The Supreme Court on Wednesday pierced the practice of filing sealed cover reports in courts, saying it violated natural justice principles, as it infringes the right to fair and reasonable proceedings. Severely criticizing sealed cover proceedings, the Supreme Court barred the government from using national security as a pretext to Read more
A report by NEW YORK on Thursday, April 4 – The former president of the United States, Donald Trump, was accused of orchestrating hush-money payments to two women prior to the 2016 presidential election in an effort to prevent the public disclosure of their sexual activities with him. On Tuesday, he Read more
The Supreme Court gave the Ministry of Finance opportunity on Thursday to submit its counter-affidavit in a public interest litigation (PIL) wanting an arrangement to notify legal heirs of unreported deposits in dormant accounts. The petition was heard before a bench consisting of CJI DY Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala, Read more
Delhi High Court: Through a writ case, the petitioner—whose father served as an imam at Masjid Zabta Ganj in Delhi—challenged the eviction order issued by Sub Divisional Magistrate Chanakyapuri. The property was next to the mosque. The Delhi Waqf Board was granted ownership of the aforementioned property. The single judge Read more
Case: Sunil Kumar Soni v. State of Rajasthan and ors. In this case, In 1999 the petitioner was appointed as a government teacher in Government Middle School. The court had terminated the petitioner’s job on the ground that he had secured his degree via distant education from Jiwaji University, Gwalior. Read more
On the ground that termination of pregnancy could lead to death of the mother, who is a minor of age 12 years only, the Calcutta High Court denied to grant relief of medical termination of pregnancy. The mother of the minor filed a writ petition pleading for termination of her Read more
In a significant judgement, the Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the union government’s television ban on Malayalam news channel MediaOne. The court ruled in an application for special leave filed by Madhyamam Broadcasting Ltd (MBL) – the company that operates the channel – challenging the Kerala High Court’s decision to Read more
Months after it proposed draft rules as changes to the Data Innovation (Go-between Rules and Computerized Media Morals Code) Rules, 2021, the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Thursday advised the last principles for web-based gaming in India. 6The Draft Rules described a gaming stage as an Read more
In the bunch of pleas concerning the Gyanvapi – Kashi Vishwanath debate, Muslim parties have moved the High Court seeking consent to complete the act of Wuzu or bathing inside the Mosque premises during the long period of Ramzan. Senior Attorney Huzefa Ahmadi brought up the matter on Thursday before Read more
Bombay High Court discharged a man who was accused of raping his girlfriend, the court observed that, when two people consensually come in a relationship, one of them cannot be held liable solely because the other person alleged rape after the relationship did not end up in marriage. In 2019, Read more