New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court has dissolved the marriage between an NRI couple, invoking its extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to ensure “complete justice” after holding that the relationship had irretrievably broken down with no possibility of reconciliation. Allowing an appeal filed by the husband, a Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta set aside a Bombay High Court judgment which had ruled that Indian courts lacked jurisdiction in the mat…
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New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed an FIR and criminal proceedings against a Chhattisgarh-based advocate accused of repeatedly raping a woman on the false promise of marriage, holding that the case arose out of a consensual relationship between two adults, which later turned acrimonious. A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan held that continuation of the prosecution would amount to an abuse of the process of law, and accordingly set aside the Chhattisgar…
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) From reinforcing constitutional equality and free speech to issuing far-reaching directions on sanitation, judicial appointments and human dignity, the Supreme Court delivered a series of landmark rulings through the year 2025. Here is a round-up of some of the most significant judgments.Residence-based PG medical quota unconstitutional:The Supreme Court ruled that residence or domicile-based reservation in post-graduate medical courses under the state quota is constitut…