An overview of some of the parliamentary questions that were addressed on December 13 during the ongoing winter session of the 2022 Parliament. On Tuesday, the parliament heard responses to inquiries on detainees awaiting trial, URLs that the central government had banned, as well as convictions and arrests made in Read more
Priya Bankar, a special POCSO judge, sentenced the offender to six months in prison, noting that such sexual offences against minors would impair the victim’s mental health and future. Under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO Act), a court in Mumbai recently convicted a man of ‘grooming’ Read more
SC Collegium Recommends New Chief Justices for High Courts of Jharkhand, Gauhati And J&K&L The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the following three judges for appointment as Chief Justices of their respective High Courts: Justice Sanjay Mishra, judge of the Uttarakhand High Court as CJ of Jharkhand High Court, Justice Read more
The Supreme Court’s five-judge bench in Sodan Singh v. New Delhi Municipal Committee distinguished the concept of life and liberty within Art.21 from the right to carry on any trade or business, a fundamental right conferred by Art. 19(1)(g), and held that the right to carry on trade or business Read more
The bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi of the Jharkhand HC ruled that an “apology should be tempered with genuine remores and repentence, and should not be a calculated startegy to avoid punishment.”The bench was dealing with a petition filed to quash the criminal proceedings registered for offences under section Read more
With Justice Dipankar Datta’s arrival, the top court’s working strength increased to 28 as opposed to its authorised level of 34. Supreme Court collegium recommended the name of Justice Dipankar Dutta as the judge of supreme court. Centre released their name by notification in September 2022. Background Justice Dipankar Dutta Read more
The Court stated that there was “no basis to deny such privilege to the daughter of the tribal group” because the daughter who belonged to the non-tribal community was entitled to an equal portion in the father’s property. The Hindu Succession Act’s Section 2(2), which expressly exempts female members of Read more
The Court concluded that the medical officer can only state whether there is evidence of recent sexual activity; whether or not rape has taken place is a legal judgement rather than a medical one. The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court recently ruled that rape is a legal word Read more
The CJI stated that judges from all judicial spectrums have challenging decisions in cases falling under this category under the POCSO Act. On Saturday, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud noted that the 18-year-old age of consent under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO Act) raises challenging Read more
Therefore, the court dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to regulate religious processions and establish a standard operating procedure for them. On Friday, the Supreme Court of India criticized the sentiment to link religious processions with communal riots. Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha Read more