The Supreme Court on Monday stayed its ruling on an appeal by the Tamil Nadu government against a Madras High Court order allowing the Rashtriya Swayamsevak sangh( RSS) to hold demonstrations in the state. On March 17, Judge V. Ramasubramanian and Judge Pankaj Mithal listed the case for moment after the state Read more…
The Bombay High Court as of late held that remarriage of a widow can’t be a ground for denying her compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act [Iffco Tokio General Insurance Agency vs Bhagyashri Gaikwad]. Single-judge Justice SG Dige turned down the contention of the insurance agency that a widow, assuming that Read more…
In a major development in the 2008 Jaipur blasts case, the Rajasthan High Court has acquitted four convicts on the grounds of an “unfair probe” and “apparent manipulations” by the investigating agencies. The verdict was delivered by a division bench of justices Sabina and Vijay Bishnoi. The four convicts – Read more…
The Delhi High Court has framed charges against Sharjeel Imam and others in the Jamia violence case, stating that violent action is not acceptable as a means to resist government policy in a democracy. Sharjeel Imam, a former student of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), was arrested in January 2020 for Read more…
The Supreme Court of India has ruled that banks must give borrowers an opportunity of hearing before classifying their accounts as fraud. The court observed that such an opportunity is a basic requirement of natural justice.The case in question involved a borrower who had availed of a loan from a Read more…
On Monday, the Supreme Court threw out a new plea requesting for equal marriage age for both genders, saying that it will amount to directing Parliament to make a law to fix the age. The case was presented to a panel consisting of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, Read more…
GENERAL INFORMATION NAME OF THE CASE VISHAKHA AND ORS. V. STATE OF RAJASTHAN CITATION AIR 1997 SC 3011 DATE OF THE JUDGEMENT 13 AUGUST 1997 PETITIONER VISHAKHA & ORS. RESPONDENT STATE OF RAJASTHAN BENCH J.S. VERMA (CHIEF JUSTICE), SUJATA V. MANOHAR, B.N. KIRPAL STATUETES/ CONSTITUTION INVOLVED INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860 Read more…
The Supreme Court on Monday will hear a series of indictments against the release of 11 convicts who gang-raped Bilkis Bano and killed his family members during the 2002 Godhra riots. On August 10 last year, the Gujarat government granted the release of 11 detainees, after which they were released Read more…
The Supreme Court of India has observed that a test identification parade does not have much value when the accused is already known to the witness. The court made this observation while hearing a case related to a robbery that took place in 2014. The case involved two accused who Read more…
An appeal was filed in the supreme court on Saturday against the automatic expulsion of lawmakers from parliament or the State Assembly after a conviction in a criminal case. The petition challenged the constitutional legitimacy of section 8(3) of the Representation of people’s Act, 1951. Advocate Deepak Prakash filed the Read more…