A summary of important cases from the causelist of the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court and the Madras High Court..The causelist will be updated in the evening to reflect the developments in court today..SUPREME COURT OF INDIA.In Re Alarming Rise in the Number of Reported Child Rape Incidents.Bench: Item 1 in court 1 – SMW(Crl) No. 1/2019.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose.Suo Motu case registered by Supreme Court concerning rise in incidents of child rape. Read more here..Today in Court: The Supreme Court directed for setting up of dedicated POCSO Courts in every district having more than 100 pending POCSO cases within a period of sixty days..R Shankar and Anr vs State of Karnataka.Item no. 3 in Court No. 1 – WP(C) No. 329/2019.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose.Two MLAs from Karnataka, one independent and one from KPJP Party have approached the Supreme Court seeking a direction that a floor test be conducted in the Karnataka Assembly within a specified timeframe..The floor test was, however, held on Tuesday rendering the petition infructuous..Today in Court: The Court allowed for the petition to be withdrawn
A summary of important cases from the causelist of the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court and the Madras High Court..The causelist will be updated in the evening to reflect the developments in court today..SUPREME COURT OF INDIA.In Re Alarming Rise in the Number of Reported Child Rape Incidents.Bench: Item 1 in court 1 – SMW(Crl) No. 1/2019.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose.Suo Motu case registered by Supreme Court concerning rise in incidents of child rape. Read more here..Today in Court: The Supreme Court directed for setting up of dedicated POCSO Courts in every district having more than 100 pending POCSO cases within a period of sixty days..R Shankar and Anr vs State of Karnataka.Item no. 3 in Court No. 1 – WP(C) No. 329/2019.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose.Two MLAs from Karnataka, one independent and one from KPJP Party have approached the Supreme Court seeking a direction that a floor test be conducted in the Karnataka Assembly within a specified timeframe..The floor test was, however, held on Tuesday rendering the petition infructuous..Today in Court: The Court allowed for the petition to be withdrawn