In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court today read down exception 2 to Section 375 (which defines rape) of the IPC (as amended by the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013) which allowed minor wife to sexual act. The age of consent has been made 18 from 15 in these cases. Supreme Court held that sexual intercourse with minor wife is
Supreme Court has directed its Registry to install three sanitary napkin vending machines within the Court premises. The directive was issued after Advocate Nandini Gore, who is the Secretary of the Supreme Court Advocates-On-Record Association (SCAORA), informed the Court that there are around 1,000 woman lawyers and interns as well as around 250 woman staff with the Court Registry. The Court, thereafter,
Invoking its inherent power to do ‘complete justice’, the Supreme Court has granted divorce to a district judge in West Bengal, whose wife, also a district judge, has been living separately for the past 17 years. Court reiterated that Article 142 of the Constitution for dissolution of a marriage can be invoked where the court finds that the marriage
The Supreme Court, directed States to implement the safety guidelines for schools, as circulated by the Center, and ensure that the students feel safe in schools. Supreme Court bench has directed states, in the Petition filed by the father of a seven year old boy who was found murdered on the premises of Gurugram’s Ryan International School last month. Tahir SiddiquiLegal
The Supreme court has ordered the Tamil Nadu government to decide the representation of Mathaiyan seeking premature release from prison within 4 weeks take decision on the same. Mathaiyan is the elder brother of slain forest brigand Veerappan. He is in Salem Central Prison as a life convict since 1997 charged for the offences of murder, causing hurt
The Supreme Court has paved the way for a CID investigation against the OM Operation Mobilization, a Christian Charitable Trust in Hyderabad by dismissing its Special Leave Petition. A Complaint was filed against the NGO by its former Chief Finance Officer G. Albert Lael for the second time accusing the trustee Joseph D’souza of allegedly using the
The Supreme Court has made it clear that Justice R M Lodha committee, which had recommended a slew of structural reforms in the BCCI, should not entertain any representation unless it is referred to by the top court. Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, said that “keeping in view the order dated January 2, Justice Lodha Committee may
Supreme Court dismissed the Centre’s appeal against a Division Bench judgment of the Madras High Court, which had validly held that children born out of void marriages are legitimate. The Centre had first appealed against the judgment of the Central Administrative Tribunal and having lost in both, pursued its appeal in the Supreme Court, adding one more instance to the
As per the Supreme Court notification earlier this month, Chief Justice Misra, who is the patron-in-chief of the panel, has decided to continue with Justice Lokur as the judge-in- charge of the crucial E-panel committee, the PTI (Press Trust of India) report said. Justice Lokur’s continuance in the job assumes significance as he had taken up the ambitious task of
Karnataka High Court Judge, Justice Jayant Patel has resigned from service, because of non-elevation to Supreme Court, despite his seniority. While the issue of Justice Patel’s elevation has been brought up several times in the past, the final stroke seems to have been his transfer to Allahabad High Court, where he was to be the third senior-most Judge to be uplifted
