During a hearing in a rape-on-promise-to-marry case between a Superintendent and Deputy Superintendent of Police, the Supreme Court made a witty remark saying the couple “should have matched horoscopes before entering the relationship.” The Court has now referred the matter to mediation under Justice Gita Mittal.
The Supreme Court has transferred CPI(M)’s challenge to the Madras High Court order directing removal of permanent political flagpoles from public spaces in Tamil Nadu to Justice Vikram Nath’s bench. The party argued the order violates its fundamental rights and amounts to “impermissible judicial legislation.”
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking a ban on Salman Rushdie’s controversial novel The Satanic Verses, citing that it effectively challenged the Delhi High Court’s order. The High Court had earlier lifted the 36-year-old import ban after finding the original Customs notification “untraceable.”