Kerala HC Declines Prayer To Direct Devaswom Board To Seek Review Against Sabarimala Judgment

The High Court of Kerala today declined the prayer to direct Travancore Devaswom Board to file review petition in the Supreme Court against the judgment in Indian Young Lawyers' Association case, which permitted entry of women on all age groups to Sabarimala temple.It was submitted on behalf of the petitioner M K Gopinath that Devaswom Board was a trustee of the deity and therefore had to...

Hand Over Charge Of Gokarna Temple To Ramachnadrapura Math For Now: SC Tells Karnataka [Read Order]

‘Our order dated 03.10.2018 is unambiguously clear that the status quo as on 07.09.2018 should be maintained by the parties.’Last week, the Supreme Court asked the State of Karnataka to hand over the administration of Gokarna temple back to Ramachnadrapura Math, for now.The Karnataka High Court had quashed the decision taken by the state government in the year 2008 to hand over Gokarna...

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions Resigns At President Trump’s Request; Matthew Whitaker Appointed Acting Attorney General

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has resigned as the country's chief law enforcement officer at the request of President Donald Trump. Chief of Staff to the Attorney General, Matthew G. Whitaker has been appointed as the Acting Attorney General until a permanent replacement is nominated.Broadcasting the decision, President Trump tweeted on Wednesday: “We are pleased to announce that...

AP To Get Its Own HC On 1st January 2019, Says SC [Read Order]

Finally, Andhra Pradesh will get its own high court in Amaravati on 1st January 2019. The present high court building in Hyderabad would be housing the High Court of Telangana.The Supreme Court on 29th October passed an order wherein it said that it expects a notification bifurcating the courts into the High Court of Telangana and High Court of Andhra Pradesh to be issued by January...

Sexual Harassment At Workplace : Kerala HC Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Formation Of ICC By Political Parties, Media Houses Etc [Read Petition]

The High Court of Kerala today admitted a Public Interest Litigation which seeks directions to constitute Internal Complaints Committee(ICC) within political parties, media and film production houses n accordance with the Prevention of Sexual Harassment At Workplaces Act 2013. Considering the PIL for admission, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice Jayasankaran...

'Cannot Direct Thantri To Reduce Vratham Period To 21 Days For Women To Visit Sabarimala', Observes Kerala HC

The Court observed that there was no law which empowered Court to issue directions to a  'thantri' regarding temple rituals and observances.Today the High Court of Kerala dismissed a petition seeking directions to the 'Thantri' of Sabarimala temple to reduce the 'vratham'(penance period) from 41 days to 21 days to enable women to undertake pilgrimage to the temple.The petitioner M K...

Sabarimala : Kerala HC Dismisses Petition Against Implementing SC Judgment On Women Entry

The High Court of Kerala today dismissed a petition filed by National Ayyaappa Devotees Association and few others against the implementation of Supreme Court's judgment in Indian Young Lawyers Associaiton case, which permitted entry of women of all age groups to Sabarimala temple.The petition was filed contending that the SC judgment was merely "declaratory in nature", without casting...

Zero Trailer: Plea Filed In Bombay HC Accusing Shahrukh Khan, Gauri Khan Etc Of Hurting Sikh Community’s Sentiments

A petition has been filed in the Bombay High Court accusing actor Shahrukh Khan and others involved with the movie of "hurting religious sentiments" of the Sikh community through the trailer of the upcoming movie ‘Zero’.In addition to Shahrukh Khan, the petition by Advocate Amritpal Singh Khalsa has been filed against the producers of the movie—Gauri Khan and Karuna Badwal, director of...

CJI Ranjan Gogoi Unhappy With Centre Splitting Up Collegium Proposals

The Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has taken up the issue of Centre splitting up Collegium recommendations by withholding assent to certain names selectively, reports the Economic Times. As per the ET Report, the CJI has raised the issue with the Prime Minister.“The splitting up of recommendations is a matter of serious concern, and the CJI has taken it up with the PM,” an unnamed...

Non-Disclosure Of Willful Defaulters' List : CIC Issues Show Cause Notice To RBI Governor [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission has pulled up RBI Governor Urjit Patel for non-disclosure of the names and details of action taken against willful defaulters of big bad loans worth hundreds of crores of rupees.The Commission on Friday also directed the CPIOs of the RBI, the PMO and office of the Finance Minister to explain the action taken on the ‘alerting letter’ written by...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

Principles Of “Double Jeopardy” Will Not Apply When Accused Was Discharged Due To Lack Of Proper Sanction [State of Mizoram V. Dr. C. Sangnghina]The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that when the accused was discharged due to lack of proper sanction, the principles of “double jeopardy” will not apply, and there is no bar for filing fresh/supplementary charge sheet after obtaining a...

SC Allows ‘Antim Darshan’ Of Ganga Campaigner Late Swami Sanand In AIIMS Hospital Itself, Subject To Restrictions [Read Order]

“We, therefore, permit the aforesaid arrangement, namely, darshan by 10 (ten) followers in a group subject to a limit of 50 (fifty) followers within the hospital premises for a period of one hour every Sunday for the next 10 consecutive Sundays meaning thereby a total of 500 (five hundred) followers.”The Supreme Court on Friday, allowed followers of Late Swami Sanand, a spiritual leader...