As part of a general assembly meeting in New York on 29th of March, governments passed a resolution acknowledging the enormous challenge of climate change and requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on how it intersects with international law. Following a worldwide initiative led by Vanuatu, Read more
The doctors today decided to put off their protest after reaching an agreement with the government on Tuesday. The major demand of the private hospitals to exempt them from the provisions of the bill has been accepted by the Ashok Gehlot led Government. Let us see what happened that led Read more
In a recent Reportable Judgement (BALU SUDAM KHALDE AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[1]), the Supreme Court observed that suggestions made by the defence attorney to a witness during cross-examination, if found to be incriminating in nature, would unquestionably bind the accused and that the accused cannot escape on the Read more
According to the top court, the prosecution must establish the accused’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in cases involving circumstantial evidence, which was not done in the immediate case. In the case of Guno Mahto v. State of Jharkhand, the Supreme Court recently declared that the courts had wrongly convicted Read more
Uniform Civil Code is a matter dealt with by Article 44 which directs the State to attempt to secure a uniform civil code for all its citizens. The Honourable Apex Court on March 29, 2023, dismissed multiple petitions, most of them i.e., four filed by Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay. Ashwini Read more
The Raigad court in its order dated 1/4/2023 in the matter of state through Mahad city police station v/s Narayan Tatya @ Tatu Rane held that the remark made by the accused against the former chief minister does not constitute criminal intimidation and therefore discharged the accused of the charge. Read more
On March 29, 2023, the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023 was presented in Lok Sabha. The bill amends the Forest protection Act of 1980, which governs forest land protection. The Bill adds and removes certain kinds of land from the Act’s scope. Furthermore, it broadens the range of activities allowed Read more
The Law Commission of India, headed by retired Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, recently recommended a minor amendment to the Code of Civil Procedure to expedite the resolution of cases stuck at the cross-examination stage in civil courts across the country. The proposed amendment seeks to remove an anomaly that has Read more
The Supreme Court of India recently called out state governments for their failure to take action against hate speech in the country. During a hearing on a plea seeking contempt of court action against Maharashtra’s police and administration for failing to take action against several instances of hate speeches and Read more
The Supreme Court of India considered the case of Prakash Kumar Jena v. State of Odisha [1]in 2021. In the state of Odisha, the issue concerned the payment of Duty Call Allowance to Home Guards. The State of Odisha was recently ordered by the Supreme Court to reevaluate its decision Read more