by Team Spectrum Books | Aug 10, 2020 | Judicial Matters/Verdicts
In August 2019, a public interest litigation (PIL), under Article 226, was filed in the Delhi High Court seeking abolition of the different minimum age for marriage of men and women, calling the distinction unscientific, discriminatory against women, and a patriarchal...
by Team Spectrum Books | Aug 10, 2020 | Judicial Matters/Verdicts
On September 29, 2009, a Tripura High Court Bench consisting of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Arindam Lodh, after hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) pronounced a ban on the 500-year old tradition of animals and birds sacrifice in temples, particularly...
by Team Spectrum Books | Aug 10, 2020 | Judicial Matters/Verdicts
On November 13, 2019, the Supreme Court, in a landmark judgement, held that the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) is a public authority and falls within the ambit at the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005. No office is above the law and the act gives the...
by Spectrum | Mar 28, 2019 | Judicial Matters/Verdicts
On April 11, 2018, the Supreme Court said that a bride’s consent to marriage forms an inherent part of the Hindu marital law. The court also said it will not interfere with Hindu marriage laws or in how marriage ceremonies are performed. A three-judge bench, headed by...
by Spectrum | Mar 28, 2019 | Judicial Matters/Verdicts
The Supreme Court has said that adult couples have the right to live together even though they may not be married, while asserting that a 20-year-old Kerala woman. The Court said that live-in relationships were even now recognised by the legislature and they had even...
by Spectrum | Mar 28, 2019 | Judicial Matters/Verdicts
Taking a strengtent step against domestic violence, the Supreme Court on May 12, 2017 said that a woman can lodge domestic violence case against her partner even after the dissolution of marriage. The Court said even if the violence took place before the Domestic...
