Strict Rules Of Evidence As Applicable In A Criminal Trial, Are Not Applicable In Motor Accident Compensation Cases : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court reiterated that strict rules of evidence as applicable in a criminal trial, are not applicable in motor accident compensation cases.In this case, the Rajasthan High Court, while reducing the compensation awarded by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal to claimants, refused to consider the salary certificate and pay slip of the deceased merely on the ground that the person...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On NCW Plea Challenging Muslim Personal Law Allowing Minor Girls To Marry On Attaining Puberty

The Supreme Court, on Friday, issued notice in a plea filed by National Commission for Women for enforcement of fundamental rights of minor Muslim women seeking uniform application of penal laws to Muslim women, who contract marriage before attaining the age of majority, irrespective of what is professed in personal laws."Issue notice returnable in 4 weeks."The matter was listed before a...

Supreme Court Declines To Take Up Fresh Plea Against Stubble Burning

On Friday, the Supreme Court refused to entertain a fresh writ petition highlighting the issue of air pollution in Delhi due to stubble burning in the neighbouring states.While disposing of the plea, a Bench of Justices MR Shah and Ravindra Bhat orally observed that there are similar petitions before the Supreme Court for consideration.Raising serious issues, the plea moved by Advocate...

Activist John Dayal Seeks To Intervene In Religious Conversion PIL; Alleges Petitioner Has Made Inflammatory Statements Against Minorities

Activist John Dayal has filed an Impleadment Application in the Writ Petition Ashwini Kumar Upadhyaya vs. Union of India Writ Petition (C) No. 63 of 2022 alleging that the petition filed by the Petitioner Ashwini Kumar Upadhyaya is frivolous, without basis, misconceived, vague, unsubstantiated, malicious and defamatory. The application filed through Advocate on Record Anas Tanwir...

CLAT 2023-Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Stringent Conditions Imposed By Consortium On Persons With Disabilities Intending To Avail Scribes

A lawyer and disability rights activist, Mr. Arnab Roy has moved the Supreme Court challenging the stringent conditions imposed on the Persons with Disabilities intending to avail scribes for the upcoming Common Law Admission Test, 2023 (CLAT 2023).The petition, filed through Advocate-on-Record, Mr. N. Sai Vinod, assails the conditions for being arbitrary, excessive and unreasonable. It...

Breaking: [Christian Divorce] Kerala High Court Strikes Down 10A Of Divorce Act, 1869, One Year Waiting Period For Filing Divorce Petition By Mutual Consent Declared Unconstitutional

The Kerala High Court on Friday held that the fixation of the minimum period of separation of one year under Section 10A of the Divorce Act, 1869 is violative of the fundamental rights and struck it down. The Division Bench comprising Justice A. Muhamed Mustque and Justice Shoba Annamma Eapen, noted that the Legislature had imposed such a period in its wisdom, in order to act as a...

'Hate Speech, Targeted Sexual Violence,Calls for Economic And Spatial apartheid Affect Freedom Of Religion':Plea Before SC In 'Forced Conversion' Case

Padma Shree awardee and a former member of the Planning Commission of India, Dr. Syeda Hameed has moved the Supreme Court seeking impleadment in the PIL filed by BJP leader and Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay against forced religious conversions, which is violative of Article 25 of the Constitution. Hameed has already filed a petition before the Top Court raising concerns over...

Scheduled Tribe Women Not Entitled To Any 'Right Of Survivorship' Under Hindu Succession Act: Supreme Court Urges Centre To Bring Suitable Amendment

The Supreme Court held that a female member of the scheduled tribe is not entitled to any right of survivorship under the provisions of Hindu Succession Act.The bench of Justices MR Shah and Krishna Murari urged the Central Government to consider whether it is necessary to bring a suitable amendment to Hindu Succession Act in this regard."To deny the equal right to the ...

Supreme Court Sympathises With Medical Students Who Could Not Complete Clinical Training In Foreign Universities, Urges Centre & NMC To Find Solution

Expressing sympathy with the plight of various Indian medical students who could not complete their clinical training in foreign countries like China, Ukraine etc, due to conditions like Covid and war, the Supreme Court on Friday asked the Union Government and the National Medical Commission to find out a solution. The Court asked the Government to constitute a committee of experts to find...

"Seniority Set Out In Collegium Recommendations Must Be Followed": Supreme Court Asks Centre To Address The Issue

In the order passed in the contempt petition filed against the Central Government over delay in finalizing judicial appointments, the Supreme Court has recorded its concern regarding the Centre splitting up collegium recommendations.The Court has asked the Centre to address the issue, as the seniority intended by the collegium gets disrupted when the Centre decides to pick some names leaving...

Lengthy Bail Hearings A Waste Of Time; Arguments Should Not Exceed 10 Minutes, Says Justice SK Kaul

But the UAPA forces one to argue on merits to show a prima facie case, replied senior lawyer Siddharth Dave.

Nagaland DGP Appointment : Supreme Court Pulls Up UPSC For Delay, Sets December 19 Deadline

The Supreme Court, on Friday, sternly directed the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to take a final decision with respect to the appointment of Director General of Police (DGP), Nagaland 'on or before 19th December, 2022'. The Apex Court rejected an application filed by the UPSC seeking an additional 60 days to take the final decision. The UPSC had sought additional time for convening...