News Update Telangana High Court Grants Interim Bail to Actor Allu Arjun in Stampede Case 13 Dec 2024 In a significant legal development, the Telangana High Court on December 13 granted interim bail for four weeks to actor Allu Arjun, following his involvement in a tragic stampede incident…
News Update Supreme Court: Inordinate Delays in Death Penalty Execution Violate Article 21 10 Dec 2024 On December 9, the Supreme Court held that prolonged delays in executing death sentences dehumanize convicts and, when caused by factors beyond their control, necessitate commutation to life imprisonment. The…
News Update Supreme Court Issues Notice on Petition Challenging Disability Clause in PG Medical Education Regulations 7 Dec 20247 Dec 2024 The Supreme Court has issued notice on a petition challenging Regulation 4.8 of the Post-Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023, which deems individuals with hearing disabilities of 40% or more ineligible…
News Update Supreme Court Sets Framework for Upholding Fair Trial and Legal Aid Standards 3 Dec 20243 Dec 2024 The Supreme Court of India, in a landmark judgment in Ashok v. State of Uttar Pradesh, Criminal Appeal No. 771 of 2024, issued detailed guidelines to strengthen procedural fairness in…
News Update Supreme Court to Hear Challenges Against BNSS Provisions on December 18 3 Dec 2024 The Supreme Court has scheduled a comprehensive hearing for December 18, 2024, to examine the constitutional challenges to several provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS). The petitions,…
News Update SC Agrees to Examine Guidelines for Criminal Proceedings on Counterfeit Drugs 1 Dec 2024 On November 29, the Supreme Court agreed to consider the lack of procedural guidelines for initiating criminal proceedings against individuals involved in manufacturing, storing, and selling counterfeit drugs. A bench…
News Update Access to Drinking Water is a Fundamental Right: Delhi High Court 12 Jan 2021 A Delhi High Court Bench led by Justice Jayant Nath, while ruling in the case of Delhi Sainik Cooperation Housing Building Society Ltd. vs Union of India & Ors. Ruled…
News Update Court cannot be a mute spectator: Karnataka High Court 14 Sep 2020 The high court of Karnataka has discharged an appeal for leniency and upheld the sentence of rigorous imprisonment for seven years obligatory on a convict for raping a 69 year-old…
News Update To extend the deadline of moratorium on loan repayment lawyers moves to SC 23 Aug 2020 On account of the economic crisis faced by various sectors A lawyer has moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction for the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to extend the…
News Update SC: Grant of visa ‘sovereign right’of a state 3 Jul 20203 Jul 2020 Maulana Ala Hadrami and ors v. UOI.Writ petition (C) No. 600 of 2020 A plea challenging the cancellation of visas of 2,765 foreign nationals and their blacklisting for involvement in…
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