Source – ndtv.com The Supreme Court has held that the second marriage of a person during the pendency of an appeal against a divorce decree would not be void in cases where the parties have decided not to pursue the appeal. A bench of Justices SA Bobde and LN Rao, while interpreting section 15 of the
Source – newindianexpress.com Continuing his attacks on the Modi government in London, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi slammed the Centre for denigrating public institutions, ignoring the poor and insulting citizens by saying no development happened before 2014. “Institutions such as the Supreme Court, the Election Commission of India and the Reserve Bank of India are being torn
Source – hindustantimes.com Petitions related to mob lynching incidents in Alwar and Hapur, updating of National Register for Citizens (NRC), creation of special courts for politicians and Article 35A would be heard this week in the Supreme Court. A bench led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra will take up a petition on the Hapur lynching case
Source – indiatvnews.com In a major relief for Mamata Banerjee, the Supreme Court on Friday refused to order re-polling on over 20,000 panchayat seats in West Bengal which were won uncontested by the Trinamool Congress in May. Setting aside the Calcutta High Court order allowing filing of nomination papers through e-mail, WhatsApp in West Bengal
Source – indialegallive.com The Supreme Court constitution bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices Kurian Joseph, Rohinton Fali Nariman, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Indu Malhotra, hearing the case of continuation of reservation for promotions for SC/ST candidates on Thursday (August 23) again discussed inclusiveness and the creamy layer. During one exchange, Justice Nariman asked: “Suppose
Source – theprint.in Former CJI R.M. Lodha and ex-judges G.S. Singhvi and Dalveer Bhandari all belong to the Oswal Jain community that comprises less than 0.5% of Rajasthan’s population. New Delhi: The Oswal Jains are a minuscule community in Rajasthan, comprising less than 0.5 per cent of the state’s population, but their prominence in the country’s judiciary is something
Source – dnaindia.com The Supreme Court has restored the honour of an Army veteran who was among the officers who led the Operation Blue Star in 1984 and upheld a decision to exonerate him of charges of alleged misconduct and award him a rank of Lieutenant Colonel post-retirement. The top court upheld the decision of Armed
Source – indianexpress.com AN informal group tasked to come out with a draft report on lynching and mob violence is learnt to have suggested amendments to the IPC and CrPC to strengthen police hands in taking action against those involved in mob violence, making the crime non-bailable, fast-tracking trial in such cases through special courts, and
Source – indianexpress.com Raising questions of propriety and conflict of interest, the Union Environment Ministry’s premier research centre Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd (NBCC) to “help and facilitate…in obtaining necessary approvals” under wildlife and forest laws for a 50-km highway cutting through the
Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: A public interest litigation has been filed in Supreme Court, challenging state-run Damodar Valley Corporation’s proposal to supply power to Bangladesh from power plants using concessional domestic coal. The PIL, filed by advocate Piyush Joshi, questions DVC’s plan to use domestic coal for power at a time when the commodity is
