Plea For Women Reservation In Parliament & Assemblies : Supreme Court Questions Centre's Delay In Filing Reply

The Supreme Court on Friday questioned why the Centre had not filed a response to a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) seeking a reintroduction of the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha. More formally known as the Constitution (One Hundred and Eighth Amendment) Bill, 2008, this proposed amendment seeks to introduce 33 per...

Sex On False Promise Of Marriage, Adultery, Section 377 : Some Changes Proposed In New IPC Bill

The Union Government today introduced three bills in the Lok Sabha aimed at replacing the core legal framework governing India's criminal justice system. The bills, introduced for consideration, seek to repeal and replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), and the Indian Evidence Act (IEA).One of the changes is found in Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya...

NHRC Was Not Right In Seeking To Supervise West Bengal Panchayat Polls; Conduct Of Elections SEC's Sole Responsibility : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by the National Human Rights Commission challenging the Calcutta High Court's judgment which set aside the NHRC's decision to appoint its observers for the panchayat elections in the State of West Bengal.On June 23, a single bench of the Calcutta High Court had set aside the NHRC direction and this was further affirmed by a division bench...

Supreme Court Collegium Reiterates Its Recommendation To Transfer Justice Sudhir Singh To Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Supreme Court Collegium today reiterated its recommendation dated 3.08.2023 to transfer Justice Sudhir Singh from Patna High Court to Punjab and Haryana High Court.The Collegium consisted of Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice B R Gavai and Justice Surya Kant.On 3 August 2023, the Collegium had proposed the transfer...

Home Minister Says Sedition Offence Will Be Repealed; New IPC Bill Criminalises "Endangering Unity & Integrity of India"

The Union Government today introduced three bills in the Lok Sabha aimed at replacing the core legal framework governing India's criminal justice system. The bills, introduced for consideration, seek to repeal and replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), and the Indian Evidence Act (IEA).Notably, the Home Minister Amit Shah indicated a major shift in...

Highlights Of Bills Replacing IPC, CrPC & Evidence Act As Stated By Union Home Minister

The Lok Sabha today referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee, three Bills that are aimed to replace the Indian Penal Code, the Criminal Code for Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act.For this purpose, Home Minister Amit Shah introduced Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023; Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023; and Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023 respectively. The Bills have been framed...

BREAKING | Gujarat HC Refuses Interim Relief To Arvind Kejriwal In Plea Seeking Stay On Trial In PM Modi Degree Defamation Case

The Gujarat High Court today refused to grant any interim relief to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh in their plea seeking an interim stay on proceedings in a criminal defamation complaint filed by Gujarat University till the disposal of their revision plea (challenging Metropolitan Court’s order issuing summons to them) in a...

When Accused Seeks To Quash FIR On Ground That It's Based On Personal Vengeance, Attendant Circumstances Must Be Looked Into : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, while quashing a criminal FIR, made imperative observations. It observed that in cases where the quashing of FIR is sought, essentially on the ground that the proceedings are based on ulterior motive for wreaking personal vengeance, “then in such circumstances the Court owes a duty to look into the FIR with care and a little more closely.” The Court...

Supreme Court Summarises Principles On Adverse Possession

Supreme Court, in its recent decision of Government of Kerala & Anr. V. Joseph and Others discussed several principles concerning the adverse possession.At the outset the Court observed, “Possession must be open, clear, continuous, and hostile to the claim or possession of the other party; all three classic requirements must coexist- nec vi, i.e., adequate in continuity; nec clam,...

Nuh-Gurugram Demolitions Case Adjourned, Punjab & Haryana High Court Says Suo Moto PIL To Be Put Before Chief Justice As Per HC Rules

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday adjourned the hearing in the suo motu case against Nuh and Gurugram demolitions to next Friday, citing procedural rules.The bench comprising Justices Arun Palli and Jagmohan Bansal referred to Chapter 2 Rule 9 in Volume 5 of the Punjab & Haryana High Court Rules which stipulates, All the suo motu Public Interest Litigations initiated by the...

Manipur | 'In Sectarian Conflict, Mob Uses Sexual Violence To Send A Message Of Subordination; State Bound To Stop This' : Supreme Court

The Apex Court expressed its anguish of the manner in which women have been subjected to grave acts of sexual violence in the course of the sectarian strife in Manipur. The Court observed:"Subjecting women to sexual crimes and violence is completely unacceptable and constitutes a grave violation of the constitutional values of dignity, personal liberty and autonomy all of which are protected...

In Major Overhaul, Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Transfer Of 23 High Court Judges

The Supreme Court Collegium consisting of Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice B R Gavai and Justice Surya Kant in its meeting held on 3 August 2023 has recommended transfer of 23 High Court judges. This includes:Gujarat High CourtJustice Alpesh Y Kogje from Gujarat High Court to Allahabad High Court Justice Kumari Gita...