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Can Right Of Woman To Reside In Shared Household Under DV Act Be Defeated By Power Of Eviction U/S 23 of Senior Citizens Act?: SC Reserves Judgement
The Supreme Court on Wednesday considered if the right of a woman to reside in the share household under section 17 of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005 could be defeated by the power of eviction under section 23 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007The bench of Justices D. Y. Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee was hearing the plea of a married...
BREAKING : Supreme Court Stays Andhra Pradesh High Court's Gag Order On Media Reports & Social Media Comments On Amaravati Land Scam FIR
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Andhra Pradesh High Court's gag order on media reporting and social media comments on the contents of the Amaravati land scam FIR.A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and M R Shah passed the stay order on a special leave petition filed by the State of Andhra Pradesh challenging the interim order passed by the High Court on...
"Criminal-Political Nexus" Flagged In Vohra Committee Report Must Be Looked Into By Lokpal-Monitored Investigation: Plea In SC
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a Lokpal-monitored investigation into the "criminal-political nexus" as pointed out in the Vohra Committee report.The petition filed on behalf of Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay and seeks a Lokpal to monitor the investigation by National Investigation Authority, Central Bureau of Investigation, Enforcement Directorate, Intelligence Bureau,...
Religious Priests Not Giving Prior Information To District Magistrate About Conversions For Marriages: Uttarakhand High Court Orders Inquiry
The Uttarakhand High Court has directed the District Magistrate, Dehradun to conduct a detail inquiry about non compliance of Section 8(2) of the Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act, 2018 which mandate Religious Priests to give prior intimation to the concerned District Magistrate, before performing conversion of a person from one religion to another.A Division Bench comprising Justices...
'Adani Has No Previous Experience In Managing Airports' : Kerala Govt Moves SC Against Leasing Thiruvananthapuram Airport To Adani Group
The Kerala government has moved the Supreme Court challenging the move of the Airports Authority of India to lease out Thiruvananthapuram Airport to Adani Enterprises.The Government has moved top court challenging the "arbitrary and illegal action of the Airports Authority of India".On October 19, the High Court of Kerala had dismissed the writ petitions filed against the tender given to...
'If Anybody Doesn't Fall Within The Line Of Government, Will That Be Sedition?' Bombay High Court
During the hearing of the Kangana Ranaut case, the Bombay High Court expressed concerns over the 'trend' to add the offence of sedition(Section 124A IPC) in FIRs."If anybody does not fall within the line of the government, will that be sedition?", Justice S S Shinde, the presiding judge of the division bench hearing the matter, asked the senior counsel representing Mumbai police.The...
Under Article 32 We Can't Go Into Issues Of Facts: Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Bank Employee's Challenge To 'Vindictive' Transfer
"Under Article 32 jurisdiction, we cannot go into issues of facts. If we function like this, our court system will collapse", said the Supreme Court on Tuesday.The bench of Justices U. U. Lalit, Vineet Saran and Ravindra Bhat was hearing a writ petition by a Yes Bank employee, Shilesh Sivasankaran, challenging his transfer as being vindictive for having blown the whistle on the bank, seeking...
Supreme Court Issues Notice And Seeks Response From Centre On Plea Seeking Capping of Prices of RT-PCR Tests
Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice in a plea which seeks for the caping of the prices of RT-PCR tests, used to test suspected COVID patients, at Rs. 400, instead of the varying rates across the country. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde heard the submissions of Advocate Ajay Agarwal, who had filed the plea, and sought for a response from the Centre and the...
Franklin Templeton Moves Supreme Court Against Karnataka HC's Order Restraining Winding Up Of Schemes Sans Consent Of Investors
Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund (FT) has moved the Supreme Court, challenging a Karnataka high court order according to which the decision to wind down six debt schemes required simple majority consent from unit investors.Franklin has stated that in May 2020, the trustees had sought a vote by unit investors for validly undertaking an orderly sale of the debt securities held in the funds and...
Madras High Court Directs Chennai Police Commissioner To Investigate Cases Against Ex-Judge Karnan; DGP To Supervise
"The Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry has rightly taken up the cause as the repeated utterances by the 1st accused, viz., Mr. C.S. Karnan, would undermine the dignity, reputation, honour and majesty of the Institution, for which the lawyers also form part," the Madras High Court observed on Monday while directing Police authorities to investigate uncharitable tirades of...
Tej Bahadur Yadav Neither An Elector Nor A Candidate In Varanasi; No Locus To Challenge PM's Election: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by Ex- BSF Jawan, Tej Bahadur Yadav, challenging the election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.The judgement was rendered in a Special Leave Petition challenging the Allahabad High Court's dismissal of Bahadur's election petition in December 2019 on the ground of lack of...