News Update Maratha Quota case: SC states, Indra Sawhney case will be reconsidered if required 8 Mar 2021 While addressing the Maratha reservation case challenging the Bombay High Court order upholding quotas for Marathas in education and employment under the Maharashtra Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Act, the…
News Update “Objectification of women has to stop:” Bombay High Court pulls up Telugu film producer for picking up image of Sakshi Malik without license 5 Mar 2021 The Bombay High Court reprimanded the producers of the Telugu film "V" in connection with the use of private image of model and Bollywood actor Sakshi Malik while not getting…
News Update Vikas kishanrao v. State of Maharashtra (W.P. Civil No. 980 of 2019) 4 Mar 2021 Section 12(2)(c) of Maharashtra zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act, 1961,states that 27% reservation is for OBCs. The court stated:As regards the State legislation providing for reservation of seats …
News Update S Nambirajan v. High Court of Madras (Arising out of WP No. 10581/2020 ) 2 Mar 2021 In the case of S Nambirajan v. High Court of Madras, a Suspended Labour Court judge moved the Supreme Court against disciplinary action against him by the High Court of…
News Update Hearing for bail Application of lawyer sent to prison for sending birthday greetings to Judge 2 Mar 2021 The Madhya Pradesh High Court will hear a bail application after a lawyer was sentenced to prison for sending birthday greetings to the judge. Advocate Vijaysingh Yadav was arrested by…
News Update Kangana Ranaut moves to Supreme Court 2 Mar 20212 Mar 2021 Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel have moved to Supreme Court for transfering their case registered against them from Mumbai to Shimla. They alleged that there would be threat…
News Update UK court allowed Nirav Modi’s Extradition 26 Feb 2021 On Thursday, an U.k court decided that diamond businessman Nirav Modi can be deported to India to face fraud and money laundering allegations in the Rs 14,000-crore, scam case of…
News Update Five dead at Sivakasi firecracker factory 25 Feb 2021 Several people are injured and till now 5 have been discovered as dead in a factory in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu. The blast took place at the Kalaiyarkurichi firecrackers factory, leaving…
News Update Fine imposed on Lawyer for not maintaing the dress code 22 Feb 2021 Background The case that the court was dealing with was an issue where the accused was convicted under Sections 363, 366A, 376(3) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 6…
News Update Courts overburdened with dishonest litigants dodging debts by resorting to non-existent, mercy jurisdiction of writ courts: Madras High Court 22 Feb 2021 The Madras High Court recently noted that the courts are often burdened with dishonest petitions filed by litigants who try to dodge debts by resorting to non-existent mercy jurisdiction of…
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