The Apex court Collegium headed by Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit has recommended to the Center the transfer of Orissa High Court Chief Justice (CJ) Justice S Muralidhar as CJ of Madras High Court, sources said on Thursday. . Sources told PTI that the collegium, which also included Read more
The Supreme Court on September 29 held that all women, whether married or unmarried, are entitled to a safe and legal abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy. In its order, the SC said, “The marital status of a woman cannot be made a ground for denying the right to Read more
High Court said that half of life term means 10 years, since under Indian Penal Code (IPC) for fractions, a “life imprisonment” is to be taken as 20 years. When it is mentioned that it should be one-half of the life imprisonment, the exact meaning is in section 57 of Read more
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has told the Supreme Court that no criminality has been found after examining former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia’s tape conversations with several politicians, industrialists and government officials. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that after probing the tape Read more
The Supreme Court on Wednesday criticized TV channels and said it is the duty of an anchor “to see that hate speech does not continue when one starts”, NDTV reported. Justice KM Joseph made these observations while hearing a batch of petitions on hate speech. During the hearing, Justice Joseph Read more
Justice Krishnan Ramaswamy, hearing a case regarding custody of a child between a lawyer couple, observed that a marriage between husband and wife can be consummated, but their relationship with their children as father and mother cannot. For every child his father and mother are eternal, even if either of Read more
Chief Justice of India UU Lalit recently observed that legal aid is a neglected area of law in India and suggested that young lawyers should devote some time to it. CJI Lalit, who was the working chairman of the National Legal Services Authority from May 2021 till he was elevated Read more
Advocate Karuna Nandy, appearing for All India Democratic Women’s Association, one of the petitioners, had requested that the matter be decided by the Supreme Court. Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan said that the matter is pending for the last three years. The court then agreed to hear it next February. Apex Read more
The submission was made before a 5 judge bench comprising CJI UU Lalit, Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, SR Bhat, Bela Trivedi & JB Pardiwala in 39 pleas lead one filed by Janhit Abhiyan that challenged the Constitutional Amendment 103rd that provided a 10% quota for EWS in educational or public employment. Read more
Justice Sureshwar Thakur was considering an appeal challenging the judgment passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, where the accused was convicted of offenses punishable under section 306 of IPC read with section 34 of IPC for abetment to suicide. Case Title: Ravi Bharti Vs State of Haryana In this case Read more