Our Constitutional Ideals Are Not Some Colonial Vestige, Can't Say Constitution Is Un-Indian : Justice S Ravindra Bhat

Former Supreme Court judge Justice S Ravindra Bhat said that the Constitution cannot be termed as a colonial document merely because it was a modification of the Government of India Act 1935 and emphasised that the Constitutional ideals cannot be discarded as some colonial vestige.He was delivering a lecture on 'Shedding the Colonial Hangover-Perspectives on Indianizing the Legal...

S.498A IPC | One Trivial Instance Not Sufficient For 'Cruelty' : Supreme Court Quashes Case Against Husband's Sisters & Cousins

Recently, the Supreme Court (on November 30) while quashing the criminal proceedings for the offence of cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, observed that one occurrence, unless serious, with no clear evidence of involvement in the complainant's life, is not sufficient to implicate a person under this provision. “One instance unless portentous, in the absence of...

Lok Sabha Passes Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Bill, J&K Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill

In a significant legislative move, the Lok Sabha on Wednesday (December 6) two bills amending key laws in Jammu and Kashmir. The bills, namely the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, were introduced in the Parliament in July this year.Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 modifies the Jammu...

Supreme Court Restores Cheating Case Against Fugitive Mehul Choksi & Wife; Says Gujarat HC Erred In Quashing FIR

The Supreme Court recently set aside a 2017 judgment of the Gujarat High Court which quashed an FIR registered by the Gujarat Police in 2015 against businessman Mehul Chinubhai Choksi, who turned fugitive and left India in 2017 following the PNB loan scam case.The FIR in the present case was registered by Ahmedabad Police for the offences of criminal breach of trust, cheating, forgery...

Supreme Court Asks Army To Frame Policy On Women Officers' Promotion

The Supreme Court on December 4 told the Indian Army to frame a policy regarding the promotion of women officers, who have been granted permanent commission following the judgments of the Court.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud and Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Mishra, was hearing a batch of applications filed by women officers who seek promotion from the rank of...

Supreme Court Dismisses PIL Alleging Adulteration Of Honey With Sugar Syrup By Major Indian Brands

The Supreme Court on Monday (04.12.2023) dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that sought purity test of several brands of honey sold in the market due to various reports claiming that many major brands selling honey are indulging in adulteration. 'We are not inclined to entertain this petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution of India. The Writ Petition is,...

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Committee Constituted To Frame Guidelines For Seizure Of Digital Devices : Centre Tells Supreme Court

The Central Government on Wednesday (December 6) told the Supreme Court that a committee has been constituted to look into the framing of guidelines regarding seizure of digital devices by investigation agencies. Upon the assurance of the Additional Solicitor General of India that the process will be expedited, the Supreme Court adjourned until December 14 the hearing of pleas raising...

'Unfair Burden On Lawyers': Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association Opposes Decision To Ban Adjournment Letters Till December 15

The Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA) has objected to a circular released yesterday by the Supreme Court registry discontinuing the practice of circulating adjournment letters or slips one day before a matter is listed, until the last working day of the year, i.e., Friday, December 15. Ahead of the annual winter break in December, the top court notified a change in...

Arbitration Agreement Can Bind Non-Signatories: Supreme Court Upholds 'Group Of Companies' Doctrine

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday (December 6) held that an arbitration agreement can bind non-signatories as per the "group of companies" doctrine. "The 'group of companies' doctrine must be retained in the Indian arbitration jurisprudence considering its utility in determining the intention of the parties in the context of complex transactions involving multiple parties...

Dushyant Dave Writes To CJI DY Chandrachud About Change Of Benches In 'Sensitive Matters'; Says Listing Rules Are Disregarded

Sr. Adv. Dushyant Dave has written an open letter to Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, expressing "anguished at certain happenings about the listing of cases by the Registry of the Supreme Court". Dave has said in the letter that some of the matters being relisted by the registry are "sensitive matters" involving human rights, Freedom of Speech, Democracy, and Functioning of Statutory...

Delhi Riots: Court Summons ED Special Director Over Non-Appearance Of Prosecution In PMLA Case Against Tahir Hussain

A Delhi Court yesterday summoned the Special Director of the Enforcement Directorate over non-appearance of the prosecution in a money laundering case registered against Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain in connection with the North-East Delhi riots of 2020.Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat said there was non-appearance on behalf of the prosecution in the court for filing reply...