Hijab Ban: Supreme Court Declines Petitioners' Prayer For Adjournment, To Hear Case On Sep 5 [Video]

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Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Seeking Probe Into Rafale Deal Based On Reports Of French Agency

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking inquiry into the Rafale deal in the light of certain reports in a French news portal alleging payment of bribe by Dassault Aviation to an Indian middleman.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India UU Lalit and Justice S Ravindra Bhat considered the PIL filed by Advocate ML Sharma, which made Narendra Modi as the first respondent...

Family May Take Form Of Unmarried Or Queer Relationships, Atypical Families Also Entitled To Protection Of Law : Supreme Court

In a recent order, the Supreme Court has made certain significant observations which expand the traditional meaning of family. "Familial relationships may take the form of domestic, unmarried partnerships or queer relationships", the Court observed, while holding that atypical family units are also entitled to the equal protection of law.A bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and AS...

Demonitisation, EWS Quota, SEBC Reservation For Muslims, Jallikattu & More : Summary Of 25 Constitution Bench Matters To Be Listed From August 29

As per the notice issued on Wednesday, 25 Constitution Bench matters which are pending before 5-Judge will be listed from 29 August 2022. Notably, the matters are not listed for substantive hearing but for directions related to the completion of filings, indication of tentative time to be taken by lawyers for arguments etc. Here is the summary of those 5-judge bench...

Promising Beginning : Expectations From Justice UU Lalit, The New Chief Justice Of India

A day before being sworn-in as the 49th Chief Justice of India, Justice Uday Umesh Lalit made three notable announcements regarding the reforms which he proposed to undertake during his term. They are : Will bring more transparency in the listing system. Will have a system for freely mentioning urgent matters before respective benches. Will strive to have one Constitution Bench functioning throughout the year. Now, the causelist published for August 29 - the first...

"Horrendous Wrong Decision":134 Former Civil Servants Write To CJI Seeking Revocation Of Gujarat Govt. Order Releasing Bilkis Bano's Case Convicts

Former Civil Servants have written an open letter the Chief Justice of India against the premature release of 11 life convicts in the case of gang rape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of her family members in the 2002 Gujarat riots. The letter beseeches the Supreme Court to rescind the Gujarat Government's order of remission and send them back to jail to serve out their life...

Rajasthan High Court Half-Yearly Digest: January To June 2022 [Citations: 1 - 202]

CITATIONS 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 1 TO 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 202 Digests Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: January 2022 [Citations 1 - 43] Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: February 2022 [Citations: 44 - 81] Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: March 2022 [Citations: 82 - 114] Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: April 2022 [Citations: 115 - 153] Rajasthan High Court...

CJI Ramana's Term Raised People's Hopes In Supreme Court, But Left Substantial Issues Undecided

During the 16 month period under CJI Ramana's leadership, one could see the Supreme Court asserting its judicial independence and exercising judicial review powers relatively in a stronger manner.

Breaking: Kerala High Court Orders Government To Close Down Religious Places And Prayer Halls That Are Functioning Illegally And Without Obtaining Permission

The Kerala High Court recently, while disallowing a petition to convert a commercial building to a Muslim place of worship, issued a direction to the State Government to close down religious places and prayer halls that were functioning illegally and without permission. Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan directed the Chief Secretary of State of Kerala and the State Police Chief to issue necessary...

"You Have Been A Citizens' Judge": Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave Breaks Down During CJI NV Ramana's Farewell

Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave broke down crying while bidding farewell to CJI NV Ramana today. In the ceremonial bench, while many spoke on the work done by CJI Ramana and even referred to him as the member of their "family", Dave got emotional and while stating that he could no longer hold his emotions said that–"You have been a citizens' judge...I cannot hold back my emotions today....

Election Freebies Issue: Supreme Court Refers Matter To 3-Judge Bench

The Supreme Court has referred the issues pertaining to promises made by political parties and election freebies to a three-judge bench.The bench led by CJI NV Ramana observed,"The issues raised by parties require extensive hearing. Certain preliminary hearings need to be determined, such as what is the scope of judicial intervention, whether appointment of expert body by court serve any...

BREAKING | Live-Streaming In Supreme Court For First Time; Public Can Watch Proceedings Of CJI Ramana's Bench On His Last Working Day

The Supreme Court's proceedings before the bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana will be live-streamed today. This is a significant development, as it is the first time that live-streaming is happening in the Supreme Court since the 2018 verdict which granted approval for live-streaming of the proceedings of the Apex Court in principle.The proceedings before the ceremonial bench of the...