Karnataka Govt Announces Y Category Security To Judges In Hijab Case After Police FIR Over Threatening Message

The Karnataka Government has decided to provide 'Y' category security cover to the three judges including the Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi of the Karnataka High Court, who were part of the bench which upheld the ban on wearing of hijab inside classrooms in colleges with prescribed dress code.Chief Minister Basvaraj Bommai informed about the decision on Sunday, while speaking to the...

Delhi High Court Weekly Roundup: March 14 To March 20, 2022

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No Need For Trial Court's Permission To Renew Passport When Criminal Proceedings Are Stayed By Higher Court : Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has held that the permission from a trial court is not necessary for renewal of passport when the proceedings are stayed by a higher court.The Court directed the Regional Passport Officer to consider a woman's application for renewal of her passport without insisting upon a facilitative order from the concerned Criminal Court before whom a case registered against her...

Supreme Court Pulls Up Police For Arresting Accused Without Following Section 41A CrPC

The Supreme Court recently deprecated the act of police officer for arresting an accused without complying with provisions under Section 41 (A), CrPC and also when the bail application was pending before the top court.The bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and AS Oka frowned upon this act while considering a SLP assailing Bombay High Court's order of rejecting the petitioner's...

Why Justice Dalveer Bhandari's Vote At ICJ Should Not Be Linked To India's Position On Russia-Ukraine Conflict?

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Hague, Netherlands, on Wednesday directed Russia to immediately halt its military operations in Ukraine in a 13-2 judgement with India's nominee at the ICJ Justice Dalveer Bhandari joining the majority. Justice Bhandari's vote in favour of indication of provisional measures against Russia has been perceived by few to be in conflict with India's official stance at the United Nations (UN) regarding the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict. India has...

[VIDEO]: Discussion On Karnataka High Court's Hijab Ban Judgment- Farrah Ahmed, Shahrukh Alam & Gautam Bhatia

LiveLaw is organizing a Discussion On Karnataka High Court's Hijab Ban JudgmentDate And Time: 1.30 PM TODAYPanelistsFarrah Ahmed (Associate Professor in Melbourne Law School)Shahrukh Alam (Advocate, Supreme Court)Gautam Bhatia (Constitutional Scholar)WATCH LIVE HERE...

How ICJ's Order In Ukraine's Plea Creates Binding Obligations On Russia?

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Hague, Netherlands, on Wednesday by 13 votes to 2 issued its order on provisional measures in the case instituted by Ukraine against Russia under the Genocide Convention. It was further averred that its order on provisional measures creates binding international legal obligations under Article 41 of the Statute of the International Court of...

Hijab Verdict : How Preconceived Notions May Have Trumped Judicial Reasoning

The judgment of the Karnataka High Court upholding the hijab ban in classrooms, after declaring the wearing of the headscarf by Muslim women as not an essential practice of Islam, is being hotly debated. The judgment in the case Resham v State of Karnataka delivered by a bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice JM Khazi shows the absurdities of the deeply problematic "Essential Religious Practice" doctrine, which is now being revisited by a...

Passport Cannot Be Denied To Child On Sole Ground That One Parent Is Non-Indian Citizen : Kerala High Court

No prohibition on incorporating a non-citizen as legal guardian in the passport of a minor child.

"No Legal Mandate That Same Rank Pensioners Must Be Given Same Pension": Supreme Court Upholds Centre's OROP Policy In Defence Forces [Updated With Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the manner in which the Central Government introduced the "One Rank One Pension"/ ("OROP") scheme in defence forces as per its notification dated November 7, 2015.The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Vikram Nath refused to accept the challenge made by the association "Indian Ex-Service Movement" against the 2015 notification issued by...

BREAKING| NEET-SS : Supreme Court Allows 50% Reservation For In-Service Doctors In Super-Speciality Courses In Tamil Nadu For 2021-2022 Academic Year

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the State of Tamil Nadu to implement 50% reservation for in-service doctors in super speciality courses in NEET-SS admissions for the academic year 2021-2022.A bench comprising Justice L Nageswara Rao and BR Gavai vacated the interim order which was passed in 2020 to stop the implementation of reservation in SS seats. In the order pronounced today, the...

Rubbing Male Organ On Vagina Or Urethra Over Victim's Underpants Amounts To Rape: Meghalaya High Court

A Division Bench of the Meghalaya High Court comprising of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice W. Diengdoh held that rubbing male organ on the vagina or urethra of prosecutrix despite she wearing her underpants, would still amount to penetration for the purpose of Section 375(b), IPC. "Penetration for the purpose of Section 375 of the Penal Code does not have to be...