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Source – theprint.in New Delhi: For possibly the first time since the collegium system was introduced, the Centre has unilaterally amended the recommendation of the judicial appointments body to apply its own writ, considered a violation of settled law and procedure. Last month, the Supreme Court collegium had recommended that Punjab and Haryana High Court additional judge

Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court agreed with senior advocate Indira Jaising on Friday for a comprehensive relook into its earlier judgment diluting the stringency of Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code that many believed was abused by some women to wreak vengeance on estranged husbands and in-laws. Taking into account instances of such abuse, a bench

Source – dnaindia.com The Gujarat High Court overturned on Friday former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani’s 28-year jail sentence by a lower court in the 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre case and acquitted her. The court gave Kodnani, called the kingpin of the killings, the benefit of doubt because charges against her could not be established. A division

Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Central government on Friday told the Supreme Court that the practice of female genital mutilation(FGM) is a “crime under existing laws”. Attorney General KK Venugopal asked a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice AM Khanwilkar to “step in and issue directions” on the issue. “It is a crime punishable

Source – dnaindia.com The Supreme Court said on Friday that it was “very disturbed” by “unfortunate” public statements made by lawmakers on the issue of impeaching judges. “We are all very disturbed about it,” a bench comprising Justices AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan told the counsel of a petitioner who sought to restrain legislators and gag

Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court (SC) today ordered the Centre to seize wanted terrorist and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s properties. An SC bench headed by Justice R K Agrawal dismissed a plea filed by the underworld don’s family against the attachment of his properties in Mumbai. Last November, three south Mumbai properties belonging to the fugitive don

Source – dnaindia.com In an ongoing PIL that seeks Supreme Court’s directions for concrete action on harmful pesticides and their phasing out in India, in its last hearing a month ago, the Court directed the petitioners to make a representation to the “J S Sandhu Committee” within 15 days. The Court further ordered that ‘since the

Source – livelaw.in The Law Commission of India has submitted the 274th report titled “Review Of Contempt Of Court Act 1971 (Limited To S.2 Of The Act)” to the Ministry of Law And Justice suggesting that the Commission does not consider it necessary to make any amendment therein for the present. “With respect to the

Source – indianexpress.com The Unique Identity Authority of India (UIDAI) — the nodal agency in charge of implementing Aadhaar — on Wednesday contended that there was no indignity associated with furnishing proof of identity to any institution or person, as it was only a “regulatory procedure.” Appearing for UIDAI, senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi, said: “In a relational

Source – ndtv.com NEW DELHI:  Fighting back the Punjab government which had supported his conviction, Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the verdict sentencing him to three years in a road rage case was flawed and not based on medical evidence. Mr Sidhu had allegedly hit a 65-year-old man, Gurnam Singh,