'Don't Promote Homophobia Or Transphobia' : NBDSA Issues Guidelines To TV Channels On Reporting LGBTQIA+ Issues

The News Broadcasting & Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) has issued comprehensive guidelines urging media platforms to broadcast information about the LGBTQIA+ community with accuracy, objectivity, and sensitivity.This move follows a complaint lodged by activist Indrajeet Ghorpad regarding a program aired by India Today titled "Nudity sparks outrage at USA pride parades - How...

Court May Refuse To Appoint Arbitral Tribunal If S.11(6) Petition Is Barred By Limitation Or Claim Is Ex-Facie Time Barred : Supreme Court

In a recent ruling, the Supreme Court held that the Limitation Act, 1963 is applicable to proceedings for appointment of arbitrator under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 ("A&C Act"), and a Court may refuse to make a reference if the claims, on the date of commencement of arbitration proceedings, are ex-facie barred."...there is no doubt as to the applicability...

Money Recovery Suit Won't Be Commercial Suit Unless Disputed Property Is 'Actually Used' In Trade and Commerce: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that merely because the dispute is related to an immovable property wouldn't per se make it a commercial dispute under the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 unless the immovable property is 'actually used' exclusively in trade or commerce.Setting aside the High Court's decision which had considered a suit for money recovery as a commercial suit, the Bench Comprising...

Patents Act Prevails Over Competition Act? Supreme Court Issues Notice On CCI's Petition

The Supreme Court today (March 1) issued notice on a petition field by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) against the Delhi High Court's decisions holding that the Patents Act, 1970 must prevail over the Competition Act, 2002 on the issue of the exercise of rights by a patentee. The Court will be considering the legal nuances of the Right of the patentee as opposed to the powers of...

Ownership Over Property Can't Be Claimed When Sale Deed Is Executed By Person Having No Title : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that a sale deed executed by the person (not being an owner of the property) in the plaintiff's favor wouldn't entitle the plaintiff to claim ownership/possession over such property. Reversing the findings of the High Court which held the plaintiff to be an owner of the property, the Bench Comprising Justices Sanjay Karol and Sanjay Kumar observed that the...

'States Have Few Areas Of Taxation, We Must Not Dilute Those' : Supreme Court Expresses Concerns About Diluting States' Tax Powers On Minerals [Day 3]

The 9-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, on its third day of hearing on Thursday (February 29) on the issue relating to royalty on minerals, deliberated whether the Parliament can completely denude the States of their power to levy taxes on mineral rights.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and comprising Justices Hrishikesh Roy, Abhay Oka, BV Nagarathna,...

Supreme Court Confirms Interim Anticipatory Bail Granted To 'SHUATS' VC, Director & Others In Mass Religious Conversion Case

The Supreme Court today confirmed the interim protection relief granted to Vice Chancellor Dr. Rajendra Bihari Lal, Director Vinod Bihari Lal and others in the SHUATS (formerly Allahabad Agricultural Institute) mass religious conversion case.The Bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing a batch of pleas in connection with the unlawful conversion allegations against SHUATS...

'Article 142 Doesn't Empower Court To Ignore Substantive Rights Of Litigants' : Supreme Court Issues Guidelines On Exercise Of Inherent Powers

While overturning the 2018 Asian Resurfacing judgment that mandated an automatic vacation of stay orders after six months, the Supreme Court issued crucial guidelines on the exercise of its powers under Article 142 of the Constitution. This latest verdict was issued yesterday by a constitution bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices Abhay S Oka, JB Pardiwala, Pankaj Mithal,...

Muzaffarnagar Student Slapping Case : After Supreme Court Rebuke, Uttar Pradesh Govt Complies With TISS Recommendations On Counselling

In the latest development in the Muzaffarnagar student slapping case, the State of Uttar Pradesh on Friday (March 1) informed the Supreme Court that it has complied with the recommendations made by the Tata Institute of Social Studies (TISS) on counselling the other children involved in the incident.A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing a public interest litigation...

Supreme Court Dismisses Ex-TN CM Paneerselvam's Plea Challenging Madras HC's Suo Motu Revision Against His Discharge In DA Case

The Supreme Court today dismissed former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam's challenge to a Madras High Court order, vide which suo motu revision was initiated against his discharge in a criminal case."The SLP stands dismissed. We may however observe that the observation made by the learned judge in the impugned order...are to be considered only for the purpose of...

'They Also Have Right To Privacy' : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking 24x7 Digital Monitoring Of MPs/MLAs

The Supreme Court today (March 1) dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition writ petition seeking to digitally monitor all the activities of MPs/MLAs to 'ensure transparency and to prevent corruption'. At the outset, CJI DY Chandrachud expressed dissatisfaction regarding the substance of the petition and reminded that a mandamus to seek continuous digital monitoring of...

Order 6 Rule 17 CPC | Amendment Of Plaint Shouldn't Be Allowed If It Alters Nature Of Suit: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on February 29 (Thursday) held that an application seeking amendment of plaint shouldn't be allowed under Order 6 Rule 17 of CPC if the amendment alters the nature of the suit.In the present case, an amendment of the plaint in a partition suit was sought to include a prayer to declare an earlier compromise decree as void. The Court disallowed the application stating that...