Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-58]

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Supreme Court Sentences Man To 3 Months Civil Prison For Failing To Clear Maintenance Arrears Of Rs 2.60 Crores To Wife

The Supreme Court has sentenced a man to three months' civil prison for contempt of court after he did not pay an outstanding of Rs 2.60 crore along with Rs 1.75 lakh monthly maintenance to his estranged wife. "We have already given (the respondent) a long rope. The respondent (husband) has not utilised the chances so given. Therefore, we punish the contemnor/respondent for committing contempt...

BREAKING: President Gives Assent To GNCTD Amendment Bill Enhancing Powers Of Delhi Lieutenant Governor

The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday granted assent to the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which enhances the powers of the Delhi Lieutenant Governor over the elected government of the GNCTD.The Parliament had passed the bill on March 24, amid a walkout by the opposition in the Rajya Sabha.The President was admitted to the AIIMS...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up [March 22 to March 28 2021]

JUDGMENTS THIS WEEK1. 'Structures Of Our Society Created By Males For Males' : Supreme Court Holds Army's Evaluation Criteria To Grant Permanent Commission For Women Officers ArbitraryCase Title : Lt Col Nitisha and othes v Union of India and othersCitation : LL 2021 SC 181A division Bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice MR Shah declared that the...

Former UP Shia Waqf Broad Chairman Moves Supreme Court Seeking Removal Of 26 Verses From The Holy Quran

A Petition has been filed before the Supreme Court [WP(C) No: 401/2021] seeking removal certain verses from the holy Quran that are allegedly negative, promote terrorism and create the menace of Islamic Terrorism in India. The plea filed by UP Shia Waqf Board chairman , Syed Wasim Rizvi, impugns 26 verses from the Quran which he states are used as "justifications" by Islamist...

Company Tribunal Not A Labour Court Or Administrative Tribunal To Focus Entirely On Removal Of Director : Supreme Court In Tata-Mistry Case

In the Tata Sons-Cyrus Mistry case, the Supreme Court observed that the Company Law Tribunal cannot interfere with the removal of a person as a Chairman of a Company in a petition under Section 241 of the Companies Act 2013, unless such removal was "oppressive or prejudicial".Under Section 241 of the Companies Act, the National Company Law Tribunal has jurisdiction to deal with an application...

Supreme Court 'Clarifies' Uttarakhand HC Directives For Streamlining Procedure For Withdrawal From The Prosecution

The Supreme Court has disposed a Special Leave Petition filed by Uttarakhand Government against certain directions issued by the Uttarakhand High Court for streamlining the procedure for withdrawal from the prosecution."If any aspect of the directions in the impugned order were to run contrary to the law laid down by this Court in the aforesaid judgments, naturally, the law laid down by...

Minor Contradictions Can Not Be A Ground To Discredit Witnesses' Testimony, Reiterates Supreme Court

The Supreme Court reiterated that only contradictions in material particulars and not minor contradictions can be a ground to discredit the testimony of the witnesses. The bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and R. Subhash Reddy observed thus while dismissing the appeal filed by murder accused against the Judgment of Karnataka High Court which had reversed their acquittal by...

Supreme Court Extends Terms Of Members Of Second National Judicial Pay Commission

Supreme Court has on Friday directed that the term of the members of the Second National Judicial Pay Commission to be extended till 30th April 2021. The term of the Commission was scheduled to end on 31st March 2021. A three-judge Bench of CJI Bobde, Justice Bopanna and Justice Ramasubramanian extended the terms of Justice (Retd.) P.V. Reddy and Justice (Retd.) R. Basant till 30th April....

Intellectuals Should See How The Uniform Civil Code Works In Goa - CJI Sharad Bobde

Chief Justice of India, Sharad Arvind Bobde, on Saturday urged academics to watch how the Uniform Civil Code governs all Goans on issues of marriage and succession, irrespective of their religion. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the new Bombay HC building at Goa, the CJI said that the legacy of the administration of Justice at Goa, which spans four and a half centuries, must...

SC Grants Final Opportunity To Madhya Pradesh DGP To Arrest MLA's Husband Accused Of Murder; Warns Of Coercive Steps On Failure

In connection with Congress leader Devendra Chaurasia's murder in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh, the Supreme Court on Friday pulled up the state DGP over his failure to comply with its March 12 order to arrest the accused, BSP MLA Rambai Prajapati's husband Govind Singh.The bench of Justices D. Y. Chandrachud and M. R. Shah noted that an affidavit has been filed by the Director General of Police,...

Supreme Court's Refusal To Stay Electoral Bonds Undermines Transparency In Electoral Process

The Court omitted to consider the impact of amendments made by Finance Act 2017 and also the concerns expressed by Election Commission and Reserve Bank of India.