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Justice Pardiwala Calls For Grassroots Action To Safeguard Girl Child, Says Social Prejducies Must Be Transformed
Justice JB Pardiwala, Judge of the Supreme Court and Member of its Juvenile Justice Committee, has called for urgent, ground-level efforts to protect and empower the girl child, observing that while India has made significant legislative progress, the real change must begin within families and communities.Speaking at the closing ceremony of the National Annual Stakeholders Consultation on 'Safeguarding the Girl Child: Towards a Safer and Enabling Environment for Her in India', organised by the...
Empowerment of Girl Child Cornerstone of Just and Equitable Society: Justice Nagarathna
Justice B.V. Nagarathna, Judge of the Supreme Court of India and Chairperson of the Juvenile Justice Committee, on Sunday delivered the closing remarks at the Tenth Round of the National Annual Stakeholders' Consultation on 'Safeguarding the Girl Child: Towards a Safer and More Enabling Environment for Her in India'. Speaking at the event,Justice Nagarathna emphasized that the empowerment of the girl child is the "cornerstone to the creation of a more just, equitable and flourishing society in...
Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest 2025: Land Law
Although the land acquisition compensation is to be determined at the market rate prevailing on the date of issuance of the notification regarding the acquisition of land, the compensation can be determined based on a later date in exceptional circumstances when the delay in the disbursal of the compensation has been inordinate. Bernard Francis Joseph Vaz v. Government of...
Supreme Court Bench Places Suo Motu Case On Jojari River Contamination Before CJI BR Gavai
A Supreme Court Bench recently placed the suo motu case regarding contamination of Rajasthan's Jojari River before CJI BR Gavai.The bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed an order on October 9, noting that there were commonalities in the issues sought to be dealt in the suo motu case and other appeals pending before the Court. Accordingly, it was deemed fit that the cases be clubbed and heard together, for which purpose appropriate orders have been sought from the...
Supreme Court Allows Maharashtra To Fill 50% Teacher Posts In Tribal Areas From Reserved Category Pending Challenge To 100% ST Quota
The Supreme Court recently clarified that, pending the issue of whether the reservation for the Scheduled Tribes community for the posts of Talathis can exceed 50% or not, the Maharashtra State Government would be entitled to fill in 50% of the total strength available from the reserved category for the recruitment of teachers in Zila Parishad Schools in tribal areas.A bench comprising Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice K. Vinod Chandran noted that by an order of the Court dated October 13,...
Supreme Court Should Consider Prioritizing Cases under Disabilities Act: Justice Abhay S. Oka
On 11th October, Mission Accessibility celebrated its third annual day, by curating a conference at the Bombay High Court, Goa Bench. The conference was organized by the Goa State Commission for Persons with Disabilities, Goa State Legal Services Authority, the Goa High Court Bar Association and the Department of Empowerment for Persons with Disabilities, Government of India.The keynote speaker was Justice Abhay S. Oka, retired judge, Supreme Court of India. In his address, Justice Oka stressed...
Attorney General Assures Supreme Court To Look Into Problem Of Students Of Derecognized College Of Physicians & Surgeons Mumbai
The Supreme Court on October 9 was informed by the Attorney General for India, R Venkataramani, that some viable solution would be arrived at to secure the future of students after the Bombay High Court recently upheld the derecognition all postgraduate medical courses offered by the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Mumbai ("CPS"). A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice KV Viswanathan had sought intervention of the Attorney General in this matter. The AG informed the bench...
Justice Vikram Nath Hails Senior Advocate K. Parasaran As 'Bhishma Pitamah Of The Bar', Says His Life Exemplifies Dharma And Duty
Supreme Court judge Justice Vikram Nath on Saturday delivered the presidential address at the felicitation ceremony marking 75 years of Senior Advocate K. Parasaran's journey as a lawyer and 50 years as a Senior Advocate, describing him as “the Bhishma Pitamah of the Indian legal profession” and “a living embodiment of Dharma.”Addressing the gathering that included Justices M.M. Sundresh, P.S. Narasimha, K.V. Viswanathan, and R. Mahadevan of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice M.M. Shrivastava of...
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) And Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Monthly Digest: September 2025
SUPREME COURT Article 226 Can't Be Invoked To Quash Chargesheet If Cognizance Has Been Taken; Remedy Available Under S.528 BNSS: Supreme Court Cause Title: PRADNYA PRANJAL KULKARNI VERSUS STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ANR. Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 875 The Supreme Court observed that FIRs or charge-sheets may be quashed under Article 226 before cognisance is taken, but...
Surrogacy Act Does Not Affect Rights Vested In Couples Who Froze Embryos Before Law Took Effect : Justice Viswanathan's Concurring Judgment
The Supreme Court held that couples who had frozen embryos for surrogacy before the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 came into effect on January 25, 2022, had acquired vested rights to surrogacy which the Act could not retrospectively take away.Justice KV Viswanathan, in his concurring opinion, said that by completing the fertilisation process before the statutory cut-off date, the couples had already crossed a legally recognised threshold, and the later introduction of age limits under Section...
Supreme Court Notes Conflict Between Forest Rights Act & Forest Conservation Act On Allowing Houses For Tribes; Seeks Union's Stance
The Supreme Court has directed the Union Government to file an affidavit within four weeks clarifying the scope, method, and manner of permitting construction of dwelling houses under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (“FRA”), in a manner consistent with the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 (“FCA”). While the FRA guarantees forest dwellers a 'pucca house,' the FCA imposes restrictions on...