The bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna of the Karnataka High Court recently ruled that a wife can seek maintenence under two or more enactments, but the amount of maintenence will be adjusted accordingly.The bench was dealing with a petition challenging the order granting interim maintenence of Rupees 30,000/- per month Read more
Can a Hindu who converted to Islam ask for reservation privileges as a candidate from a backward community (BC)? The Madras High Court disagreed, stating that after conversion, a person cannot keep his community of birth. However the court , emphasized that the Supreme Court is currently making a decision Read more
According to Justice Jasmeet Singh, components of privacy include the freedom to make one’s own decisions, the right to not have one’s body tampered with, and the protection of personal information. On Thursday, the Delhi High Court ruled that tapping phone lines or recording calls of individuals without their agreement Read more
The Court stated that the remarks made by government officials were inappropriate and requested that the Attorney General of India, R. Venkataramani, to “advise them” (such government functionaries). On Thursday, the Supreme Court disapproved of remarks made by government officials regarding the Collegium method for choosing judges to the High Read more
The Supreme Court on Thursday told the Central Government that the collegium system is the “law of the land” which should be “followed to the teeth”. Just because there are some sections of the society who express a view against the collegium system, it will not cease to the law Read more
Challenge to Demonetisation: Supreme Court reserves judgment, asks Central government to submit documents in sealed cover The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to place before it in a sealed cover the relevant records pertaining to the government’s 2016 decision to demonetise Read more
The Court proposed developing technology to track the opening of manhole covers by the various public sector entities in the Mumbai Metropolitan region. On Tuesday, the Bombay High Court ruled that if anyone dies owing to potholes on roads or open manholes/drainage, the accountable officers shall be held liable. A Read more
On wednesday, the Kerala High Court ruled that if the purpose of curfew in women’s hostels of educational institutions is to safeguard the safety of female residents, then it is the men who should be detained [Fiona Joseph & Ors. v State of Kerala & Ors.]. Justice Devan Ramachandran stated Read more
Winners of the 1st National Article Writing Competition organized by Legal Vidhiya. 1st : Kaushiki Narayan(GENDER INEQUALITY IN INDIA), Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology,Bhubaneswar (cash prize- 500rs, certificate) 2nd: Agamjot Gautam (LEGALIZING SAME SEX MARRIAGE IN INDIA) Guru Nanak Dev University ( cash prize- 251rs, certificate) 3rd : Rishv Raj(EVE-TEASING Read more
This article is written by Kaushiki Narayan(GENDER INEQUALITY IN INDIA), Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology,Bhubaneswar ABSTRACT In today’s modern world, Men and women plays a major role for the household in particular and society as a whole. Thus, gender equality is important for the better development of nation. Therefore, the Read more
