[Asaram Minor Rape Case] Supreme Court Stays Rajasthan High Court's Order To Summon IPS Officer Ajay Pal Lamba As Court Witness

The division bench of Supreme Court has stayed the Rajasthan High Court's order to summon IPS Officer Ajay Pal Lamba for recording his evidence as a court witness in connection with Asaram's appeal challenging his conviction by lower Court in a minor's rape case. Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice J.K. Maheshwari, ordered, "Issue notice returnable in three weeks. In the...

CJI Ramana Meets UAE Law Minister; Discusses Issues Of Pending Extraditions, Consular Access To Indian Prisoners

The Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Thursday said that he had a discussion with the Law Minister of the United Arab Emirates regarding the pending extradition orders and consular access to Indians in UAE prisons.The CJI was speaking at the felicitation ceremony organised by the Indian Community at Indian Cultural and Social Centre, Abu Dhabi."Today we discussed with the UAE Law Minister...

Dispute Concerning Exemption U/Sec 87 Customs Act Cannot Be Equated With Dispute In Relation To Rate Of Duty: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that an appeal under Section 130(2) of the Customs Act will be maintainable before the High Court if the impugned order relates to claim of exemption under Section 87 of the Act.Dispute concerning an exemption cannot be equated with a dispute in relation to the rate of duty, the bench comprising Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna observed.In this case, the CESTAT...

Court Fees Act, 1870 : Ad Valorem Court-Fees Is Payable On Amount Claimed In A Money Suit For Compensation And Damages: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that, under Section 7(i) of the Court Fees Act, 1870, ad valorem Court-fees would be payable on the amount claimed if the suit is a money suit for compensation and damages.It is only with respect to the category of suits specified in clause (iv) of Section 7 of the Act that the plaintiff has the liberty of stating in the plaint the amount at which relief is valued...

Hijab Ban: 66-Year-Old Hijab-Wearing Woman Moves Supreme Court Against Karnataka High Court's Hijab Verdict

A 66- year old social activist has moved the Supreme Court of India against the Karnataka High Court's Judgment which held that Hijab is not an essential religious practice of Islam and upheld the ban on wearing headscarves in schools and colleges.The petitioner, a hijab wearing woman herself has submitted that she wasn't given a chance to be heard by the High Court thereby violating her...

BREAKING| Political Parties Not Bound To Establish Internal Complaints Committee Under POSH Act : Kerala High Court

There is no employer-employee relationship among members of a political party, it was held.

Aam Aadmi Party Moves Supreme Court Seeking To Conduct Municipal Elections In Delhi As Per Initial Proposal In Free And Fair Manner

Aam Aadmi Party has approached Supreme Court seeking directions to conduct Municipal Elections in Delhi according to the initially conceived schedule of the State Election Commission, National Capital Territory of Delhi ("State Election"), before the expiry of the tenure of the Municipal Corporations of Delhi, in May 2022.It has been stated in the petition that the writ raises an...

[VIDEO]: Discussion On Karnataka High Court's Hijab Ban Judgment- Farrah Ahmed, Shahrukh Alam & Gautam Bhatia

LiveLaw is organizing a Discussion On Karnataka High Court's Hijab Ban JudgmentDate And Time: 1.30 PM TODAYPanelistsFarrah Ahmed (Associate Professor in Melbourne Law School)Shahrukh Alam (Advocate, Supreme Court)Gautam Bhatia (Constitutional Scholar)WATCH LIVE HERE...

NEET-SS| States Competent To Provide In-Service Quota In Super Speciality Medical Courses : Supreme Court's Prima Facie View

The Supreme Court has expressed a prima facie view that States are competent to provide reservation for in-service doctors in super-speciality medical courses.Observing so, the Court refused to stay the G.O. dated 07.11.2020 issued in the State of Tamil Nadu purporting to reserve 50% seats at the Super Specialty level in Government Medical Colleges to in-service doctors. The Apex...

How ICJ's Order In Ukraine's Plea Creates Binding Obligations On Russia?

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Hague, Netherlands, on Wednesday by 13 votes to 2 issued its order on provisional measures in the case instituted by Ukraine against Russia under the Genocide Convention. It was further averred that its order on provisional measures creates binding international legal obligations under Article 41 of the Statute of the International Court of...

Hijab Verdict : How Preconceived Notions May Have Trumped Judicial Reasoning

The judgment of the Karnataka High Court upholding the hijab ban in classrooms, after declaring the wearing of the headscarf by Muslim women as not an essential practice of Islam, is being hotly debated. The judgment in the case Resham v State of Karnataka delivered by a bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice JM Khazi shows the absurdities of the deeply problematic "Essential Religious Practice" doctrine, which is now being revisited by a...

BREAKING| Film Production Units Have To Form ICC Under POSH Act : Kerala High Court Orders In WCC's Plea

The Kerala High Court on Thursday observed that film production units have the responsibility to form an Internal Complaints Committee as per the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 - commonly known as the POSH Act. The Court further held that other related associations like the Film Employees Federation of Kerala(FEFKA), Kerala Film...