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No marriage right to same-sex couple: Justice Bhat agrees with CJI in SMA,
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Justice Ravindra Bhat, Justice Hima Kohli and Justice PV Narasimha have given two separate judgments whereby they have shown certain agreement and disagreement with CJI's order.
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"Govt may want to address operational issues...": Advocate Sai Deepak afte
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A five-judge Constitution bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud ruled in a 3:2 verdict against giving constitutional validity to same-sex marriages. The top court said it is for Parliament to formulate legislation on it.
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"Rights of queer citizens must be protected...": Advocate Karuna Nundy aft
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
"There were four separate judgements. The Chief Justice and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul together elucidated some very important sets of legal and jurisprudential principles. They said that there is no fundamental right to marriage but there are various aspects of the right to marriage locate
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"SC shouldn't give recognition...not consistent with Indian values": Top c
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
As the five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice of India (CJI), Justice DY Chandrachud, held a crucial hearing on a batch of pleas seeking recognition of same-sex marriage, Muslim cleric Maulana Sajid Rashidi said urged the apex court not to recognise such
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SC averse to directing doctors to stop unborn's heartbeat, turns down plea
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, also comprising Justice JB Pardiwala, observed that if a medical termination were to be conducted at this stage, the doctors would be faced with a viable foetus.
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Israel's Chief Justice retires amid uncertainty over successor
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
"As fate would have it, on the day of my retirement from the judiciary, we are in one of the most difficult periods in the country's history. We are burying our dead and covering our wounds, and praying for the return of all the abducted and missing to their families soon," Hayut wrote in a
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Centre notifies appointment of Justice Siddharth Mridul, Judge of Delhi HC
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Ministry of Law and Justice on Monday notified the appointment of Justice Siddharth Mridul, Judge of the Delhi High Court as Chief Justice of Manipur High Court.
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NewsClick founder, HR head move SC against arrest
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra asked senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing the petitioners, to circulate the papers of the case and it would take a call on listing the matter.
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SC refers to Constitution bench pleas against Electoral Bond scheme
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Mishra sent the matter for adjudication to the Constitution bench in view of the importance of the issue.
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SC to hear on November 7 pleas challenging Section 6A of Citizenship Act
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A five-judge Constitution bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices AS Bopanna, MM Sundresh, JB Pardiwala, and Manoj Misra will hear the case on November 7 which was originally listed for hearing on October 17.
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"Judgement will be prospective not retrospective," says Adv Siddharth Shin
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
"The Chief Justice in fact asked Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal who wanted the reference whether he wanted to still press it because whatever happens in the Nabia Rebia now, is not going to affect the situation because whenever the judgement comes, it will be prospective, not retrospective," sa
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Pakistan HC puts former army chief, his spymaster on notice
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
In the petition, a concerned citizen, Atif Ali, sought the registration of a case against the journalists and the former generals over news reports regarding the ex-military officers' role in politics.
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