{"id":267796,"date":"2022-06-03T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T02:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=267796"},"modified":"2022-06-03T07:12:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T01:42:19","slug":"supreme-court-may-roundup-sex-workers-forcible-vaccination-sedition-sidhu-shared-household-bail-rajiv-gandhi-legal-research-updates-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/03\/supreme-court-may-roundup-sex-workers-forcible-vaccination-sedition-sidhu-shared-household-bail-rajiv-gandhi-legal-research-updates-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court May 2022 Roundup: Sedition Law; Forcible vaccination; Shivling in Gyanvapi Mosque; Navjot Singh Sidhu’s imprisonment; Shared Household and more\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unmissable Stories<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Sedition Law under scanner| All pending cases to be kept in abeyance; Centre\/States urged not to register fresh cases till Section 124A is reviewed<\/a><\/h4>\n
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\u201c\u2026we expect that, till the re-examination of the provision is complete, it will be appropriate not to continue the usage of the aforesaid provision of law by the Governments.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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COVID-19| No individual can be forced to be vaccinated; holds Supreme Court. Restrictions on unvaccinated persons to be revised for now<\/a><\/h4>\n
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\u201cThis judgment is not to be construed as impeding, in any manner, the lawful exercise of power by the executive to take suitable measures for prevention of infection and transmission of the virus in public interest, which may also take the form of restrictions on unvaccinated people in the future, if the situation so warrants.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Rajiv Gandhi assassination: Supreme Court sets AG Perarivalan free after 32 years of incarceration<\/a><\/h4>\n

Perarivalan\u2019s petition under Article 161 remained pending for two and a half years following the recommendation of the State Cabinet for remission of his sentence and continued to remain pending for over a year since the reference by the Governor.<\/p>\n

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Navjot Singh Sidhu to undergo one-year rigorous imprisonment in 1988 road rage case<\/a><\/h4>\n
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\u201cA disproportionately light punishment humiliates and frustrates a victim of crime when the offender goes unpunished or is let off with a relatively minor punishment as the system pays no attention to the injured\u2019s feelings.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Aadhaar Card for Sex Workers| Supreme Court bats for sex workers\u2019 right to dignity; directs UIDAI to issue Aadhaar Card without insisting on address proof<\/a><\/h4>\n
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\u201c\u2026basic protection of human decency and dignity extends to sex workers and their children, who, bearing the brunt of social stigma attached to their work, are removed to the fringes of the society, deprived of their right to live with dignity and opportunities to provide the same to their children.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u2018Shivling\u2019 in Gyanvapi Mosque a complex<\/h4>\n

\u2018Protect \u2018Shivling\u2019 but don\u2019t stop Namaz\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Also read: SC transfers the matter to a senior and experienced District Judge<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hindu widow\u2019s pre-existing right to maintenance automatically ripens into full ownership when she is in settled legal possession of the property<\/a><\/h4>\n
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\u201cThere remains no shadow of doubt that a Hindu woman\u2019s right to maintenance was not and is not an empty formality or an illusory claim being conceded as a matter of grace and generosity. It is a tangible right against the property, which flows from the spiritual relationship between the husband and the wife.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Right to residence under DV Act not restricted to actual residence; Domestic relationship not necessary to be subsisting at the time of filing of application<\/a><\/h4>\n

The expression \u2018right to reside in the shared household\u2019 would include not only actual residence but also constructive residence in the shared household.<\/p>\n

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No universal rule to fill vacancies on the basis of the law which existed on the date when they arose; Supreme Court overrules 1983\u2019s YV Rangaiah ruling<\/a><\/h4>\n

Noticing that a number of decisions have followed the decision in Rangaiah but far more decisions have distinguished it, the Supreme Court decided to examine the issue afresh and came to the conclusion that the broad proposition formulated in Rangaiah did not reflect the correct constitutional position.<\/p>\n

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IGST on Ocean Freight for imports unconstitutional<\/a><\/h4>\n
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\u201cIf Indian shipping lines continue to be taxed and not their competitors, namely, the foreign shipping lines, the margins arising out of taxation from GST would not create a level playing field and drive the Indian shipping lines out of business.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Sheena Bora murder| Indrani Mukerjea gets bail after being in custody for 6.5 years<\/a><\/h4>\n

Indrani is charged of kidnapping her daughter with intention to murder and committing murder after entering into a criminal conspiracy.<\/p>\n

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Supreme Court grants interim bail to SP Leader Azam Khan; Directs him to seek regular bail within two weeks<\/a><\/h4>\n

Taking into consideration the delay in implication of Azam Khan and the nature of the allegations made therein, the Court was of the view that it will not be in the interest of justice to deprive him of his personal liberty, particularly when in respect of 87 criminal cases\/FIRs, he has already been released on bail.<\/p>\n

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Case load on NGT low, No need to set up Benches in every State; High Court\u2019s jurisdiction unaffected: Supreme Court upholds constitutionality of NGT Act<\/a><\/h4>\n

The seat of the NGT benches can be located as per exigencies and it is not necessary to locate them in every State.<\/p>\n

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Over 90, 000 Reassessment Notices issued after April 1, 2021 saved as Supreme Court directs them to be treated as notices under Section 148A of Income Tax Act<\/a><\/h4>\n

The bench of MR Shah* and BV Nagarathna, JJ has modified the order passed by the Allahabad High Court wherein it had quashed several reassessment notices issued by the Revenue, issued under section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, on the ground that the same are bad in law in view of the amendment by the Finance Act, 2021 which has amended Income Tax Act by introducing\u00a0 new provisions i.e. sections 147to151 w.e.f. 1st April, 2021.<\/p>\n

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Most Read Story of the Month<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Cheque issued as a security and not in discharge of legally recoverable debt; Is the contention sufficient to quash proceedings under N.I. Act at pre-trial stage? SC examines<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n
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\u201cThe quashing proceedings must not become an expedition into the merits of factual dispute, so as to conclusively vindicate either the complainant or the defence.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Explainers<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
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