BREAKING| Centre Agrees To Consider Grant Of Certain Rights To Same-Sex Couples Without Legal Recognition As Marriage

In a significant development in the issue of same-sex marriages, the Solicitor General of India informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the Central Government is agreeable to constituting a committee to examine whether certain legal rights can be granted to same-sex couples, without legal recognition of their relationship as a "marriage".On the last hearing date, the Constitution Bench...

Supreme Court Declines To Commute Death Penalty Of Balwant Singh Rajoana, Allows Centre To Decide Mercy Petition 'When Necessary'

In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to commute the death sentence of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana to life imprisonment on the ground of the long pendency of the mercy petition before the President of India. The BKI operative was convicted for his role in the assassination of the former chief minister of Punjab, Beant Singh, in August 1995....

Breaking | JEE Main: Bombay High Court Refuses To Order Relaxation Of Minimum 75% 12th Board Score Eligibility Criterion For IIT/NIT Admissions

The Bombay High Court today refused to order relaxation of minimum 75 percent 12th standard board score eligibility criterion for admission to IITs, NITs, IIITs, and CFTIs/GFTIs through JEE Main and JEE Advance examinations.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice Sandeep V Marne dismissed a PIL seeking relaxation of the eligibility criteria."The students, whose...

Same Sex Marriage- Supreme Court Hearing- DAY 7 Live Updates

A constitution bench of the #SupremeCourt will continue hearing the batch of petitions seeking legal recognition for queer marriage in India.Follow here for live...

Supreme Court Weekly Digest April 2023 (Citations 308 - 336) Part 3 [April 17 – 23, 2023]

SUBJECT WISE INDEXAdvocates StrikesThe Supreme Court requested all high courts to constitute grievance redressal committees comprising the chief justice and two other senior judges, one from the Bar and another from services to avert lawyers' strikes. District Bar Association Dehradun v. Ishwar Shandilya, 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 331ArbitrationSupreme Court deprecates practice of filing applications...

BREAKING| Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Pleas Against "The Kerala Story" Movie; Allows Petitioners To Approach Kerala HC

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain writ petitions filed against the controversial movie "The Kerala Story", and granted liberty to the petitioners to move the Kerala High Court, where a similar petition is already pending.A bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud gave liberty to the petitioners to seek a hearing in the High Court before the scheduled date of...

Bilkis Bano Case | Union & Gujarat Govt Agree to Share Files On Remission Of 11 Life Convicts After Initially Expressing Reluctance

After initially expressing their reluctance to share information pertaining to the remission of the 11 life convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, the Centre and the Gujarat government both did a volte-face and agreed to place the original records before the Supreme Court of India. On Tuesday, the top court was informed that neither government would be claiming privilege over...

BREAKING| SC Collegium Recommends Advocate's Elevation Rejecting IB Objection That His Senior Has Written A Critical Article

The Supreme Court Collegium on May 2 recommended the elevation of Advocate Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla as a judge of the Bombay High Court, overruling the objection raised by the Intelligence Bureau that his senior has written an article in 2020 expressing concerns over the state of freedom of speech and expression in the country.The Collegium stated that the article written by his senior has...

Centre Hasn't Undermined Judicial Independence But Legislature Is Independent As Well, No One Should Cross Laxman Rekha: Kiren Rijiju

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said that those raising questions about government interference in the functioning of the judiciary could also raise questions about judicial interference in matters of governance. The law minister, speaking at an event organised by the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa in Mumbai further underscored that judicial independence cannot be seen...

Despite Clarifying In Court That Surrogate Mother Need Not Be Genetically Related To Child, Centre Refuses To Issue Notification, Petitioners Claim

The Supreme Court was informed on Tuesday that despite issuing an important clarification to an apex court bench regarding the eligibility of a surrogate mother under the existing surrogacy laws in the country, no notification or office memorandum to that effect had been passed by the central government. Advocate Mohini Priya, appearing on behalf of one of the petitioners, submitted that...

Advocate Moves Supreme Court Against High Court’s Refusal To Entertain PIL Seeking Independent Probe Into Alleged Fake Encounters In Assam

A Special Leave Petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against the Gauhati High Court’s refusal to entertain the PIL filed in 2021 seeking independent investigation of alleged fake encounters in Assam.The petitioner claims that the PIL was disposed of with “no cogent directions” despite the facts and materials placed before it.Arif Jwadder, a Delhi-based lawyer claiming to be...

Supreme Court Directs To Send Sessions Judge For Training As He Was Not Following Judgments On Bail

While considering compliance of its directions in Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI, the Supreme Court, on Tuesday, from illustrative cases mentioned by the Amicus Curiae, Amicus Curiae Siddharth Luthra identified a Judge of a Sessions Court in Lucknow, who the bench felt that should be sent to the judicial academy for upgradation of his skill. It asked the Allahabad High Court to do the needful...