Shyam Diwan To Argue For Polygamy Ban; Given Liberty By SC To File IA In Main Matter

Four months after the Supreme Court sought the Centre’s stand on banning polygamy and nikah-halala on six petitions and referred them to a constitution bench, one more woman victim moved the apex court with a similar demand.A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justices D Y Chandrachud and A M Khanwilkar yesterday granted senior advocate Shyam Diwan who represented the fresh petitioner...

Bhima-Koregaon Arrests: Wife Of Advocate Surendra Gadling Moves SC

The wife of Advocate Surendra Gadling arrested in connection with Bhima-Koregaon violence incident in Maharashtra moved the Supreme Court today seeking to intervene in a petition filed by noted historian Romila Thapar and others against the recent arrest of Left-wing activists by the Maharashtra Police for suspected links with Maoists. The petition was filed by Minal Gadling, wife of...

Here Is A Summary Of Law Commission’s Suggestions In Its Consultation Paper On ‘Reform Of Family Law’

On the day its term comes to an end, the Law Commission of India has released a Consultation Paper on ‘Reform of Family Law’.The Paper suggests a series of amendments to personal laws and further codification of certain other laws, particularly with respect to succession and inheritance. The suggestions also make an attempt at addressing the lacunae in laws such as the Special Marriage...

Law Commission Favours Simultaneous Elections; Calls For Further Discussions On The Matter

The Law Commission of India has submitted its draft report favouring holding of simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies. "Time has come for India to revert to simultaneous elections in the greater national interest", the Commission observed in the draft report.According to the Commission, enabling a voter to cast his or her vote for electing members to...

SC Stays Results Of SSC Exams 2017, Says System Appears To Be Tainted [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed in the interim the declaration of results of the Staff Selection Commission Examination 2017—both Combined Graduate Level Examination and Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination—while observing that prima facie the entire system appears to be tainted.A bench of Justice SA Bobde and Justice L Nageswara Rao stayed the declaration of results while taking...

Violation Of Public Advertisement Guidelines: SC Issues Notice To Centre, Six States And BJP

The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Centre, six state governments and the BJP on a plea which has alleged that they have violated the apex court's directions on issuance of public advertisements.Besides the Centre and the BJP, the apex court issued notices to the states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chattishgarh and Telangana on a plea filed by an Aam...

Why Can’t You Give Copy Of MP Electoral Rolls In Word Format To Congress ? SC Asks EC

“Yes you may have given us PDF copy of electoral rolls of MP but we want in soft copy as a word document as because in PDF we cannot search names as PDF is scanned copy. It is not easy. There is no ‘Cntrl-F’ option. For example, with one search we can know how many Abhishek Manu Singhvis are there and take action… But the thing is not that..The thing is if you can give the electoral...

Sedition Law Used To Curb Political Dissent : Law Commission Calls For Relook On Sec 124A IPC

"For merely expressing a thought that is not in consonance with the policy of the Government of the day, a person should not be charged under the section", stated the Consultation Paper issued by the Law Commission of India calling for redefinition of sedition, which  is made punishable by Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The Consultation Paper solicits public suggestions...

Article 35A : SC Defers Hearing In View Of Impending Local Body Elections in J&K

SC accepted the adjournment request jointly made by the Centre and State citing apprehension of law and order issues in the upcoming local body electionsThe Supreme Court on Friday deferred to the second week of January, 2019 the hearing on the constitutionality of Article 35A in view of the Panchayat and municipality elections scheduled to be held in the state of Jammu and Kashmir...

Breaking: SC Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Priya Varrier In Relation To The Song 'Manikya Malraya Poovi' [Read Order]

Allowing the plea of actress Priya Prakash Varrier and the director and producers of the Malayalam film ‘Oru Adaar Love’,  Supreme Court on Friday quashed the FIR and criminal complaints in Telangana and Maharashtra respectively registered against them for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of Muslims.The entire controversy is rooted in the picturisation of the song...

Legal Remedies For Wrongful Prosecution: Law Commission Suggests CrPC Amendments For Special Courts & Compensation [Read The Report]

The Law Commission of India, in its 277th report, has recommended amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure to include a mechanism for addressing instances of wrongful prosecution and providing legal remedies for victims of such prosecution.To this end, the report titled “Wrongful Prosecution (Miscarriage of Justice): Legal Remedies” submits the Code of Criminal Procedure...

The Identification Of A Person By The Timbre Of His Voice Is Risky In Criminal Trial:SC [Read Judgment]

The identification of a person by the timbre of his voice is risky in a criminal trial, when the identifying person is not familiar enough with the accused to be able to differentiate between subtle variations in the overtones.’In a judgment acquitting rape accused concurrently convicted by the high court and trial court, the Supreme Court has observed that identification from the voice of...