"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...

Pegasus Probe Committee Report To Remain Sealed In Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has decided to keep sealed the reports submitted by the technical committee and the Overseeing Judge (former Supreme Court judge Justice RV Raveendran) who were tasked with probing the allegations of surveillance of mobile devices using the Israeli spyware Pegasus."The sealed covers were opened in the Court and we read out some portions of the said Reports. Thereafter,...

DNA Test | Proof Of Paternity Not Sufficient To Prove Marriage/ Domestic Relationship Between Parties Under DV Act: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently held that conducting DNA test and proving child's paternity would not be enough to prove the existence of a marriage or domestic relationship in a proceeding under Domestic Violence Act, 2005, when paternity or legitimacy in itself was not a fact in issue.Justice Kauser Edappagath while holding so, observed that under the DV Act, what is required to be proved...

Touching Child's Private Parts With Sexual Intent Sufficient To Attract POCSO Act, Absence Of Injury Not Relevant: Bombay High Court

Merely touching the private parts of a child with sexual intent is enough for it to be construed as sexual assault under section 7 of the POCSO Act and a medical certificate demonstrating an injury is not mandatory, the Bombay High Court has held. "The absence of injury mentioned in the medical certificate will not make any difference to her case because the very nature of the offence...

Bilkis Bano Case: Supreme Court Issues Notice To Gujarat Govt Over Convicts' Release [Video]

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Pegasus : Centre Did Not Cooperate, Probe Committee Tells Supreme Court [Video]

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PMLA Review: Supreme Court Agrees To Review Two Issues, Notice Issued To Centre [Video]

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Gujarat Police FIR- "Need To Test Whether Incarceration Is Required": Supreme Court To Hear Teesta Setalvad's Bail Plea On Aug 30 After SG Seeks Adjournment

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday has deferred the petition filed by Teesta Setalvad seeking bail in the case registered by Gujarat ATS alleging falsification of records to implicate high state functionaries in the Gujarat riots conspiracy case. A Bench comprising of Justices UU Lalit, Ravindra Bhat and Sudhanshu Dhulia adjourned the matter to next Tuesday, August 30 after...

Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Response On Batch Of Pleas Concerning Agnipath Scheme

The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought response from the Central Government in a bunch of pleas challenging its Agnipath Scheme and seeking resumption and enrolment as per previous recruitment scheme in defence services.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad granted four weeks time to the Centre for filing reply in the pleas, while...

Breaking: Delhi High Court Dismisses Appeals By Whatsapp, Meta Against CCI Investigation

The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed the appeals filed by WhatsApp and its parent company Meta (formerly Facebook) against a single bench order declining to interfere with CCI's investigation into WhatsApp's 2021 privacy policy.While pronouncing the order, a division bench comprising of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad said that the appeals are devoid...