Justice Rahul Bharti held that family pension is a right under law which can be taken away onlyif permitted by the law.Jammu & Kashmir High CourtThe Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently ruled in Sonika Sharma v. Union ofIndia that a widow cannot be denied a family pension Read more…
Kuldip Nayar v. Union of India (2006) 7 SCC 1 Introduction The landmark Indian constitutional law case of Kuldip Nayar v. Union of India (2006) deals with the right to free speech and the right to information. Kuldip Nayar, a seasoned journalist, filed a public interest litigation (PIL) with the Read more…
The Supreme Court of India has recently issued a judgment explaining the legal principle of res judicata. Res judicata is a legal principle that prohibits a case from being re-litigated once a final judgment has been delivered on that case. The Court has clarified that for the principle of res Read more…
Introduction: Golaknath v. State of Punjab (1967) is a landmark case in the history of Indian constitutional law. It dealt with the issue of the power of the Indian Parliament to amend the Constitution and curtail the fundamental rights enshrined in Part III of the Constitution. The judgment had far-reaching Read more…
Case – In Re Prashant Bhushan & Anr. (2020) Case type – Suo Motu criminal contempt proceeding Bench – B.R. Gavai J., Krishna Murari J., Arun Mishra J. Parties – Respondent -: Adv. Prashant Bhusan, Twitter India Citation -SCM (CRL.)No. 000001 -/2020 Facts 27th June , 2020-: “When historians in future look back Read more…
Nikah: The Islamic Marriage Contract This article is written by Aditya Kumar Singh (Definition of Nikah and its objective, nature of nikah, Essentials for its validity), Army Law College, Pune Abstract Nikah is a term used in the Islamic faith to describe the marriage contract between a man and a woman. This Read more…
The India International Arbitration Centre (IIAC) has proposed a bunch of guidelines that present a time span for everyday hearings for discretion procedures. The IIAC has welcomed ideas and sentiments from all partners before the International Arbitration Centre (Conduct of Arbitration Proceedings) Regulations, 2023 are finished and carried out. The Read more…
As part of a general assembly meeting in New York on 29th of March, governments passed a resolution acknowledging the enormous challenge of climate change and requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on how it intersects with international law. Following a worldwide initiative led by Vanuatu, Read more…
The doctors today decided to put off their protest after reaching an agreement with the government on Tuesday. The major demand of the private hospitals to exempt them from the provisions of the bill has been accepted by the Ashok Gehlot led Government. Let us see what happened that led Read more…
In a recent Reportable Judgement (BALU SUDAM KHALDE AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[1]), the Supreme Court observed that suggestions made by the defence attorney to a witness during cross-examination, if found to be incriminating in nature, would unquestionably bind the accused and that the accused cannot escape on the Read more…