A two-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul today dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by lawyer Rudra Vikram Singh, seeking change in the name of Aligarh Muslim University. The moment PIL was taken up for consideration; CJI remarked: “You want us to do that. Dismissed”.…
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A two-judge bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Abdul Nazeer of the Supreme Court of India on January 3, 2018 expressed its utmost shock on an issue highlighting patients suffering from mental illness, who are lodged in a faith-based mental asylum situated near Mohalla Kabulpur, district Badayun, Uttar Pradesh, and are being kept in…
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In a major development, a review petition against the Supreme Court of India’s Aadhaar judgment delivered on September 26, 2018 — in the matter of Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India & Others — has been filed in the apex court today, December 24, 2018. The review petition has been filed in the Supreme Court…
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Even as the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2018 passed by the Lok Sabha denies equality to transgender persons in relation to sexual offences, the Delhi High Court has affirmed that Section 354A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) extends protection to victims of sexual harassment, who are transgender. The order in Anamika…
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A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph said that the report dated January 26, 2018 submitted by Justice H S Bedi (Retd.) shall not be furnished to petitioners until further order in the Gujarat fake encounters case. The Special Task Force, under the supervision of Justice…
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A two-judge bench comprising the Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Rohinton F Nariman extended the date of filing claims and objections in response to draft NRC from December 15, 2018 to December 31, 2018. The Assam Government filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking an extension of one month for receiving claims and…
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A two-judge bench comprising of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta, in the matter of Nipun Saxena v. Union of India laid down guidelines regarding the disclosure of a victim’s identity in cases of sexual harassment. In the judgment, the bench acknowledged the social stigma associated with a victim who is often question as…
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