A PIL petition has been submitted to the Supreme Court asking for the creation of an impartial expert committee to conduct an investigation into the murder of Atique Ahmed and his brother Ashraf by three assailants on Saturday while they were in police custody. The committee will be presided over Read more
In case : Re Pension Benefits for Employees Retired from High Court of Bombay at Goa V. State of Goa and Ors. On Monday the Supreme Court took Suo Moto cognisance of a letter written to CJI D.Y Chandrachud by former employees of Goa Bench of Bombay High Court regarding Read more
The supreme court has finally notified the composition of a 5-Judge Bench which will hear the petitions seeking recognition for same-sex marriage. It was in March when the three-judge bench comprising of CJI DY CHANDRACHUD, JUSTICE PS NARASIMHA AND JUSTICE JB PARDIWALA directed the petitions to a Constitution Bench The Read more
This article is written by Pragaas Kaur Chugh of IILM Law School, an intern under Legal Vidhiya Introduction: In the year 1962, air pollution that led to the “pea soup” fog had killed over seven hundred people in London, England. Five years following that, a waste pile collapsed in Wales Read more
The Delhi High Court has granted a woman who was involved in a motor vehicle accident in 2011 when she was an 11-year-old schoolgirl increased compensation of over Rs. 65 lakh. She will spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair due to the accident. Over Rs. 47 lakhs Read more
According to the Supreme Court, a plaint cannot be dismissed under Order VII Rule 11 CPC solely because it contains some contradictory allegations. The bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka and Rajesh Bindal noted that just the averments stated in the plaint and the documents presented along with the plaint Read more
This article is written by Tamanna Pasi, an intern under Legal Vidhiya. INTRODUCTION: The procedural rules that must be followed by our nation’s civil courts are set down in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908[1]. It specifies the procedures to be followed in civil cases. The 158 sections of the Read more
This article si written by Archak Das of Adamas University, an intern under Legal Vidhiya ABSTRACT The conflict between constitutional laws and rising radicalization in Islamic countries is intricate and varied. On the one hand, constitutional rules are intended to offer a structure for governance that secures the preservation of Read more
This article is written by Lukundo Nanyangwe of University of Zambia, an intern under Legal Vidhiya. Introduction In legal parlance, the doctrine of estoppel serves as an important principle that prevents a party from asserting a particular right or claim contrary to their previous actions or representations. Among the various Read more
ABSTRACT The Supreme Court attempted to set a precedent in the case of Christian Medical College Vellore Association v. Union of India[1] by establishing that minority rights are safeguarded under the Constitution but not at the expense of national interest. In this landmark judgement, the Supreme Court upheld the National Read more
