SC Dismisses Review Petitions Against Judgment Decriminalizing Adultery [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has dismissed two review petitions filed against its judgment which decriminalized adultery by striking down Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code.An organisation named All Religious Affinity Movement had filed one of the review petitions against the judgment. "We have carefully gone through the Review Petitions and the connected papers filed therewith. We do not find any...

SC Refuses To Entertain MP Judge's Plea Against Probe Report In Sexual Harassment Allegations; Asks Him To Move HC

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea challenging the report submitted by the Internal Committee inquiring into sexual harassment allegations against a Judicial Officer in the state of Madhya PradeshA bench of Justices Indira Banerjee & Surya Kant refused to entertain the plea which challenged the decision taken by the Internal Committee (IC) averring that the report was...

[Breaking] Decided To Cancel Class 10, 12 Exams : CBSE & CISCE Tell SC

The Central Board of Secondary Education has decided to cancel the exams of Class 10 and 12 scheduled from July 1 to 15 in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, said the Solicitor General in the Supreme Court on Thursday. CBSE will conduct examinations when conditions are conducive, the SG told a bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari & Sanjiv Khanna.The SG added that a scheme has...

Interim Orders In Writ Petitions Involving Contractual Matters Should Be Passed Only After Carefully Weighing Public Interest: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has reiterated that passing any interim orders in writ petitions involving contractual matters, the courts must carefully weigh conflicting public interests. In a writ petition filed in a matter relating to tender of warehouses, the Rajasthan High Court passed an interim order of status quo with a further direction that other formalities may proceed but the contract...

Plea In SC Seeks Direction For Providing Better Facilities To The Inmates In Child Care Institutions[Read Petition]

An Application seeking for directions to provide appropriate medical treatment and facilities to the girls who have been tested positive for COVID-19 in a shelter home in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, has been filed before the Supreme Court in the matter regarding Exploitation of Children in Orphanages in State of Tamil Nadu.Filed by Amicus Curiae Aparna Bhat, the Application comes at the heels...

COVID19: [CA Examination] PIL In SC Seeks Stay On Opt-Out Scheme & Bats For Increasing Centres Across India

A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking multiplicity of centre's for partaking CA examinations to be held on June 15 as well as a stay on the opt-out scheme enunciated by the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAI) amid the ongoing pandemic situation.The petition avers that the the notification issued by the ICAI on June 15 violates the fundamental rights of 4.67 students who...

[Sathankulam Custodial Deaths] Madurai Bench of Madras HC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance and Directs SP To File Status Report

Following the custodial death of a 60 year old timber trader and his 31 year old son on Tuesday in Sathankulam district Tamil Nadu, Madras High Court bench at Madurai has taken suo motu cognisance of the incident.A bench of Justices PM Prakash and B. Pugalendhi has sought a status report from the Superintendent of Police over the death of the two accused who allegedly died in police...

PIL In SC Seeks Investigation Against Congress, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi In Connection With An Alleged 2008 Agreement Between INC and Communist Party of China [Read Petition]

A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court against Indian National Congress (INC), Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, seeking details of a 2008 agreement between INC and the Communist Party of China for exchanging high-level information and for cooperation between them. The petition further seeks for an investigation into the same by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) under...

Franklin Templeton : SC Transfers Pleas In Madras, Delhi & Gujarat HCs Against Winding Up Of Debt Funds To Karnataka HC

The Supreme Court has transferred the petitions pending in the High Courts of Gujarat, Madras and Delhi challenging the winding up of the debt funds of Franklin Templeton to the High Court of Karnataka."Let the matters be transmitted to the High Court of Karnataka within 15 days by the concerned High Courts. Let the High Court of Karnataka hear and finally decide the matter, including the...

Understanding The 'Tug of War' As To Who Should Represent Delhi Police In Delhi Riots Cases

Not a single hearing in cases pertaining to Delhi riots has gone by without involving a disagreement between the Centre and the Delhi Government as to who should represent the Delhi Police. As quoted by the concerned lawyers themselves, this controversy is becoming uglier with each passing case. Even though this debate surfaces in every hearing, the judges have shown complete...

[Breaking] Delhi HC Grants Bail To Safoora Zargar As Delhi Police Agrees To Her Release On Humanitarian Grounds

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday allowed bail to Safoora Zargar, 27 year old student of Jamia Milia Islamia University under custody for alleged conspiracy behind Delhi riots, after the Delhi Police stated that it had no objection to her release on humanitarian grounds.There were widespread concerns raised about the incarceration of Zargar, who is in the 23rd week of her pregnancy, in...

TN Caste Killing Case : Lapses In Investigation Helped Acquittal Of Prime Accused Chinnasamy

The Madras High Court' judgment setting aside the conviction of Chinnasamy in the 2016 Udumalpet caste killing case has caused widespread dismay and anger. The Sessions Court in Thiruppur had sentenced him to death in 2018, on the finding that he was the key conspirator behind the daylight murder of his daughter Kowsalya's husband Shankar, a Dalit man. The gruesome murder, in full public...