Supreme Court News Updates Weekly Round Up [October 31 to November 6]

NEWS THIS WEEKSupreme Court Quashes Criminal Defamation Case Against Aroon Purie, Former India Today Chief EditorSupreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice UU Lalit, Justices Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi granted relief to Aroon Purie, founder-director of India Today in defamation suit. The petition was filed by Aroon Purie challenging the criminal defamation complaint filed over a 2007...

Supreme Court Judgments Weekly Round-Up [October 31 to November 6]

JUDGMENTS THIS WEEKSupreme Court Bans Two-Finger Test; Says It's Based On Patriarchal Mindset That Sexually Active Women Can't Be RapedThe Supreme Court on Monday prohibited "Two-Finger Test" in rape cases and warned that persons conducting such tests will be held guilty of misconduct. It is regrettable that "two-finger test" continues to be conducted even today, a bench comprising Justices...

CJI UU Lalit's Ceremonial Bench Proceedings On Last Sitting Day As Judge To Be Live Streamed On Supreme Court's Website Tomorrow

The Supreme Court is set to live stream proceedings of the ceremonial bench headed by Chief Justice UU Lalit on his last working day on Monday, November 7. The live stream can be watched on the Supreme Court's website, a notification issued by the Supreme Court reads.Earlier on August 26 too, the Supreme Court's proceedings were live-streamed for the general public on the last day of the...

Teenage Relationships & POCSO: Karnataka HC Asks Law Commission To Rethink Age Of Consent For Sex

The Court opined that the consent given by a girl aged above 16 years may have to be considered.

DGFT Can Change Exim Policy ; Exporters Cannot Claim Incentive As A Matter Of Right : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that Director General of Foreign Trade is free to change the Export Import (Exim) Policy and consider from time to time on which items there shall be an incentive.Under the Indian Foreign Trade Policy 1988-1991, there was a provision of 'additional licence' and a trading house would be eligible to 'additional licence' on the basis of the admissible exports in...

EWS Quota Case : Is Reservation For Representation Or Financial Improvement? Highlights From Supreme Court Hearing [Summary Of Arguments, Court Queries]

The Supreme Court verdict determining the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment which introduced 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in education and public employment is to come out on November 7, 2022. The matter was heard by a 5-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India UU Lalit, Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, S Ravindra Bhat, Bela M Trivedi and JB Pardiwala....

Leave Travel Concession Is For Travel Within India; TDS To Be Deduced From LTC If Foreign Visit Is Involved : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that Leave Travel Concession (LTC) is not for foreign travel and is meant for travel within India.The moment employees undertake travel with a foreign leg, it is not a travel within India and hence not covered under the provisions of Section 10(5) of the Income Tax Act.The court dismissed the appeal filed by State Bank of India against the Delhi High Court...

'Truth Must Come Out' ,' Not A Simple Case Of Accident' : Supreme Court Orders CBI Investigation Into Keralite Medical Student Death In Mangaluru

The Supreme Court directed the Central Bureau of Investigation [CBI] to investigate the death of a medical student in Mangaluru.Rohit Radhakrishnan, a Keralite, was a student of A J Institute of Medical Science in Mangalore. His headless body was found near Tannirbhavi on March 23, 2014. The investigation that followed concluded that the death was due to an accident. Strangely, an...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-137]

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BREAKING| Supreme Court To Pronounce Verdict On Validity Of EWS Quota On November 7

The Supreme Court verdict determining the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment which introduced 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in education and public employment is likely to come out next week.The matter was heard by a 5-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India UU Lalit, Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, S Ravindra Bhat, Bela M Trivedi and JB Pardiwala who...

Section 293 CrPC - Ballistic Report Forwarded By Lab Director Or Deputy/Assistant Director Under The Seal Is Admissible In Evidence: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a Ballistic Report forwarded by Director/ Deputy Director/ Assistant Director of a lab under the seal can be said to be in compliance with the statutory requirement under Section 293 Cr.P.C.Section 293 of the Code of Criminal Procedure reads as follows: Any document purporting to be a report under the hand of a Government scientific expert to whom this...

Subsequent Purchaser Has No Right to Claim Lapse of Land Acquisition Proceedings U/s 24 RFCTLARR : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court reiterated that a subsequent purchaser has no right to claim lapse of acquisition proceedings.In this case, the land in question was notified to be acquired under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 on 25.11.1980; declaration under Section 6 was issued on 07.06.1985; and award came to be declared by the Collector on 17.06.1987. Before the High Court, the writ...