'Nobody Is Dying Because They Don't Have Marriage Certificates' :Centre Opposes Urgent Hearing Of Plea For Same-Sex Marriage Recognition

Arguing against the urgent hearing of a batch of pleas seeking recognition to same-sex marriages in India under various personal laws, the Union of India today told the Delhi High Court, "You don't need marriage certificate for hospitals, nobody is dying because they don't have marriage certificate." The centre also submitted a letter seeking adjournment, pointing out that the court was...

[BREAKING]Narada Case : CBI Moves Supreme Court Against Calcutta HC Order Allowing House Arrest Of TMC Leaders; Seeks Adjournment Of Larger Bench Hearing

Seeking adjournment from the 24th May hearing of the 5-Judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court, Central Bureau of Investigation has stated that it has moved the Supreme Court challenging two directions of the Calcutta High Court wherein it allowed house arrest of the four TMC leaders in the Narada Scam case and sought to place the matter before a larger Bench. Consequently, the CBI has...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up May 17 to May 23, 2021

JUDGMENTS THIS WEEK1. Supreme Court Upholds IBC Provisions Applicable To Personal Guarantors Of Corporate DebtorsCase: Lalit Kumar Jain vs. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India Citation: LL 2021 SC 257The Supreme Court this week upheld the provisions of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 which applies to personal guarantors of corporate debtors. The bench comprising Justices L....

UPSC Aspirants Move Supreme Court Seeking Extra Chance In Civil Services Exam Citing COVID-19 Pandemic

A group of twenty-eight civil services aspirants, who could not appear in the UPSC exam held in October 2020, have approached the Supreme Court by filing a writ petition seeking an extra attempt this year. These are candidates who had the last attempt in 2020 but could not appear in the exams held in October 2020 due to "exceptional circumstances" created by the COVID-19 pandemic.On April 19,...

Doctrine Of Impossibility Applicable To Court Orders; Possibility Of Implementation Should Be Considered : Supreme Court

"Doctrine of impossibility is applicable to Court orders as well", said the Supreme Court on Friday stayed the directions issued by Allahabad High Court on May 17 for upgradation of medical facilities in the State of Uttar Pradesh on a war-scale footing. Stating that High Courts should avoid passing orders that are not capable of being implemented, a Bench of Justices Vineet Saran and...

Hacking, Data Theft Attract Offences Under IPC Also, Not Just Information Technology Act : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday remarked that in a case of hacking and data theft, in addition to penal provisions of the IT Act, offences under the IPC would also be attracted and that the IT Act would not exclude the applicability of the IPC.The vacation bench of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Aniruddha Bose was considering an SLP against the March order of the High Court of Punjab and...

E-Courts Mobile App Crosses 57Lakh Downloads, Supreme Court E- Committee Releases App Manual In 14 Languages

The Supreme Court e-Committee has released a manual for its free e-Courts services mobile application. The application has crossed 57 lakh downloads and the manual has been released in 14 languages— i.e. English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarathi, Kannada, Khasi, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, for better reach. The mobile app and its manuals in...

[Discharge Of Untreated Sewage In River Yamuna From Vrindavan And Kosi] NGT Directs UP's Chief Secretary To Review Remedial Action,

The National Green Tribunal has directed Uttar Pradesh's Chief Secretary, to look into the issue discharge of untreated sewage and waste water/effluents from Vrindavan and Kosi towns in river Yamuna and Kosi drain near Sunrakh, and review the remedial action.A five-member Bench of the National Green Tribunal, headed by the Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel issued the direction on...

Corpses Floating In Ganga- PIL In Supreme Court Seeks Directions For Framing Policy To Protect Rights Of The Dead, Control On Overcharging Of Cremations & Ambulance Services

In the wake of tragic news of bodies floating in the river Ganga, a PIL has been filed before Supreme Court seeking directions for framing of a policy to protect the rights of the dead and controlling the overcharging for cremations, burials of those who died of Covid-19 and ambulance services.The plea by Distress Management Collective, NGO Trust based in Delhi-NCR, has stressed on the dire...

Due To Delhi Health Infrastructure's Unpreparedness, Many Citizens Compelled To Seek Medical Attention In Neighboring States: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Friday (May 21) observed that due to the unpreparedness of the health infrastructure in Delhi, many desperate citizens of the NCT of Delhi, had to seek admission/medical attention at hospitals in the neighbouring states. The Bench of Justice Rekha Palli was dealing with a plea by the petitioner, whose father is suffering from COVID-19 and he sought a direction...

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks 'SC Digital Venues' To Enable Technologically Deprived Advocates/ Litigants To Appear Before Top Court

A PIL has been moved before the Supreme Court seeking establishment of 'Supreme Court Digital Venues' across the country to enable such Advocates and litigants to appear before the Top Court, who do not have access to technological infrastructure. The development assumes significance in view of prevalent debate surrounding establishment of Regional Benches of the Supreme Court...

Calculated Acts Of One Parent To Alienate Child From Other Parent Amount To "Mental Cruelty" : Kerala High Court

"A child has the right to the love and affection of both parents. Similarly, the parents have the right to receive the love and affection of the child. Any act on the part of the one parent calculated to deny the love and affection of the child to the other parent by alienating the child from him/her amounts to mental cruelty."