Kuldip Nayar v. Union of India (2006) 7 SCC 1 Introduction The landmark Indian constitutional law case of Kuldip Nayar v. Union of India (2006) deals with the right to free speech and the right to information. Kuldip Nayar, a seasoned journalist, filed a public interest litigation (PIL) with the Read more
The Supreme Court of India has recently issued a judgment explaining the legal principle of res judicata. Res judicata is a legal principle that prohibits a case from being re-litigated once a final judgment has been delivered on that case. The Court has clarified that for the principle of res Read more
Case – In Re Prashant Bhushan & Anr. (2020) Case type – Suo Motu criminal contempt proceeding Bench – B.R. Gavai J., Krishna Murari J., Arun Mishra J. Parties – Respondent -: Adv. Prashant Bhusan, Twitter India Citation -SCM (CRL.)No. 000001 -/2020 Facts 27th June , 2020-: “When historians in future look back Read more
Nikah: The Islamic Marriage Contract This article is written by Aditya Kumar Singh (Definition of Nikah and its objective, nature of nikah, Essentials for its validity), Army Law College, Pune Abstract Nikah is a term used in the Islamic faith to describe the marriage contract between a man and a woman. This Read more
The India International Arbitration Centre (IIAC) has proposed a bunch of guidelines that present a time span for everyday hearings for discretion procedures. The IIAC has welcomed ideas and sentiments from all partners before the International Arbitration Centre (Conduct of Arbitration Proceedings) Regulations, 2023 are finished and carried out. The Read more
As part of a general assembly meeting in New York on 29th of March, governments passed a resolution acknowledging the enormous challenge of climate change and requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on how it intersects with international law. Following a worldwide initiative led by Vanuatu, Read more
The doctors today decided to put off their protest after reaching an agreement with the government on Tuesday. The major demand of the private hospitals to exempt them from the provisions of the bill has been accepted by the Ashok Gehlot led Government. Let us see what happened that led Read more
In a recent Reportable Judgement (BALU SUDAM KHALDE AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[1]), the Supreme Court observed that suggestions made by the defence attorney to a witness during cross-examination, if found to be incriminating in nature, would unquestionably bind the accused and that the accused cannot escape on the Read more
With its ruling in Prasanta Kumar Sahoo & Ors vs Charulata Sahu,[1] the SC made a vital decision with respect to Hindu succession. In this caseThe Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, of the year 2005 went into effect on 9th Sep. (2005), and in this case the court ruled that daughters Read more
According to the top court, the prosecution must establish the accused’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in cases involving circumstantial evidence, which was not done in the immediate case. In the case of Guno Mahto v. State of Jharkhand, the Supreme Court recently declared that the courts had wrongly convicted Read more