Supreme Court Asks Centre To Frame Policy For Employment Of Transgender Persons

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, by way of an interim order, asked the Central Goverment in consultation with the National Council for Transgender Persons to devise appropriate policy framework in terms of which reasonable accommodation can be provided to transgender persons in seeking recourse to avenues of employment in all establishment covered by the provisions of the Transgender...

High Court Misquoted Quran To Hold Hijab Is Not Mandatory In Islam : Nizam Pasha Tells Supreme Court [Day 3]

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, continued hearing the batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court's judgment which upheld the ban on wearing hijab by Muslim girl students in some schools and colleges in the State. The matter was heard by bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia. Today, the arguments were commenced by Senior Advocate Devadatt Kamat whose...

CJI Led Supreme Court Bench To Hear Challenge To Citizenship Amendment Act On Sep 12 [VIDEO]

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Hijab Ban In Karnataka- Supreme Court Hearing- DAY-3- LIVE UPDATES

Supreme Court will continue the hearing of the batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court's judgment which upheld the ban on the wearing of Hijab by Muslim girl students in some schools and colleges in the State.A bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia will hear the matterFOLLOW LIVE UPDATES...

'Will Right To Dress Include Right To Undress Too?': Supreme Court In Day 2 Of Hijab Case Hearing [Video]

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'Tenant At Sufferance' Who Is Continuing In Possession After Expiry Of Lease Is Liable To Pay Mesne Profits: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a tenant continuing in possession after the expiry of the lease is liable to pay mesne profits. "While a tenant at sufferance cannot be forcibly dispossessed, that does not detract from the possession of the erstwhile tenant turning unlawful on the expiry of the lease.", the bench comprising Justices KM Joseph and PS Narasimha observed.The bench observed thus...

Hijab Case| Secularism Doesn't Mean Students Of Only One Faith Won't Display Religion : Devadatt Kamat Before Supreme Court [Day 2]

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, continued hearing the batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court's judgment which upheld the ban on wearing of Hijab by Muslim girl students in some schools and colleges in the State. The matter was heard by the bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia.Senior Advocate Devadatt Kamat appearing for the Petitioners argued that...

'Green Bench': Supreme Court Asks Lawyers To Not Bring Paper Files, Offers Technical Training [Video]

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"He Slayed 6 Lives To Quench His Thirst": Allahabad High Court Confirms Death Penalty Awarded To Man Who Killed Wife, Own Children

The Allahabad High Court today confirmed the death penalty awarded to a man who committed the murder of his wife and children on account of an illicit relationship with his bhabhi (sister-in-law) in the year 2009.The bench of Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Saroj Yadav concluded that in view of the manner in which offence was committed and also the magnitude of the crime, it could be...

Four Years Of Navtej Singh Johar Judgment : The Road Ahead After De-criminalization Of Consensual Homosexuality

Four years back, on this day a five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court unanimously struck down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, to the extent that it criminalised same-sex relations between consenting adults. The judgment in Navtej Johar v. Union of India & Ors, was a landmark constitutional reform with regard to rights of sexual minorities. Justice DY Chandrachud, who was one of the authors in Navtej Johar Case (Supra) began his opinion by the following lines: "A hundred and...

Supreme Court Asks Union To Impress Upon States Which Continue To Register FIRs Under Section 66A IT Act To Take Remedial Steps

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Union Government to get in touch with the Chief Secretaries of the States where FIRs under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act are continuing to be registered despite the provision being declared as unconstitutional by the Court in 2015. The Court asked the Union to impress upon such states to take "remedial measures as soon as possible".A...

Consumer Court Directs Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam To Allot Seva Ticket Or Pay Rs 45 Lakhs To Devotee Who Had Been Waiting Since 2006

On a man's plea against the Tirumala Tirupati Devsthanam (TTD), the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Salem had directed the TTD to allot a ticket for Melchat Vastram Seva within a year after the public is allowed to witness the dharshan/sevas or in alternative to pay a sum of Rs 45,00,000 towards compensation for deficiency of service and mental agony. The complainant...