Source:-https://thewire.in New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh home minister Narottam Mishra has said that a ‘love jihad bill’, which includes five years of rigorous imprisonment for ‘violators’, will soon be introduced in the state assembly. Until now, ‘love jihad’ was not a term recognised by any legal system in India. It was coined by Sangh parivar outfits
Source:-https://www.indialegallive.com A day after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced that a law would be formulated against “love jihad,” his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar too said his government was contemplating “legal provisions” against it. Love jihad is a theory that aims to portray a Muslim boy as a jihadi who manipulates and brainwashes
Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com A Madhya Pradesh Congress legislator’s plea in the Supreme Court to restrain 12 defected Congress lawmakers to continue as ministers in the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led BJP government was rendered infructuous on Wednesday, after the recent by-elections to 28 seats allowed these MLAs to contest afresh on BJP ticket. A three-judge bench led by CJI
Source:-https://indicanews.com Justice Markandey Katju-I have often been asked which judgment of mine I regard the most important, and I usually refer to Hinsa Virodhak Sangh vs Mirzapur Moti Koresh Jamaat ( see online ) which I delivered in the Supreme Court in 2008. There was a lot of criticism of this judgment, and till this
Source:-https://www.barandbench.com A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising CJI SA Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian declined to entertain a petition challenging the appointment of the 14 non-legislators as Ministers in Madhya Pradesh as being a “gross violation of Article 164 and the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution”. Petition said Article 164 permits
Source – telegraphindia.com The Supreme Court has set aside a Madhya Pradesh High Court judgment that had handed the meagre sentence of four days to four men who had caused grievous injuries to four others with axes and sticks, regretting “cavalier sentencing” by lower courts. It has enhanced the punishment to three months for three
Source – telegraphindia.com The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Friday an appeal of the Gujarat High Court Advocates’ Association seeking a directive to the Centre to implement the collegium’s decision to elevate Justice Akil Kureshi, a Bombay High Court judge, as Chief Justice of Tripura High Court. The collegium, headed by Chief Justice
Source – indiatoday.in The daughter of Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) former Bhopal legislator Surendra Nath Singh has filed a petition with the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Jabalpur seeking police protection from her family members. The daughter’s lawyer Ankit Saxena filed the plea on her behalf. The daughter of Surendra Nath Singh, 28, said she
Source – telegraphindia.com The Supreme Court collegium has recommended new chief justices for several high courts and the elevation of some advocates and judicial officers to others, according to an official resolution uploaded on Thursday. The decisions came earlier this month when the collegium — the high-powered panel of the apex court’s top five judges
Source: indianexpress.com The Madhya Pradesh High Court has imposed a cost of Rs 5 lakh on Sagar-based Dr Harisingh Gour University for violating the state government’s norms on admission to the B.Ed course in its affiliated colleges. The central institution conducted a university-level entrance test for admission to B.Ed course in colleges affiliated to it
