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Keywords: Panchayats, Reservations, Proxies, Misuse A Public Interest Litigation was filed in the Supreme Court by Advocate-on-Record, Swati Jindal, which alleged that the women’s reservations in Panchayats were being misused as after the wives won elections from the reserved seats, the husbands were running the post through proxies. It is Read more
There was a Hindu girl who fall in love with a Muslim man, and they decided to got married,, but the family of the girl objected for the same. After the rejection from the family they ran away and started to living together with an live-in-agreement. They have entered into Read more
Recently Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has filed defamation case against Ashok Gahlot (CM of Rajasthan) stating that Ashok Gehlot has involved the Union ministers name in the sanjeevani scam. He alleged that Mr Gahlot in an interview said that Mr Gajendra Singh Shekhawat was involved in the Read more
Keywords: Data Protection Bill, monsoon session of parliament The much-awaited Data Protection Bill, aimed at fortifying the privacy of personal data and fostering growth in the start-up economy, is set to be introduced in the upcoming monsoon session of parliament. The Union Cabinet’s recent clearance of the bill has generated Read more
Keywords: Lajpat Nagar Case, Life Imprisonment, Supreme Court, 1996 Bomb Blast, 27 Years In a ruling on Thursday, the Supreme Court of India affirmed the guilt of two individuals involved in the 1996 Lajpat Nagar bomb blast case and imposed life imprisonment without the possibility of release. Additionally, the court Read more
Keywords: Supreme Court Collegium, High Court, CJ DY Chandrachud In a significant development, the Supreme Court Collegium has recommended names of new Chief Justices for the seven High Courts in India. Chief Justices will be appointed to the High Court of Gujarat, Manipur, Bombay, Orissa, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. Read more
Keywords: Preliminary questions, minor witness, trespass, tutor, testify. On Thursday 6 July the Supreme Court allowed the appeal in a Criminal Appeal. The bench consisting of Justices Abhay S. Oka and Rajesh Binda stressed upon the Judicial officers duty to ask preliminary questions to the minor witness to ascertain if Read more
Keywords: Rape of Minor, Sexual Assault, POCSO, Marriage Delhi High Court identified a disturbing pattern where in certain instances, the accused married the victim to evade criminal charges and abandons her once the FIR is quashed or bailed secured. Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma, while refusing to quash an FIR registered Read more
KEYWORDS: PoSH Act, employee, women, sexual harassment According to the case of Dr. Sohail Malik v. Union of India & Anr[1], the Delhi high court recently ruled that the sexual harassment of women at the workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013 (PoSH Act) is applicable in those cases where the Read more
