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 CJI said that two days ago he went for his usual 55-minute morning walk but returned home feeling “discomforted,” a condition that persisted for the next two days.
Appearing for one of the petitioners challenging the constitutionality of the SIR exercise, senior advocate Kapil Sibal argued that the revision process, which began in Bihar and was later extended nationwide, has effectively become “an exclusionary exercise,” contrary to the inclusive electoral framework adopted after Independence, based on universal adult franchise.
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi were hearing multiple petitions questioning the procedure including timelines that is being followed in the intensive revision of the electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Kerala.
The ECI is carrying out SIR pan-India to weed out ineligible voters and illegal immigrants who have somehow managed to enter the electoral rolls, in order to protect the integrity of the poll process. However, the Opposition has alleged that the aim of the exercise is to disenfranchise genuine voters who support opposition parties and thereby help the BJP.
Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving a 27-year prison sentence. The ruling follows his conviction for attempting to cling to power after losing the 2022 election.
