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Siddique Kappan Case : KUWJ To Implead Wife & Daughter Of Journalist; Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing Next Week
Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the Kerala Union of Working Journalists(KUWJ) in the habeas petition filed for release of journalist Siddique Kappan, told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the wife and daughter of the Kerala journalist will be impleaded in the petition.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India then adjourned the hearing till next week.Sibal offered to implead the...
Supreme Court Refuses To Allow immediate Re-opening of Sterlite Plant At Thoothukudi For Experimental Run
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, refused to grant interim relief to Vedanta Ltd., rejecting the mining giant's plea for an immediate reopening of its Sterlite copper plant at Thoothukudi for an experimental run for 2, 4 or 6 weeks.The company had moved the top court following the Madras High Court verdict in August that dismissed Vedanta's writ petition to reopen its copper smelter and upheld...
Plea For Release Of Journalist Siddique Kappan: Live Updates From Supreme Court
Supreme Court is hearing the habeas corpus petition filed by the Kerala Union of Working Journalist seeking the release of Kerala journalist Siddiqque Kappan, who was arrested by the UP Police while he was on his way to...
Supreme Court Imposes Rs. 1 Lakh Costs On Petitioner For Resuscitating Same Cause In Repeated Proceedings
The Supreme Court on Wednesday imposed costs of Rs. 1 lakh on a petitioner for a "gross abuse of the process of the law", having approached the Court repeatedly for the same cause in successive proceedings.The bench of Justices Rohinton Nariman, Navin Sinha and K. M. Joseph also demanded an explanation from the Supreme Court registry on how such applications are being listed."You have come...
Tying Rakhi As Bail Condition: Petitioners Seek Directions From SC Against Orders Which Affects Dignity Of Women And Trivialise Sexual Offences
In the Petition challenging the MP High Court Order with tying Rakhi as a bail condition, the petitioners have sought directions from Supreme Court against Orders which trivialize/tend to trivialize the occurrence of serious sexual offences against the women and children.The petitioner had challenged a bail condition on an accused charged with outraging the modesty of a woman to have a rakhi...
'In Public Place, You Are Teasing Young Girl?': Supreme Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Sexual Harassment Accused In FIR U/S 354 IPC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied the plea for anticipatory bail to an accused in a case of eve-teasing, where FIR under section 354, IPC (Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) had come to be registered.The bench headed by Justice L. Nageswara Rao was hearing a SLP against the January 21 decision of the Punjab and Haryana High Court refusing anticipatory bail...
Homeopathic Medical Practitioners May Prescribe Notified Drugs As Add-On Drug To Conventional Treatment For Covid-19: Centre Tells SC
The Central Government has informed the Supreme Court that specified Homoeopathic medicines can be prescribed as "add-on treatment" for Covid-19 and thus, it is incorrect to say that homeopathic medical practitioners cannot prescribe any treatment to Covid 19 positive patients. The clarification has come in response to an appeal preferred by Dr AKB Sadbhavana Mission School of...
There Has Never Been A Woman CJI; Greater Women Representation In Judiciary Will Help Balanced Approach In Sexual Violence Cases: AG KK Venugopal
Attorney General KK Venugopal, in his written submissions filed in an SLP filed by women lawyers against Madhya Pradesh High Court's 'Rakhi' Bail order, stated that improving the representation of women in the judiciary could also go a long way towards a more balanced and empathetic approach in cases involving sexual violence. "For instance, this Court only has 2 women judges, as against...
Kerala Government Moves Supreme Court Seeking Change Of Trial Judge In Actor Sexual Assault Case
The Kerala Government has filed a Special Leave Petition before the Supreme Court challenging the Kerala High Court order dismissing the applications filed by the prosecution and the victim seeking to change the judge holding trial in the sensational actor sexual assault case of 2017.Prominent Malayalam Actor Dileep is the eighth accused in this case. Earlier both the state and the victim of...