Legal Vidhiya

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

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