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
The bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi of the Jharkhand HC ruled that an “apology should be tempered with genuine remores and repentence, and should not be a calculated startegy to avoid punishment.”The bench was dealing with a petition filed to quash the criminal proceedings registered for offences under section Read more
With Justice Dipankar Datta’s arrival, the top court’s working strength increased to 28 as opposed to its authorised level of 34. Supreme Court collegium recommended the name of Justice Dipankar Dutta as the judge of supreme court. Centre released their name by notification in September 2022. Background Justice Dipankar Dutta Read more
The Court stated that there was “no basis to deny such privilege to the daughter of the tribal group” because the daughter who belonged to the non-tribal community was entitled to an equal portion in the father’s property. The Hindu Succession Act’s Section 2(2), which expressly exempts female members of Read more