Sabarimala : Woman Moves SC To Direct Kerala Govt To Provide Security For Temple Visit [Read Application]

Bind Ammini, one among the two women who first entered the Sabarimala temple after the 2018 Supreme Court judgment, has filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Government of Kerala to "protect the rights of all women regardless of age to enter the Sabarimala temple without hindrance in any manner".The application alleges that after the November 14 order of the...

Maradu Flats : SC Dismisses Plea For Contempt Action Against Committee Members

A group of residents of the Golden Kayaloram complex - one of the four apartments in Maradu which have been directed to be demolished- on Monday became unsuccessful in persuading the Supreme Court to direct the Attorney General to grant sanction for initiating criminal contempt against the members of the Committee, which was constituted by the Court for probing the violations."Several orders...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

State Cannot Alienate Water Bodies For Industrial Activities Under The Guise Of Providing Alternatives [Jitendra Singh V. Ministry of Environment] The Supreme Court held that it is not permissible for the State to alienate common water bodies for industrial activities, under the guise of providing alternatives. The bench of Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Surya Kant was considering...

'Ayodhya Judgment Rewards Illegal Acts' : Muslim Parties Seek Review Of Verdict Allowing Temple In Disputed Site [Read Petition]

Challenging the November 9 judgment of the Supreme Court in the Ayodhya-Babri land dispute case, a legal representative of the original Muslim plaintiff in the case on Monday filed a review petition in the Supreme Court.The petition has been filed by Maulana Syed Asshad Rashidi (President, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind), legal representative of M Sidddique, one of the original Muslim plaintiffs in...

Creamy Layer Exclusion : Centre Opposes Application To SC/STs; Seeks Reference To Larger Bench

Submitting that the observations made by a constitution bench in a 2018 judgment on the extension of creamy layer exclusion to SC/STs require reconsideration, the Attorney General on Monday sought reference of this issue to a larger bench of seven judges."The concept of creamy layer cannot be applied to SC/STs", submitted the AG before a bench of CJI S A Bobde, Justices Surya Kant and B...

Whatsapp Spyware : Former RSS Leader Govindacharya Withdraws His Petition Seeking Probe

Former RSS leader K N Govindacharya on Monday withdrew his petition filed in Supreme Court which had sought a probe by National Investigation Agency into the allegations of snooping of Whatsapp chats of Indian activists using Pegasus spyware developed by Isreali firm NSO.The bench headed by Chief Justice of India S A Bobde told the petitioner's counsel Senior Advocate Vikas Singh that there...

SC To Consider Plea Against Polygamy And Nikah-Halala After Winter Break

Supreme Court on Monday turned down the request of BJP leader Ashwini Updadhyay for urgent listing of his petition to declare the Muslim practice of Polygamy and Nikah-Halala.Chief Justice SA Bobde said it can be considered after winter-break Upadhyay in his petition, prayed that Section 2 of the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act be declared unconstitutional and violative of...

SC Dismisses Plea For Permission To Demonstrate That EVMS Can Be Tampered With

The Supreme Court on Monday summarily dismissed a petition filed by actor turned politician Mansoor Ali Khan which sought directions to the Election Commission of India to allow him to demonstrate that Electronic Voting Machines can be tampered with.The Tamil actor, who had contested and lost election from Dindigul constituency in TN in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, sought permission to...

Any Act Of Commission/Omission Of The Investigating Officer Cannot Go To The Advantage Of The Accused: SC [Read Judgment]

"The prosecution case of course, cannot be doubted merely on the ground of non-recovery of weapons and other piece of evidence."

"Can There Be Peace Without Justice?" Senior Advocate Rajeev Dhavan On Ayodhya Verdict [Video]

Senior Advocate Rajeev Dhavan, who argued for the Muslim side opined that a review petition should be filed against the November 9 Judgment of the Supreme Court which allowed the Hindu parties to build the Ram Temple in the disputed Site of Ayodhya.He was speaking on the topic "The Constitution of India at 70" in an event organised by Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust at New Delhi.Excerpts From...

SC Sets Up Expert Panel To Examine Impact Of Use Of Disinfectants In Flights On Passengers

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to constitute a 6-member committee in order to look into the effects of disinfectants sprayed inside airplanes to ward off vector-borne diseases.A bench comprising Justices D Y Chandrachud and Hrishikesh Roy stated that:"The issue of disinfecting of aircraft involves, on the one hand, concerns relating...

Sabarimala Review Order Is Against Constitutional Morality : Prof Upendra Baxi

The 25th Justice Sunanda Bhandare Memorial Lecture was held on Friday by the Justice Sunanda Bhandare Foundation. The profound lecture was delivered by Prof. (Dr.) Upendra Baxi on "How to Engender the Basic Structure Doctrine?: The Elusive Future of Women's Rights as Human Rights." Prof. Baxi commenced the lecture by commenting on the need to feminize the basic structure doctrine. He...