Attempts By Khap Panchayats To Scuttle/Prevent Marriages "Illegal": SC [Read Judgment]

In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court today ruled that any attempt by Khap Panchayats or any other assembly to scuttle or prevent two consenting adults from marrying is absolutely "illegal".Delivering a judgment in the PIL filed by NGO Shakti Vahini on the issue, a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud also laid down a slew of measures to...

Is ECI Empowered To Derecognise Political Party Formed By A Convicted Person: SC To Take A Decision On May 3

The hearing in the PIL by BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay seeking a ban on convicted individuals from forming a political party and becoming office-bearers on Monday saw an interesting exchange of remarks between counsel for the petitioner, the Centre and the Election Commission of India.The petition involves the interpretation of Section 29A of the Representation of People’s Act of 1951...

Bombay Bar Assn Comes Up With Scheme For Providing Assistance To Lawyers And Their Families

The Bombay Bar Association (BBA) has formed a trust for providing financial support and assistance to advocates and their families who need it.At the sesquicentenary celebrations of the bar association, BBA president Milind Sathe had announced that the contributions received from members will be used for welfare activities.BBA secretary Birendra Saraf published the scheme on March 5 and...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

SC Issues Directions To Prevent Misuse Of SC/ST Act, Govt.Servants Can’t Be Arrested Without Prior SanctionSupreme Court of India on Tuesday issued directions to prevent the misuse of provisions of Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 (SC/ST Act). A Two Judge Bench of Justices AK Goel and UU Lalit was examining the question whether there can...

“It Is Simply Unheard Of", SC Expresses Surprise About Sessions Judge Sentencing A Murder Convict To Just 10-Year Imprisonment [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court today expressed surprise about an order of a Sessions judge who had sentenced a murder convict ‘for ten years’.“It is simply unheard of,” said the bench of Justice RK Agrawal and Justice AM Sapre while upholding a Gujarat High Court order that, on State’s plea, enhanced the sentence by awarding punishment of “Life imprisonment” under Section 302 IPC to...

SC Notice To Centre On M’rashtra’s Ex-Dy CM Bhujbal’s Plea Against HC Order On His Habeas Petition

A Supreme Court bench of Justice SA Bobde and Justice L Nageswar Rao on Monday issued notice to the Centre and sought the government’s reply in two weeks on a plea of Chhagan Bhujbal, former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, against Bombay High Court decision dismissing his petition challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under the Prevention of Money Laundering...

Plea For Live Streaming Of Important Cases: SC Seeks The Response Of Attorney General

In the hearing writ petitions praying for video recording and live streaming of court proceedings on Monday, the Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice D. Y. Chandrachud and Justice A. M. Khanwilkar remained non committal on taking “an interim view in respect of matters of national importance”, as requested by Senior CounselIndira Jaising (petitioner-in-person),...

Breaking: SC Constitution Bench To Examine The Validity Of Polygamy And Nikah-Halala [Read All Petitions & Order]

A three Judge Bench of the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of  Polygamy and Nikah-halala among Muslims.The Bench comprising CJI Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chanrachud was hearing a batch of petition challenging the practices of Polygamy and Nikah Halala. The petitions were filed by BJP leader Aswini Updahyay,...

Proximity To SC Doesn’t Entitle One To File Misconceived SLPs: SC Slams Petitioner [Read Order]

SC Slams Petitioner Who Filed SLP Against Delhi HC Order That Dismissed His Writ Petition ‘As Withdrawn’The mere fact that Delhi High Court is in proximity to Supreme Court does not entitle the petitioner to approach this Court through the present misconceived petition, the bench saidThe Supreme Court recently dismissed a special leave petition filed by a person against a Delhi High...

SC Agrees To Hear Delhi’s Petition Against Haryana On Non-Supply Of Water

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear next Monday(April 2) a petition filed by Delhi’s Kejriwal government seeking a direction to Haryana to supply 450 cusecs of potable water daily to Wazirabad barrage for supply to Delhi to overcome an impending "water crisis" in the national capital.The petition filed Saturday was mentioned before a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak...

Sec. 357(2) CrPC In No Manner Stays Sentence Of Fine During Pendency Of Appeal: SC [Read Judgment]

At best sub-section (2) of Section 357 CrPC is a provision which differs or withholds the utilisation of the amount of compensation the limitation of appeal elapses or if filed till it is decided.Elucidating the purpose and object of subsection (2) of Section 357 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Supreme Court, in Satyendra Kumar Mehra v State of Jharkhand, has observed that the...

Key Takeaways From Public Meeting Held By Lawyers’ Forum for Democracy and Justice

The public meeting hosted on Friday by the Lawyers’ Forum for Democracy and Justice on the ‘Independence of Judiciary- Implications for Democracy’ witnessed some strong remarks from eminent members of the legal community.The event, held at the Indian Society of International Law in New Delhi, saw in attendance inter alia senior counsel Indira Jaising, former ASG Biswajit...