actions of the Government, said Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, while underscoring the importance of all wings of the state acting within their constitutional limits.Speaking at a public event at Vijayawada, the CJI also criticized the tendencies to brand judicial review as "judicial overreach". He said that without judicial review,...

Supreme Court Lawyers Write To CJI To Take Suo Moto Cognizance Of Hate Speeches Allegedly Calling For Genocide Of Muslims Given In Haridwar & Delhi- Read Letter

76 Supreme Court Lawyers have sent a letter to Chief Justice of India NV Ramana highlighting the two separate events organised in Delhi (by the Hindu Yuva Vahini) and Haridwar (by Yati Narsinghanand) on 17th and 19th December 2021 wherein hate speeches consisting of open calls for genocide of Muslims in order to achieve ethnic cleansing were made.They have urged the CJI to take suo...

PIL On 'Pitiable Condition' Of 1st Prez Dr. Rajendra Prasad Memorials: Patna HC Directs Inspection, Seeks Reply Of Centre, Bihar Govt

Dealing with a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed highlighting the pitiable state of affairs of the memorials of the first president of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad situated at three different places of Bihar, the Patna High Court on Thursday sought the reply of the Union and State Government.The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice S. Kumar appointed a team of...

'No Physical Resistance By Prosecutrix Won't Make The Act Consensual': Madras High Court Upholds Rape Conviction

Upholding a rape conviction by the trial court (Chief Judicial Magistrate) and the lower appellate court (Sessions Judge), Madras High Court, while dismissing the criminal revision petition of the accused, has held that lack of physical and violent resistance against the accused will not make the act as consensual. "The very fact that the victim did not physically and violently resist...

Gauhati High Court Directs Assam Govt To Identify Ration Card Beneficiaries In Slum Areas Of Guwahati, Extend Help To The Needy

The Gauhati High Court has directed the state government to identify the ration cards beneficiaries in slum areas of Guwahati.The Bench of Justice N. Kotiswar Singh and Justice Malasri Nandi has also directed that families who need help in the COVID-19 pandemic be given help immediately, in form of food and other day-to-day support promptly.The order came on the PIL filed by one Syeda...

NEET & Medical Admissions Counselling : Supreme Court Interventions In 2021

2021 was a year where a lot of writ petitions were filed in the Supreme Court seeking various reliefs with regard to the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test(NEET) and counselling process for medical courses across the country. Let's have a look at how the Top Court dealt with them.DECIDED ISSUES :Centre Defers NEET-SS Exam Pattern Changes To 2022-2023 After Supreme Court RapFaced with...

"Complete Lack Of Sensitivity And Maturity By Presiding Judges": Delhi High Court Unhappy Over Family Court Orders

The Delhi High Court has expressed its unhappiness over the orders passed by the Family Courts by remarking that "complete lack of sensitivity and maturity" is shown by the presiding judges. "We are repeatedly coming across orders passed by the Family Courts which exhibit complete lack of sensitivity and maturity by the Presiding Judges. We have been repeatedly saying that Courts are meant to...

'Judges Themselves Appointing Judges' A Widely Propagated Myth; Judiciary Merely One Of The Players In Appointment Process : CJI Ramana

Seemingly responding to the criticisms against the collegium system, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said at a public event that judiciary is only one of the several players involved in the process of judicial appointments and that "judges are themselves appointing judges" is a widely propagated myth."It is nowadays fashionable to reiterate phrases such as, "judges are themselves...