Keywords: Supreme Court Collegium, High Court, CJ DY Chandrachud In a significant development, the Supreme Court Collegium has recommended names of new Chief Justices for the seven High Courts in India. Chief Justices will be appointed to the High Court of Gujarat, Manipur, Bombay, Orissa, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. Read more
Keywords: Preliminary questions, minor witness, trespass, tutor, testify. On Thursday 6 July the Supreme Court allowed the appeal in a Criminal Appeal. The bench consisting of Justices Abhay S. Oka and Rajesh Binda stressed upon the Judicial officers duty to ask preliminary questions to the minor witness to ascertain if Read more
Keywords: Rape of Minor, Sexual Assault, POCSO, Marriage Delhi High Court identified a disturbing pattern where in certain instances, the accused married the victim to evade criminal charges and abandons her once the FIR is quashed or bailed secured. Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma, while refusing to quash an FIR registered Read more
KEYWORDS: PoSH Act, employee, women, sexual harassment According to the case of Dr. Sohail Malik v. Union of India & Anr[1], the Delhi high court recently ruled that the sexual harassment of women at the workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013 (PoSH Act) is applicable in those cases where the Read more
Keywords: Lawyers, Official duty, Jail Superintendent In the case of Adv. Thushar Nirmal Sarathy v State of Kerala & Ors., the Kerala High Court observed the role of the lawyers as ‘Officers of the Court’ in criminal cases. It highlighted that the lawyers play an important role in assisting the Read more
Keywords: Tabrez Ansari, Mob Lynching, Jharkhand, 10 years imprisonment, Justice Krishna Murari In the Seraikela-Kharsawan district of Jharkhand, a local court handed down a verdict today, sentencing 10 individuals to 10 years in prison. The charges against them were based on Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code, specifically for Read more
This Article is written by Aryan Raj Singh of 2nd semester of B.COM. LL. B of Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya Abstract: Contempt of court is a critical legal concept that aims to uphold the integrity and authority of the judicial system. It serves as a mechanism to ensure compliance with court Read more
This article is written by Aaliya Fatima of University of Lucknow, an intern under Legal Vidhiya Abstract The legal system of Democratic Republic of India or simply one of the largest democracies in the world made sure that justice is served to each and every person of the country. The Read more
This article is written by Sarwar Nagpal of 1st year of ILS College, an intern under Legal Vidhiya. Abstract Natural Justice, one of a term which came into modern legal scenario a century back only but its importance and significance was highlighted by many thinkers from ancient time. It had Read more
This article is written by Vedanshi Dagar, an Intern under Legal Vidhiya Abstract: The development, dissemination, and consumption of intellectual property (IP) have all seen substantial technological breakthroughs as a result of the digital revolution. To illuminate the difficulties and possibilities brought by the digital revolution, this research paper investigates Read more
