Breaking: Controversial Section 118A Of Kerala Police Act Will Not Be Implemented: CM Pinarayi Vijayan

The Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan, has announced that his Government will not implement the controversial provision— Section 118A of Kerala Police Act, 2011 in its present form. Delete [Breaking] Controversial Section 118A of Kerala Police Act Will Not Be Implemented: @CMOKerala @vijayanpinarayi— Live Law (@LiveLawIndia) November 23, 2020 The Minister clarified that...

"It Is Victory Of Our Nation That Women Aspire To Achieve Highest Pedestal:" Justice D. Y. Chandrachud On 70% Women Officers Getting Permanent Commission In Army

"It is the victory of our nation that women aspire to achieve the highest pedestal", remarked Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on Monday.In a significant judgment on gender equality delivered on February 17, a bench headed by Justice Chandrachud had directed that Permanent Commission should be granted to women in the army regardless of their service, in all the ten streams where the Union Government...

Supreme Court Extends Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Convict's Parole By A Week; Directs TN To Provide Escort For Medical Checks

Supreme Court on Monday extended the parole by a week of AG Perarivalan, a convict in the 1991 assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, and has directed State of Tamil Nadu to provide an escort for his medical checks. A Bench headed by Justice L. Nageswara Rao heard the submissions of Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan who requested the Court to direct the State to...

[Breaking] UDF, BJP Leaders Move Kerala High Court Challenging Constitutional Validity Of Newly Inserted S. 118A Of Kerala Police Act

A batch of writ petitions in the nature of PIL have been filed before the Kerala High Court challenging the constitutional validity of Section 118A inserted in the Kerala Police Act, 2011 by way of an ordinance. "Section 118A is an attempt to resurrect the same approach to regulation of free speech that had been declared to be unconstitutional by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in...

"Pandemic Situation Likely To Worsen, States & Centre Must Gear Up To Combat It": Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday observed that the pandemic situation is likely to worsen across the country in the coming months and States as well as the Centre must be well-equipped to deal with the Covid19 crisis.In this light, a bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy & MR Shah directed the States of Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat & Assam to file status reports with respect to...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-41]

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Death Of Supreme Court Registry's Official As Pandemic Rages On

As the pandemic rages in Delhi, a Supreme Court of India administration branch member passed away on Saturday due to the novel coronavirus, confirming the first COVID-19 death among the country's top court staffers.50 year old Rajendra Rawat was working at the Supreme Court's administration department and had tested positive for COVID-19 five days back. Rawat is survived by his spouse and...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up

Week Commencing November 15 to November 22, 2020

"Liberty of a Citizen Cannot Be Taken Away In this Manner":SC Sets Aside HC Order Dismissing Criminal Revision Due To Absence Of Lawyer

While setting aside an order of the the Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissing the plea of a man on account of absence of his counsel, the Supreme Court has observed that "liberty of a citizen cannot be taken away in this manner".A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee has observed that the high court was was manifestly in error in rejecting the revision order...

To Invoke Section 17 Limitation Act, Existence & Discovery Of Fraud Have To Be Pleaded & Proved : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that to invoke Section 17 of the Limitation Act 1963, the plaintiff has to plead and prove two ingredients - the existence and discovery of fraud.Section 17 of the Limitation Act deals with the effect of fraud on the limitation period for instituting a suit. It says that when the suit is based on the fraud of the defendant, the period of limitation shall not...

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination- Perarivalan Unaffected By Probe Into 'Larger Conspiracy'; TN Governor Can Take Call On Remission: CBI Tells Supreme Court

The CBI has informed the Supreme Court that convict A.G. Perarivalan has nothing to do with the further investigation conducted by its Multi-Disciplinary Monitoring Agency (MDMA) into the "larger conspiracy" behind the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991.The Central probe agency was replying to the intervention application filed by the mother of the petitioner and...

Tablighi Jamaat- Supreme Court Grants 1 Wk Time To Centre To Respond On Departure Of 8 Discharged Foreigners To Home Country

The Centre on Friday sought one week time before the Supreme Court as regards facilitating departure of the 8 foreigners, accused in connection with the Tablighi Jamaat, to their home country in light of the order passed by the Revisional Court.The bench of Justices A. M. Khanwilkar and B. R. Gavai were informed by Senior Advocate Menaka Guruswamy that the eight petitioners who were...