In case: Management Committee of Delhi Waqf Board V. Union Of India and Ors. The Delhi High Court on Tuesday registered an application to look after directions for permitting prayers at mosques during the month of Ramzan for a hearing on 27th April. As Ramzan this year ends on the Read more
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday ordered the centre to file a reply to a plea filed by the stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra, challenging an amendment to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and digital media ethics code) Rules,2021 which empowered the government to identify fake news on social media against Read more
The Supreme Court has directed the Union Government to frame a national policy on menstrual hygiene, which includes providing free sanitary napkins and safe disposal mechanisms in schools and colleges across India. The Court has stressed that menstrual hygiene is a fundamental issue of women’s reproductive health and called for Read more
The Supreme Court established a High Powered Committee to monitor the process of verifying the degree certificates of advocates on Monday, moving the legal profession in an important direction. A former judge of the Supreme Court and two former justices of the High Court will make up the committee. The Read more
The Delhi High Court has ruled that no investigation into the actual area of practice as an advocate is necessary in order to meet the requirement of seven years of continuous practice as an advocate in order to be appointed as a District Judge, as stated in Rule 9(2) of Read more
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking to declare the Congress manifesto for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as unfair and against the Model Code of Conduct, terming it as “misconceived”. Bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha and Justice JB Pardiwala showing the code of Read more
A Jharkhand Court as of late acquited the vice-principal of a school and the school nurse blamed for physically attacking a 8-year-old schoolgirl[State of Jharkhand v Emerencia Lomga]. According to Prabhakar Singh, a special judge appointed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act), the prosecution’s case Read more
In case: Smt. Batasiya Maravi v. State of Madhya Pradesh WP 6948/2023 It is held by the Madhya Pradesh High Court that a government employee’s second wife is not entitled to a family pension if that second marriage was done without acquiring divorce from the first wife and without acquiring Read more
According to a recent article from Live Law, the Delhi High Court has discharged filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri in a contempt case after he issued an unconditional apology. The court has also advised Agnihotri to be more careful in the future to avoid similar incidents. Vivek Agnihotri was held in contempt Read more
The Allahabad High Court charges Kanpur attorneys with contempt for continuing their strike The Allahabad High Court issued contempt charges on Friday against Kanpur Bar Associations and Lawyers’ Association Kanpur Nagar office bearers for continuing their strike despite the HC’s order (to refrain from boycotting district courts) and for using Read more
