A complaint was filed against Advocate Niranjan Kumar, accused of attempting to rape a law intern inside his office. A Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Partha Sarthy took suo motu cognisance on the basis of a resolution passed by the coordination committee of three bar associations of Read more
The Rajasthan High court Court has recently in the case of [Sudhir Sharma v. Chief Secretary, the State Government of Rajasthan and ors] has observed that a mere filing of an appeal are ineffective over decree of divorce. “It goes without saying that mere filing of an appeal does not Read more
The Karnataka govt bought reservation amendment act, 2020 i.e. The National Law School of India Amendment Act, 2020. Through which a state could make educational reservation in other state for the welfare of the students, which is provided in the state list. Karnataka Law Minister JC Madhu Swamy wrote a Read more
Due to increase pendency of petitions before several High Court, the supreme court decides to transfer the cases for speedy hearings. All the matters concerning with same sex marriage will now be transferred to high court and any petitioner who cannot engage a counsel can appear virtually and make their Read more
Justice Anil kshetarpal has made a crucial observation of including window’s child under Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act. Punjab and Haryana High court decided to make entitled to a widow minor child to get maintenance and protection from Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (HAMA). Justice Kshetarpal also observed that the Read more
Due to rise in the level of noise pollution and it’s complaint, many states have issued guidelines in order to keep an appropriate mark of volume while use of truck DJs. The Gujarat High Court recently issued notice to the State government and the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) on Read more
A kin of deceased was granted a compensation of Rs.5 lakh. The deceased was on his two wheeler, died after falling into a pit dug on a road for construction work that was being carried out by the government [N Annamalai v The Union of India ]. Justice GR Swaminathan Read more
A 20-year old unmarried woman approached the Supreme Court seeking permission to terminate 29-week pregnancy. The matter was mentioned on Thursday before Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud for urgent listing. “She’s a student. She has exams from 23rd”, the counsel submitted. A bench led by Chief Justice of India Read more
The Supreme Court Collegium has expressed its disagreement with the Centre which returned the proposal to appoint gay Advocate Saurabh Kirpal as a Judge of the Delhi High Court, based on his openness about his sexual orientation. The Centre apprehends that given his “attachment” to the cause of gay-rights, it Read more
The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday agreed for an early listing of a petition seeking to hold local body polls in the State of Maharashtra. The matter was mentioned before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha. Upon mentioning of the matter, CJI DY Chandrachud Read more