Concept Of National Song Not In Our Constitution: SC [Read Order]

A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Friday rejected a plea to frame a national policy to promote and propagate the national song and national flag in spirit of the Article 51A to achieve the great golden goals, as set out in the Preamble of the Constitution.The bench of Justice Dipak Misra, Justice R Banumati and Justice Mohan M Shantagoudar, while rejecting the prayer of BJP...

Breaking: SC Gets Five New Judges, Total Number Reaches 28

Five new judges to the Supreme Court were sworn in on Friday by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar, taking the court’s strength to 28, with three seats still vacant.Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice Naveen Sinha, Madras High Court Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Chhattisgarh High Court Chief Justice Dipak Gupta, Kerala High Court Chief Justice Mohan M Shantanagouder and Karnataka High...

Occupation Of Rented Premises By Tenant’s Son-In-Law Amounts To Subletting: SC [Read Judgment]

The relationship is not like that of a spouse being allowed to carry out a business in the same house, the Court said.The Supreme Court in Munshi Lal vs. Smt. Santosh, has observed that if a tenant enters into a partnership agreement with his son-in-law and allows him to occupy the tenanted premises, without obtaining the consent of the landlord, it cannot be said that there is no parting...

SC Asks Centre To Frame National Policy For Mentally Ill [Read Order]

“We are of the view that the Union of India shall assist us in finalising a national policy or norms that should be adopted in the entire country to deal with persons who have been cured of mental illness and are still being kept in mental hospitals”, Bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar.The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to frame a uniform national policy to deal with...

NGO Majlis Manch Allowed To Assist SC In Final Hearing On Triple Talaq

Mumbai-based NGO Majlis Manch, which has been working for legal rights of women and provides support to victims of domestic violence, especially Muslim women, on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking permission to intervene and assist the court in the triple talaq case.“Instant and arbitrary talaq is invalid both as per Quran and court rulings. The Quran stipulates that divorce (talaq)...

With Five New Judges, Is SC’s Profile Set To Change?

The five new Judges to the Supreme Court, appointed recently, will take oath in the Chief Justice’s Court at 10.30 tomorrow, and sit in the first five courts, in order of their seniority in the Court.Thus, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul will sit in the Chief Justice’s Court, (along with justices N.V.Ramana and D.Y.Chandrachud); Justice Mohan M Shantanagouder will sit in Court No.2, along...

Acting Chief Justices Appointed To Four High Courts [Read Notification]

President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed acting chief justices to four high courts as the respective chief justices have been elevated to the Supreme Court.Justice Huluvadi Gangadharappa has been appointed as acting chief justice of Madras High Court, Justice Kalpesh Jhaveri for Rajasthan High Court, Justice Thottathil B Radhakrishnan for Kerala High Court and Justice Pritinker Diwakar...

Skewed Sex Ratio: SC Tells Search Engines To Block Keywords Indicative Of Sex Determination [Read Order]

The court observed that while knowledge, information and wisdom should not be blocked from reaching by public, but such knowledge, information and wisdom cannot be allowed to violate the provisions of laws, including the PNDT Act. Expressing deep concern about reduction in sex ratio and lack of response from search engines Google, Microsoft and Yahoo in preventing publishing of ads and...

Triple Talaq: SC Seeks Written Submissions From All Parties; Detailed Hearing From May 11

"It is such an important issue...we cannot rush through..it will take time..there are so many nuances to it and we have to consider each one of them" Chief Justice J S Khehar-led bench.The Supreme Court today asked all sides including aggrieved women petitioners, Centre,  All India Muslim Personal Board and women rights bodies to submit written submissions by March 30 on the issue of...

Woman Asks SC to Ban Pornography As Husband’s Porn Addiction Has Wrecked Married Life

In the midst of efforts by the Supreme Court to direct the Centre to end the menace of child pornography websites, a woman in Mumbai has approached the apex court seeking a ban on pornography websites as her husband is addicted to pornography, which is destroying their matrimonial life.According to a report in the Times of India, the woman filed a petition in the Supreme Court stating that...

Breaking: Five New Judges Of Supreme Court To Be Sworn-In On Friday

Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice Naveen Sinha, Madras High Court Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Chhattisgarh High Court Chief Justice Dipak Gupta, Kerala High Court Chief Justice Mohan M Shantanagouder and Karnataka High Court judge Justice S Abdul Nazeer are to be sworn as Judges of Supreme Court of India on Friday.Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul graduated in Economics (Hons.) from St...

SC Transfers Shahabuddin From Siwan Jail To Tihar Jail; Orders Trial By Video Conferencing [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the transfer of Mohammad Shahabuddin from Siwan Jail, district Siwan in Bihar, to Tihar Jail, Delhi.The apex court also ordered that pending trials shall be conducted by video conferencing by the trial court concerned.A bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Amitava Roy directed the State of Bihar to transfer the prisoner to the competent officer of...