NCDRC Directs Porsche To Pay 10 Lakh Compensation With Interest To Customer For Misrepresenting Car’s Manufacturing Year

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed Porsche India Pvt Ltd and its Gurgaon Centre to pay Rs. 10 lakh compensation with simple interest @9% from the date of purchase of the car in 2014 for misrepresenting its year of manufacture. The Commission held that the act of Porsche Center misrepresenting the car manufactured in 2013 as 2014 will lead to...

AIBE Candidate Approaches Supreme Court Claiming That Delay In Declaration Of Results Is Jeopardizing Her Right To Practice As An Advocate

An Advocate has approached the Supreme Court aggrieved by the delay in declaration of results of the 17th All India Bar Examination (AIBE) results by the Bar Council of India (BCI). The 17th AIBE was conducted on 5th February 2023 across India, but despite a lapse of more than 2 and half months, the results are yet to be declared. The delay by the BCI “is jeopardizing the right of...

BREAKING: ['Modi-Thieves' Remark] Rahul Gandhi Moves Gujarat High Court Seeking Stay On Conviction In Defamation Case

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has moved the Gujarat High Court seeking a stay on his conviction in the defamation case over his remark “why all thieves share the Modi surname” made during a political campaign in Karol in April 2019. A criminal revision petition was moved today before the HC challenging the Surat Sessions Court April 20th order dismissing his application seeking a stay on...

Breaking: Supreme Court Stays Madras HC Order Setting Aside Ban On Chewing Tobacco In Tamil Nadu

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the operative part of the Madras High Court’s order setting aside a notification issued by the Tamil Nadu State Commissioner of Food Safety imposing a ban on sale of Gutka, Pan Masala, flavoured or scented food products or chewable food products that contain tobacco or nicotine.“....the petitioner made out a case for stay of the impugnment judgment...

Preventing Queer Marriages May Lead To Lavender Marriages, Nothing More Detrimental Than Gay Man Cheating A Lady That Way: Sr. Adv Saurabh Kirpal

Senior Advocate Saurabh Kirpal today argued in the Supreme Court that prevention of queer marriages in India by not granting them legal recognition may lead to lavender marriages between a man and woman— where either or both the spouse are homosexual.Arguing before a Constitution bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, S Ravindra Bhat, Hima Kohli and...

Same Sex Marriage- 'Parliament Has Power To Legislate On Marriage & Divorce, How Far Can Courts Go?': CJI DY Chandrachud Asks Petitioners

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud today reminded the petitioners seeking legal recognition of queer marriages in India that Parliament is empowered to legislate on the subject of marriage and divorce and therefore inquired as to the scope of interference by the Supreme Court in such matters."You cannot dispute that Parliament has the powers to interfere with the canvas covered by...

50 Years Of Kesavananda Bharati Judgment| Supreme Court Releases Video Dedicated To The Historic Judgment

On the 50th anniversary of the landmark judicial pronouncement in the Kesavananda Bharati case, the Supreme Court today released a video dedicated to the historic 1973 Fundamental Rights case. The video provides the viewers with the details of the case background, key legal issues involved, the judges who presided over the bench, the advocates who appeared in the case, arguments made...

Supreme Court Judges Library In The Additional Building Complex Formally Inaugurated By Chief Justice Of India

The Chief Justice of India, Dr Justice DY Chandrachud, made the New Judges’ library in the Additional Building Complex of the Supreme Court formally functional today. The new library is spread over four floors and includes circulation section, reference section, information management section, legal research and legislation section and acquisition section. The total collection of books...

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise Index (Citations 266 - 281) Part 1 [April 1 – 9, 2023]

SUBJECT WISE INDEXAmendmentRetrospective application for Amendment - Amendment by substitution has the effect of wiping the earlier provision from the statute book and replacing it with the amended provision as if the unamended provision never existed - 2015 amendment substituted "belong/belongs" in Section 153C with "pertain/pertains" and hence is amendment by substitution. (Para 10.4)...

Karnataka Muslim Reservation | SC Adjourns Hearing to May 9, Records SG’s Assurance that Earlier Regime Would Continue Till Then

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday adjourned to May 9, the hearing in a petition challenging the Karnataka government’s decision to scrap an almost three-decade-old four per cent reservation provided to Muslims in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category in the state. Notably, the bench also noted an assurance by the Solicitor-General for India, Tushar Mehta, that the earlier...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Women Wrestlers' Plea Alleging Sexual Harassment By WFI President

The Supreme Court today issued notice on the petition moved by top women wrestlers of the country, seeking registration of a FIR against BJP MP and Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over alleged sexual harassment.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal mentioned the matter before the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud today. He requested that the identity of...

Same Sex Marriage- Supreme Court Hearing- LIVE UPDATES

A constitution bench of #SupremeCourt will continue hearing a batch of petitions seeking legal recognition for queer marriage in India.Follow this thread for live...