Triple Talaq Is Patriarchal Notion That Impedes Social Democracy: Centre To SC

Opposing vehemently the Muslim Personal Law Board’s support to practice of triple talaq, the Centre told the Supreme Court that this practice of divorce denies equal status and dignity to Muslim women, which is available under the Indian Constitution.Gender equality is a Constitutional goal, and gender equality and the dignity of women are non-negotiable, it said.Filing a 23-page...

Kerala Ex-DGP Senkumar Case: Raising Jishnu Issue, SC Asks Why Present DGP Behera Not Removed?

The suo motu invocation of the burning Jishnu suicide case issue in kerala by the Supreme Court during the hearing of the petition filed by expelled Kerala DGP T P Senkumar seeking his restoration evoked considerable interest today.It is to be noted that Jisha murder case and Puttingal fire tragedy was being attributed to the “failures” of Senkumar leading to his ouster.“Has the present...

SC Upholds Lifer To 2 Monks, Disciple In Swami Gadadharanand Murder Case [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has upheld the life imprisonment awarded to two sadhus (monks) and a disciple of Vadtal Swaminarayan sect by the high court, finding them guilty of murdering Swami Gadadharanand, who was chairman of the Vadtal temple committee.Five accused, four of them monks, were sentenced to death by Nadiad sessions court for murdering Swami Gadadharanand. Later, on appeal, the high...

Husband Can’t Seek ‘Annulment’ Citing That Wife Was Minor At The Time Of Marriage: SC [Read Order]

Only minor spouse has a right to seek annulment of marriage, the court said.The Supreme Court, in Bhagwati @ Reena vs Anil Choubey, has observed that a husband, who was major at the time of marriage, cannot seek annulment of marriage with his wife on the ground that she was minor at the time of marriage.A bench comprising Justice NV Ramana and Justice Prafulla C Pant held that only minor...

Pellet Guns: SC Asks J & K Bar Not To Take Sides

“We tried all options. But it was pellet guns which most suited us”, AG Rohatgi.“The Bar cannot take sides. They shall not be on the side of the security forces or the mob”, the Supreme Court today said asking the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association who challenged the use of pellet guns, to respond to the issues raised by the Centre on the issue.The Centre represented by...

SC To Hear Yet Another Plea To Deposit Demonetised Notes Under Special Case

Savita Gupta did not know that her deceased father had kept old notes worth Rs. 83,000 in a bank locker, which was opened on March 6 following an order passed by the district judge.Gupta’s father had passed away on September 10, 2015.Due some legal huddle with her sister about her properties, the locker was not opened till this March.In the meantime, the RBI declared the legal tender of...

SC Refuses To Allow A Woman To Abort Her 27-Week Foetus [Read Order]

The Supreme Court refused to allow a woman to abort her 27-week foetus diagnosed with polyhydramnios with Arnold Chairi malformation Type 2 severe hydrocephalus with lumbosacral meningo myelocele and spina bifida with tethered cord.Though the medical board in its report stated that the baby is not likely to survive like a normal baby, it said that it not possible to determine the period of...

SC To Hear Fresh PIL Questioning EVM [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a fresh plea by a former minister from Uttar Pradesh questioning the function of electronic voting machines (EVMs). The plea will be heard on Thursday.Chief Justice of India JS Khehar's bench has clubbed the matter with another similar plea.Appearing for former minister Ataur Rehman in Akhilesh government, senior advocate P Chidambaram told the...

BCI’s Action Plan To Protest Against Law Commission Recommendations [Read Resolution]

The Bar Council of India (BCI), in its recently-held meetings, has strongly condemned the ‘draconian, anti-lawyer, unconstitutional, un-democratic’ recommendations of the Law Commission of India for proposed amendments to the Advocate’s Act, 1961.The BCI observed that these recommendations of Law Commission were against legal profession and independence of the Bar.The meetings, which...

SC Rejects PIL On Indus Water Treaty

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking court 's order declaring the Indus Water  treaty between India and Pakistan as void.The bench headed by Chief Justice of India J S Khehar found no merit in the PIL filed by advocate M L sharma and dismissed the plea."The treaty between India and Pakistan is more than half a century old," CJI said and rejected Sharma's argument thy it's not...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

Landlord Entitled To Get Interest When Court Allows Tenant To Pay Rent Arrears In InstallmentsThe Supreme Court, in Bhagirath Agarwal vs M/s Simplex Concrete & Piles (I) Pvt. Ltd, held that once the court permits the tenant to pay arrears of rent in installments, there is no discretion available with the court to deny interest of the same to the landlord.SEBI’s Administrative...

Pratibha Singh & Rekha Palli: Meet The Two Women Lawyers Who Are Going To Be Delhi HC Judges Soon

The lawyer whose fight for permanent commission of women officers of Army, Air Force and Navy finally bore fruit and another advocate who won the life-saving cancer drug patent case for an Indian pharmaceutical company are among the four Delhi High Court lawyers to be elevated to the bench soon.According to a source, the Supreme Court collegium has cleared the names of senior lawyers Rekha...