News Update PIL filed in Supreme Court to Amend the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 29 Jul 2020 Advocate Sankalp Golatkar has filed a PIL before the Supreme Court seeking amendment in the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, in order to include stringent punishments for perpetrators…
News Update Stay on Complaint Registered Against Judicial Officer 27 Jul 2020 A division bench of the Karnataka High Court comprising Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum on Monday stayed the private complaint registered against a Judicial Magistrate First…
News Update Karnataka High Court: Section 15A(5) of SC/ST act wide enough to include victim’s mother as a party to the case. 26 Jul 2020 In Marenna @ Marappa v. State, the single judge bench of the Karnataka High Court had allowed the mother of the victim to be included in the hearing of the…
News Update Kerala church Sex scandal case: Petition filed for impleadment 25 Jul 2020 George Pulikuthiyil, member of the NGO Jananeethim and Brinelle D'Souza, founder of the NGO Voices against Sexual Abuse in the Church (VASAC) have both filed a petition in the Kerala…
News Update Allahabad High Court Dismisses PIL Against “Ram Mandir Bhoomi Poojan” 24 Jul 2020 A bench comprising of the Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh, of the Allahabad High Court, dismissed a plea seeking to restrain "Bhoomi Pujan" being orgainzed at…
News Update Notice issued to MP CMon appointment of 28 ministers 23 Jul 2020 The chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chauhan had appointed 28 new members in the cabinet. The decision came after a vacancy of 24 members, after the death of…
News Update Additional Judges of Kerala, Bombay and Jharkhand HCs to be appointed permanently 22 Jul 2020 The Supreme Court Collegium has approved a recommendation for permanently appointing four Additional Judges of the Kerala and Bombay High Courts each and two judges of the Jharkhand High Court.…
News Update SC initiates suo motu criminal contempt proceedings against advocate Prashant Bhushan 22 Jul 2020 The Supreme Court has initiated Suo Motu Criminal Contempt Proceedings against Advocate Prashant Bhushan.Twitter communication India Pvt. Ltd also made a party in the case. Advocate Prashant Bhushan on June…
News Update Members of the Bar Send Representation to Bombay HC Chief Justice for Resumption of Physical Hearings 20 Jul 2020 254 members of the bar including Senior Advocates BA Desai, Yusuf Muchhala, Rajani Iyer and Arif Bookwala, have made a representation before Chief Justice B.P Dharmadhikari of the Bombay High…
News Update Vikas Dubey Case: Petitioner sends rejoinder affidavit after UP police reply 19 Jul 2020 Responding to the Supreme Court's order dated July 14, the Uttar Pradesh Police had sent in their reply. The order was given by Justice S A Bobde. In defense, the…
