The Supreme Court of India recently delivered a significant ruling regarding the payment of overtime allowances to government employees under the Factories Act. In a case where government employees sought payment for overtime worked beyond eight hours a day, the Court ruled that they are not entitled to claim overtime Read more
In case: State of NCT Delhi V. Union of India and Ors. A notice was issued by Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar on the plea moved by Delhi Police seeking to restrain the news channel from displaying the contents of the chargesheet collected by it till now. The Court said to the Read more
The Dominion Voting System is the enterprise responsible for conducting the U.S. Presidential Voting of 2020. Fox News is a NewYork based company that was recently sued for Defamation by the voting company. They claimed that various fake news and reports were published claiming the 2020 election was rigged and Read more
The Calcutta High Court, in staying a FIR filed against a TV journalist for allegedly uttering a “provocative speech,” stated that the media is an equally important component of a democracy that cannot be limited or intimidated. According to Justice Rajasekhar Mantha, the court is satisfied that the registration of Read more
The Karnataka High Court has declared that the state government’s recent amendment to the Karnataka Registration of Births and Deaths Rules, which granted executive authorities the power to decide on delayed birth or death registrations, is ultra vires. The Court ruled on a petition filed by a non-governmental organization challenging Read more
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is being investigated by the House of Commons for alleged violations of parliamentary rules , it was announced on Monday . Sunak allegedly failed to ” openly and honestly ” disclose his interest in Koru Kids , the childcare provider owned by his wife , Read more
The case in which it has been held that “widowed daughter-in-law is not liable to maintain her parents-in-law under Section 125 CrPC” is of Bombay High Court, its Aurangabad Bench titled Shobha Sanjay Tidke v. Kishanrao Ramrao Tidke. The order was passed on 12th April 2023. The verdict came from Read more
The Bombay High Court recently held that once the necessary stamp duty has been paid on a development agreement signed by a developer and cooperative housing society, the ancillary Permanent Alternate Accommodation Agreements (PAAAs) executed between the developer and the individual members of the cooperative housing society are not subject Read more
The Court overturned a special court’s decision to convict and sentence a man to two years in jail for publicly hitting his minor girlfriend in an attempt to break up with him. In Samir Rajesh Sathe v. State of Maharashtra & Anr., the Bombay High Court reversed the conviction of Read more
Last year after the death of Kurdish-Iranian woman Mahsa Amini in moral police custody, a wave of protest began in the country and worldwide criticism of the incident was recorded. The Govt. retaliated adversely to this whole situation. Protests and public opinion were thwarted and women were penalised for not Read more