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Difference In Legal Marriage Age For Men And Women Based On Patriarchal Bias: Allahabad HC
Sanjay Chaudhary v Guddan @ Usha that the difference in the legal age for marriage between men and women in India is nothing but a vestige of patriarchy.Hits: 13357 -
Supreme Court Ends Traditional Summer Vacation And Introduces Partial Court Working Days
for the benefit of the litigants has decided to finally do away with its centuries old colonial tradition of summer vacationsHits: 9977 -
Ramji Lal Bairwavs Rajasthan the Rajasthan High Court had quashed the matter that was primarily based on a ‘compromise’ between the victim’s father and teacher.Hits: 15534
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Allahabad High Court Disapproves Bar Body’s Request To Not Pass Adverse Orders
Hazi Tahseen Khan vs Gandhi Mohan Saxena has expressed its most strong displeasure over a letter that was circulated by the Allahabad High Court Bar Association (HCBA) requesting the High Court to...Hits: 12672 -
Media Can’t Declare Guilt Or Innocence Of Accused Pending Trial: Full Bench Of Kerala HC
Dejo Kappan vs Deccan Herald that comments by the media declaring an accused guilty or innocent while a criminal case is still pending does not fall under protected free speech under Article...Hits: 11622 -
SC Upholds Validity Of Uttar Pradesh Board Of Madarsa Education Act
Anjum Kadari Vs Union of India the exercise of its civil appellate/original jurisdiction has upheld the Constitutional validity of the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education ActHits: 12698 -
Jitendra Pratap Singh vs UP that since the Code of Criminal Procedure (Uttar Pradesh Amendment) Act 2018 bars the grant of anticipatory bail in cases where the offence is punishable by a death...Hits: 14446
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What CJI Is Saying Is Hundred Percent Right On PM Home Visit
PM Mr Narendra Modi at the residence of incumbent CJI Dr Dhananjaya Yashwant Chandrachud on the occasion of Ganpati PujaHits: 15452 -
Balaji Puyad vs Maharashtra that requiring a prisoner to wait 1.5 years for successive parole, especially in case of emergency, is arbitrary.Hits: 16691
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SC Adjourns Balwant Singh’s Plea To Commute Death Sentence in Punjab CM Assassination Case
Balwant Singh vs UOI, the Supreme Court after finally agreeing to re-examine the long pending issue afresh thus igniting a fresh glimmer of hope in this leading case has again deferred the plea...Hits: 13421 -
Police Had No Business To Lathicharge Lawyers In Court
Ghaziabad in West UP as is being shown in many news channels on October 29, 2024 which left many of them bleedingHits: 14389 -
Police Station Turned Into Studio For Lawrence Bishnoi TV Interview: Punjab & Haryana HC
Own Motion vs Punjab that police officers in Punjab provided a studio-like facility to gangster Lawrence Bishnoi to facilitate his interview with a news channel.Hits: 14517 -
SCBA Stands In Full Solidarity With Lawyers of Ghaziabad District Bar
I am really in tears of joy to see how much boldness the Supreme Court Bar AssociationHits: 9905 -
S. Kalavathi Vs. State Director General of Police and Director General of Prisons and Correctional Service to conduct frequent inspections to ensure that prisoners are not engaged or employed by...Hits: 14480
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Abolish All The High Court Benches In India If No High Court Bench For West UP
I often hear the remark that it is useless to try to do anything because the government is all-powerful. But in holding this opinion one also denies the very basis of democracy.Hits: 12746 -
Twin Test For Bail Under Section 45 PMLA Not A Tool To Indefinitely Jail Accused: Delhi HC
Pankaj Kumar Tiwari vs Enforcement Directorate that the stringent twin tests for the grant of bail under Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) cannot be invoked as a...Hits: 15642 -
Judiciary Must Be More Proactive In Protecting The Rights Of The Citizenry: Kapil Sibal
Oppressive laws are being implemented. What is precedent? There is no such thing as precedent.Hits: 15611 -
True Test Of Any Judiciary Lies In Public Trust: Kapil Sibal
Mr Kapil Sibal who is one of the most eminent and distinguished lawyers and jurist that India has ever produced in its soil took birth in this great city named JalandharHits: 10049 -
Environment Protection Inseparable Part Of Right To Life Under Article 21: Rajasthan HC
In Re: Save The Rivers, Lakes & Water Bodies From Illegal Constructions And Encroachments termed it as direct violation of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974,Hits: 11557 -
SC Issues Directions To Create Awareness About Free Legal Aid
Suhas Chakma vs UOI Its civil original jurisdiction while affirming the convicted prisoners’ right to legal aid has passed a slew of directions to create awareness about the aspect of free legal aid.Hits: 17695 -
Husband Can Also Claim Alimony/Maintenance From Wife: Bombay High Court
Bhagyashri Vs Jagdish directing a school teacher to pay interim maintenance to her ex-husband, who claimed to have no sources of income.Hits: 16646 -
P.Ananda Kumar vs The Director General of Police (Prison) that was pronounced as recently as on 15.10.2024 has been forthright in directing the Tamil Nadu Prison Department and the State police to...Hits: 12829
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More And More Airports But Why Not High Court Bench?
Should I dance in joy that Centre is approving and inaugurating more and more international airports in UPHits: 13345 -
A New Symbol Of Justice In SC Must Be Backed With New Approach
A symbolic transformation by removing the blind fold from the statue in Supreme Court and replacing sword with Constitution which has received widespread accolades cutting across party linesHits: 13331 -
Why UP Has Miniimum High Court Benches In India And West UP None?
