News Update PIL filed to pull put Amitabh’s voice from Covid-19 awareness caller-tune 7 Jan 2021 A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the High Court of Delhi looking directions for the Union of India for expulsion of Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan's voice from Covid-19…
News Update State High Court of Kerala permits medical termination of 26-week foetus of 15 year rape victim 6 Jan 2021 High Court on Monday permitted the medical termination of a 26-week pregnant minor rape victim. A single bench of Justice P.V. Asha heard the civil writ petition, and recorded that…
News Update Karnataka High Court relied on Supreme Court verdict to grant bail in a drug case 4 Jan 2021 The Karnataka High Court granted bail to an accused in a drug case where ketamine was seized in the house last year. The accused(Shivaraj) has been in judicial custody since…
News Update Bar Council of India to Push For ‘Minimum Experience’ Clause in Advocates Act 3 Jan 2021 In order to regularise lawyers practising in various courts, the Bar Council of India (BCI) proposed a mandatory experience clause for newly enrolled advocates to practise at the Supreme Court…
News Update In conflict between private and public interest, the later will prevail 2 Jan 2021 "It is settled law that wherever there is conflict between the private interest and the larger public interest, the later prevails over the former", the Court said.In case of Omesh…
News Update Equilibrium between the ecosystem and industrialization 29 Dec 2020 Industrialisation, however vital for economy, ought not be at the cost of living souls, the Orissa High Court said, requiring harmony between the ecosystem and industrialization. “No doubt industrialization is…
News Update Holding hand of minor to express love, inadvertent physical touch without sexual intent not assault under POCSO 28 Dec 2020 The Bombay High Court recently held that merely holding or touching hand to express love towards a minor without sexual intent does not amount to offence of sexual assault under…
News Update Jammu and Kashmir High Court directs doctors to end two-finger test in rape cases 28 Dec 2020 The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has strictly asked health professionals in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh to stop the practice of two-finger test on rape…
News Update Wife in a void marriage can file case for cruelty 26 Dec 2020 In Karnail Chand and others v State of J&K and another, High Court of Jammu and Kashmir mentioned that wife in a void marriage can also file a case for…
News Update We can’t prevent the Legislature from considering a Bill: Karnataka High Court refuses to stay Karnataka Land Reforms (Amendment) Bill, 2020 23 Dec 2020 On Tuesday, the Karnataka High Court denied the Karnataka Land Reforms (Amendment) Bill, 2020 [Amendment Bill] to stay. An interlocutory application was heard by the Court seeking to prohibit the…