The Supreme Court also rapped the counsel appearing for the petitioner (a man convicted for raping a minor girl ) against his submission that there was consent. The Court has asked the age of the prosecutrix. To which he replied 16-years-old. The Court said, “then there is no consent.”
A three-judge Supreme Court bench of Justice U.U. Lalit, Justice Indira Banerjee, and Justice Ajay Rastogi sought the response of the state of Punjab on or before August 27, 2021.
The Court held that, from the judgment of Single Judge, it appears that he has taken a view that the correctness of the key answers were beyond the purview of judicial review, and therefore, the issue raised was not justifiable in the writ jurisdiction itself.
The plea in Supreme Court states that a majority of patients with mucormycosis, or black, yellow & white fungus, etc are those who have recovered from COVID 19, and ex-gratia compensation under the Disaster management act may be extended.
Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Vikas Singh was the first one to address the ceremonial bench, thereafter Mr. Shivaji Yadav, President SCAORA addressed the bar and bench bidding their warm farewell to Justice Ashok Bhushan.
The Supreme Court on June 29, upheld the constitutional validity of the Tamil Nadu Land Acquisition (Revival of Operation, Amendment, and Validation) Act, 2019 which was to be applied retrospectively from 2013.
It was averred in the Delhi High Court that the CBSE Board has not yet modified its arbitrary policy of moderation of marks for Class X students based on previous performance, which is in violation of Article 21 of the Constitution.
The Supreme Court has directed the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAI) to allow such candidates to appear in the backup examination which is to be held around November 2021.
Following Yoga Guru Swami Ramdev's rant against the allopathy cure for covid 19, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) sent him a legal notice asking him to publish a written apology.
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has been directed to determine within six weeks the ex-gratia amount that can be paid to each Covid victim. The Supreme Court has said that NDMA has been failed to discharge its statutory duty.