Justice is not merely about applying laws in a rigid, mechanical manner. It involves a deeper engagement with the human conditionHits: 9910 -
X vs Y that Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) is not meant to create an "army of idle people waiting for maintenance".Hits: 15635
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Thakan @ Nitin Bhausaheb Alhat vs Maharashtra that it is most painful to stay in the overcrowded jails in India. This was held so while granting bail to a man who had been ‘wrongly’ made an accused.Hits: 13421
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Allahabad HC Imposes Heavy Cost On Wife For Levelling Reckless Allegations Against Husband
YYY vs State of UP that has rejected a wife’s plea seeking cancellation of bail granted to her husband who she has accused of raping their minor daughter.Hits: 15578 -
Delhi HC Slams State For Initiating Frivolous Appeal Against Acquittal In Attempt To Rape Case
State vs Manpal That she had filed a false case. It also merits mentioning that the Delhi High Court while most strongly condemning the reprehensible practice of filing frivolous litigation noted...Hits: 13402 -
Demanding Sexual Favour From Wife Not Cruelty: All HC
Pranjal Shukla vs Uttar Pradesh that was lodged by a wife against her husband ruling explicitly that the dispute stemmed from the couple’s sexual incompatibility rather than dowry demands or...Hits: 9429 -
SC Must Now Resolve High Court Bench Issue In West UP
It involves a deeper engagement with the human condition, recognising the suffering and hardship experienced by those who seek legal recourse. Compassion in the judiciaryHits: 16652 -
Hyderabad’s Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital after he died of cardiac arrest. His wife Vasantha Kumari disclosed that he had been suffering from an infectionHits: 13419
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Vishal Ramesh Khatwani vs Karnataka that the High Court deemed it entirely fit to allow the revision petition and issued a plethora of most commendable directions for Magistrates that have to be...Hits: 17854
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Amit Kumar Diwakar vs UOI that it not only lacks merit but is also an abuse of legal process aimed at circumventing the proper remedy rather also has displayed its huge anger by not only just...Hits: 14505
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BCI Chairman Can’t Pass Gag Orders Against Advocates: Karnataka HC
S Basavaraj vs BCI that the Bar Council of India (BCI) Chairman lacks the authority to impose gag orders restricting the speech of advocates.Hits: 12640 -
Amardeep Singh Bedi vs UOI that the mere pendency of a criminal case does not automatically disqualify an individual from exercising their right to seek long-term opportunities abroad.Hits: 11165
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SC Puts Full Stop On Caste Based Discrimination In Jails
Sukanya Shantha vs UOI that caste-based discrimination in prisons would not be tolerated has sent out a clarion call to put a full stop and end caste based discrimination that has been going on...Hits: 17716 -
Take Strict Action Against Parents Who Take Small Children For Protests: Kerala HC
Suresh vs Kerala that strict action should be taken against parents who take small children to protests and agitationsHits: 10162 -
ABC vs XYZ that a wife threatening to commit suicide would amount to cruelty.Hits: 18894
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Sexual Intercourse Between Husband And Wife Even If Forcible Cannot Be Considered Rape: Gauhati HC
Md Farid Ali vs Assam that the accused and victim who is a major were legally married and therefore, the sexual intercourse between the two even if forcible cannot be considered as rape.Hits: 14498 -
It’s Surprising How Trial Court Awarded Death Sentence: Jharkhand HC
Jharkhand vs Anand Kumar Dangi that was initially reserved on 12.09.2024 and then saw how was finally pronounced on 19.09.2024 has very rightly set aside the conviction of a man who was accused of...Hits: 10005 -
A Talented Student Belonging To Marginalized Group Should Not Be Left In The Lurch: SC
Atul Kumar vs The Chairman (Joint Seat Allocation Authority) the right note and batting most vociferously for the most marginalized sections of society stepped forward to direct the admission most...Hits: 16724 -
Court Can't Convict One, Acquit Another On Similar, Identical Evidence: SC
Yogarani Vs State By The Inspector Of Police that the court cannot convict one accused and so also acquit the other when there is similar or identical evidence pitted against the two accused persons.Hits: 14497 -
Domestic Violence Act Applicable To All Women Irrespective Of Religion, Social Background: SC
S Vijikumari vs Mowneshwarachari C that the Domestic Violence Act is a piece of Civil Code which is applicable to every woman in India irrespective of her religious affiliation and social...Hits: 17885 -
Individual Not Greater Than Nation: Karnataka HC
Arafath Ali vs NIA that national interest takes precedence over personal liberty of individual.Hits: 12968 -
Fair Court Reporting Keeps Judges In Check: P&H HC
Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association vs Sanjay Narayan that fair reporting of court verdicts is an inseparable part of administration of justice and it ensures that judges remain within...Hits: 13347 -
Every Sexual Relationship Despite Promise To Marry Cannot Be Considered Rape: Gujarat HC
every sexual relationship where a man fails to marry a woman despite having promised to do so cannot be considered rape.Hits: 26709 -
Jharkhand HC Restrains State From Suspending Internet On Exam Days Without Permission
It must be disclosed here that the Division Bench comprising of Hon’ble Sri Justice Ananda Sen and Hon’ble Smt Justice Anubha Rawat Choudhary who authored this notable judgment had passed the order...Hits: 13415 -
CM Siddaramaiah Was At Helm Of Affairs, Prima Facie Rules Bent To Favour His Family: Karnataka HC
Siddaramaiah And State of Karnataka & Others i that it is difficult to accept that CM Siddaramaiah was not behind the curtain during the entire transaction of MUDA land in which his family...Hits: 12920 -
Imprisonment Does Not Restrict Individual’s Right To Pursue Education: Bombay HC
High Court not just in India, not just in Asia but in the whole world and still has just one Bench so close to Lucknow and nowhere else for which the whole credit goes to Bombay High CourtHits: 20041
