Supreme Court Seeks Andhra Pradesh Response On Odisha's Contempt Plea Over Kotiya Villages Dispute

The Supreme Court on Friday sought for the response of the State of Andhra Pradesh in a contempt plea filed by the State of Odisha alleging that the former had taken over certain villages belonging to the former in violation of an order of the Apex Court. A Bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar heard the matter and directed Advocate Mahfooz A. Nazki, appearing on behalf of Andhra...

Supreme Court Defers Balwant Singh Rajoana's Plea For Death Penalty Commutation By 6 Weeks

The Supreme Court on Friday deferred the hearing on the petition filed by death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana seeking commutation of death penalty, after the Central Government requested the bench to await the decision of the President of India on his mercy petition.The Solicitor General of India, Tushar Mehta, informed a bench headed by the Chief Justice of India that the government...

Supreme Court Upholds Validity Of E-Voting Process For Winding Up Of Franklin Templeton's Six Mutual Fund Schemes

Supreme Court has on Friday negated all objections and upheld the validity of e-voting process for winding up of six mutual fund schemes of Franklin Templeton. The Court has directed the disbursement of funds to be done in terms of its previous orders. The Court has observed that for the purpose of clause (c) to Regulation 18(15), consent of the unitholders would mean consent by...

"Officers Are In League With Assesses": Supreme Court Pulls Up Central Govt. Over Delay In Filing Revenue Appeals By Govt.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Union of India for its trend of filing appeals before the court in revenue matters with gross delay.The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah was hearing an appeal u/s 35 L of Central Excise and Salt Act, 1944 by the Commissioner of Central Excise and Sales Tax, Surat against a CESTAT order, which had been filed with a delay of 536...

Supreme Court Issues Notice To Twitter On BJP Leader's Plea For Mechanism To Screen Anti-India Tweets, Hateful Ads

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation(PIL) petition filed by BJP leader Vinit Goenka seeking a direction to the Central Government to devise a mechanism to check fake news and instigative messages being circulated via social media, especially Twitter.Advocate Ashwini Kumar Dubey, appearing for the petitioner, submitted that petition seeks a mechanism to...

FIR Lodged Against 'Tandav' Makers As Series Contains Scenes Portraying 'God' In A Derogatory Manner: UP Govt Tells Allahabad High Court

The UP Government has told the Allahabad High Court that the makers of the web series 'Tandav' have been booked for portraying 'God' in a very derogatory manner. Opposing the anticipatory bail application filed by Aparna Purohit, the creative head of Amazon Prime Video India, in the FIR registered over scenes in 'Tandav', the Additional Advocate General Vinod Shahi submitted that ...

Conduct Training Programmes For Police Officers To Deal With Socially Sensitive Cases Arising Out Of Interfaith/Caste Marriages: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court directed the Police Authorities to to lay down some guidelines and training programmes how to handle such socially sensitive cases like those arising out of inter marriages.The bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy criticised a police officer who refused to close 'missing persons' FIR lodged by the father of a girl even after he came to know that...

Unilateral Withdrawal Of Consent From Joint Divorce Petition, After Other Party Has Performed Obligations Under Agreement, Cannot Be Permitted : Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has delivered a notable judgment holding that unilateral withdrawal of consent by a spouse from a joint petition filed for divorce, after the other party has performed his/her obligations under the agreement, is unsustainable in law.The Court termed it a "sharp practice, which cannot be permitted or tolerated for a moment as it would shatter the faith of the litigants in...

Denial Of Maintenance Allowance To Wife Causes "Economic Abuse" To Her Within The Meaning Of Domestic Violence Under DV Act: Tripura High Court

The Tripura High Court on Wednesday held that denial of maintenance allowance by a husband to his wife causes economic abuse to her within the meaning of sec. 3 of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005. A criminal revision petition was filed by the petitioner husband challenging the Additional Sessions Judge judgment dated 18th July 2020. The impugned judgment held that the husband committed acts...

Calcutta High Court Dismisses Plea Against BJP's 'Parivartan Rath Yatras'

"Filing of a writ petition by an advocate, who is directly connected with a political party in power raising issues against other political party during election time cannot be said to be in larger public interest. It can be said to be a private interest litigation." : Calcutta High Court

Love Jihad -CJP Moves Supreme Court Challenging Himachal Pradesh And Madhya Pradesh Anti-Conversion Laws

Citizens for Justice and Peace has approached the Supreme Court seeking permission to challenge Love-jihad laws passed by Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in its plea challenging the laws made by Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand against religious conversions for the sake of marriages. The petitioner seeks to make the inclusion after being informed that the Himachal Pradesh Freedom...

Consent Of Family, Community Or Clan Not Necessary Once Two Adult Individuals Agree To Enter Into Wedlock: Supreme Court

The consent of the family or the community or the clan is not necessary once two adult individuals agree to enter into a wedlock, the Supreme Court observed.The bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy observed that such a right or choice to marry is not expected to succumb to the concept of "class honour" or "group thinking".The court also said that the police...