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.
A Bench of Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Manmohan listed the matter for hearing on Monday – September 22.
India’s Supreme Court has once again underlined that constitutional principles cannot be bent to political convenience. Its interim order on the Waqf (Amendment) Act is more than a narrow legal ruling ~ it is a reminder that the management of religious endowments must remain under the watchful eye of the judiciary, not the fluctuating will of the executive.
Chief Justice B R Gavai, heading a bench with Justice K Vinod Chandran, remarked, “Farmers are special and we are eating because of them, but it does not mean that we cannot protect the environment.”
A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and Prasanna B Varale opened the sealed-cover report in open court and read out the conclusion of the SIT, which held that the transfers of wildlife in the facility were in adherence to the statutory mechanism.
“Today’s order strengthens the hope and trust that people place in the Hon’ble Supreme Court to safeguard religious rights of the Muslim minority community and to uphold the Constitution,” he wrote on his ‘X’ handle and added that this was a major step in undoing the unconstitutional and illegal amendments made to the Waqf Act.
