Supreme Court Dismisses Plea To Raise Age Of Marriage For Women As 21 Years, Says It's For Parliament To Decide

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition filed by Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay seeking uniform age of marriage for men and women. The petition was listed before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala.The petitioner argued that the distinction between the age of marriage for men (21 years) and women (18 years) was...

Employee Can't Seek Alteration Of Date Of Birth At Fag End Of Career : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has reiterated that an employee cannot seek alteration of date of birth in the service records at the fag end of the career.A bench comprising Justices V Ramasubramanian and Pankaj Mithal was hearing a special leave petition filed by South Eastern Coalfields Ltd challenging a Bombay High Court order which allowed the alteration of an employee's date of birth.Observing "it...

Hate Speech Case | Investigation Over Hindu Yuva Vahini Event In Advanced Stage, Delhi Police Tell Supreme Court

The Delhi Police informed the Supreme Court on Monday that the investigation in the hate speech case over the Hindu Yuva Vahini event organised under the leadership of Sudarshan News TV editor Suresh Chavhanke in Delhi in December 2021 had reached an advanced stage. "The investigation is in an advanced stage. The voice sample report from Forensic lab needs to come", Additional Solicitor...

Godhra Train Burning Case Convicts Not Eligible For Premature Release As Per State's Policy : Gujarat Govt Tells Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday considered the bail applications filed by the convicts in the 2002 Godhra train burning case. The matter was listed before a bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala. Appearing for the State of Gujarat, Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta submitted that the State would be pressing for the cases to...

BREAKING| Uddhav Thackeray Faction Moves Supreme Court Challenging ECI Order Recognising Eknath Shinde As Official 'Shiv Sena'

The Uddhav Thackeray faction has approached the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the Election Commission of India which recognized Eknath Shinde faction as the official Shiv Sena.Senior Advocate Dr.Abhishek Manu Singhvi mentioned the matter before Chief Justice of India, requesting it to be listed along with the ongoing cases before the Constitution Bench tomorrow. However, CJI...

Adani- Hindenburg : Supreme Court Refuses To Take On Record Forbes Report

In the Adani-Hindenburg issue, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to take on record a report published by Forbes about share dealings of the Gautam Adani group.On February 17, a bench led by Chief Justice of India had reserved orders on constituting a committee to review the regulatory measures so as to protect Indian investors.Today, Advocate Varun Thakur, the lawyer of one of the...

Complete Supreme Court Yearly Digest Part-8

MMaintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007; Section 23 - Effecting transfer subject to a condition of providing the basic amenities and basic physical needs to the transferor – senior citizen is sine qua non for applicability of Section 23(1) - When it is alleged that the conditions mentioned in Section...

'Bar Association Obstructing Legal Aid Defence Counsel System' : Public Defenders' Plea In Supreme Court

Amid strikes in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur led by a local ‘Bar Association Committee’ and a ‘Bar Sangharsh Samiti’ against the National Legal Services Authority’s ‘Legal Aid Defence Counsel Scheme’, a number of public defenders in the district have alleged that the district bar associations and its office-bearers have been illegally restraining them from discharging their...

Spotlight On Recent Appointments To The Supreme Court- Justice Pankaj Mithal

A general criticism of the Indian Courts has been that very little is known to the public about the judges being recommended by respective Collegium before their appointment, on merit and suitability. A designated Secretariat ideally should do the job, unfortunately we don’t have such a mechanism. Livelaw has taken an initiative to share relevant information about the appointees and we...

Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Carrying Capacity Studies For Himachal States

Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala issued notice in a petition seeking for Carrying Capacity studies to be conducted in 13 Himachal States/UTs.The petition brought up concerns regarding uncontrolled and unsustainable construction of various commercial accommodations such as hotels, resorts, rest houses, and home stays,...

Murder Trial - Once Prosecution Establishes 'Last Seen Theory', Accused Is Bound To Give Explanations : Supreme Court

A recent judgment rendered by the Supreme Court has a notable discussion on the application of "last seen theory" in murder cases. Upholding the conviction of an accused in a murder case, the Court explained that once the prosecution has shown that the victim was last seen together along with the accused, then the accused has to give explanations."Once the theory of “last seen together”...

Collegium Should Have Permanent Secretariat, Candidates Bank : Ex-SC Judge Indira Banerjee Suggests Reforms

Judges have to remember their oath of discharging their duties without fear, favour, affection, or ill will, even when discharging administrative duties, such as nominating judges or prospective judges for appointment or elevation to constitutional courts, said former Supreme Court judge, Indira Banerjee. “Justice Ruma Pal, who had been a member of the collegium for a while, had...