"It Is Victory Of Our Nation That Women Aspire To Achieve Highest Pedestal:" Justice D. Y. Chandrachud On 70% Women Officers Getting Permanent Commission In Army

"It is the victory of our nation that women aspire to achieve the highest pedestal", remarked Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on Monday.In a significant judgment on gender equality delivered on February 17, a bench headed by Justice Chandrachud had directed that Permanent Commission should be granted to women in the army regardless of their service, in all the ten streams where the Union Government...

Supreme Court Extends Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Convict's Parole By A Week; Directs TN To Provide Escort For Medical Checks

Supreme Court on Monday extended the parole by a week of AG Perarivalan, a convict in the 1991 assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, and has directed State of Tamil Nadu to provide an escort for his medical checks. A Bench headed by Justice L. Nageswara Rao heard the submissions of Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan who requested the Court to direct the State to...

Plea Seeking Period Leave For Women Employees: Delhi HC Directs Centre To Consider It As Representation

Delhi High Court has directed the Union of India to consider as a representation, a plea seeking period leave and facilities of periodic rests, separate and clean toilets and provision of sanitary napkins to woman employees during menstruation period. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan asked the concerned authority to deal with the representation...

[Breaking] UDF, BJP Leaders Move Kerala High Court Challenging Constitutional Validity Of Newly Inserted S. 118A Of Kerala Police Act

A batch of writ petitions in the nature of PIL have been filed before the Kerala High Court challenging the constitutional validity of Section 118A inserted in the Kerala Police Act, 2011 by way of an ordinance. "Section 118A is an attempt to resurrect the same approach to regulation of free speech that had been declared to be unconstitutional by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in...

"Pandemic Situation Likely To Worsen, States & Centre Must Gear Up To Combat It": Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday observed that the pandemic situation is likely to worsen across the country in the coming months and States as well as the Centre must be well-equipped to deal with the Covid19 crisis.In this light, a bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy & MR Shah directed the States of Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat & Assam to file status reports with respect to...

Presumption Of Service Of Notice U/ S 27 Of General Clauses Act Applicable On Service Of Demand Notice U/S 138 Of NI Act: Tripura High Court

The Tripura High Court has held that once a demand notice, issued under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 in case of dishonour of cheque is dispatched by post to the correct address, the part of the payee is over and the notice is deemed served on the defaulter as per the presumption under Section 27 of the General Clauses Act, 1897, unless proved to the contrary. A Bench of Justice...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-41]

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Death Of Supreme Court Registry's Official As Pandemic Rages On

As the pandemic rages in Delhi, a Supreme Court of India administration branch member passed away on Saturday due to the novel coronavirus, confirming the first COVID-19 death among the country's top court staffers.50 year old Rajendra Rawat was working at the Supreme Court's administration department and had tested positive for COVID-19 five days back. Rawat is survived by his spouse and...

Delhi Riots: Police Files Charge Sheet Against Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam in UAPA case

The Delhi police on Sunday filed a supplementary charge sheet in a court here against former JNU student leader Umar Khalid and JNU student Sharjeel Imam in a case related to the alleged larger conspiracy in the communal violence in northeast Delhi in February.The charge sheet was filed before Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat against Khalid, Imam and one Faizan Khan under the...

Victim Of False Rape Accusation: Chennai Court Awards Man Rs 15 Lakh As Compensation Who Faced Trial For Over 7 Yrs

A Chennai court (XVIII Additional City Civil Court, Chennai) has awarded ₹15 lakh as compensation to a man named Santhosh, who was arrested on charges of rape (when he was a College student) and was made to face trial for over 7 years.The XVIII Additional Judge, City Civil Court, Chennai Dr. R. Sathya Santosh was hearing a suit filed by the plaintiff, Santosh under Order VII, Rule 1 CPC...

High Courts Weekly Roundup [Nov 16 – Nov 22]

Allahabad High Court 1. DNA Test For Paternity Most Authentic For Wife To Establish That She Had Not Been Unfaithful, Adulterous Or Disloyal: Allahabad High Court [Neelam v. Ram Asrey] A Bench of Justice Vivek Agarwal observed that DNA Test is the most legitimate and scientifically perfect means, which the husband could use, to establish his assertion of infidelity. It said,...

Mumbai Court Remands Bharti Singh & Husband Haarsh To Judicial Custody Till December 4

The Magistrate Court at Esplanade Court, Mumbai on Sunday (22nd November) remanded Comedian Bharti Singh and her husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa to Judicial Custody till December 4.The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested comedian Bharti Singh Yesterday i.e. on Saturday (21st November) and seized 86.5 grams of Ganja (Cannabis) in her house; her husband was arrested today morning (22nd November)...