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Judiciary Should Have Judges With Alternative Life Experiences; Now Most Judges Are Upper-caste Heterosexual Men : Saurabh Kirpal
Senior Advocate Saurabh Kirpal, whose appointment as a judge was objected to by the Central Government on the ground of his sexual orientation, opined that it is important to have judges with different life experiences in the bench, so that the judiciary represents the social diversity.Kirpal pointed out that the judiciary is mostly composed of upper caste, heterosexual men, who would be having...
74th Republic Day : Lets Build A 'Constitutional Democracy' And Not A Mere 'Democracy'
Thucydides, a well-known Greek historian, criticised democracy by opining that democratic governments failed miserably “in the search for the truth." He believed that democracies produced demagogues who could sway public opinion with their rhetoric and rabble-rousing oratory skills, imposing their own interpretations of the truth on the masses. He further argued that this led to a failure of epistemic knowledge, leading citizens to believe in “silly things about their own past." What was...
Can Registry Refuse To Register Curative Petition Merely Because Review Petition Was Heard & Dismissed In Open Court? Supreme Court To Examine
Can the Supreme Court registry refuse to register a curative petition on the ground that the review petition was heard and dismissed in open Court? The Supreme Court has agreed to examine this issue. The bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sudhanshu Dhulia appointed Senior Advocate Raju Ramachandran as Amicus Curiae in this matter.Brahmaputra Concrete Pipe Industries had filed some...
European Parliament Member Expresses Concerns About Human Rights Violations In India; Says 'True Democracy Can't Fall Into Authoritarian Rule'
While the coming into force of the Constitution marks an important moment in the history of India, the celebrations of this day are shadowed by urgent human rights violations in the country, said Finnish Green League politician and member of the European Parliament, Alviina Alametsä. Revealing that as the standing rapporteur for India in the European Union’s law-making body, she...
SC Collegium Recalls Proposal To Elevate Justice Jaswant Singh As Orissa HC CJ; Instead Recommends Elevation As Tripura HC CJ
The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 25 January 2023, on reconsideration and in supersession of its earlier recommendation dated 28 September 2022, has recommended elevation of Shri Justice Jaswant Singh, Judge, Orissa High Court as Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court.The earlier recommendation, made as per resolution dated September 28, 2022, was to appoint Justice...
You Want To Send Teesta Setalvad Back To Custody After 7 Years Of Bail? Supreme Court Asks CBI, Gujarat Govt
The Supreme Court on Wednesday orally asked the CBI and the Gujarat government whether they want to send social activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand back in custody despite the two having been out on bail for over seven years.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal appearing for Setalvad submitted a note before the bench of Justices SK Kaul, AS Oka and BV Nagarathna stating, “we...
Tamil Nadu Has Over 38K Temples, Impossible To Form Trustee Committees Led By Retired Judges For All Temples : State Tells Supreme Court
The State of Tamil Nadu has filed its counter affidavit in the SLP preferred by Hindu Dharma Parishad seeking appointment of Arangavalar Committee (Trustee Committee) in all Hindu Temples headed by Retired Judge and with a social activist, a devotee, a Scheduled Caste person and a woman as its Members.The State’s Counter Affidavit submits that the grounds raised by the petitioners in...
Ukraine Returnee Students' Case : Can't Compromise On Medical Education; Will Go By Expert Committee Recommendation, Says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, adjourned a batch of petitions seeking to allow nearly 20,000 Indian students who had to return from Ukraine due to the Russian attack to complete their medical education in India for six weeks.Additional Solicitor General of India Aishwarya Bhati told a Bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and Vikram Nath that following the earlier order of the Court, the...
'Entitled To Benefit Of Doubt' : Supreme Court Acquits Accused In A 1985 Murder Case
In a judgment delivered yesterday (24 January 2023), the Supreme Court acquitted the accused in a 1985 Murder Case by giving them benefi of doubt.One Narayan was murdered on 5th September, 1985. Munna Lal, Sheo Lal, Babu Ram, and Kalika were accused of murder and they were convicted by the Trial Court in January 1986. The appeal filed by the accused was dismissed by the Allahabad High Court...
Pay Hike For Judicial Officers : Supreme Court Decides To Hear First Review Petitions Filed By Some States
The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday resumed hearings in the petition seeking to implement the order dated 22.07.2022 which had directed the Center and the States to pay judicial officers pension as per the enhanced pay scale as recommended by the Second National Judicial Pay Commission. The matter was listed before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha,...
Murder Trial - Mere Long Standing Pre-Existing Dispute Will Not Attract Exception Of 'Grave & Sudden Provocation' : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that a long-standing preexisting dispute will not attract the exception of “grave and sudden” provocation under Section 300 of Indian Penal Code.The bench of Justices Krishna Murari and S. Ravindra Bhat also observed that a lapse of time, would not per se constitute a determinative factor as to diminish the offender’s liability from the offence of murder to...