The Karnataka High Court has denied bail to an accused in a case under the POCSO Act, who claimed that the victim minor girl was a consenting party and the element of force was missing. In this case, the Prosecution has said that the accused “cajoled” the victim girl and Read more
Recently, Bombay set aside the trial court’s judgement refusing to discharge a man under “section 376, 323” of Indian penal code on a complaint by his 27 year old girlfriend. When two people are in a relationship and putting or investing equal time and efforts, one person cannot be blamed Read more
On Tuesday 4th of march 2023, the Mannarkkad Special Court for Scheduled Caste ScheduledTribe convicted 14 people out of 16 people in Madhu murder case.Maraikkar, Husain, Shamsudeen, Abubacker, Siddique, Radhakrishnan, Ubaid, Najeeb,Jaijumon, Satheesh, Hareesh Muneer Sajeev, and Biju are the names of the accused in the Madhumurder case. The remaining Read more
The Council of Europe(COE) linked a ‘clear pattern’ of physical abuse and torture in the environment of illegal pushbacks of migrants by law enforcement officers, revealed by the periodic report of the COE anti-torture committee. The COE is a mortal rights organization with 46 member countries and isn’t an EU Read more
“Public health is a state subject, and the responsibility of furnishing healthcare services is that ofseparate state governments.”The Central government and its agencies aren’t the enforcing bodies for schemes relating tomenstrual health, and it’s in fact the countries and their agencies that are at the forefront ofenforcement of those programmes, Read more
The State Government has been ordered by the Madras High Court to compensate a woman who was wrongfully accused in a case under the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act of 1956 with Rs 2 lakh. The State could not escape its responsibility by asserting that the officers in question were not Read more
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
