News Update Supreme Court Seeks States’ Responses on Model Rules for Private Coaching Institutes 9 Dec 2024 In a suo motu case concerning the safety and regulation of private coaching centres, initiated after a tragic flooding incident in Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar that claimed the lives of…
News Update Sulekha.com Challenges Madras High Court Order in Supreme Court Over Advocate Listings and Online Platform Restrictions 14 Nov 2024 Case: Sulekha.com New Media Private Limited v. PN Vignesh & Ors. Sulekha.com has approached the Supreme Court, filing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) against a Madras High Court ruling that…
News Update Supreme Court Calls for Action on Free Sanitary Pad Distribution in Schools, Highlights Gaps in Menstrual Hygiene Policy Implementation 13 Nov 2024 On November 12, the Supreme Court took a significant step toward addressing menstrual hygiene challenges for adolescent girls, underscoring its commitment to their health, dignity, and education. Reviewing a petition…
News Update Madras High Court: Equal Coparcenary Rights for Daughters May Reduce Property Shares of Mothers and Widows Under Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 12 Nov 2024 The Madras High Court recently highlighted that, while the 2005 amendment to the Hindu Succession Act granted daughters equal coparcenary rights, it may unintentionally reduce the shares of mothers and…
News Update Supreme Court Dismisses Somnath Bharti’s Plea to Transfer Criminal Case from UP to Delhi, Emphasizes Need for Compliance with Court’s Jurisdiction 12 Nov 2024 On Tuesday, November 12, 2024, the Supreme Court dismissed a transfer petition filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti, who sought to relocate…
News Update Supreme Court Warns Puducherry Home Minister, Threatens Contempt Over Sentence Review Board’s Failure to Act on Remission Plea 12 Nov 202412 Nov 2024 On Monday, November 11, the Supreme Court issued a strong warning to the Sentence Review Board (SRB) of the Union Territory of Puducherry for failing to consider the remission plea…
News Update Supreme Court Extends Anticipatory Bail for Malayalam Actor Siddique in Rape Case 12 Nov 2024 Siddique v. State of Kerala and Anr, SLP(Crl) No.13463/2024 On Tuesday (November 12), the Supreme Court extended Malayalam actor Siddique's interim anticipatory bail by a week in a 2016 rape…
News Update Supreme Court Grants Three-Month Extension to Heera Gold MD Nowhera Shaikh for Surrender, Orders Auction of Assets to Repay Defrauded Investors 12 Nov 202412 Nov 2024 The Supreme Court has extended the deadline for Nowhera Shaikh, Managing Director of Heera Gold Exim Private Limited, to surrender by three months. The extension came as part of ongoing…
News Update Timely Implementation of Resolution Plans: A Supreme Court Mandate 11 Nov 202411 Nov 2024 State Bank of India & Ors. v/s Consortium of Mr. Murari Lal Jalan and Mr. Florian Fritsch & Anr. 2024 INSC 852 In a critical ruling, a Supreme Court bench,…
News Update Supreme Court Criticizes UPPCL for Erroneous Termination of Candidates Possessing Required Certifications 9 Nov 2024 Mukul Kumar Tyagi v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors., 2024 INSC 83 The Supreme Court recently reprimanded the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) for wrongfully terminating candidates…
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