News Update Right to live with a person of his/her choice irrespective of religion professed by them, is intrinsic to right to life and personal liberty.”: Punjab and Haryana HC 30 Dec 2020 Punjab and Haryana HC has recently held that merely because the boy is not of marriageable age (though major) the right of petitioners to live-together cannot be denied. Both the…
News Update Former Congress minister’s daughter files complaint against father 29 Dec 2020 Daughter of former Congress minister Rajkumar Chauhan sought help from government authorities requesting them to rescue her from the paternal residence in Paschim Vihar. The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW)…
News Update Wife of Shiv Sena MP summoned in PMC bank case 29 Dec 2020 The officials said that Varsha Raut, wife of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut summoned by ED for interrogation in PMC bank money laundering case on December 29. This is third…
News Update Madras HC allows celebrated music director Ilaiyaraja to meditate in his former music studio for a day 29 Dec 2020 After a long battle, the HC recently recorded a settlement between Ilaiyaraja and the proprietors of Prasad Studios that would allow him a day to meditate in the music room where he…
News Update Section 12 of the Juvenile Justice Act will override provisions of the NDPS Act in cases concerning juveniles, says Patna HC 29 Dec 2020 Background A minor was accused of abetting the transport of cannabis in his role as a khalasi of a truck. The minor’s counsel argued that the minor neither had knowledge…
News Update Entitlement of compensation under Section 357A (4) can be availed by victims even prior to the enactment 29 Dec 2020 Case title - District Collector Alappuzha v. District Legal Service Authority, Alappuzha and others [WP(C).No.7250 OF 2014(E)]. A landmark judgement was passed by Kerala High Court about the Section 357A…
News Update SC upheld Bombay HC order which denied student admission to medical course as it was against reservation policy of college 29 Dec 2020 The petitioner was a medical aspirant in the present case and had pursued her studies in Class VIII to X in a school in Sarigram, Gujarat, which is at a…
News Update Delhi HC Issues Summons in Copyright Infringement Suit Filed by Elsevier 28 Dec 2020 Justice Rajiv Shakdher of the Delhi High Court has issued summons in the suit filed by Elsevier Ltd. against Alexandra Elbakyan and others alleging infringement of Elsevier’s copyright in several…
News Update Virat Kohli named ICC male cricketer of the decade,MS Dhoni receives spirit of cricket honour 28 Dec 2020 Indian captain Virat Kohli is in headlines as he has been the ICC top honours for the decade, winning the sir Garfield sobers award for the best male cricketer of…
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…