News Update Supreme Court Directs Jail Authorities to Prioritize Women Undertrials for Release Under Section 479 of BNSS, 2023 21 Nov 2024 On November 19, 2024, the Supreme Court issued significant directives to Jail Superintendents, urging them to focus on identifying women prisoners eligible for release under Section 479 of the Bharatiya…
News Update Supreme Court Observes: “Even Ajmal Kasab Was Given a Fair Trial” in CBI Appeal Against Physical Production of Yasin Malik 21 Nov 2024 The Supreme Court, while hearing an appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) regarding the physical production of Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik in a Jammu court, orally observed…
News Update Supreme Court: Consensual Relationships Not Criminalized for Failure to Marry; Quashes Rape Case Filed on Promise of Marriage 21 Nov 2024 The Supreme Court today quashed a criminal case alleging repeated rape under the false pretext of marriage, observing that the non-materialization of a consensual relationship into marriage cannot be given…
News Update This Supreme Court case centers around the procedure for drawing and forwarding samples under NDPS Act 1985 21 Nov 202421 Nov 2024 This Supreme Court case centers around the procedure for drawing and forwarding samples under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act), particularly under Section 52A, which deals…
News Update Supreme Court to Decide on Parallel Investigations by CBI and SFIO in the Same FIR 21 Nov 2024 The Supreme Court is set to address a significant legal issue: whether the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) can conduct parallel investigations into…
News Update Supreme Court Restores ₹1.75 Lakh Monthly Maintenance to Wife, Highlights Right to Matrimonial Standard of Living 20 Nov 2024 The Supreme Court, while restoring the Family Court’s order of ₹1.75 lakh as monthly interim maintenance to a wife during divorce proceedings, reaffirmed the principle that a dependent spouse is…
News Update Supreme Court Clarifies Karnataka HC Division Bench Did Not Continue Single Judge’s Interim Order Against Power TV 19 Nov 202419 Nov 2024 On November 14, the Supreme Court clarified that the Karnataka High Court's division bench did not extend the interim order previously issued by a Single Judge that restrained Kannada news…
News Update Supreme Court Adjourns ED’s Plea to Transfer Kerala Gold Smuggling Case to Karnataka by Six Weeks 19 Nov 2024 The Supreme Court today deferred the hearing of a petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking to transfer the Kerala Gold Smuggling case from the Special PMLA Court in…
News Update SC Suggests Amicable Resolution in Justice (Retd) Ranjit Singh’s Plea Against Sukhbir Singh Badal and Bikram Singh Majithia 19 Nov 2024 In a hearing today (November 19), the Supreme Court proposed an amicable resolution to the dispute between Justice (Retd) Ranjit Singh and former Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh…
News Update SC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Actor Siddique in 2016 Rape Case Allegations 19 Nov 202419 Nov 2024 The Supreme Court today (November 19) granted anticipatory bail to prominent Malayalam actor Siddique in a rape case filed by a young actress alleging sexual exploitation in 2016. A bench…
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