Senior advocate Manan Kumar Mishra, appearing for the Bar Council of India, said the Rs 600 fee for enrolment was fixed in 1993 and costs have risen manifold since then
Supreme Court stressed that it is disquieting to note that there are serious lapses in the enforcement of the 2013 PoSH Act even after such a long passage of time
The Supreme Court sought replies from the West Bengal and Tamil Nadu governments on a plea of the producers of "The Kerala Story" that the movie is not being shown in theatres in these two States
The filmmakers submitted that the state government has no power to ban a movie which has been certified for public viewing by the the Central Board of Film Certification.
Deliberating on the issue of whether a person has a right to marry, the Bench observed it has to start with the premise that there is no unqualified right
According to Samwardhini Nyas, nearly 70 per cent of the doctors and allied medical professionals stated that "homosexuality is a disorder" while 83 per cent of them "confirmed transmission of sexual disease in homosexual relations"
Talking to reporters after the Supreme Court green signal to SIT, Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy noted that taking policy decisions which inflicted loss to the state need to be reviewed
A five-judge bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said, "It is possible for this court to dissolve the marriage on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage that will not contravene the principles of public policy."
A bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna made it clear that such action shall be taken irrespective of the religion of the persons who made the speech
The plea contended that all the movable and immovable assets of Shiv Sena along with frontal and aligning organisations be transferred to the new party president as per the order of EC
