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Two new supreme court updates on 17 April, 2023

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Two new supreme court updates on 17 April, 2023

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  1. Two new supreme court updates on 17 April, 2023:- Bail granted to Saket Gokhale in misappropriation of funds case: Supreme Court 17 April, 2023 On April 17, 2023 (Today), the Supreme Court bench granted bail to TMC (Trinamool Congress) Spokesperson Saket Gokhale in relation to a misappropriation of funds case. Gokhale approached the Supreme Court against the Gujarat High Court’s order that denied bail in a case related to the misappropriation of funds collected through crowdfunding. The bench hearing the matter was Justice Vikram Nath and Justice BR Gavai. During the hearing, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju informed the top Court that the TMC spokesperson was in jail for 108 days. He was arrested on December 30th by the Ahmedabad Cybercrime branch from Delhi. Gokhale was

  2. alleged of collecting Rs. 72 lakhs from more than 1,700 persons via the crowdfunding platform ‘our democracy’ and misused the money for personal matters. Also Read: Legal News Supreme Court constitutes special bench for hearing recognition of same-sex marriage petitions: Bench to hear pleas from April 18. 17 April, 2023 To hear the bunch of petitions that seek legal recognition for same-sex marriage, the Supreme Court of India constitutes a special bench. On March 13, 2023, a three-judge bench of the top Court consisting of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice PS Narasimha referred the case to the Constitution bench. The members of the Constitution bench include CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice Ravindra Bhat, Justice Kishan Kaul, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice Hima Kohli. The constituted Constitution bench will start hearing the petitions on recognition of same-sex marriage from April 18, 2023.

  3. The batch of petitions to be addressed by the Constitution bench challenge the provisions of the Foreign Marriage Act, Special Marriage Act, and Hindu Marriage Act as they do not recognize same-sex marriages. While arguing regarding the state interest in recognizing only heterosexual marriages, the centre said “Statutory recognition of marriage limited to marriage/union/relation as being heterosexual in nature, is the norm throughout history and are foundational to both the existence and continuance of the State.” Along with this, the Centre also argued that due to the non-recognition of same-sex marriage, no fundamental rights were breached under Part III of the Indian Constitution. Also Read: Legal Articles

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