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Bar Council Of India passes a resolution against criticism of Judiciary

The Bar Council Of India (BCI), the Indian adjudicating body of Law field has recently passed a resolution against of the criticism and reckless comments being continuously used against the…

Supreme Court : Voicing opinion against the Government does not amount to sedition

Case: Rajat Sharma v. Union of India The petitioner, Rajat Sharma, had accused Dr. Abdullah, who is the President of the National Conference of Jammu and Kashmir, for sedition based…

Animal Rights Law passed in Cuba amid Protests

After decades of rejecting citizens' calls for animal rights legislation, the Cuban government has finally passed a long-awaited animal protection statute. The Animal Welfare Bill mandates that state agencies and…

High Court Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi requested the bar members to avoid addressing him as “Your Lordship’ Or ‘My Lord’.

The High Court Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi of Punjab and Haryana High Court took a significant move. He issued a note requesting the bar members to avoid addressing him as…

Bombay High Court refuses to interfere with Govt decision to bar private schools from hiking fees for academic year 2020-21

The Bombay Supreme Court refused to intervene in key petitions associated with the state's to allow private schools to participate in raising tuition fees during the school year following the…

Calcutta high court disposes PIL on Free and fair election in the West Bengal

The PIL that raised concerns about the execution of a peaceful and fair election in West Bengal was dismissed by the Calcutta High Court, which took cognizance of the Election…

Madras High Court takes cognizance in the case of sexual harassment of an IPS officer

A suo moto action was taken by the Madras High Court in a sexual harassment case. A woman IPS officer was sexually assaulted by her senior. The offender is a…

UNILATERAL WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT FROM JOINT DIVORCE PETITION, AFTER THE OTHER PARTY HAS PERFORMED OBLIGATIONS UNDER AGREEMENT, CANNOT BE PERMITTED

The kerala High Court has delivered a notable judgement holding that unilateral withdrawal of consent by a spouse from a joint petition filed for divorce, after the other party has…

If investigator is charged with filing false case whenever there is acquittal, investigating authority’s independence will be affected: Madras HC

1 Mar 20212 May 2021

Recently, the Madras High Court had the opportunity to note that the independence of the investigating officer would be jeopardized, if the defendant is acquitted, the investigating officer will be…

Actress Kangana Ranaut moves to Karnataka HC, for quashing of FIR on her tweets against farm protests

Actress Kangana Ranaut went to the Karnataka High Court asking to quash a First Information Report which was filed against her for her controversial tweets and remarks on public platform…