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Legislative coups & intricacies of anti-defection law

The Tenth Schedule was inserted in the Constitution in 1985 to disqualify those defectors who used to change parties to topple the government. When this practice became too frequent, Parliament passed anti-defection... Read more »

Punjab & Haryana HC sets aside moratorium imposed by Bar Council of India

The court has set aside the three-year moratorium imposed by the Bar Council of India on opening of new colleges as ultra vires of the Indian Constitution. Read more »

The curious case of artificial insemination and legitimacy provisions

The issue of foremost importance is up to what extent the test of legitimacy as laid down in Section 112 is justifiable in today’s times having several modern scientific developments such as... Read more »

Section 357A(4) of CrPC is a substantive provision; victims entitled to compensation even for crimes that occurred prior to its enactment: Kerala High Court

In a latest, landmark, learned and laudable judgment titled District Collector Alappuzha v. District Legal Service Authority, Alappuzha and others in WP (C) No. 7250 of 2014 (E) delivered just recently on... Read more »

A civilisational approach to blasphemy

In the last piece, I had discussed in brief the nature of Section 295A of the IPC, also known as the Blasphemy provision, based on two judgements of the Supreme Court and... Read more »

No legality attached to fatwa, it’s not binding: Delhi HC

Delhi High Court has made it abundantly clear that there cannot be any legality or validity attached to a fatwa issued by a maulvi especially in respect of ownership of immovable property.... Read more »

Re-examining the evidentiary threshold standards vis-à-vis departmental, criminal proceedings

The primary consideration that one must keep in mind while analysing departmental and criminal proceedings, which are investigating the accused on the same set of facts and allegations, is that the two... Read more »

State needs to fix responsibility: Bombay High Court

It is really great, good and genuine that the Aurangabad Bench of Bombay High Court in Arun and Shailendra vs The State of Maharashtra and 4 others in Criminal Writ Petition No.... Read more »

Desist from undertaking two-finger test, avoid disclosing rape survivors’ identity: J&K HC to trial court

In a well-written, well-articulated, well-analysed and well-reasoned judgment titled State of J & K V/s Md. Imran Khan in SLA No. 38/2018 delivered as recently as on 24 December 2020, the Jammu... Read more »

Law of inheritance: Property of male person dying intestate under personal laws

India is known for its archaic and ethnic diversity along with the ingredient of personal laws serving as a cherry on the top. The multi mosaic model of the country continued its... Read more »
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