'Affirmative Action Not Limited To Reservation Only': Supreme Court In Maratha Quota Case Hearing[Day 6]

On the sixth consecutive day of the hearing in the Maratha quota case, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court made observations regarding the need to move beyond reservations for the purposes of affirmative action."Affirmative action is not limited to reservation only", Justice S Ravindra Bhat, part of the 5-member bench, observed while hearing the arguments of Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal,...

Parliament Passes Bill To Increase FDI Ceiling Limit In Insurance Sector To 74% From 49%

The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Insurance (Amendment) Bill, 2021 which seeks to increase the maximum permissible Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the insurance sector to 74%, from the current limit of 49%. The Bill to amend the Insurance Act, 1938 was passed by the Rajya Sabha las week. As per the Statement of Object annexed to the Bill, "In order to achieve the objective...

"Digitally Sign Judgments/Orders To Show Authenticity; Watermarks Make Navigation A Nightmare": Supreme Court To HCs, Tribunals

Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on Monday expressed that High Courts and Tribunals must abstain from placing water-marks on their orders and judgments as it significantly hampers easy access to the document."You don't need watermarks to show authenticity. In today's date, the judgments can be digitally signed", said Justice Chandrachud.This remark came in the course of the hearing of a matter when...

'Threat By Using Caste Name' : Madras High Court Restrains National SC/ST Commission, TNHRC From Taking Cognizance Of Karnan's Complaints

The Madras High Court on Monday passed an interim injunction restraining the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and the Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission from taking cognizance of the complaints made by former High Court judge CS Karnan against the officers probing the abusive videos case against him, and also the judges deciding the case and the...

Tweet On Farmers Protest Not Made With Intention To Promote Enmity, Kangana Ranaut Tells Karnataka High Court

Actor Kanaga Ranaut, in her petition filed before the Karnataka High Court seeking to quash an FIR registered over her tweet on farmers protests, has said that the said tweet was not made with any intention to promote enmity and was instead done "solely with the intention to caution her followers" The petition in that regards reads as "Lok Sabha on September 17, 2020 passed the...

Centre Appoints Two Additional Judges At Karnataka High Court

The Central Government has notified the appointment of judicial officers Rajendra Badamikar and Khazi Jayabunnisa Mohiuddin as Additional Judges of the Karnataka High Court. They shall hold office for a period of two years in the above order of seniority. The recommendation for their elevation was made by the Supreme Court Collegium in February this year. Through the said...

Breaking: Supreme Court To Pronounce Judgment On Pleas Seeking Loan Moratorium Extension Tomorrow

The Supreme Court will pronounce its judgment tomorrow on a batch of petitions which seek the extension of the 6 month loan moratorium period granted by the Reserve Bank of India.The Court had reserved the Judgment on December 17 last year after hearing petitioners, Centre, RBI and intervenors. A bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, MR Shah and Sanjiv Khanna will be pronouncing...

Lok Sabha Passes Bill To Enhance Powers Of Delhi Lieutenant Governor

The Lok Sabha has passed the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021 to enhance the powers of Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. The Bill amends the GNCT of Delhi Act, 1991, a legislation that provides framework for functioning of the Delhi Legislative Assembly and re-defines Delhi Government as the Lieutenant Governor (LG). It also provides that the...

Sarojini Nagar Redevelopment: Delhi High Court Asks Delhi Government For Relocation Plan, If Any, on Jhuggi Owners' Plea

Hearing a plea by a civil welfare group on relocation of slum-dwellers of Sarojini Nagar Government Housing Complex upon the area's planned redevelopment project, the Delhi High Court today directed the Land and Development Office under the Delhi Government to treat the petition as a representation and inform the petitioner's counsel of the relocation plan for the slum-dwellers, if...

WhatsApp Chats Between Arnab Goswami And Ex- BARC CEO Friendly Banter, Nothing To Do With TRP Manipulation: Republic TV To Bombay High Court

Republic TV Editor-in-Chief, Arnab Goswami informed the Bombay High Court on Monday that his WhatsApp chats with ex- Broadcasting and Research Council (BARC) CEO Partho Dasgupta, appended to the Mumbai Police's charge sheet in the TRP Scam, is friendly banter between two close friends. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale was hearing a petition by Goswami and...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-57]

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Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Compounding Of POCSO Offences In Cases Of Teenage Relationships

A special leave petition has been field before the Supreme Court raising the issue that whether an adolescent boy, who enters into a relationship with a girl who is less than 18 years of age, can be punished for the offence of sexual assault under the POCSO Act. "Punishing teenager having a consensual affair which later tums out to be sour for any reason cannot be considered as...