Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said access to justice cannot remain an abstract ideal limited to the legally empowered. He stressed it must produce outcomes for the last person in line, restoring marginalised citizens’ faith in justice.
The Madras High Court has ruled that the second wife of a retired government employee cannot claim his family pension. The court held the marriage was legally void, as it took place while the first wife was still alive.
The Bombay High Court held that a long-term intimate partnership marked by repeated cohabitation and child birth amounts to a relationship in the nature of marriage under the DV Act. It refused to quash the case against him.
The Supreme Court held that merely mentioning a caste name without intent to insult does not attract the SC/ST Act. It said allegations must show caste-based abuses or that the caste name was hurled as an abuse, in fact.
Newly enrolled advocates have moved the Delhi High Court challenging their exclusion from the Bar Council of Delhi electoral roll, arguing that the pendency of AIBE results cannot be a valid ground to deny their voting rights today.
The Allahabad High Court ruled that a married person cannot enter a live-in relationship without first obtaining a legal divorce. The court said personal liberty is not absolute, holding freedom ends where statutory rights of another person begin.
The Supreme Court has referred a PIL seeking legal protection for intersex children and inclusion in the Census to a three-judge Bench. The plea highlights non-consensual medical procedures and calls for clear rights and policies for intersex minors.
Rabri Devi has approached a Delhi court seeking the transfer of the IRCTC scam case from Judge Vishal Gogne. The court has issued a notice to the CBI, asking the agency to respond by December 6.
Today, On 25th November, The Supreme Court remarked that it had no details at this stage in the urgent West Bengal SIR matter. Chief Justice Surya Kant asked the counsel to file the application and assured that the Court would examine it.
CJI BR Gavai said Dr. B.R. Ambedkar never considered the Constitution a permanent document and believed it should evolve with time. He emphasised that citizens can always approach courts when their fundamental rights are violated.
