The Apex Court, while hearing a plea which sought for withdrawal of criminal cases against six members of CPI(M), condoned the ruckus and vandalism which had been caused in the…
read moreThe Punjab & Haryana High Court held that confining a prisoner in a cell for straight 22 hours a day amounts to quasi-solitary confinement which violates the right extended under…
read moreThe Allahabad High Court, in the infamous religious conversion racket case, reserved its order on a plea filed by the accused who sought for restriction on the media from misreporting…
read moreA Special NIA Court, situated at Gauhati, had discharged Akhil Gogoi, Chief of Raijor Dal, in the Chandmari case which involved offences under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Indian Penal…
read moreThe Apex Court directed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to frame guidelines for recommending minimum ex-gratia assistance to the COVID-19 victims. The bench held that its NDMA’s statutory obligation,…
read moreThe Apex Court directed all States and Union Territories to get all establishments registered and provide license to all contractors under the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions…
read moreThe Apex Court, while hearing a criminal appeal, held that in order to uphold conviction under Section 364A of Indian Penal Code, the conduct of kidnapper should result in reasonable…
read moreThe Bombay High Court issued notice to an Udaipur based-newspaper, the Udaipur Times, in relation to its impermissible reporting on the ongoing trial of a case concerning Dawoodi Bohra community.…
read moreThe Delhi High Court, while hearing an appeal preferred by late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s father, issued a notice to the producers of Nyay: The Justice; a film based…
read moreThe Gujarat High Court, while dismissing applications that prayed for quashing of the criminal proceedings, ruled that community members’ have not been empowered to take away a woman’s right to…
read moreThe Gujarat High Court reserved its judgment on the maintainability of petitions challenging the prohibition on manufacture, sale and consumption of liquor in the State of Gujarat imposed through the…
read moreThe Apex Court, while hearing pleas against cancellation of CBSE/ICSE 12th board exams, stated that it would not interfere with the decision taken by CBSE and ICSE of cancelling physical…
read moreThe Karnataka High Court, while hearing a bail application, observed that provision of second marriage under Mohammedan Law would not cross paths with POCSO, Child Marriage Restraint Act and General…
read moreThe social activist, Medha Patkar, approached the apex court and sought for directions to States/Union Territories to formulate a uniform mechanism for decongestion in prisons across India, with respect to…
read moreThe Supreme Court judge, Justice Indira Banerjee, recused from hearing a petition which sought for CBI or SIT probe into the killings of two BJP workers which took place during
read moreThe Kerala High Court granted interim anticipatory bail to Aisha Sultana, filmmaker in Lakshadweep, in the sedition case registered against her over the “bio-weapon” remark which she made while criticizing…
read moreThe Allahabad High Court, while hearing a habeas corpus writ petition, refused to grant of “minor” husband to his “wife” on the ground that placing minor boy’s custody with his…
read moreThe Apex Court, in the highly sensational Enrica Lexie-Italian Marines case, quashed criminal proceedings against two, who were alleged to have killed two Indian fishermen in a sea-firing incident which…
read moreGoods and Services Tax (GST) Council held its 44th meeting, presided by the Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman. During this meeting, the council slashed tax rates of several COVID drugs…
read moreThe Apex Court directed all States to compulsorily implement One Nation One Ratio Card scheme. This mandate came when few states implemented the scheme and few submitted Aadhaar card issue,…
read moreThe Bombay High Court, while hearing a PIL which sought for door-to-door vaccination, observed that an early decision on behalf of Centre could’ve saved lives by conducting a surgical strike…
read moreThe Apex Court directed the State Governments and the Union Territories to ensure that there no break in the education of children who have either become orphan or lost one…
read moreThe Delhi High Court, while observing the right to rehabilitation of slum dwellers, directed the Delhi government to make proper arrangements for the Dhobi Ghat Jhuggi Dwellers with an immediate…
read moreUpon the introduction of new IT Rules, along with other authorities, social media giants like WhatsApp and Twitter, and Google were asked to comply with rules. However, this led to…
read moreThe Delhi High Court dismissed a civil suit filed by actor and environmentalist, Juhi Chawla, against the roll out of 5G as the same was defective, vexatious and not maintainable.…
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