A judgment by the Punjab and Haryana High Court that had lowered the sentence of a person found guilty of reckless and negligent driving was recently overturned by the Supreme Court of India. The Supreme Court’s decision emphasizes the significance of holding negligent drivers accountable for their conduct and strongly Read more
Making International Law Relevant: Promises and Challenges for India is the conference’s theme. The conference notes that public discourse and legal practise in India generally do not place a high priority on international law. With critical, introspective, and well-researched papers that highlight the importance of international law to the Indian Read more
The Department of Justice receives complaints about sitting as well as retired judges but is only concerned with the appointment and transfer of sitting ones – a written reply that came from Law Minister Kiren Rijiju in the Budget Session. He furnished this written reply to a question asked to Read more
It has been stated by the Union Government of India that amendments in IPC and CrPC are under consideration. This statement was given while hearing a plea in a case which puts forward the discriminatory Section 64 which sets out that female family members are incapable to accept summons on Read more
On 5th April 2023, the Apex Court of India put forward crucial statements on the significance of freedom and the importance of the press in a democratic country like India. The case was heard by a bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice Hima Kohli. The title Read more
According to Rijiju, “some elements” do not want to see India advance, so they are attempting to portray a conflict between the judiciary and the executive. Law minister Rijiju Differences between the executive and judicial branches are inherent to democracy and shouldn’t be characterized as “confrontation,” according to Union Law Read more
The Himachal Pradesh HC in the matter of Dolma Devi v/s Roshan Lal dismissed the appeal of the appellant and upheld the decision of the trial court which ruled that the notice given after the cheque was bounced did not comply with the provisions of section 138 of Negotiable instrument Read more
The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023 were published in a notification by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, on April 6, 2023. The 2023 amendment gives MeitY the authority to alert the Central Government’s fact-checking unit, which will Read more
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that without any authority of law, the tax collected would mean depriving a person of his property, which would infringe his rights under articles 265 and 300A of the Indian constitution. A bench of Justice Ritu Bahari and Justice Manisha Batra gave this Read more
In case: Sanjeeva Mantandoor and BTV news and Others. An ex-parte interim injunction order has been passed by a City Civil Court in Bengaluru which restraints the media from publishing Sanjeev Mantandoor’s “Morphed” pictures, in front of Assembly polls in the state. A suit is fled by a legislator in Read more