SC Sets Aside Election Of People Party Of Arunachal’s Kameng Dolo [Read Judgment]

In a major blow to People Party of Arunachal (PPA), the Apex Court recently upheld the declaration of the 2014 election of MLA Kameng Dolo as void under Representation of the People’s Act, 1951, paving way for fresh elections.The controversy related to the illegal withdrawal of the nomination of Mr. Atum Welly, which resulted into unopposed election of Mr. Dolo. The Court was now hearing...

SC Upholds State’s Power To Attach Properties Of ‘Defaulting’ Financial Establishments [Read Judgment]

The statute is to protect the interest of innocent investors and to curb the malady of financial swindlers and to deal with such problems effectively, the bench said.The Supreme Court, in State vs KS Palanichamy, has upheld the state government’s power to issue ad interim order under Section 3 of the Tamil Nadu Protection of Interests of Depositors (In Financial Establishments) Act,...

Triple Talaq: AIMPLB Says Reforms In The Pipeline But Need Time; Asks SC Not To Interfere

Maintaining that ceremonies concerning birth, marriage, divorce, property and death the Muslim community were being decided by family influenced by social norms, the All India Muslim Personal  Law Board today requested the Supreme Court not to intervene on these issues.Significantly, on day four of the hearing by the Constitution bench of a batch of petitions challenging the...

Penalty For Anti-Trust Violations Must Be Based On Relevant Turnover, Not Total Turnover: SC [Read Judgment]

It cannot be said that purpose of the Act is to ‘finish’ those industries altogether by imposing those kinds of penalties which are beyond their means, the bench observed.Observing that penal provisions in the Competition Act is only to ‘teach a lesson’ and not to ‘finish off’ industries, the Supreme Court, in Excel Crop Care Limited vs CCI, has held that penalty imposed under...

Triple Talaq: AIMPLB Says Reforms In The Pipeline But Need Time; Asks SC Not To Interfere

Maintaining that ceremonies concerning birth, marriage, divorce, property and death the Muslim community were being decided by family influenced by social norms, the All India Muslim Personal  Law Board today requested the Supreme Court not to intervene on these issues.Significantly, on day four of the hearing by the Constitution bench of a batch of petitions challenging the...

Harish Salve Charged Re. 1 As Fee To Fight Kulbhushan Jadhav’s Case At The ICJ

Senior Counsel Harish Salve, who is representing India at the International Court of Justice against the death penalty awarded to Mr. Kulbhushan Jadhav by Pakistan, has charged a meager amount of Re. 1 as fee.The revelation was made by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in a tweet on Monday, in response to a tweet by one Mr. Sanjeev Goyal, who said that India could have gotten any...

16-Yr-Old Boy Moves SC Seeking Complete Ban On Online Porn [Read Affidavit]

The latest petitioner before the Supreme Court seeking a complete ban on online porn is a 16-year-old class 12 student Akash Narwala from Kota, Rajasthan.Disgusted by his schoolmates’ addiction to sex videos, Narwala knocked on the Supreme Court’s doors through lawyer Kamlesh Vaswani and Vijay Panjwani seeking to become party to a plea filed by the advocates in 2013 in which the court...

Surveys On Aadhaar-PAN Linkage Show People Concerned About Possible Data Leak

After a week-long hearing the Supreme Court may have just reserved its verdict on constitutional validity of a law making it mandatory for citizens to link their PAN card with AadhaarBut a survey among a total of 10, 729 citizens show that large number of them are concerned about possible data leak. At the same time the government's move to link PAN with Aadhaar has got...

Triple Talaq (Day -3) - Personal Law Can Be Tested On The Touchstone Of Fundamental Rights: AG [Read Written Submissions]

Advocate General of India Mr. Mukul Rohatgi on Monday commenced his arguments on behalf of the Union of India before the Constitution Bench in the Triple Talaq case. While he urged the Court to look into all three impugned practices of triple talaq, nikah halala and polygamy, the Chief Justice of India and Justice Nariman made it clear that they will assess the constitutional validity of...

Kulbhushan Jadhav’s Execution Will Cause Irreparable Damage: India At ICJ [Full Report &Full Video]

On Monday, the International Court of Justice at The Hague, Netherlands began hearing India’s application seeking a stay on the execution of former Indian Navy Officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was sentenced to death by a Pakistani Military Court on espionage charges.In India’s corner at The Hague were Joint Secretary (Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran) Deepak Mittal (Principal Agent), Joint...

SC Upholds The Vires of Maharashtra Value Added Tax (Levy, Amendment and Validation) Act, 2009 [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court upholds constitutional validity of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax (Levy, Amendment and Validation) Act, 2009.Reiterating the settled proposition that Legislature has the power to enact prospectively as well as retrospectively, the Supreme Court, in Eurotex Industries and Exports Limited vs State of Maharashtra, has upheld a Bombay High Court judgment which had...

Triple Talaq: Const Bench Rejects Centre's Plea To Decide On Polygamy And Nikah-Halala

The Constitution bench hearing challenges to triple talaq, today rejected Centre's plea to also decide validity of polygamy and nikah-halala but assured the issues will be kept open and "decided by an appropriate bench at an appropriate time".On the third day of hearing commencing arguments for the Centre, AG Mukul Rohatgi said all three issues triple talaq, nikah halala and polygamy...