News Update Supreme Court dismisses plea asking for implementation of President’s rule in UP 8 Feb 2021 On Monday, the Supreme Court rejected a plea seeking the enactment, under Article 356 of the Constitution, of the President's rule in Uttar Pradesh (UP). The petition alleged that the…
News Update Supreme Court granted bail to Munawar Faruqui 5 Feb 2021 On Friday, the Supreme Court issued ad-interim bail to comedian Munawar Faruqui in reference to the Madhya Pradesh Police case against him for allegedly offending religious feelings. The production warrant…
News Update NCW on POCSO judgment of Bombay High Court. 5 Feb 2021 The National Commission of Women (NCW) appealed in the supreme court against the High Court of Bombay judgment which stated that pressing the breasts of a child over the clothes…
News Update Mother’s possess the power to understand the feelings of their child: Bombay High Court 29 Jan 2021 While upholding the conviction of a person convicted for the rape of a minor girl, the Bombay High Court's Aurangabad Bench noted that a mother has "divine powers" to perceive…
News Update Lawyers opinions on POCSO judgment of Bombay High Court 28 Jan 2021 A recent judgment of the Bombay High Court read that skin to skin contact is a requirement to qualify as sexual assault, this judgement read as:"Admittedly, it is not the…
News Update SC put HC order on stay which acquits man under the POCSO Act 28 Jan 2021 The Supreme Court put stay on the order of the Bombay High Court which seeks to acquit a man from the charges of sexual harrasment/assault under the Prevention of Children…
News Update PIL filed in Delhi High Court for removal of Protestors by deploying paramilitary forces 27 Jan 2021 A public interest litigation (PIL) for the eviction of people sitting on roads "under the robes of Kisaan Protest" was moved before the Delhi High Court. The petitioner, Dhananjai Jain,…
News Update Fine of Rs 3 lakh, imposed by Allahabad High Court on the petitioner for filing 4 petitions in two years seeking same relief. 25 Jan 2021 The Allahabad High Court levied costs of Rs. 3 lakh on a petitioner who, over a two-year period, filed four petitions on the same issue seeking the same relief. The…
News Update NCLT, Chennai: Virtual Mode Functioning to begin 23 Jan 2021 A notification has been released stating that any fresh appeal before NCLT with jurisdiction in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerela, Andhra Pradesh, Telengana , Lakshadweep and Puducherry, shall have to filed…
News Update Response sought from Haryana, Tamil Nadu and Chattisgarh in a plea challenging quota acts: Supreme Court 23 Jan 2021 There are three petitions before the Supreme Court challenging the quota acts of the State Government and the common cause of all the three petitions is that the State reservation/quota…
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