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No SPG Cover for Supreme Court of India Chief Justice
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A petition came up before the Supreme Court for SPG cover to be given to the Chief Justice of India and other Judges. However, it was dismissed.
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The petitioner Nyay Bharti had preferred a petition stating that president, prime minister and other political leaders and VIPs when travel, they are provided not only with the highest security but also ambulance, medical facility and other things at their disposal. However, no such facility is provided to Chief Justice of India, when he travels.
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Asking for production of Assembly speech will be breach of privilege : Kerala HC
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The Kerala High Court has held that the Court cannot ask for production of Legislative Assembly speech as it will amount to breach of privilege.
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The High Court had earlier directed the legislative secretary to produce the video copy of the speech made by Mr Jacob during the debate on a motion of no-confidence against the then Chief Minister Ommen Chandy. The Court had issued the direction following a petition filed by one Mr A Narayanan, seeking to set aside the election of Mr Jacob as MLA from Piravom constituency. The deputy secretary of the legislative secretariat had filed an affidavit stating that he cannot produce the tape, as it will be treated as breach of privilege.
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PIL on quashing the conflicting provisions of HMA & SMA
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A PIL has been filed before the Punjab and Haryana High Court for quashing some of the conflicting provisions of the Hindu Marriage Act and Special Marriage Act.
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While the Hindu Marriage Act applies to the marriages between the Hindus, the Special Marriage Act applies to the marriages between the two people of different religions and faiths. That an advocate H C Arora, highlighted the conflict between the provisions in the two acts on the subject matter of "conditions for solemnisation of marriage", "the conditions for registration of marriages, grounds of divorce etc. " He pointed out that a marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act or Christian Marriage Act can be registered under the Special Marriage Act only if both the bride and the groom had completed the age of 21 years, at the time of registration of the marriage, whereas under the Hindu Marriage Act, marriage can be solemnised if the male was 21 years and above while the female was 18 years and above. The petitioner stated that these conflicting provisions were only illustrative, whereas several other aspects of conflict between the two enactments have also been highlighted.
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Withdraw security from persons with criminal antecedents : Allahabad HC
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The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to forthwith withdraw security from 675 persons, to whom it had been provided on extraneous sources.
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There were 149 political workers with criminal records, 572 political workers, 38 contractors, 9 persons with criminal antecedents, 11 contractors and political workers and 4 contractors with criminal antecedents to whom security had been recommended by the district committees.
At the same time the court observed that it is the state government duty to provide security to honest officers who faces threats from mafia while performing public duties.
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