Supreme Court Legal News Telecast ban on Malayalam news channel MediaOne lifted: SC refutes centre’s plea of national security and directs renewal of broadcast licence within four weeks Madhyamam Broadcasting Limited v. Union of India and Ors. Bench: Hon’ble Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud & Hon’ble Justice Hima Kohli Date of decision: 05.04.2023

Supreme Court Legal News Daughter, a coparcener by birth entitled to equal share as that of the son in all the properties of late father.: SC reiterates the position in Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma and held that the parties can take advantage of the change in law (amendment to S. 6 of Hindu Succession Act) even during the pendency of an appeal. In a partition suit between two daughters and son, the Supreme Court applying the propositions in Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma held that, &ldquo...

Supreme Court Legal News Borrower to be heard before classifying their accounts as fraudulent.: SC held rule of audi alteram partem, has to be necessarily read into the Master Directions on Frauds to save it from the vice of arbitrariness. The Supreme Court while considering the question whether the principles of natural justice should be read into the provisions of the Master Directions on Frauds held that the principles of natural justice, particularly the rule of audi alteram partem, has t...

KLT OnLine Exclusive Deep Cuts Democracy facilitates a peaceful revolution at the hands of the common man if elections are held in a free and fair manner. Elections can be conflated with a non- violent coup capable of unseating the most seemingly powerful governing parties, if they do not perform to fulfil the aspirations of the governed. Democracy is meaningful only if the sublime goals enshrined in the preamble to the Constitution receive the undivided attention of the rulers, namely, socia...

KLT OnLine Exclusive Deep Cuts The essential hallmark of a genuine democracy is the transformation of the ‘Ruled’ into a citizenry clothed with rights which in the case of the Indian Constitution also consist of Fundamental Rights, which are also being freely exercised and the concomitant and radical change of the ruler from an ‘Emperor’ to a public servant Justice K.M. Joseph Anoop Baranwal v. Union Of India Decided on 02/03/2023