The Supreme Court slammed the Manipur police investigation into the ethnic violence as “lethargic”. It went so far as to say there is an “absolute breakdown of law and order and machinery of the State.” The Court was shocked to learn that FIRs were not filed until nearly three months after the occurrences and that […]
The Supreme Court remarked that the sexual assault of two women in Manipur could not be justified by pointing to similar incidents in other states. A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra remarked in response to advocate Bansuri Swaraj’s assertion that mobs had paraded naked
The Supreme Court noted that the merits of the evidence must be evaluated only during the trial, not at the stage of Section 319 CrPC. In this instance, an application under section 319 of the Criminal Procedure Code was filed with the trial court and granted. The High Court granted the accused’s petition for a
Regarding delay condonation applications, the Supreme Court remarked that courts should adopt a justice-oriented approach instead of a “rigid technical approach.” The trial court decided the case on October 1, 2005. The defendants filed their initial appeal along with a request to waive a 52-day delay. The lower appellate court dismissed the appeal based on
On Monday, the Supreme Court refused to interfere with the order of the National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (NCDRC), which upheld the order of the State Commission and District Forum directing Air India to pay a passenger who lost his luggage during travel Rs2.03 lakh in compensation. The division bench of Justices Hima Kohli and
The Supreme Court stated in a recent ruling that it is paradoxical that the right to vote is not a fundamental right, given that democracy is considered one of the Constitution’s fundamental features. The Court observed that the right to vote has been called a “mere” statutory right. “Democracy has been held to be a
The hon’ble Supreme Court ruled that crucial aspects of the case must be considered when determining a bond. The courts must also consider the character of the crime, the criminal history of the accused, and the nature of the punishment involved. While exercising discretion in granting parole, the Court pushed for orders to be supported
The Karnataka High Court recently ruled that a man’s second wife cannot register a complaint against her husband or in-laws for cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) because she is not recognised as a legally married wife. [Kantharaju And State of Karnataka]. Justice S Rachaiah ruled that if the marriage between
The Chief Justice of India, D. Y. Chandrachud, recently discussed how no technology is neutral and how its deployment in the actual world can reflect human values. The CJI addressed the importance of considering the human and societal values that technology represents, particularly in the context of their deployment. This is because technology does not
The Supreme Court suggested on Friday that the National Testing Agency accommodate pupils from Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) categories who did not have SC/ST certificates as of the application deadline for NET examinations. The bench of Justices Ravindra Bhat and Aravind Kumar was hearing a writ petition filed by a candidate who
