Article 142 Can Be Invoked To Dissolve A Marriage Found To Be A Dead Letter: SC [Read Judgment]

'There is, thus, recognition of the futility of a completely failed marriage being continued only on paper'

SC Stays Bombay HC Order Quashing Mumbai Coastal Road Project; Allows Civic Body To Reclaim Land

In a major relief to the Maharashtra government, the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the Bombay High Court judgment that quashed the Coastal Road Zone clearances granted to the city civic body's Rs 14,000 crore coastal road project. Though the SC has permitted the authorities to reclaim the land meant for construction of the eight-lane 29.2 km-long road project, it has restrained...

[Video] 'Public Trust' Is The Only Legitimate Source Of Power For Judicial System : CJI S A Bobde

The Chief Justice of India Sharad Arvind Bodbde during the felicitation ceremony organized by the Bar Council of India on 16th December 2019 said the only legitimate source of power for judicial system is 'public trust' and therefore it is important to ensure that people must remain invested in them and the alternate possibility is dangerous as it will be a society far removed from the rule...

Four New Petitions Against CAA In SC , Say It Privileges Specified Religious Persecution [Read Petitions]

Amidst protests about the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act, four more petitions have been filed before the Supreme Court on the premise that it privileges specified religious persecution – specified minorities from three specified nations-- which itself warrants for the Act being declared unconstitutional. In four separate petitions filed by Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Jha, Supreme...

Candidate Not Estopped From Challenging Selection Process When Misconstruction Of Statutory Rules Is Alleged : SC [Read Judgment]

In a notable judgment in service law, the Supreme Court has held that a candidate will not be estopped from challenging a selection process on the ground of having participated in it when there is allegation of "misconstruction of statutory rules and discriminating consequences arising therefrom".This was held by a bench comprising Justices Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant while deciding a...

'We Will Be Reduced To A Minority In Our Home State': More Assam Organisations Move Supreme Court Against CAA 2019[Read Petitions]

The North East Students' Organisation (NESO), Assam Association of the Deaf (AAD) and the Assam State Unit of the National People's Party (NPP) have filed three separate petitions before the Supreme Court, against the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. At least a dozen Petitions have already been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the new law...

Hospital Vicariously Liable For Medical Negligence Committed By Its Doctors: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has observed that a hospital is vicariously liable for the acts of negligence committed by the doctors engaged or empanelled to provide medical care. The bench of Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice Indu Malhotra observed thus while upholding an NCDRC order holding a Hospital to be vicariously liable for medical negligence of the Doctors who allegedly failed to carry out...

Tender For Social Media Monitoring Agency Withdrawn, UIDAI Tells SC In Mahua Moitra's Plea

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that it has withdrawn the tender to invite bids for the controversial 'social media monitoring agency'. The Authority further submitted that it was not going to float a similar tender in future.This development happened in the the petition filed by Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, who had challenged...

[Jamia Protests Hearing] 'You Cannot Have Hundreds OF FIRs And Throw Them In To Prison": Jaising [Courtroom Exchange]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the petitioners to approach the concerned High Courts with their prayers for a Court-monitored probe into the reports of police atrocities against students of Jamia Milia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act.The bench consisting of CJI Bobde, Justices Surya Kant and B R Gavai said that it was not...

Nirbhaya Case : CJI Bobde Recuses From Hearing Review Plea Of Death Row Convict

Chief Justice of India S A Bobde on Tuesday recused from hearing the review petition of Akshay Kumar Singh, one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape -murder case.This was after CJI Bobde happened to spot the name of his nephew, Advocate Arjun Bobde, in the orders of the review petitions filed by the other three convicts.Arjun Bobde had appeared for the victim's family in...

Jamia Violence : SC Asks Petitioners To Approach High Courts

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the petitioners to approach the concerned High Courts with their prayers for a Court-monitored probe into the reports of police atrocities against students of Jamia Milia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act.The bench consisting of CJI Bobde, Justices Surya Kant and B R Gavai said that it was not...

DMK, DYFI And Assam Jamiat Ulema-E-Hind Move SC Against Citizenship(Amendment) Act 2019 [Read Petitions]

A PIL has been filed by the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), an organization of youth aggrieved by the enactment of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. It was mentioned in the petition that it was the first time that religion was introduced as a criteria for acquisition of Indian citizenship for illegal migrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh and such...