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Whether LIC IPO Amounts To Expropriation Of Surplus Meant For Policyholders? Supreme Court To Examine
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice in the petitions challenging Central Govt's decision to trade 5% of its shareholding in the Life Insurance Corporation through IPO. The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and PS Narasimha refused to grant any interim relief against the LIC IPO. The bench said that the contention raised by Senior Advocate Indira Jaising for the petitioner...
ED Apprehensive About Interrogating TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee At Kolkata; Supreme Court Says It Can Ensure Assistance Of West Bengal Police
The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday voiced an apprehension before the Supreme Court about interrogating Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and his wife Rujira Banerjee at Kolkata.Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the ED, submitted that there are past instances of CBI officers being gheraoed in Kolkata and...
"Happy Married Life", "TN Custom Of Marriage Of Girl With Maternal Uncle": Supreme Court Sets Aside POCSO Conviction
The Supreme Court set aside the conviction of a man accused in a POCSO case after noticing that he had married the prosecutrix and had two children."This Court cannot shut its eyes to the ground reality and disturb the happy family life of the appellant and the prosecutrix. We have been informed about the custom in Tamilnadu of the marriage of a girl with the maternal uncle.", the bench...
Blacklisting Of Tablighi Jamaat Members: Supreme Court Suggests Petitioners To Make Individual Representations To Govt.
As regards the blacklisting of almost 3500 persons in connection with the Tablighi Jamaat congregation, the Supreme Court on Wednesday orally remarked that the petitioners may consider the government's suggestion to make a representation for individual cases for a re-think on their own merits, as there may be scope of a resolution as regards deserving cases if not all.On May 5, SG Tushar...
Supreme Court To Fix Standards For Arbitrators' Fees; Reserves Judgment
The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved judgment on the issue of fixation of standards for fees for arbitrators. The bench of Justices D. Y. Chandrachud, Sanjiv Khanna and Surya Kant reserved the same while considering the issue regarding the mandatory nature of the 'model' fee scale for arbitrators prescribed under the Fourth Schedule of the Arbitration and Conciliation...
Striking Down Marital Rape Exception Will Result In Creation Of New Offence: Justice C Hari Shankar Differs With Justice Shakdher
Delivering a split verdict in pleas seeking criminalisation of marital rape, Justice C Hari Shankar of Delhi High Court, who ruled against striking down the marital rape exception (exception 2 to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code), held that striking down the same would result in creation of an offence.Justice Shankar thus did not agree with the observations made by Justice Shakdher who...
Perarivalan Case : Could Tamil Nadu Governor Refer Decision Of State Cabinet To President?Supreme Court Reserves Judgment
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, reserved judgment in a plea filed by A.G. Perarivalan, the life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, seeking release from the prison based on the recommendation made by the State Government in September 2018. A Bench led by Justice L. Nageswara Rao clarified that the judgment so reserved is limited to the issue - whether the Governor...
Assumption That Wife Forced To Have Sex With Husband Feels Same Degree Of Outrage As Woman Raped By Stranger Is Unrealistic : Justice Hari Shankar
Delivering a split verdict in pleas seeking criminalisation of marital rape, Justice C Hari Shankar of Delhi High Court, who upheld the constitutional validity of marital rape exception (exception 2 to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code), held that there is no inherent fundamental right in the wife to have her husband convicted for rape, relatable to Article 21, 19 or any other Article in...
5 Reasons Why Striking Down Marital Rape Exception Will Not Create A New Offence : Justice Rajiv Shakdher Explains
Delivering a split verdict while disposing of a bunch of pleas seeking criminalisation of marital rape, Justice Rajiv Shakdher of Delhi High Court, who ruled in favour of striking down the marital rape exception, has observed that striking down the marital rape exception would not result in creation of a new offence.The judge was responding to the respondents' argument that the striking down...
Supreme Court Sets July 25 Deadline For Allahabad HC To Decide 350 Bail Applications Of Convicts Serving Sentence For Over 10 Years
The Supreme Court, on Monday, urged the Allahabad High Court to take up 350 bail applications of convicts incarcerated for 10 years or more pending before it as on 22.04.2022, in one go and decide them by 25th July. Considering the urgency in adjudication of the bail applications, a Bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M.M. Sundresh stated that if required the matters can...
Order XXVI Rule 11 CPC - Commissioner's Report Non-Adjudicatory In Nature ; Only An Opinion or Noting : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that a court appointed commissioner's report is only an opinion or noting and are 'non-adjudicatory in nature'.The parties can contest an expert opinion/commissioner's report, and the court, after hearing objections, can determine whether or not it should rely upon such an expert opinion/commissioner's report, the bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Bela M....