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Supreme Court Collegium recommends five advocates for appointment as judge
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The five advocates are Harmeet Singh Grewal, Deepinder Singh Nalwa, Sumeet Goyal, Sudeepti Sharma and Kirti Singh.
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"While Supreme Court has shut one door, it has opened another door": Advoc
Updated : 2 years, 7 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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Maulana Khalid Rashid Firangi welcomes SC's decision on same-sex marriage
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to recognise the right of same-sex couples to enter into marriages or have civil unions and left it to the Parliament to decide the issue. A five-judge Constitution bench unanimously said it cannot strike down the provisions of the Special Marriage Act (S
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Minorty judgment of SC recognises civil unions, adoption for same-sex coup
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The minority verdict, however, agreed with the three judges and said it could not strike down the provisions of the Special Marriage Act (SMA) or read words differently to include non-heterosexual couples within its fold and left it to the Parliament to decide the issue.
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CPI MP expresses disappointment over SC verdict on same-sex marriages
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Communist Party of India (CPI) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam on Tuesday expressed his disappointment over the Supreme Court judgement concerning same-sex marriages and said the court has pushed the ball in the government's court issue "which is unlikely to take up the rights of the
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"Govt may want to address operational issues...": Advocate Sai Deepak afte
Updated : 2 years, 7 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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Court to pronounce verdict in journalist Soumya Vishwanathan murder case o
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The Delhi Court is set to pronounce judgement in a 15-year-old murder case of journalist Soumya Vishwanathan on Wednesday.
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Solicitor General Tushar Mehta welcomes SC verdict on same-sex marriage
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Mehta, who argued on behalf of the Centre said that the case was beyond the scope of the Supreme Court and fell within the domain of Parliament. He further said that apex court's judgement balances the interests of individuals with the interests of a civilised society.
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"Rights of queer citizens must be protected...": Advocate Karuna Nundy aft
Updated : 2 years, 7 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 refuses to recognise same-sex marriage or civil unions, says it's for P
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A five-judge Constitution bench unanimously said it cannot strike down the provisions of the Special Marriage Act (SMA) or read words differently to include non-heterosexual couples within its fold.
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"Defender of Constitutional and Human Liberties" Justice K.V. Viswanathan
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Sonipat (Haryana) [India], October 17: "Soli J. Sorabjee was a Defender of the Constitution and Human Liberties," said Justice K.V. Viswanathan Judge, Supreme Court of India at the Soli J. Sorabjee Memorial Lecture organized by O.P Jindal Global University to honour the memory of renowned ju
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"SC shouldn't give recognition...not consistent with Indian values": Top c
Updated : 2 years, 7 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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