Kerala High Court Directs State Government To Notify Forward Community List For EWS Reservation

“The Model Code of Conduct need not restrain the Government from publishing the same”, the Court said.

Recording Sexual History Of Rape Victim By Carrying Out "Two-finger Test" Or "Virginity Test" Unconstitutional: Pakistan Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of Pakistan observed that recording sexual history of the victim by carrying out "two-finger test" (TFT) or the "virginity test" is unconstitutional.Dragging sexual history of the rape survivor into the case by making observations about her body including observations like "the vagina admits two fingers easily" or "old ruptured hymen" is an affront to the reputation and...

Investigating Officer Not To Indulge In Any Act That Tacitly Creates An Advantage In Favour Of The Accused: Bombay High Court

While hearing a petition filed by the father of a woman killed in a motor accident alleged to involve a Sub-Inspector of Police, the Bombay High Court made some crucial remarks about the how investigating officers were to investigate such offences. The Bench of Justices Ravindra V. Ghuge and B. U. Debadwar emphasized that an Investigating Officer required to investigate the crime...

Any Eventuality That Interrupts Supply Of Water To Agricultural Fields Amounts To Violation Of Right To Trade Under Article 19: Allahabad High Court

Any eventuality that adversely affects supply of water to agricultural fields virtually amounts to violation of Article 19 as that affects business and profession of agriculturists.

Law Students' Plea Seeking Implementation Of Manual Scavengers Act: Allahabad High Court Seeks UP Govt's Response

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday (25th March) directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to file its response in a plea moved seeking implementation of the provisions of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 in the State of Uttar Pradesh. Having perused the recommendation made in the plea, the Bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and...

"Don't Pass The Buck, Look Into Allegations": Madras High Court To Election Commission On Plea Alleges BJP Targeting Voters Via Aadhaar Data

In response to a Public Interest Litigation petition filed alleging that the Puducherry unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has misused Aadhaar details of voters for election campaigning purposes, the Madras High Court on Wednesday (24th March) directed the Election Commission to look into the allegations immediately and with the degree of seriousness that it deserves. Calling it a matter...

Deportation Of Rohingyas Not Only Violates Art. 21 And International Norms But Like Sending Them To Torture Or Death:Petitioner To Supreme Court

In connection with the Rohingya matter, an additional affidavit has been filed before the Supreme Court, against the proposed deportation of the members of the Rohingya community, who have fled persecution in Myanmar and taken refuge in India."The deportation would not only violate their Article 21 right and all international norms but "would almost be like sending them back to torture or...

Mukul Rohatgi Vs SG Tushar Mehta On CBI 's Jurisdiction In West Bengal [Courtroom Exchange In Coal scam Case Before SC]

The Supreme Court on Thursday granted ad interim protection from arrest to the prime accused in the West Bengal coal scam probe, Anup Majee, conditional on him joining in the investigation before the CBI and cooperating in the same. The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, MR Shah and Sanjiv Khanna further clarified that this order is passed without expression of any opinion on the merits of...

West Bengal Coal Mining Case: Supreme Court Grants Interim Protection to Anup Majee

The Supreme Court on Thursday granted ad interim protection from arrest to the prime accused in the West Bengal coal scam probe, Anup Majee, conditional on him joining in the investigation before the CBI and cooperating in the same. The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, MR Shah and Sanjiv Khanna further clarified that this order is passed without expression of any opinion on the merits of...

'All Reservations May Go And Only EWS May Remain; But That's A Matter Of Policy' : Supreme Court In Maratha Quota Case [Day 9]

On the 9th day of the proceedings pertaining to the challenge to the Maharashtra SEBC Act, 2018, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court observed that it was for the Government to take a decision on whether caste and reservations should go.A 5-Judge Constitution Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, L. Nageswara Rao, S. Abdul Nazeer, Hemant Gupta and S. Ravindra Bhat remarked that...

Ensure That At Every Political Gathering Masks Are Worn By All, Social Distancing Norms Are Maintained: Madras High Court

In a plea seeking directions to Election Commission and the State Government for stopping all election campaign due to the pandemic, the Madras High Court on Monday (22nd March) refused to interfere in view of the fact that assembly elections have been notified. The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy was hearing the plea of one A. Jalaudeen,...

Tata Sons v. Cyrus Mistry: Supreme Court To Pronounce Judgment Tomorrow

The Supreme Court will pronounce the judgment in Tata Son's appeal against the NCLAT order dated 18th December 2019 which reinstated Cyrus Mistry as the Executive Chairman of Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd. The judgment will be pronounced by a three judge bench comprising of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, Justice AS Bopanna and Justice V Ramasubramanian. The bench had reserved the judgment in the case...