The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir in the case of Afsana kouser V/s UT of J&K & ors, held that the petitioner namely Afsana Kouser and her husband namely Rayaz Ahmed being two consenting adults who willingly solemnized their wedding are to be protected from the petitioner’s family who Read more
The Supreme Court ordered that mercy petitions in cases involving the death penalty be decided and resolved as soon as possible. In response to a plea by the State of Maharashtra challenging a Bombay High Court decision in which the High Court reduced the accused’s death sentences to life in Read more
Speaking at the SCBA-organized felicitation event for the eight newly appointed judges, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud revealed, “We are planning to address this severe shortage of space in the Supreme Court by putting up a new annexe building.” CJI said the essential accentuation in the new structure being Read more
After a three-year delay by state government officials in constructing a new school building, which was demolished after the land on which it stood was acquired for widening. and upgrading the Bangalore Mysore Highway. A single judge bench of Justice M NagaPrasanna has directed the state government to immediately identify Read more
The Delhi High Court while observing that perjury is a very serious criminal offence, and it cannot be remedied, said that making false statements to the court must necessarily invite adverse actions. Justice Sanjeev Narula, in his statement, said that false affidavits filed in the court are a serious offence, Read more
In the case ‘CBI vs AKS’ a special court in Mumbai noted that strip searching of undertrial prisoners (UTP) is infringement of their fundamental right to privacy. It was directed by the special judge BD Shelke under (MCOCA) Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, that the authorities of Mumbai Central Read more
The Delhi High Court recently issued a significant ruling that will impact the entertainment industry in India. The court granted an injunction against several rogue websites that had been streaming and hosting pirated versions of movies and TV shows produced by Netflix and Universal City Studios Entertainment. The court found Read more
The collection of petitions argues that LGBTQIA+ citizens should also have the freedom to marry the person of their choice and calls for the legal recognition of same-sex unions. The group of appeals [Supriyo and anr v. Union of India] requesting the legal recognition of same-sex marriages will be heard Read more
The state government also announced two new categories of reservations and divided the 4 percent Muslim quota between the Vokkaliga and Lingayat, the two numerically dominant and politically influential communities in the state. The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed concern over the Karnataka state government’s decision to increase quotas for Read more
The Supreme Court judge Amanullah In the matter of ghazi saadudin v/s state of Maharashtra observed that social stigma and religious stigma two different things. I may convert to a different religion for different purpose but if the social stigma continues that is why reservation came in for the scheduled Read more