Whatsapp Spyware : Former RSS Leader Govindacharya Withdraws His Petition Seeking Probe

Former RSS leader K N Govindacharya on Monday withdrew his petition filed in Supreme Court which had sought a probe by National Investigation Agency into the allegations of snooping of Whatsapp chats of Indian activists using Pegasus spyware developed by Isreali firm NSO.The bench headed by Chief Justice of India S A Bobde told the petitioner's counsel Senior Advocate Vikas Singh that there...

SC To Consider Plea Against Polygamy And Nikah-Halala After Winter Break

Supreme Court on Monday turned down the request of BJP leader Ashwini Updadhyay for urgent listing of his petition to declare the Muslim practice of Polygamy and Nikah-Halala.Chief Justice SA Bobde said it can be considered after winter-break Upadhyay in his petition, prayed that Section 2 of the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act be declared unconstitutional and violative of...

SC Dismisses Plea For Permission To Demonstrate That EVMS Can Be Tampered With

The Supreme Court on Monday summarily dismissed a petition filed by actor turned politician Mansoor Ali Khan which sought directions to the Election Commission of India to allow him to demonstrate that Electronic Voting Machines can be tampered with.The Tamil actor, who had contested and lost election from Dindigul constituency in TN in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, sought permission to...

Any Act Of Commission/Omission Of The Investigating Officer Cannot Go To The Advantage Of The Accused: SC [Read Judgment]

"The prosecution case of course, cannot be doubted merely on the ground of non-recovery of weapons and other piece of evidence."

"Can There Be Peace Without Justice?" Senior Advocate Rajeev Dhavan On Ayodhya Verdict [Video]

Senior Advocate Rajeev Dhavan, who argued for the Muslim side opined that a review petition should be filed against the November 9 Judgment of the Supreme Court which allowed the Hindu parties to build the Ram Temple in the disputed Site of Ayodhya.He was speaking on the topic "The Constitution of India at 70" in an event organised by Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust at New Delhi.Excerpts From...

SC Sets Up Expert Panel To Examine Impact Of Use Of Disinfectants In Flights On Passengers

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to constitute a 6-member committee in order to look into the effects of disinfectants sprayed inside airplanes to ward off vector-borne diseases.A bench comprising Justices D Y Chandrachud and Hrishikesh Roy stated that:"The issue of disinfecting of aircraft involves, on the one hand, concerns relating...

Sabarimala Review Order Is Against Constitutional Morality : Prof Upendra Baxi

The 25th Justice Sunanda Bhandare Memorial Lecture was held on Friday by the Justice Sunanda Bhandare Foundation. The profound lecture was delivered by Prof. (Dr.) Upendra Baxi on "How to Engender the Basic Structure Doctrine?: The Elusive Future of Women's Rights as Human Rights." Prof. Baxi commenced the lecture by commenting on the need to feminize the basic structure doctrine. He...

Justice Nariman's Revival Of Doctrine Of "Manifest Arbitrariness" To Strike Down Legislation

Manifest Arbitrariness in a legislation is a ground for a Constitutional Court to strike it down as violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India. The test to determine "manifest arbitrariness" is to decide whether the enactment is drastically unreasonable and / or capricious, irrational or without adequate determining principle.The latest example of a legislative provision being...

Right To Get Sample Tested Also Available To Vendor Of Misbranded Food Article When Its Testing Is Integral To Prove The Offence: SC [Read Judgment]

"In such a scenario, the word ‘adulterated’ in Section 13(2) would have to be read as including ‘misbranded’"

SC Quashes Rape Case To Do 'Complete Justice' To Accused And Victim Who Settled It [Read Order]

"In our opinion, the relief claimed by the appellant to quash the criminal proceedings pending against him deserves to be acceded to for doing complete justice to the parties concerned. "

Malegaon Blast: SC To Hear Plea Against Bail Granted to Pragya Singh Thakur, After Two Weeks

The Supreme Court Friday said it would hear after two weeks a plea challenging the Bombay High Court's April 2017 order granting bail to Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, one of the accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.Thakur, now a sitting BJP MP, was granted bail on April 25, 2017 by the high court which said "no prima facie" case was made out against her in the case.Seven people were killed in...

Inspired By Supreme Court Of India, Zimbabwe HC Delivers Landmark Judgment Denouncing Discrimination Against Transgenders [Read Judgment]

"I have no doubt that although the focus in the Supreme Court of India was on the rights of the Indian Citizens, there is international flavor in the Court's analysis of transgender citizens and their expectations"