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'Bill Pending In Parliament' : Supreme Court Refrains From Deciding If Prohibition Of Child Marriage Act Overrides Personal Laws
While issuing various guidelines for the prevention of child marriages, the Supreme Court refrained from deciding the issue whether the Prevention of Child Marriage Act, 2006 overrides personal laws which sanction such marriages.The Court noted that the Parliament is seized of the issue since a bill introduced in 2021 to amend the Prevention of Child Marriage Act to give it overriding effect...
BREAKING | Supreme Court To Launch Live-Streaming Of Regular Hearings In All Benches
The Supreme Court is proposing to start the live-streaming of the regular hearings on all benches. The proceedings of all benches of the Supreme Court were streamed live on Friday (October 18) in a test format(can be accessed here).The streaming was done on the Court's own application instead of its official YouTube channel. Currently, only constitution bench matters and hearings of...
Supreme Court Stays HC Order Which Stopped Trial Of Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim In 2015 Sacrilege Cases
The Supreme Court on Friday (October 18) stayed the Punjab and Haryana High Court's order which stayed trial of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim in the 2015 cases relating to sacrilege of holy book Shri Guru Granth Sahib.A bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan passed the order in Punjab government's plea challenging the stay imposed on Ram Rahim's trial by Punjab and Haryana...
'Proceedings Can't Be To Malign Institutions' : Supreme Court Closes Habeas Corpus Petition Against Sadhguru's Isha Yoga Centre
The Supreme Court on Friday (October 18) closed the habeas corpus petition filed by a father alleging that his two daughters were being illegally confined at Sadhguru's Isha Yoga Centre at Coimbatore, because of the categorical statements made by the two women, who are presently aged 42 and 39 years, that they are staying at the Ashram out of their free choice.While closing the matter,...
Supreme Court Dismisses Karnataka's Plea Against Anticipatory Bail Granted To Bhavani Revanna In Kidnapping Case
The Supreme Court today dismissed the State of Karnataka's plea challenging the grant of anticipatory bail to Bhavani Revanna in a case involving allegations of kidnapping of a woman.Bhavani Revanna is the mother of Janata Dal (United) leader Prajwal Revanna, who is accused of committing sexual offences against several women.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan noted that the...
Supreme Court Recalls Its Judgment Which Struck Down Sections 3 & 5 Of Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act 1988
The Supreme Court on Friday (October) recalled its 2022 judgment in Union of India vs Ganpati Dealcom Pvt. Ltd which struck down Sections 3(2) and 5 of the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act 1988 as unconstitutional.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra recalled the judgment allowing a review petition filed by the Union...
Tamil Nadu Police Informs Supreme Court About Cases Relating To Sadhguru's Isha Yoga Centre
The Tamil Nadu Police informed the Supreme Court on Friday (October 18) that in last few years some missing persons complaints and enquiry on suicides relating to the Isha Yoga Centre have been filed. The Police also stated that the alleged detenues in the ongoing Habeas Corpus case have been living at the centre as per their free will. The Affidavit states that in the last 15 years,...
Trust Not Disqualified From Filing Consumer Complaint: Centre To Supreme Court
The Union of India submitted before the Supreme Court on Thursday (October 17) that merely being a trust does not disqualify a legal entity from filing a consumer complaint if it meets other conditions of being a consumer.“So your submission seems to be since definition is inclusive, considering the objects of the Act a public trust which otherwise qualifies under definition of consumer has...
Whether Adjudicating Authority Under PMLA Ought To Have One Judicial Member? Supreme Court To Consider
A Division Bench of the Supreme Court has passed an order directing that 6 cases, raising the issue whether Adjudicating Authority under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) ought to have one Judicial Member, be placed before the Chief Justice of India so that they can be listed before one Bench.The order was passed by a bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and AG Masih in a special leave...
Plea To Criminalise Marital Rape | 'If Wife Says No, Husband's Only Option Is To File For Divorce?' Supreme Court Asks
The Supreme Court today (October 17) commenced the hearing of a batch of petitions seeking the criminalization of marital rape. The petitioners represented by Senior Advocate Karuna Nandy stressed that the Exception no.2 under the definition of Rape as per the old and new penal provisions violated the fundamental rights of a woman under Articles 14, 21 and 19 of the Constitution and reduced...
'Post-1971 Illegal Immigration Not Stopped' : Supreme Court To Monitor Action Against Illegal Immigrants In Assam
While upholding the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955 - which enables immigrants from Bangladesh who entered Assam before March 25, 1971 to seek Indian citizenship - the Supreme Court lamented that no effective steps have been taken to prevent illegal immigration after 1971.A 5-judge Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud,...