The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking to declare the Congress manifesto for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as unfair and against the Model Code of Conduct, terming it as “misconceived”. Bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha and Justice JB Pardiwala showing the code of Read more
A Jharkhand Court as of late acquited the vice-principal of a school and the school nurse blamed for physically attacking a 8-year-old schoolgirl[State of Jharkhand v Emerencia Lomga]. According to Prabhakar Singh, a special judge appointed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act), the prosecution’s case Read more
In case: Smt. Batasiya Maravi v. State of Madhya Pradesh WP 6948/2023 It is held by the Madhya Pradesh High Court that a government employee’s second wife is not entitled to a family pension if that second marriage was done without acquiring divorce from the first wife and without acquiring Read more
According to a recent article from Live Law, the Delhi High Court has discharged filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri in a contempt case after he issued an unconditional apology. The court has also advised Agnihotri to be more careful in the future to avoid similar incidents. Vivek Agnihotri was held in contempt Read more
The Allahabad High Court charges Kanpur attorneys with contempt for continuing their strike The Allahabad High Court issued contempt charges on Friday against Kanpur Bar Associations and Lawyers’ Association Kanpur Nagar office bearers for continuing their strike despite the HC’s order (to refrain from boycotting district courts) and for using Read more
In judgement delivered on 1st of April, 2023 in regards to the case, State of Maharashtra vs Mehaboob Babu Malik Khan and Anr the court concluded that due to several loopholes in the narration of the story by the victim and lack of validity as well as authenticity, all the Read more
On Thursday , April 6 , Togo’s parliament voted to extend the state of security emergency in Sabanes for another 12 months . Authorities are working to prevent jihadist groups ( terrorist groups ) from crossing the border into Burkina Faso . The state of emergency ended last week after Read more
The Court ruled that there is no need to look into an advocate’s actual field of practice in order to meet the Delhi Higher Judicial Services eligibility requirement of having been in practice for seven years. According to the Delhi High Court’s ruling in Karan Antil v. High Court of Read more
The Delhi High Court after discharging filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri on Monday in a contempt of court said that the dignity of the court does not depend on the opinion of the people or what people think and say about the judiciary rather it depends on the duties that get discharged. Read more
ACHPR passed a resolution which recognised the rights of intersex people, about 1.7 per cent of the people are born with sexual characteristics which are slightly different from the socially accepted norms. The Resolution is based on the objective that people born with a body a little different do not Read more