News Update Supreme Court Upholds Rajasthan HC Judgment Directing Appointment of Judicial Candidate 15 Dec 2024 The Supreme Court recently dismissed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) challenging a Rajasthan High Court judgment that directed the appointment of a candidate in the Rajasthan Judicial Services Examination 2021.…
News Update Supreme Court Grants Conditional Bail to Former West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee 13 Dec 202413 Dec 2024 On December 13, the Supreme Court directed the conditional release of former West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee on bail in the money laundering case linked to a recruitment scam.…
News Update Supreme Court Hears Plea Challenging Internet Shutdowns During Exams 13 Dec 2024 On December 10, the Supreme Court heard a writ petition filed by the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC), which sought regulation of internet shutdowns imposed during examinations to prevent cheating.…
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…
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