Supreme Court Reserves Judgment In Sabarimala Women's Entry Case

In the post-lunch session on day 8 of the hearing of Sabarimala matter, Ms. Jaising prayed that women be accorded the same treatment, in context of the Sabarimala Temple, as the Harijans who were earlier disabled from entering places of worship.It was her contention that to restrain women from offering prayers at the Temple on the premise of preservation of ‘perpetual celibacy’ of the...

SC Orders Attachment Of Bank A/c, 40 Movable Properties Of Real Estate Major Amrapali

“Does your client (Amrapali) feel that they are above everybody? Are they law unto themselves? They are defrauding the poor people. Ask them not to play hide and seek with the court”, a bench of justices Arun Mishra and U U Lalit told the group’s lawyer P S Patwalia Pulling them up for “defrauding investors and playing dirty games with the court”, theSupreme Court today...

Cracker Ban: Smoke Dangerous For Kids: SC; Child Petitioners Field Top Surgeon To Bolster Case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would soon decide if to resume the ban on sale of firecrackers ahead of this year’s Diwali (November 7) in Delhi and NCR or whether to just regulate the sale but agreed that children are the worst affected by pollutionThe bench of justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan was hearing PIL filed by kid petitioners- Arjun Gopal, Aarav Bhandari and Zoya Rao...

Indian Supreme Court Begins Hearing Petitions Seeking Decriminalization Of Adultery [Section 497 IPC]

After reserving its judgment in the Sabarimala Temple entry case, the Supreme Court five judge bench on Wednesday commenced hearing in the PIL seeking decriminalisation of the act of Adultery.Praying that section 497 of the IPC and section 198(2) of the Cr. P. C. be struck down altogether, the petition questions the statutory immunity from prosecution for the offence of adultery which has...

[Sabarimala][Day-8 Session-1] How Does Article 14 Apply In This Case? SC Asks Petitioner

As the hearing in the Sabarimala Temple entry case spilled in its eighth day, Amicus Curiae K. Ramamoorthy supported, as being a age-old customary practice rooted in ardent religious beliefs associated with the Temple, the restriction on accessing the temple by menstruating women between the ages of 10 and 50 years.He placed reliance on the 1986 apex court judgment in Bijoe Manuel v. State...

SC Agrees To Hear Plea Against Malayalam Novel "Meesha" Alleging Insult To Hindu Women [Read Petition]

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against the publication of Malayalam novel "Meesha" alleging that it depicted temple going Hindu women in derogatory light.The novel by S. Harish was being published in a serialized form in a Malayalam periodical "Mathrubhumi". The part of the novel published in the second week of July had created controversy for the comments uttered by a...

RTI/Lokpal: New Amendments Severely Weaken The Legislations Intended To Bring In More Transparency, Justice AP Shah Writes To PM Modi [Read The Letter]

Former Chairman of the Law Commission of India Justice AP Shah on Monday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to abstain from diluting various laws such as Companies Act, 2013 and RTI Act, 2005.Writing on behalf of the Citizens Whistle Blowers Forum (CWBF), Justice Shah asserted that the proposed amendments can lead to a spurt in economic offences, stating, “…any campaign...

Second National Judicial Pay Commission Releases Consultation Paper Seeking Suggestions From Judicial Officers On Allowances

Second National Judicial Pay Commission has released a Consultation Paper speaking about giving monetary incentives, emoluments and conditions of services including post-retirement allowances and benefits to the working and retired judicial officers.An official press release states, “This Consultation paper speaks about giving monetary incentives, emoluments and conditions of services...

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Violates Preconditions Of Public Order, Morality And Health Imposed Under Article 25 And 26 Of Constitution, Submits AG

When the bench had sought Attorney General K. K. Venugopal’s opinion, he had categorically stated that the FGM violates the preconditions of public order, morality and health imposed under Articles 25 and 26 and the right to bodily integrity recognized by the Supreme Court nine-judge bench in Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (2017).“Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is reprehensible and no one...

Conviction Cannot Be Based Solely On Co-Accused’s ‘Confessional Statement’: SC [Read Judgment]

‘On the touchstone of law laid down by this Court such a confessional statement of a co-accused cannot by itself be taken as a substantive piece of evidence against another co-accused and can at best be used or utilized in order to lend assurance to the Court.’The Supreme Court has held that conviction under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, cannot be based solely on...

Judge Loya Case: SC Dismisses Bombay Lawyers Association’s Review Petition [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the review petition filed by Bombay Lawyers Association (BLA) seeking review and recall of the judgment denying an independent probe into CBI Special Judge Brijgopal Harkishan Loya’s death.The bench comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y, Chandrachud ordered, “We have carefully gone through the...

SC Issues Notice To Centre, States, UTs On PIL Seeking Revision Of Mid-day Meal Scheme [Read Petition]

With India home to largest number of malnourished children, the Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre, States and Union Territories on a PIL seeking revision of budget for midday meals and enhancement in its calorific content, a court-supervised quality assurance system and an audit of all schemes and facilities implementing child nutrition and education programmes, by...