The Court concluded that the medical officer can only state whether there is evidence of recent sexual activity; whether or not rape has taken place is a legal judgement rather than a medical one. The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court recently ruled that rape is a legal word Read more
The CJI stated that judges from all judicial spectrums have challenging decisions in cases falling under this category under the POCSO Act. On Saturday, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud noted that the 18-year-old age of consent under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO Act) raises challenging Read more
Therefore, the court dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to regulate religious processions and establish a standard operating procedure for them. On Friday, the Supreme Court of India criticized the sentiment to link religious processions with communal riots. Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha Read more
The TN government informed the Madras High Court that it will provide ‘gender neutral’ restrooms in schools for students and faculty members who do not wish to adopt the binary identity of male and female. The Madras High Court was informed by the Tamil Nadu (TN) government on Friday that Read more
On Thursday, a summon was issued by the Delhi High Court against the former Managing Director of Bharat Pe, Ashneer Grover, his wife and other persons.The Counsel appearing for Bharat Pe, Adv. Mukul Rohatgi submitted that after resignation from Bharat Pe, Ashneer Grover made many tweets regarding the company and Read more
The bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna of the Karnataka High Court recently ruled that a wife can seek maintenence under two or more enactments, but the amount of maintenence will be adjusted accordingly.The bench was dealing with a petition challenging the order granting interim maintenence of Rupees 30,000/- per month Read more
Can a Hindu who converted to Islam ask for reservation privileges as a candidate from a backward community (BC)? The Madras High Court disagreed, stating that after conversion, a person cannot keep his community of birth. However the court , emphasized that the Supreme Court is currently making a decision Read more
According to Justice Jasmeet Singh, components of privacy include the freedom to make one’s own decisions, the right to not have one’s body tampered with, and the protection of personal information. On Thursday, the Delhi High Court ruled that tapping phone lines or recording calls of individuals without their agreement Read more
The Court stated that the remarks made by government officials were inappropriate and requested that the Attorney General of India, R. Venkataramani, to “advise them” (such government functionaries). On Thursday, the Supreme Court disapproved of remarks made by government officials regarding the Collegium method for choosing judges to the High Read more
The Supreme Court on Thursday told the Central Government that the collegium system is the “law of the land” which should be “followed to the teeth”. Just because there are some sections of the society who express a view against the collegium system, it will not cease to the law Read more