SC Restrains DPS World Foundation From Using Brand Name “Delhi Public School” Or ‘DPS’ [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday restrained the DPS World Foundation from using the marks ‘DPS’ or ‘Delhi Public School’ or its logo.The order was issued by a Bench comprising Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice R. Banumathi and Justice Navin Sinha on a Special Leave Petition filed by the Delhi Public School Society, challenging an order passed by the Division Bench of the Delhi High Court in...

[Sabarimala] [ Day 4] Supposed Inability Of Women To Observe 41 Day Penance Due To Impurity A Patriarchal Concept : Justice Nariman

The Sabarimala hearing on Tuesday witnessed some remarks, which could be interpreted as feminist, from the bench, with Justice Chandrachud lamenting how women, from birth, are subject to social conditioning in terms of what they can or cannot do, and how the female is regarded as chattel of her male counterpart. On Day 4 of the hearing in the Sabarimala Temple Entry case, Senior Counsel...

Third Party Insurance Of 3 Yrs For Cars & 5 Yrs For Two Wheelers Mandatory For Vehicles Sold From Sept 1 : SC [Read Order]

The Bench also observed that number of deaths caused by potholes was “frightening”The Supreme Court has ordered that third party insurance coverage of three years for cars and five years for two wheelers should be mandatory for all vehicles sold from September 1. The order was issued by a bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta, while considering a public interest...

Lokpal: SC Rejects Centre's Affidavit As "Unsatisfactory".Bhushan Urges Court To Make Appointment Under Art 142 [Read Centre's Affidavit]

"Now only two ways. Either the court initiate contempt or itself appoint a Lokpal under Article 142.They are just dragging their feet when there is so much corruption in the country", submitted Advocate Prashant BhushanThe Supreme Court today rejected as "unsatisfactory" the affidavit filed by the Centre in the Lokpal appointment matter after the meeting of the selection committee meeting on...

Essar Diaries: SC To Take Final Call On Oct 23

The Supreme Court will finally dispose of a 2015 PIL by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation seeking a court-monitored SIT or CBI investigation into “the high level of political-bureaucratic-corporate nexus wherein corporates use their money power to change public policies, place questions in the Parliament, get access to internal government documents/cabinet papers, and plant stories...

Does An Application For Leave To Defend Amount To “First Statement On Substance Of Dispute” u/s 8 Arbitration Act? Plea Before SC Asks [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a Special Leave Petition seeking a clarification on the question whether an application for leave to defend in a Summary Suit under Order 37 Rule 3(5) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 amounts to “first statement on substance of the dispute” under Section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996The notice was issued by a Bench...

SC Agrees To Hear Transgender Woman's Allegations Of Discrimination In Air India’s Cabin Crew Recruitment Drive

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a petition filed by a transgender woman who was refused a cabin crew position by national carrier Air India. The petitioner, Shanavi Ponnusamy has alleged that she was discriminated against owing to her sexual orientation and was hence, denied the post.Shanavi completed her engineering from Dr. Aditanar College of Engineerings, Tamil Nadu, in 2010,...

'Godman To Tycoon- The Untold Story Of Baba Ramdev': SC Directs Delhi HC To Dispose Of Ramdev's Plea Against The Book By September End [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Delhi High Court to dispose of by September end, the petition challenging the publication and sale of book on yoga guru Ramdev titled Godman to Tycoon: The Untold Story of Baba Ramdev, authored by Priyanka Pathak Narain and published by M/s Juggernaut Books.The order was issued by a Bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M....

Kerala District Judges Selection: SC Says Fresh Selection Subject To The Result Of Writ Petition

Advocate  P.N. Ravindran (while he was a judge in the High Court of Kerala), was a member of the interview board which had interviewed writ petitioners. It is also learnt that he was also part of the administrative committee which had taken the decision to exclude writ petitioners.The highly contested case of selection of judges to the Kerala Higher Judicial service was considered by...

‘The Wire’ - Jay Amit Shah Defamation Case: SC Posts Matter For Final Hearing On August 8

The Supreme Court has scheduled for hearing at 2 PM on August 8 the SLP preferred by ‘ The Wire ’ and journalist Rohini Singh against the judgment dated February 8 of the Gujarat High Court refusing to quash the defamation proceedings initiated by Jay Shah, son of BJP President Amit Shah in respect of an article. The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A. M. Khanwilkar and D....

SC Refers Fresh Plea Against Polygamy To Constitution Bench

The bench appointed senior lawyer and SCBA President Vikas Singh who appeared for the fresh petitioner Farjana, as an amicus curiae in the batch of petitions which will come up before a constitution benchThree months after the Supreme Court sought the Centre’s stand on banning polygamy and nikah-halala on five petitions and referred them to a constitution bench, one more woman victim...

Justice Srikrishna Committee: 150 Citizens Write To Law Min RS Prasad Reiterating Concerns On Composition And Transparency

More than 150 citizens, including former top bureaucrats and civil rights activists, have written to Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, expressing concerns regarding the Srikrishna Committee on data protection constituted by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).The letter has been endorsed by legal luminaries such as Prof. G. Haragopal, G. Mohan Gopal,...