With its ruling in Prasanta Kumar Sahoo & Ors vs Charulata Sahu,[1] the SC made a vital decision with respect to Hindu succession. In this caseThe Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, of the year 2005 went into effect on 9th Sep. (2005), and in this case the court ruled that daughters Read more
This Article is written by Garima Harsh Intern at Legal Vidhiya of University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun ABSTRACT In the context of this article, “religious law” refers to a body of ethical and moral codes that people from all over the world, belonging to different religious traditions and Read more
According to the learned counsel, the optical interpretation of the story lacks credibility and should be abandoned. Asgar Shaikh’s tale is doubtful because, despite his claims that he sustained a head injury during the assault, he did not seek medical attention and there is no documentation of the injury in a medical record, Read more
The Supreme Court of India has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) attempting to declare the entire animal kingdom a legal entity with the same rights as humans in a long-awaited decision. The court decided that animals cannot be considered legal entities and cannot have the same rights as humans. Read more
In order to facilitate public access to information regarding the supreme court, a bench presided over by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud stated that the highest court has also established a platform for RTI applications. All twenty-five of the country’s High Courts were mandated by the Supreme Court on Monday Read more
The Word The concept of justice is as old as civilization and society. There can’t be existence of lawful society without the presence of justice. One of the most important pillars of any nation is justice. A lawful society can’t exist without the presence of justice. It is one of Read more
Administration means management and justice means to right and equitable implication. By the administration of justice is meant the maintenance of right with in a political community by means of the physical force of the state. It involves For sound administration of justice, physical force of the state is prime Read more
Rights of Advocate Right to Pre-Audience: Section 23 of the Advocates Act, 1961 provides the privilege of right to pre-audience to the advocate. The right of pre-audience is a right of being heard before another. This right is available in the given hierarchy: In the hierarchy mentioned above, starting from Read more
A Bench comprising Justice S.K. Kaul and Justice A.S. Oka, on Monday, observed that there is no provision in the Constitution of India which prohibits lawyers practicing in the Supreme Court to be appointed as judges of High Courts. The petitioner, an advocate, Mr. Ashok Pandey, argued that a person Read more
Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud Monday announced the launch of the electronic Supreme Court Reports (e-SCR) project to provide free access to judgements to lawyers, law students and the common public. CJI Chandrachud said that the present developing facilities of digitalizing will provide an ease to the Read more
