Here Is A Summary Of Law Commission’s Suggestions In Its Consultation Paper On ‘Reform Of Family Law’

On the day its term comes to an end, the Law Commission of India has released a Consultation Paper on ‘Reform of Family Law’.The Paper suggests a series of amendments to personal laws and further codification of certain other laws, particularly with respect to succession and inheritance. The suggestions also make an attempt at addressing the lacunae in laws such as the Special Marriage...

Law Commission Favours Simultaneous Elections; Calls For Further Discussions On The Matter

The Law Commission of India has submitted its draft report favouring holding of simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies. "Time has come for India to revert to simultaneous elections in the greater national interest", the Commission observed in the draft report.According to the Commission, enabling a voter to cast his or her vote for electing members to...

SC Stays Results Of SSC Exams 2017, Says System Appears To Be Tainted [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed in the interim the declaration of results of the Staff Selection Commission Examination 2017—both Combined Graduate Level Examination and Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination—while observing that prima facie the entire system appears to be tainted.A bench of Justice SA Bobde and Justice L Nageswara Rao stayed the declaration of results while taking...

Violation Of Public Advertisement Guidelines: SC Issues Notice To Centre, Six States And BJP

The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Centre, six state governments and the BJP on a plea which has alleged that they have violated the apex court's directions on issuance of public advertisements.Besides the Centre and the BJP, the apex court issued notices to the states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chattishgarh and Telangana on a plea filed by an Aam...

Why Can’t You Give Copy Of MP Electoral Rolls In Word Format To Congress ? SC Asks EC

“Yes you may have given us PDF copy of electoral rolls of MP but we want in soft copy as a word document as because in PDF we cannot search names as PDF is scanned copy. It is not easy. There is no ‘Cntrl-F’ option. For example, with one search we can know how many Abhishek Manu Singhvis are there and take action… But the thing is not that..The thing is if you can give the electoral...

Sedition Law Used To Curb Political Dissent : Law Commission Calls For Relook On Sec 124A IPC

"For merely expressing a thought that is not in consonance with the policy of the Government of the day, a person should not be charged under the section", stated the Consultation Paper issued by the Law Commission of India calling for redefinition of sedition, which  is made punishable by Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The Consultation Paper solicits public suggestions...

Article 35A : SC Defers Hearing In View Of Impending Local Body Elections in J&K

SC accepted the adjournment request jointly made by the Centre and State citing apprehension of law and order issues in the upcoming local body electionsThe Supreme Court on Friday deferred to the second week of January, 2019 the hearing on the constitutionality of Article 35A in view of the Panchayat and municipality elections scheduled to be held in the state of Jammu and Kashmir...

Breaking: SC Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Priya Varrier In Relation To The Song 'Manikya Malraya Poovi' [Read Order]

Allowing the plea of actress Priya Prakash Varrier and the director and producers of the Malayalam film ‘Oru Adaar Love’,  Supreme Court on Friday quashed the FIR and criminal complaints in Telangana and Maharashtra respectively registered against them for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of Muslims.The entire controversy is rooted in the picturisation of the song...

Legal Remedies For Wrongful Prosecution: Law Commission Suggests CrPC Amendments For Special Courts & Compensation [Read The Report]

The Law Commission of India, in its 277th report, has recommended amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure to include a mechanism for addressing instances of wrongful prosecution and providing legal remedies for victims of such prosecution.To this end, the report titled “Wrongful Prosecution (Miscarriage of Justice): Legal Remedies” submits the Code of Criminal Procedure...

The Identification Of A Person By The Timbre Of His Voice Is Risky In Criminal Trial:SC [Read Judgment]

The identification of a person by the timbre of his voice is risky in a criminal trial, when the identifying person is not familiar enough with the accused to be able to differentiate between subtle variations in the overtones.’In a judgment acquitting rape accused concurrently convicted by the high court and trial court, the Supreme Court has observed that identification from the voice of...

“They Say Rats Consume 100s Of Kgs Of Heroin”, SC Concerned At Drugs Disappearing From Police Malkhanas

“100s of kilograms of heroin is seized by police and by the time the case reaches the trial court, there is nothing left. The quantity is reduced to nothing. Chooha kha gaya” (rats have consumed them) Justice Deepak Gupta said.The Supreme Court has taken a dig at law enforcement agencies, mainly the police for not taking any steps to prevent smuggling out of crores worth of seized...

Should M. Nagaraj Verdict On Reservation In Promotions Be Reconsidered? Constitution Bench Reserves Judgment

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its judgment on the question whether its 2006 decision in M. Nagaraj requires reconsideration by a larger bench.The five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra heard a battery of lawyers, including Attorney General K. K. Venugopal, ASG Tushar Mehta, Senior Counsel Indira Jaising, P. S. Patwalia, Dinesh Dwivedi and Sanjay Hedge in favour of...