Justice Anil kshetarpal has made a crucial observation of including window’s child under Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act. Punjab and Haryana High court decided to make entitled to a widow minor child to get maintenance and protection from Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (HAMA). Justice Kshetarpal also observed that the Read more
Due to rise in the level of noise pollution and it’s complaint, many states have issued guidelines in order to keep an appropriate mark of volume while use of truck DJs. The Gujarat High Court recently issued notice to the State government and the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) on Read more
A kin of deceased was granted a compensation of Rs.5 lakh. The deceased was on his two wheeler, died after falling into a pit dug on a road for construction work that was being carried out by the government [N Annamalai v The Union of India ]. Justice GR Swaminathan Read more
A 20-year old unmarried woman approached the Supreme Court seeking permission to terminate 29-week pregnancy. The matter was mentioned on Thursday before Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud for urgent listing. “She’s a student. She has exams from 23rd”, the counsel submitted. A bench led by Chief Justice of India Read more
The Supreme Court Collegium has expressed its disagreement with the Centre which returned the proposal to appoint gay Advocate Saurabh Kirpal as a Judge of the Delhi High Court, based on his openness about his sexual orientation. The Centre apprehends that given his “attachment” to the cause of gay-rights, it Read more
The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday agreed for an early listing of a petition seeking to hold local body polls in the State of Maharashtra. The matter was mentioned before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha. Upon mentioning of the matter, CJI DY Chandrachud Read more
Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha issued strict directions to the Director General of Prisons of Uttar Pradesh to take all necessary steps to ensure that applications for premature release or remission are duly considered. The directions were passed in a matter where a Read more
A change of bench has taken place in the PIL filed in the Supreme Court alleging that mass religious conversions were taking place in India through forceful and fraudulent means. The matter, which was being heard by a bench led by Justice MR Shah, will be heard by a bench Read more
On 31st December, 2021, Government Girls PU College, Udupi imposed a sudden restriction on the hijab inside classrooms. The college enforced this restriction in the absence of any rule, resolution or guideline. The college uniform was a blue coloured chudidhar with dupatta, and they prohibited students from using the dupatta Read more
On Friday, the Supreme Court was informed that the Centre has plans to bring in a comprehensive legislative amendments to the criminal laws to deal with the issue of hate speech. Additional Solicitor General KM Natraj revealed this development to a Bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna while Read more