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Centre appoints five new Supreme Court judges, strength to rise to 37
The Supreme Court is set to get five new judges after the Central Government cleared the names recommended by the SC Collegium, taking the apex court close to its newly expanded sanctioned strength of 38. Law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal announced on X that the President has approved the appointment of four high court Chief Justices and Senior Advocate V. Mohana as judges of the Supreme Court under Article 124(2) of the Constitution. The appointees are:Justice Sheel Nagu, Chief Justice of the...
Supreme Court uses its special powers to quash Pocso conviction
Two youngsters fell in love, but the Class 12 girl filed a complaint against the youth when he refused to marry her, resulting in him being sentenced to 10 years for having physical relations with a minor. The girl married another man, who left her after three days when he came to know of her past relationship. The convict, while out on bail, reconciled with her and they decided to wed. Given the peculiar facts of the case, the Supreme Court invoked its extraordinary jurisdiction under...
Times have changed, premarital sex not moral turpitude, says Supreme Court
Citing the changing times and acknowledging the reality that premarital sex has become common, the Supreme Court has said that being in such a relationship cannot be termed as moral turpitude to draw adverse inferences about a person’s character. The authorities must keep in mind this reality and not initiate punitive action on such grounds, it held. A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Manmohan came to the rescue of an aspiring police official whose provisional selection in the force was...
Couple separated, lived 15 years apart: SC says amounts to cruelty to both
The Supreme Court has directed that a prolonged period of separation between spouses, with the absence of any genuine effort to rebuild the marriage, can amount to mental cruelty and it becomes a valid ground for divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act. The judgment came in a case where the couple, both doctors in government service had been living separately for over 15 years after a marriage that lasted barely two to three months of actual cohabitation. The Supreme Court upheld the divorce...
SC: Rape survivor shouldn’t be repeatedly called to court
The Supreme Court has held that a rape survivor should not be harassed with repeated calls to appear in court during trial proceedings for cross examination. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma quashed an order passed by Tripura HC which had allowed the accused’s plea to recall the survivor for examination four years after she was already cross-examined. It said the prosecutrix had already been subjected to the ordeal of deposition and cross-examination on four...
SC invokes Article 142, issues directions to high courts to prevent delays in judgments
The Supreme Court has issued binding directions to all high courts to expedite judgment delivery and reduce judicial delays. Reserved judgments must now be pronounced within three months, with bail orders to be delivered on the same or next day. All judgments will be uploaded online within 24 hours of pronouncement.
Married daughter entitled to compassionate job: SC
Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that a dependent married daughter could not be excluded from the definition of 'family' and would be entitled to seek employment or allotment of a ration shop if any of her parents died in harness. A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Alok Aradhe faulted a provision of a UP govt order relating to allotment of PDS shop on dependent quota for excluding married daughters from the definition of 'family' and said it breached the doctrine of equality embedded in the...
Staff dismissal only for grave violations like corruption: SC
Supreme Court on Thursday said that a long-standing employee cannot be dismissed from service for indiscipline, insubordination or disobedience and such a penalty must be reserved for cases of corruption, moral turpitude or mala fide actions causing loss to the employer. A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N K Singh said it was not making light of the importance of discipline at the workplace, but in the absence of “corruption, illegal gratification, moral turpitude, misappropriation of...
Jacqueline moves SC against charges in Sukesh Chandrashekhar's Rs 200cr money laundering case
Jacqueline Fernandez has approached the Supreme Court challenging a Delhi trial court order directing that charges be framed against her in the Rs 200 crore money laundering case linked to alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear her plea, with the matter scheduled to come up on June 11. Supreme Court agrees to hear Jacqueline's plea As reported by ANI, a bench comprising Justices P.K. Mishra and A.S. Chandurkar agreed to list the matter after...
SC to hear Cong candidate Meenakshi Natarajan's plea against RS nomination rejection
NEW DELHI: Congress Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan on Thursday moved to the Supreme Court after her nomination papers were rejected for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh. The Supreme Court agreed to hear her petition on Friday but refused to stay the declaration of results. Senior advocate A M Singhvi, appearing for Natarajan, sought urgent hearing and argued that she had only been issued a notice in a private complaint case in Telangana and that the court had...