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‘Adopting delaying tactics’ by joining hands with accused, enquiry into conduct of public prosecutor: MP High Court

MP High Court in Brij Mohan Sharma Vs. State of M.P, Gwalior bench directs the State Authorities to look into the conduct of a Special State Prosecutors for not cooperating with the... Read more »

MP High Court stays kidnapping FIR: Inter-faith couple seeks time to register under Special Marriage Act, wrongly advised to marry in temple

The MP High Court in Sakshi Sahu and Others Vs the State Of Madhya Pradesh And Others from their society and parents. The Court further directed the police to not take any... Read more »

The quest for time-bound justice

CJI Justice N. V. Ramana, speaking at an event organised by the Karnataka Bar Council, quoted former Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court Warren Burger, “The notion that ordinary people want... Read more »

We need to protect women’s dignity and enact the uniform civil code

A few days ago, a Single Judge of the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court ruled that a divorced Muslim woman is entitled to claim maintenance from her former husband under... Read more »

Supreme Court has decided to continue online hearings on miscellaneous days for accessibility of justice through virtual courts: CJI N.V. Ramana

In order to ensure that the Supreme Court remain assessable to lawyers from different parts of the country, The Chief justice of India NV Ramana, after consultation with the brother and sister... Read more »

No distinction of bailable & non bailable offence while granting bail to a juvenile U/s 12 of jj act:

In a very significant judgment titled Ayaan Ali Vs The State of Uttarakhand in Criminal Revision No. 226 of 2021 that was finally delivered on February 16, 2022, the Uttarakhand High Court... Read more »

‘Is it possible for transgenders to be legal and free?’

Transgender is an umbrella term for persons whose gender identity is different from the sex identities assigned at the time of birth. The meaning of the prefix ‘trans’ is across or beyond... Read more »

WOMEN’S RIGHTS AS HUMAN RIGHTS

“The freedoms, immunities, and benefits that, according to modern values (esp. at an international level), all human beings should be able to claim as a matter of right in the society in... Read more »

PIL FILED BEFORE DELHI HIGH COURT: THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (IDENTIFICATION) ACT, 2022

The Criminal Procedure (identification) Act, 2022 has received President’s assent on April 18th thereby replacing Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920. There are three major changes introduced by the way of new act,... Read more »

MSMES, INSOLVENCY RESOLUTION PROCESSES AND THE AVOIDANCE APPLICATIONS

Prior to the amendment inserting Chapter III-A to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (‘Code’), the corporate insolvency resolution process (‘CIRP’) for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (‘MSME’) was covered by Chapters... Read more »