The apex court left open the option of an election petition before the High Court as the Congress intensified its protest over the rejection of Natarajan's candidature.
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued detailed guidelines for courts dealing with cases involving the custody of a child who is an alleged victim under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, emphasising that the child’s welfare, dignity, emotional security and psychological well-being must remain the paramount consideration at all stages of the proceedings.
The Bench noted that the calculation of compensation based on historically low notional income figures "grossly undervalue" the role of homemakers.
However, the apex court clarified that the relief was being granted in the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case and would not serve as a precedent.
The Supreme Court has said that arbitration in India has not failed, but that judicial interference, and at times the conduct of governments, has undermined the efficacy of the arbitral process.
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, State Director General of Police Rajeev Kumar and other officials on petitions filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), accusing them of obstructing the agency’s search operations at the Kolkata office of political consultancy firm I-PAC and the residence of its co-founder, Pratik Jain.
ED has sought the top court's directions for a CBI inquiry into the alleged interference by the Bengal CM in its investigation.
Stretching from west to east for 680 km through Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi, and more than two billion years old, the Aravalli mountain ranges are natural barriers against the spread of Thar desert northwards.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi, and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi was hearing the PIL filed by retired Indian Revenue Service Officer B Balamurugan
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted regular bail to Uttar Pradesh MLA Abbas Ansari in a case registered against him under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act.
