Category: Constitution

SC Allows Woman With Twin Pregnancy To Medically Terminate One Foetus With Down Syndrome HELD Medical board found the foetus suffered from incurable “chromosomal abnormality” and the same is classified in the list of “substantial and serious abnormalities” and no termination of abnormal foetus carries negligible risks to the mother “and is proven extremely safe and large seriies with no maternal deaths”

SC Allows Woman With Twin Pregnancy To Medically Terminate One Foetus With Down Syndrome [Read Order] LIVELAW NEWS NETWORK 17 Jun 2020 9:15 AM The Supreme Court on Tuesday permitted…

HELD Invocation of the jurisdiction under Article 32 is not a bona fide recourse to the jurisdiction in a public interest litigation. Consequently, besides dismissing the petition an order directing the imposition of exemplary costs is necessary – This Court accordingly dismiss the petition and impose costs quantified at Rs 5,00,000 on the petitioner.

  SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH UMEDSINH P CHAVDA — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : D.Y. Chandrachud, Hemant Gupta and Ajay Rastogi,…

Amrapali : SC Asks Banks To Release Balance Funds To Homebuyers, Despite Accounts Being Declared NPAs HELD “We direct the banks and financial institutions to release loans to home buyers, whose loans have been sanctioned, notwithstanding the fact that their accounts are declared as NPAs. Let there be restructuring of the loan amount”.

Amrapali : SC Asks Banks To Release Balance Funds To Homebuyers, Despite Accounts Being Declared NPAs [Read Order] LIVELAW NEWS NETWORK 10 Jun 2020 9:42 PM In a relief to…

Supreme Court dismisses CBI’s Review Petition challenging P Chidambaram bail in INX Media Case HELD The investigating agency argued that the findings of the Court dealing with influencing witnesses in the case “are contrary to record which is required to be corrected”.

Supreme Court dismisses CBI’s Review Petition challenging P Chidambaram bail in INX Media Case The investigating agency argued that the findings of the Court dealing with influencing witnesses in the…

 ARNAB RANJAN GOSWAMI CASE :: Constitution of India, 1950 – Article 32 – Quashing of FIR – There can be no quashing of FIR under Article 32 – Transfer of Investigation to CBI – Accused cannot ask for changing the investigating agency or to do investigation in a particular manner including for court-monitored investigation. HELD accused “does not have a say in the matter of appointment of investigating agency” Investigating agency is entitled to decide “the venue, the timings and the questions and the manner of putting such questions” during the course of the investigation.

  SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH ARNAB RANJAN GOSWAMI — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and M R…

Temporary Suspension of Telecom Services (Public Emergency or Public Safety) Rules, 2017 – Rule 2(2) – Restoration of 4G speed internet services in Jammu and Kashmir – Rejection of – Committee comprising of the following Secretaries at national, as well as State, level formed to decide the contentions of parties.

  SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH FOUNDATION FOR MEDIA PROFESSIONALS — Appellant Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND ANOTHER ( Before : N.V. Ramana, R. Subhash Reddy…

Sabarimala Reference: SC Gives Reasons For Holding That Questions Of Law Can Be Referred To Larger Bench In Review HELD(REASONS) Writ Petitions filed under Article 32 of the Constitution of India do not fall within the purview of civil and criminal proceedings. Therefore, the limitations in Order XLVII, Rule 1 do not apply to review petitions filed against judgments or orders passed in Writ Petitions filed under Article 32 of the Constitution of India. Court noted that the Article 137 of the Constitution of India empowers the Supreme Court to review any judgment pronounced or order made by it subject to the provisions of any law made by the Parliament or any rules made under Article 145

Sabarimala Reference: SC Gives Reasons For Holding That Questions Of Law Can Be Referred To Larger Bench In Review [Read Order] LIVELAW NEWS NETWORK 11 May 2020 4:38 PM The…