The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking the setting up of a “National Commission for Men” to safeguard their interests and framing of guidelines to deal with incidents of suicide committed by married men subjected to domestic violence. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Datta expressed Read more
Keywords: PIL, Suicides among Husbands, NCRB, WHO, National Commission for Men, Law Commission of India, Suicide Rate Advocate Mahesh Kumar Tiwari filed a PIL requesting to come up with guidelines to address the issue of rising number of suicides among married men and establish the ‘National Commission for Men’ to Read more
Keywords: PoSH Act, ICC, CAT Delhi High Court on 3rd July 2023 declared that the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (PoSH act) is applicable in cases where the complainant and the accused work in different departments. [1] The Division Bench of Justices C Read more
Keywords: Training, Bar Council, Punjab and Haryana, Punjab University, Justice Krishna Murari Starting from Tuesday, the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana will launch a lecture series aimed at offering guidance and training to junior lawyers and newcomers in order to provide them with clarity during their early years of Read more
Keywords: UCC, Public opinion, Law commission On Wednesday[1], Chairman Justice Rituraj Awasthi announced that the Law Commission has received an overwhelming response of 8.5 lakh (850,000) submissions regarding the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) since the initiation of a new consultation process two weeks ago. Justice Awasthi emphasized that the UCC Read more
Keywords: Gujarat Riots, Supreme Court, Constitutional Bench, Teesta Setalvad, Gujarat High Court In a special sitting held today evening, the Supreme Court’s Judges Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice PK Mishra differed on granting interim protection to Activist Teesta Setalvad in connection with the Gujarat Police FIR lodged against in Read more
Key words: Domestic violence, PIL, Suicide, Married men, Sexual Herrsament. A PIL was file by an Advocate on Record Mahesh Tiwari seeking the central government to set up a ‘ National Commission for Men’. On Monday (03 July 2023 ) Supreme Court refused to entertain the PIL. The division bench Read more
Keywords: Supreme Court, Free Wi-Fi provision The Apex Court has extended the provision of free Wi-Fi access to all advocates, litigants, media persons, and other stakeholders visiting the court premises. This facility will be in force from 3rd July, 2023 onwards. This step forms the part of e-initiatives in the Read more
Keywords: LGBTQ rights, Free speech right WASHINGTON — In a 6-3 dеcision along idеological linеs, thе Suprеmе Court rulеd on Friday in favor of Loriе Smith, an еvangеlical Christian wеb dеsignеr from Colorado, who rеfusеd to work on samе-sеx wеddings. Thе court statеd that Smith, as a crеativе profеssional, has Read more
Keywords: Interim bail, Conspiracy case, Supreme Court stay In a significant development, the Supreme Court granted activist Teesta Setalvad interim bail for a period of seven days in the conspiracy case related to the 2002 Gujarat riots. The decision came after a special hearing held on Saturday. A bench comprising Read more
