Unregistered agreements to sell are now acceptable evidence in actions seeking specific performance, according to the Supreme Court. The appeal contesting the Madras High Court ruling by which the High Court permitted the revision application put up by the respondent was being handled by the bench of Justices M.R. Shah Read more
The Apex court of India has ordered the Union Government of India to file a status report in regards to the steps taken in order to implement the provisions of the prohibition of child marriage act. The supreme court directed the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) to register Read more
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Hrishikesh Roy, praised the Prime Minister for working to establish a more just legal system while speaking at the Gauhati High Court’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. On Friday, Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi urged the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in Read more
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir in the case of Afsana kouser V/s UT of J&K & ors, held that the petitioner namely Afsana Kouser and her husband namely Rayaz Ahmed being two consenting adults who willingly solemnized their wedding are to be protected from the petitioner’s family who Read more
The Supreme Court ordered that mercy petitions in cases involving the death penalty be decided and resolved as soon as possible. In response to a plea by the State of Maharashtra challenging a Bombay High Court decision in which the High Court reduced the accused’s death sentences to life in Read more
Speaking at the SCBA-organized felicitation event for the eight newly appointed judges, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud revealed, “We are planning to address this severe shortage of space in the Supreme Court by putting up a new annexe building.” CJI said the essential accentuation in the new structure being Read more
After a three-year delay by state government officials in constructing a new school building, which was demolished after the land on which it stood was acquired for widening. and upgrading the Bangalore Mysore Highway. A single judge bench of Justice M NagaPrasanna has directed the state government to immediately identify Read more
When recommendations for providing restrooms and sanitary napkin facilities for females in schools were released, the Patna High Court believed that the District Administration or local authorities could be trusted to set up and maintain such facilities in an efficient manner. The Supreme Court ordered the federal government to create Read more
The Delhi High Court while observing that perjury is a very serious criminal offence, and it cannot be remedied, said that making false statements to the court must necessarily invite adverse actions. Justice Sanjeev Narula, in his statement, said that false affidavits filed in the court are a serious offence, Read more
In the case ‘CBI vs AKS’ a special court in Mumbai noted that strip searching of undertrial prisoners (UTP) is infringement of their fundamental right to privacy. It was directed by the special judge BD Shelke under (MCOCA) Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, that the authorities of Mumbai Central Read more
