The Patna High Court recently held that conviction under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act cannot be upheld if the survivor’s age is not proven. A single bench of... Read more »
The Central Government recently filed an Action Plan with the Supreme Court to address the issue of illegal and unnecessary hysterectomies. The matter was brought before a bench of CJI Chandrachud and... Read more »
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has recently held that collecting the tax without legal authority amounts to depriving a person of his property rights under Article 300 A of the Indian Constitution.... Read more »
A City Civil Court in Bengaluru has passed an ex-parte interim injunction order preventing the media from publishing allegedly ‘morphed’ images of BJP leader Sanjeeva Matandoor ahead of the state’s Assembly elections.... Read more »
The Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju recently claimed that differences between the executive and the judiciary are part and parcel of democracy and the same should not be labelled as ‘confrontation’. According... Read more »
The Allahabad High Court recently observed that it is society’s dark face that Indian families are still shy to marry their son or daughter to someone from outside their caste. A single... Read more »
The Bombay High Court has recently directed Gunratan Sadavarte to appeal the decision of the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa (BCMG) disciplinary committee to suspend his licence to practice law for two years.... Read more »
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has recently directed the Secretary of the Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS) to provide a status report on the regulation of groundwater extraction for the maintenance of... Read more »
The Supreme Court judge Justice BR Gavai recently expressed concern about the inconsistency of the Supreme Court’s views expressed by different benches. He pointed out that the Supreme Court has seventeen benches,... Read more »
The Tamil Nadu government has recently notified the Madras High Court Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules, 2022 in the official gazette. The Madras High Court drafted the Rules to govern cases heard... Read more »