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High Court Sets Aside Delhi University Decision To Debar Congress Student Leader Over Screening Of BBC Documentary On PM Modi
The Delhi High Court on Thursday set aside the decision of the Delhi University debarring PhD Scholar and National Secretary of NSUI Lokesh Chugh from taking examination for a period of one year over his alleged involvement in screening of a recent BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and latter's alleged role in the 2002 Gujarat riots.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav quashed...
Same-Sex Marriage Case : Sexual Autonomy Argument May Be Used To Defend Incest, Argues Solicitor General; 'Far-Fetched', Responds CJI
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta today told the Supreme Court that arguments of right to choice and sexual orientation raised by the petitioners seeking legal recognition for marriages between non-binary, non-heterosexual, or transgender persons may tomorrow be raised to defend incestous relationships."Visualise a situation, when a person is attracted to those persons who are mentioned...
Breaking | Fact Checking Unit Will Not Be Notified Till July 5: Centre To Bombay High Court In Kunal Kamra's Challenge To IT Rules Amendment
Fact Checking Unit under the amended IT Rules will not be notified till July 5, the Central Government told the Bombay High Court today.“I have instructions to make a statement that the FCU will not be notified till July 5”, Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh said.The court was hearing comedian Kunal Kamra’s petition challenging Rule 3(i)(II)(C) of the Information...
[Possession Of Drugs] Supreme Court Seeks Assam’s Response In Third Year Law Student’s Plea Seeking Bail
The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday asked the State of Assam to file a counter affidavit in a plea filed by a third-year law student seeking bail, in a case registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.A Bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela Trivedi will hear the case after 10 weeks. The SLP was filed challenging an order of the Guahati High Court dated...
Allopathy Doctors And Ayurved Doctors Do Not Perform Equal Work And Are Not Entitled To Equal Pay: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, held that Allopathy doctors and doctors of indigenous medicine cannot be said to be performing equal work so as to be entitled to equal pay.The Apex Court noted that the emergency duty that Allopathy doctors are capable of performing and the trauma care that they are capable of providing cannot be performed by Ayurved doctors. It further noted that it is...
SC Refused To Entertain Parole Plea Of Swami Shraddhanand Who Is Serving Life Sentence For Murder Of His Wife, Granddaughter Of Dewan Of Mysore
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, refused to entertain self-styled godman Swami Shraddhanand’s plea to be released on temporary parole. The 82 year old, Swami Shraddhanand alias Murali Manohar Mishra who has been in prison for almost 30 years now, is currently undergoing life imprisonment for the murder of his wife Shakereh Khaleeli - the granddaughter of Dewan of Mysore, Sir Mirza Ismail....
Centre Relies on Parliamentary Debates from 1950s to Oppose Same-Sex Marriage, SC Asks, ‘Was It Legal Anywhere in the World at the Time?’
The Union of India on Wednesday argued against the ‘reading in’ of gender neutrality in the provisions of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 on the ground that the legislature had ‘consciously’ intended for it to be an act recognising only heterosexual unions. In support of this contention, the centre relied heavily on parliamentary debates on the floor of the House before the passing...
Breaking: Bombay High Court Orders Maha Govt To Direct Educational Institutions To Enable Retrospective Name & Gender Change For Transgender Persons
The Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra Government to issue directions to all educational institutions in the state to enable retrospective name and gender change for transgender persons in their records.A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale observed that educational institutions should have a form on their websites for precisely such changes, i.e., noting a...
Same Sex Marriage | Judiciary Not Equipped To Deal With Shades Of Gender Within LGBTQIA+ Spectrum, Let Parliament Decide: Centre To Supreme Court
The Union of India on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to leave the question of granting members of the LGBTQIA+ community an equal right to marry, and subsequently, regulating such marriage, to the wisdom of the legislature. Appearing on behalf of the Centre, Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta told a Constitution bench today that the legislative policy of India has traditionally been...
Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise Index (Citations 282 - 307) [April 10 – 16, 2023]
SUBJECT WISE INDEXAdvocateDuty of all genuine lawyers to get their degrees verified: Supreme Court forms expert committee to oversee verification. Ajay Shankar Srivastava v. Bar Council of India, 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 307ArbitrationSection 34 application must be filed within 90 days limitation to claim exclusion of period when court remain closed. Bhimashankar Sahakari Sakkare Karkhane Niyamita...
Using Celebrity Names, Images For Art Or Satire Permissible Under Freedom Of Speech And Expression; Won’t Infringe Right Of Publicity: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that the use of celebrity names or images for art, satire, news or music would be permissible as a facet of the right of freedom of speech and expression under Article 19(1)(a) of Constitution of India and would not infringe the celebrity’s right of publicity.Observing that the right of publicity cannot be seen as an absolute right in India in the absence of...