Child Born Out Of Marriage Between Muslim Man And A Hindu Woman Entitled To Claim His Father's Property: SC [Read Judgment]

""It would not be out of place to emphasise at this juncture that since Hindus are idol worshippers, which includes worship of physical images/statues through offering of flowers, adornment, etc., it is clear that the marriage of a Hindu female with a Muslim male is not a regular or valid (sahih) marriage, but merely an irregular (fasid) marriage."

Stipulating 50% Disability Limit In Hearing Impairment Or Visual Impairment For Post Of Judicial Officer Legitimate: SC [Read Judgment]

"A judicial officer in a State has to possess reasonable limit of the faculties of hearing, sight and speech in order to hear cases and write judgments and, therefore, stipulating a limit of 50% disability in hearing impairment or visual impairment as a condition to be eligible for the post is a legitimate restriction i.e. fair, logical and reasonable."

SC vs RTI : SC's Stay Of Delhi HC's Landmark Judgment Enters 9th Year

The pendency has led to an uncanny situation of the administrative side of the Court enjoying immunity from disclosure on account of delay by the judicial side.

Economic Reservation : Tehseen Poonawalla Moves SC Against Constitution Amendment, EWS Criteria

Political activist Tehseen Poonawalla has filed a petition in the Supreme Court, challenging Constitution(103rd) Amendment Act, which inserted Articles 15(6) and 16(6) in the Constitution to provide for reservation to economically weaker sections in higher education and public employment up to a limit of 10%.The petition says that quota breaches the 50% ceiling limit fixed by the Supreme...

Justice Indu Malhotra On Medical Leave, SC Refuses Urgent Hearing On Sabarimala Review Petitions

On Tuesday, Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi turned down the request for an immediate hearing on the many pleas seeking a review of the 2018 verdict of the Supreme Court five-judge bench in the Sabarimala Temple entry case. On November 13 last year, a bench of Chief Justice Gogoi and Justices R. F. Nariman, A. M. Khanwilkar, D. Y. Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra, while refraining from staying...

Lawyers Challenge Economic Reservation [Constitutional (103rd Amendment) Act] In SC [Read Petitions]

Two more Writ petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court against the 10% economic reservation introduced by Union Government by way of Constitutional (103rd Amendment) Act 2019 . Advocate Reepak Kansal and Advocate Pawan filed two separate petitions challenging the validity of the Constitutional (103rd Amendment) Act 2019 on the ground that it abrogates the basic structure of...

Not Abandoning Operation To Rescue 15 Meghalaya Miners: Centre Tells SC

The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that it is not abandoning the operation to rescue 15 miners trapped for more than a month inside an illegal rat-hole coal mine filled with water in a remote part of Meghalaya. The state government in its status report told the top court that on January 16, the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) of the Indian Navy had detected a body at a depth of...

SC Dismisses Reliance's Challenge Against 'Discriminatory' MERC Regulation [Read Judgment]

“Indeed, a challenge to the validity of the regulations framed by the MERC could only lie before the High Court. Hence, the imposition of costs for having adopted the remedy under Article 226 was unjustified.”

CBI DSP AK Bassi Moves SC Challenging Transfer Order Issued By Interim Chief Nageshwar Rao

The scuffle within the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) continues, as DSP Ajay Kumar Bassi has now approached the Supreme Court challenging his transfer order, issued by the CBI interim chief Nageshwar Rao on January 11. After taking over the charge in the intervening night of October 23 and 24 last year, Mr. Rao had cleared transfer orders including those of the officials who...

CJI Gogoi Recuses From Hearing Plea Against Appointment Of Nageswara Rao As Interim CBI Director

Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Monday recused from hearing NGO Common Cause's PIL challenging the Centre's move to place M. Nageshwar Rao at the helm of the affairs of the CBI in the interim, following the transfer of CBI Director Alok Verma. As Senior Counsel Dushyant Dave attempted to open the case on behalf of the petitioner-organisation, the Chief Justice observed, "I am participating in...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

Finger Print Evidence Of Accused Taken Without Magistrate's Order Not Illegal [Ashish Jain vs. Makrand Singh] The Supreme Court observed that merely due to the absence of a magisterial order authorizing the police to obtain fingerprints of the accused, it cannot be held that the fingerprint evidence was illegally obtained. The bench comprising Justice NV Ramana and Justice Mohan...

Executing Court Has No Jurisdiction To Decide Whether The Court Which Decreed The Suit Had Territorial Jurisdiction: SC [Read Judgment]

“The High Court has manifestly acted in excess of jurisdiction in reversing the judgment of the executing court which had correctly declined to entertain the objection to the execution of the decree on the ground of a want of territorial jurisdiction on the part of the court which passed the decree.”