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  • The Supreme Court has requested the state’s answer to a challenge to an Act turning state-funded madrasas in Assam to government schools
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01/11/2022, 3 years ago

The Supreme Court has requested the state’s answer to a challenge to an Act turning state-funded madrasas in Assam to government schools

The Supreme Court sought the Assam government’s answer on Tuesday in an appeal against a Gauhati High Court decision maintaining the Assam Repealing Act of 2020. A Bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and CT Ravikumar issued notice in the petition challenging the judgement, which effectively converted existing provincialized madrasas (Islamic schools) in the state of […]

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01/11/2022, 3 years ago

Exclusion of Sri Lankan Tamils from CAA Must Be Considered, Says DMK to Supreme Court

On Monday, the Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice UU Lalit and Justices Ravindra Bhat and Bela M. Trivedi heard petitions challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019. During the hearing, Senior Advocate P Wilson, representing the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), asked the Centre for a response on the applicability of the 2019 Act to Hindu […]

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01/11/2022, 3 years ago

Petition filed to prohibit freebies during Elections

On Tuesday, a Supreme Court bench comprised of CJI UU Lalit and Justice Bela M. Trivedi directed that the petition prohibiting freebies during election campaigns be heard by a three-judge panel. The development follows the filing of a PIL by lawyer and former BJP Delhi Spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay, who is requesting that the Election Commission […]

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01/11/2022, 3 years ago

PIL filed for Judicial Probe in Morbi Bridge Incident

On Monday, a lawyer petitioned the Supreme Court for the formation of a judicial committee led by a former Supreme Court judge to probe the Morbi Bridge collapse in Gujarat. Advocate Vishal Tiwari stated in the public interest litigation (PIL) petition that the tragedy that resulted in the collapse of the Morbi bridge, resulting in […]

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01/11/2022, 3 years ago

Karnataka HC maintains POCSO Act overrides Muslim personal law husband liable for sex with minor Muslim wife

The Karnataka High Court has recently held that the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act overrides Muslim personal law with respect to the age of consent for sex and hence, sex after marriage with minor Muslim girl would not be exempted from POCSO Single-judge Justice Rajendra Badamikar rejected the argument that under Muslim law, a minor girl can marry once she attains 15 years and, hence, no offence under POCSO Act or Child Marriage Restraint Act would be made out against husband if such minor Muslim wife becomes pregnant.

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01/11/2022, 3 years ago

Life sentence of man who shot DU student Radhika Tanwar dead for rejecting his advances upheld by the Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court recently upheld the conviction and life sentence of a man, who had shot Delhi University student Radhika Tanwar dead on women’s day 2011 for rejecting his advances A bench of Justices Mukta Gupta and Anish Dayal opined, "This Court finds that the guilt of the appellant for the murder of the deceased has been proved beyond reasonable doubt and duly supported by circumstantial evidence by the prosecution. Consequently, this Court finds no error in the impugned judgment of conviction and order on sentence by the learned Trial Court

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31/10/2022, 3 years ago

Supreme Court Deems Two Finger Test for Rape “Patriarchal” and “Sexist” Condemns it and Imposes penalty

Marking an important progressive step, the Supreme Court of India on Monday has prohibited the use of the inhumane 'two-finger test' in cases of rape and sexual assaults.  Stating it was 'regrettable' that such practice continued, the Supreme Court bench of Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Hima Kohli observed that,

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26/10/2022, 3 years ago

Uttarakhand HC: Citizens can now file concerns about solid waste management through a special email address created

The Uttarakhand High Court has established a dedicated email address that would be personally monitored by the High Court’s Registrar to enable residents to submit their concerns regarding issues arising out of solid waste management by authorities. Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice RC Khulbe, sitting as a division bench, issued the order after observing […]

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26/10/2022, 3 years ago

NIC Natural Ice Cream is prohibited from using the Natural Ice Cream trademark by the Delhi High Court

After the well-known ice cream business Natural Ice Cream filed a lawsuit for trademark infringement, the Delhi High Court recently issued an interim injunction prohibiting the makers of “NIC Natural Ice Creams” from using the trademark “NATURALS.” Naturals has established a prima facie case for the issuance of an ex-parte injunction, the balance of convenience is in […]

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