False Accusation of Impotency of Spouse will be Considered as Cruelty: Kerala HC

Kerala High court on 3rd June 2021, held that false allegation of impotency or erectile dysfunction against a spouse is considered to be “mental cruelty”. This judgment was made in the divorce case of a doctor- couple.As per the Hindu marriage act, cruelty means that the other party has, after the solemnization of the marriage,Read More

Madras HC Justice Anand Venkatesh Shares his Thoughts on LGBT Community and Issues Guidelines

On Monday Justice Madras HC Justice Anand Venkatesh expressed his thoughts on homosexual relationships. When the judge was ruling on a petition filed by two lesbian girls asking for protection from their parents who were against their homosexual relationship. Justice Anand Venkatesh shared his thoughts on LGBT Community while giving direction in a petition filedRead More

Supreme Court asks Centre to Detail Scheme for Children Orphaned due to COVID

SC will continue to proceed with the hearings concerning children who have lost one or both parents, who have been abandoned or orphaned due to COVID-19. On 28th May, The bench of Justice L. Nageswara Rao and Justice Aniruddha Bose had directed all the local authorities of districts to upload the information of children whoRead More

Plea Filed Before the Supreme Court Concerning Violation of Article 14 of the Indian Constitution

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking equality in the treatment of authorized journalists and unauthorized journalists for the needs of compensation and other benefits granted by the Central and state governments amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A few state governments have declared journalists as frontline workers; however, the Central government has stillRead More

Writ Petition Filed to Declare Order Passed by the Province State Pollution Control Board Illegal and Arbitrary Disposed of

With the consent of Sri Y Srinivasa Murthy, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri N Harinath, learned Assistant Solicitor General appearing for the 1st respondent and Sri V.Surender Reddy, learned counsel appearing for respondents 2 to 5, this writ petition is being disposed of at the stage of admission. Petitioner’s Contention The petitioner contended thatRead More

TOOLKIT: NIKITA JACOB, SHANTANU MULUK GET INTERIM PROTECTION TILL 15 MARCH

A metropolis Court on Tues adjourned hearing within the preceding bail applications filed by Shantanu Muluk and Bombay based mostly attorney, Nikita Jacob in manoeuver with the urban center Police FIR over the ‘toolkit’ created for organizing farmers protests. However, the Court went ahead to increase their interim protections.Additional Sessions choose Dharmender amphibian genus grantedRead More

Copying and pasting orders is one of the computer age’s issue

On Friday, Justice D. Y. Chandrachud said, “I’m tired of seeing cut-and paste orders from High Courts.”For an order to be confirmed, there must be independent reasons given!  There must be an independent mental application!  The judge continued, “Cutting, copying, and pasting from the Tribunal’s judgement just adds to the number of pages but does not address the main problem of appeal!” The UPSC’s SLP was being considered by the bench, which also included Justice M. R. Shah, in light of an Orissa High Court decision upholding the order of the CAT, Cuttack Bench on the question of whether the respondent could be refused a position in the IAS due to a disciplinary penalty levied in 2011.The UPSC Rules under Article 320, not the DoPT guidelines, will hold sway in this case, and Justices Chandrachud and Shah set aside the HC order, restoring the plea before the HC. “The High Court should not apply its mind independently!  Only the order of the Tribunal has been copied! “, Justice Chandrachud remarked.By reconvening the Selection Committee meeting, the tribunal ordered the appellant-UPSC to reconsider the case of the respondent for promotion to the IAS.”  If the respondent was considered worthy by the Review Selection Committee, the respondent was to receive consequential benefits. The High Court, after being moved from the tribunal’s order, extracted the tribunal’s judgement and observed that “the tribunal has elaborately discussed the statute” and that “there is no jurisdictional error and no intervention is warranted,” the supreme court noted in its order.The petitioner-UPSC had primarily argued before the HC that the Tribunal had exceeded its authority by granting relief to the claimant, and that it had miserably refused to recognise that the induction is not a promotion.  The DOPT guidelines are not applicable in this case; they are only applicable in cases of promotion. It was also said that the Tribunal had made a significant mistake by remanding the case back for reconsideration.  It was argued that the applicant has no right to be elevated to I.A.S., and that he only has a right to be considered for I.A.S. induction.  The petitioner’s attorney argued that the applicant has no right to be considered for induction into I.A. because of his misbehaviour. By Aishwarya Daftari