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Maintenance & Welfare Of Senior Citizens Act | Age To Be Determined Based On Date Of Application : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has clarified that the relevant date to determine whether a person qualifies as a “senior citizen” under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 is the date of filing of the application before the Maintenance Tribunal, not the date of adjudication.A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta held so while allowing the appeal of...
Sameer Wankhede Files Defamation Suit In Delhi High Court Against Aryan Khan's Netflix Series 'Ba***ds of Bollywood'
IRS Officer Sameer Wankhede has filed a defamation suit before the Delhi High Court against Red Chillies Entertainment, Netflix and others over allegedly defamatory portrayal of him in the new Netflix series “Ba***ds of Bollywood”, directed by Aryan Khan.Wankhede has sought Rs. 2 crores as damages which will be donated to Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital for the treatment of Cancer...
'Very Erection Of Babri Masjid Was A Fundamental Act Of Desecration': Ex-CJI DY Chandrachud Contradicts Ayodhya Judgment Finding
Former Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has stirred a controversy on the Ayodhya dispute with his remark that the very erection of the Babri Masjid was the fundamental act of desecration.The Fomer CJI made the observation during an interview with Newslaundry journalist Sreenivasan Jain, excerpts of which were shared on social media. Responding to a question on whether the Hindu parties...
'Abusing Community Leader Not Insult To Religion': Bombay High Court Quashes FIR U/S 295A IPC For Insulting Maratha Leader Manoj Jarange
A person may represent a religion in certain ways but s/he does not become a 'religion' himself, the Bombay High Court observed while holding that any abuse or use of disrespectful words for a socio political figure cannot be equated with insult to faith.A division bench of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Hiten Venegavkar, sitting at Aurangabad, quashed an FIR lodged against a man, booked...
Supreme Court Forms Committee Led By Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia To Determine Encroachment Extent In Obulapuram Mining Case
The Supreme Court recently appointed Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, a former judge of the Supreme Court, as the Chairman of the Committee to fix the boundaries of the leased areas and the reserved forest areas to examine the extent of illegal encroachment and mining and other unauthorised activities in the Obulapuram mining case in the State of Andhra Pradesh. In this case, former Tourism...
Plea Filed In Supreme Court To Prevent Disposal Of Body Of Man Killed In Chhattisgarh 'Fake Encounter'
A writ petition has been filed before the Supreme Court to prevent disposal of a dead body by state-authorities in an alleged fake encounter in Chhattisgarh.The matter was mentioned today before a bench of Justices Surya Kant, Ujjal Bhuyan and N Kotiswar Singh.On a Court query, the counsel who mentioned the case submitted that the petitioner had initially approached the Chhattisgarh High...
Criminal Law Can't Be Used To Settle Civil Disputes Or Wreak Vengeance : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (Sep.24) quashed a criminal case against an individual against whom an FIR was registered in a pure civil dispute by giving it a criminal color. The Court deprecated the growing use of criminal prosecution as a tool for harassment in purely commercial disputes. “Even if the allegations are assumed to be true, they unmistakably arise out of a commercial...
Child Can Be Evicted From Senior Citizen Parent's Property If There's Breach Of Obligation To Maintain Parents : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court reiterated that a Tribunal under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, has the power to order the eviction of a child from the property of the senior citizen, if there is a breach of obligation to maintain the senior citizen.A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta allowed the appeal filed by 80-year-old man and his 78-year-old wife,...
'Duty-Free Import Of Yellow Peas Harming Indian Farmers', Says Kisan Group In PIL; Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response
The Supreme Court on Thursday (September 25) issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition challenging the policy of the Union Government to allow the import of yellow dal without any duty.A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice NK Singh was hearing the petition filed by 'Kisan Mahapanchayat', a farmers' organisation, which contended that the...