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.
ASG Raju responded that the delay stemmed from Gadling’s own conduct, explaining that while he had filed a discharge plea, he insisted on arguing it in person before the court.
Justice Jain had cancelled the entire process of the examination, selection, and posting-training of SIs in the wake of a large-scale paper leak and other irregularities.
Issuing notice to the Delhi Police, a Bench of Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice N V Anjaria posted the matter for hearing in October.
Justice M M Sundresh, heading a bench with Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, made the remark while hearing a plea filed by the news portal The Wire against the summons issued by a magistrate on a complaint by Jawaharlal Nehru University professor Amita Singh over a 2016 article published by the news portal.
Even as the Tamil Nadu government has moved the Supreme Court to secure the release of ₹2,152 crore under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) programme, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday said the amount due to the State would be released only after it implements the National Education Policy (NEP).
