The Delhi High Court has held that a marriage claimed to be valid under Muslim personal law cannot, by itself, provide immunity from prosecution under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) or the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS), where the wife was below 18 years of age. Justice Sanjeev Narula dismissed…
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a petition challenging the Bombay High Court judgment upholding the acquittal of 22 accused, including 21 police personnel, in the 2005 encounter case involving Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his wife Kausar Bi and aide Tulsiram Prajapati. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi…
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to bring to finality, within four months, the dispute between rival factions of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) concerning the party’s name and its reserved ‘Flowers & Grass’ election symbol. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya…
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking a probe into the alleged routing and rerouting of funds through overseas entities into the Indian equity market, including transactions involving Adani Group entities. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana declined to entertain the plea…
The Supreme Court on Monday reserved judgment on the implementation of front-of-pack warning labels (FOPL) for packaged foods high in sugar, salt, sodium and fats. A Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice K Vinod Chandran heard arguments on whether the labelling regime should be mandatory or voluntary, the implementation timeline, consultation process and nutritional…
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Central government’s decision to impose a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on specified Unified Payments Interface (UPI) person-to-merchant (P2M) transactions exceeding Rs2,000. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana, however, directed the Centre to file an affidavit…
A Delhi sessions court on Monday issued notice to former BJP MP and former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on an appeal filed by four women wrestlers challenging his acquittal in a sexual harassment case. Special Judge Digvinay Singh of the Rouse Avenue Court also issued notice to co-accused Vinod…
A plea has been moved before the Supreme Court alleging that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar took several decisions concerning the functioning of the Election Commission of India (ECI) without the concurrence of the other members of the poll panel. The petition questions the legality of decisions and directions allegedly issued without approval of the…
Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant on Saturday inaugurated four access-to-justice initiatives of the Bihar State Legal Services Authority, including the Victim Rights Centre (VRC), the VRC booklet, a dedicated helpline for the transgender community, and multi-utility vehicles to take legal aid to villages. Delivering the special address, CJI Surya Kant posed a foundational…
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has disputed Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien’s claim that deletions during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls affected the results in 31 West Bengal Assembly constituencies where the AITC lost. In its reply before the Supreme Court, the ECI said O’Brien’s figures improperly clubbed Absentee, Shifted, Dead…