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Demonetisation Challenge : Supreme Court Wants To See RBI Board Meeting Documents, Centre's Recommendation; Seeks Comprehensive Affidavit
Nearly six years after the controversial demonetisation of high-value currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday began hearing a batch of 58 petitions challenging the November 8 circular issued by the Ministry of Finance that set the ball rolling. The five-judge Bench, comprising Justices S. Abdul Nazeer, B.R. Gavai, A.S. Bopanna,...
Rape Allegations Against BJP Leader Shahnawaz Hussain Bogus : Sr Adv Mukul Rohatgi To Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard plea filed by BJP Leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain in connection with an alleged 2018 rape case. Hussain has approached the top court challenging an order of the Delhi High Court directing registration of FIR against him. The Supreme Court had earlier stayed all proceedings against him in the matter. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India UU Lalit,...
No Person Should Be Prosecuted Under Section 66A IT Act : Supreme Court Issues Directions To Enforce Shreya Singhal Judgment
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that no one should be prosecuted under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act 2000, which was struck down as unconstitutional by the Court in 2015 in the Shreya Singhal Case.The Court issued a slew of directions to the Director Generals of Police and Home Secretaries of all States to ensure that reference to Section 66A is removed from all...
Challenge To Demonetisation Not Academic : Supreme Court Seeks Affidavits Of Union & RBI
Persuaded by the petitioners to change its preliminary view that the challenge to demonetisation has become an academic issue, the Supreme Court on Wednesday commenced hearing the legal arguments raised by petitioners on merits.After the arguments of the day, the Court asked the Union of India and the Reserve Bank of India to file a comprehensive affidavit in response to the...
Supreme Court Asks Centre To File Its Response To Pleas Challenging Places Of Worship Act By October 31
The Supreme Court bench, comprising Chief Justice U.U. Lalit, Justice Ravindra Bhat and Justice Ajay Rastogi listed a batch of petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of provisions of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991 on 14th November 2022. The court also directed the Union of India to file its response by 31st October 2022. The petitions have been filed against...
Supreme Court Live Updates : Challenge Against Demonetisation
The Supreme Court is hearing today petitions filed in 2016 challenging demonetisation of Rs500 & Rs 1000 currency notes.A Constitution Bench will examine if the issue is merely academic now.The pleas challenge the Centre's decision of Nov 2016. The Constitution Bench comprises Justices S Abdul Nazeer, BR Gavai, AS Bopanna, V Ramasubramanian and BV Nagarathna. The case is coming up before...
Part-Payment Made After Cheque Is Drawn Must Be Endorsed On Cheque As Per Section 56 NI Act : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that when a part- payment of the debt is made after the cheque was drawn but before the cheque is encashed, such payment must be endorsed on the cheque under Section 56 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The cheque cannot be presented for encashment without recording the part payment. If the unendorsed cheque is dishonoured on presentation, the offence under Section...
Every Public Trust Need Not Be A Wakf, Says Supreme Court While Hearing Maharashtra State Board Of Wakfs' Appeal
The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday orally opined that the Maharashtra State Board Of Wakfs's concern should be about protecting the Waqfs and not dealing with other public trusts. "The Wakf Board will not have jurisdiction over a public trust", a Bench of Justices KM Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy further remarked orally while considering a batch of 57 SLPs including the...
Any Attempt To Have A Uniform Civil Code Must Be Women Centric While Not Being Disadvantageous To Other Genders: Justice Nagarathna
"Laws designed to overcome systemic discrimination against women, particularly in relation to the right to property, must be accepted by the male members of the family and by the society at large. I must also caution the women- this is not anti-women, I am not saying anything against women- but I am only cautioning women to say that the women must seek to enforce their rights to obtain...
Centre Not Entitled To Segregate Collegium Resolutions, Supreme Court Should Act Tough Against Executive For Sitting Over Proposals : Justice MB Lokur
Former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B Lokur opined that the Central Government is not entitled to pick and choose names by segregating the resolutions made by the Supreme Court collegium. He added that it is unfair on the part of the Centre to keep certain collegium proposals pending.The retired Supreme Court judge was speaking in an interview with Manu Sebastian, the Managing Editor...