“Important Issue” :Supreme Court accepts a petition challenging the removal of 46 lakh names from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana’s voting records The petitioner further alleged that the ECI connected the Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) to Aadhaar, seeded EPIC information with the State Resident Data Hub, and let State governments Read more
TRP Scam: Court orders ₹1,500 in fees as Param Bir Singh drops his defamation case against Arnab Goswami Singh filed the lawsuit, claiming that Republic channel’s coverage of the alleged bogus Television Rating Points (TRP) scandal painted Singh in a negative light. The defamation lawsuit filed by senior IPS officer Read more
On Tuesday, the Kerela High Court dismissed an application filed in the Vismaya Dowry Death Case by the convict Kiran Kumar. The application seeked for an interim order for suspension of his 10-years sentence. The bench while dismissing the application stated that even if there was no demad of dowry Read more
The Delhi court gave Umar Khalid a 7-day interim bail so he could attend his sister’s wedding. Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat granted interim bail to Khalid. On Monday, Umar Khalid was granted 7-day interim bail in the February 2020 Delhi Riots case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act [Umar Read more
The bench of Justice Surya Kant and J.K. Maheshwari of the Supreme Court recently ruled that if the first criminal complaint is dismissed without venturing into the merits of the case or on technical grounds, an exception can be made to entertain the second complaint. The bench was delaing with Read more
If you want India to become a centre for international arbitration, the initiative must come from you: Supreme Court to Central Government “On one hand there are public speeches on making Indian an international arbitration hub and then there is no enforcement of award?” the Court questioned. The Supreme Court Read more
An overview of some of the parliamentary questions that were addressed on December 13 during the ongoing winter session of the 2022 Parliament. On Tuesday, the parliament heard responses to inquiries on detainees awaiting trial, URLs that the central government had banned, as well as convictions and arrests made in Read more
Priya Bankar, a special POCSO judge, sentenced the offender to six months in prison, noting that such sexual offences against minors would impair the victim’s mental health and future. Under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO Act), a court in Mumbai recently convicted a man of ‘grooming’ Read more
SC Collegium Recommends New Chief Justices for High Courts of Jharkhand, Gauhati And J&K&L The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the following three judges for appointment as Chief Justices of their respective High Courts: Justice Sanjay Mishra, judge of the Uttarakhand High Court as CJ of Jharkhand High Court, Justice Read more
The Supreme Court’s five-judge bench in Sodan Singh v. New Delhi Municipal Committee distinguished the concept of life and liberty within Art.21 from the right to carry on any trade or business, a fundamental right conferred by Art. 19(1)(g), and held that the right to carry on trade or business Read more