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
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
Legal Vidhiya is organizing an online free Webinar on “HUMAN RIGHTS & THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION” on 18 Dec 2022, from 11:00 AM – 12:00 AM. About Legal Vidhiya Legal Vidhiya intends to provide legal awareness by providing general content on law, legal system, legal news, and other updates relating to Read more
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
