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Sometimes it's a vote of conscience, says CJI as he stands by minority jud
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud on Monday said he stands by his minority judgement in favour of civil unions of queer couples, as sometimes it is a "vote of the conscience and a vote of the constitution".
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SC sets Nov 22 to hear review petition challenging judgement upholding PML
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A bench of justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna and Bela M Trivedi said that it will give one-half session to each party.
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SC's show cause notice to two NCLAT members for defying its order
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) judicial member Rakesh Kumar and technical member Alok Srivastava to show cause why contempt of court proceedings be not initiated against them for delivering a judgement and breaching Apex court order.
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Minorty judgment of SC recognises civil unions, adoption for same-sex coup
Updated : 2 years, 5 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, 5 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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Court to pronounce verdict in journalist Soumya Vishwanathan murder case o
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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, 5 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, 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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"Defender of Constitutional and Human Liberties" Justice K.V. Viswanathan
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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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'Hope judgement is in our favour': Kolkata gay couple ahead of SC's ruling
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
As the Supreme Court is set to deliver its judgment on various petitions pertaining to marriage equality rights for the LGBTQIA+ community on Tuesday, a gay couple from West Bengal's Kolkata expressed their hope for a verdict in favour of their community.
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Same-sex: SC to deliver judgement on plea seeking marriage equality rights
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The Supreme Court will deliver its judgement on various petitions pertaining to marriage equality rights for the LGBTQIA+ community on Tuesday.
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SC reserves judgement on petition relating to over 26 week pregnancy termi
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The court said that it would try to give the judgment today itself and if the verdict is ready it may deliver the judgment post-lunch.
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