On Friday, the Supreme Court was informed that the Centre has plans to bring in a comprehensive legislative amendments to the criminal laws to deal with the issue of hate speech. Additional Solicitor General KM Natraj revealed this development to a Bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna while Read more
A lawyer in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district has filed a private complaint in the local Court against Bihar Education Minister Chandrashekhar over his alleged statement that Ramcharitmanas, an epic Hindu religious book, “spreads hatred in the society”. The Complaint has been filed before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur by a lawyer Read more
The Chief Justice, High Court of Himachal Pradesh, Justice Amjad A. Sayed, today inaugurated Legal Aid Defense Counsel System Offices, through video conferencing, in six Districts Headquarters, namely Shimla, Sirmaur at Nahan, Solan, Kangra at Dharamshala, Kullu, and Una, in the august presence of Justice Sabina, Executive Chairperson, H.P. State Read more
The Kerala High Court on Friday ordered the release of two children from Delhi who were sent to a shelter home alleging that they were being forced into child labour by selling articles on the streets to the custody of their parents. In November 2022, the two children were nabbed Read more
The Supreme Court held that a son or daughter adopted by the widow of a deceased government servant, after the death of the government servant, cannot be included within the definition of ‘family’ under Rule 54(14)(b) of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 to claim family pension. The definition Read more
The Supreme Court reiterated that excessive conditions cannot be imposed while granting bail/suspension of sentence. The conditions of bail cannot be so onerous that their existence itself tantamount to refusal of bail, the bench of Justices Krishna Murari and V. Ramasubramanian observed while setting aside conditions imposed by Rajasthan High Read more
Supreme Court of India on Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking to bring the office of Chief Minister in the purview of Lokayukta Act of the State of Uttar Pradesh. The matter was listed before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala. Read more
According to Justice SM Subramaniam, the husband’s need to pay maintenance was placed on a “higher pedestal” than the wife’s. The Madras High Court recently ruled that a spouse who is divorcing his wife and child cannot stop providing maintenance to them because he has been denied visitation rights. V. Read more
The High Court of Gauhati has directed the state government and the Assam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights to file reports of incidents related to violations of the POCSO Act and the juvenile justice committee of the HC every six months. An incident came before the division bench of Chief Read more
On December 28, the division bench of Justice G. S. Patel and Justice S. G. Dige requested advocates and parties to use e-filing for all fresh matters while issuing a number of directions on the administrative side to reduce “paper in-flow” and make listing of cases more efficient. The bench Read more