Keywords: UCC, Public opinion, Law commission On Wednesday[1], Chairman Justice Rituraj Awasthi announced that the Law Commission has received an overwhelming response of 8.5 lakh (850,000) submissions regarding the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) since the initiation of a new consultation process two weeks ago. Justice Awasthi emphasized that the UCC Read more
Keywords: Gujarat Riots, Supreme Court, Constitutional Bench, Teesta Setalvad, Gujarat High Court In a special sitting held today evening, the Supreme Court’s Judges Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice PK Mishra differed on granting interim protection to Activist Teesta Setalvad in connection with the Gujarat Police FIR lodged against in Read more
Key words: Domestic violence, PIL, Suicide, Married men, Sexual Herrsament. A PIL was file by an Advocate on Record Mahesh Tiwari seeking the central government to set up a ‘ National Commission for Men’. On Monday (03 July 2023 ) Supreme Court refused to entertain the PIL. The division bench Read more
Keywords: Supreme Court, Free Wi-Fi provision The Apex Court has extended the provision of free Wi-Fi access to all advocates, litigants, media persons, and other stakeholders visiting the court premises. This facility will be in force from 3rd July, 2023 onwards. This step forms the part of e-initiatives in the Read more
Keywords: LGBTQ rights, Free speech right WASHINGTON — In a 6-3 dеcision along idеological linеs, thе Suprеmе Court rulеd on Friday in favor of Loriе Smith, an еvangеlical Christian wеb dеsignеr from Colorado, who rеfusеd to work on samе-sеx wеddings. Thе court statеd that Smith, as a crеativе profеssional, has Read more
Keywords: Interim bail, Conspiracy case, Supreme Court stay In a significant development, the Supreme Court granted activist Teesta Setalvad interim bail for a period of seven days in the conspiracy case related to the 2002 Gujarat riots. The decision came after a special hearing held on Saturday. A bench comprising Read more
Keywords – Constitution, Bench , Cases , Judges. The Supreme Court has formed a new five- judge constitution bench to hear four cases starting from July 12 ,2023. The bench will be led by the Chief Justice of India diva and will comprise of Justice Rishikesh Roy, Justice P.S Nara Read more
Keywords – Communal Tensions, Social Media Debate,Kidnapped, Girl ,Hindu , Muslim . Purola town in Uttarakhand has witnessed an uptick in communal tensions over the last few weeks .Over the attempted kidnapping of a 14 year old girl by two men one of whom was a Muslim and other Hindu, Read more
Keywords – FIR, Allahabad High Court, person not named. The Supreme Court recently upheld an order of Allahabad High Court which dismissed an appeal filed by a person, who was not named in the FIR, under Section 14A(1) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 Read more
Keywords – Madhya Pradesh High Court, Central government, Consent, Reduce, Adolescent . The judge also opined that due to their exposure to social media, adolescents were “getting puberty in early age” and entering into consensual sexual relationships before turning adults. Madhya Pradesh High Court urges Central government to lower age Read more
