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Madras High Court: Equal Coparcenary Rights for Daughters May Reduce Property Shares of Mothers and Widows Under Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005

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…

Security cover of Ajit Doval beefed up

The security cover of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has been tighten up after a video has been recovered from a Jaish E Mohammad terrorist Hidayat-Ullah Malik. The terrorist had…

Writ of Habeas Corpus, not applicable on the child’s custody from Natural Mother: Madhya Pradesh High Court

An appeal was filed by the adoptive mother to seek the custody of the adopted girl from her natural mother. The appellant claimed that the adoption of the girl was…

Whether the non-payment of rent would qualify as an operational debt defined u/s 5(21) of IBC 2016?

In this case of Promila Taneja vs. Surendri Design Pvt Ltd, a Civil Appeal No(s).4237 of 2020, the Supreme Court issued notice in an appeal filed against an order passed…

Madras HC reiterates SC’s ban on advocates doing money lending business with their clients

In Ilakkia Raja v. T. Umamaheswaran, the purpose of filing the present petition was to quash the proceedings taken place by the Judicial Magistrate for the offenses punishable under Section…

Himachal Pradesh HC states that the scope of judicial review is limited in a policy decision like the opening of government colleges

In the case of Ashok Negi v. State of Himachal Pradesh, writ petitions were filed “pro bono publico” claiming inaction on part of the respondent-State Government in not opening certain colleges,…

Kerala HC states that contemptuous comments which are necessary to be published do not amount to defamation

17 Nov 202017 Nov 2020

The Managing Editor, the Chief Editor and the Printer and Publisher of a daily newspaper appeared before the court to quash the proceedings initiated on the allegation of the offence…

NGT ban on bursting crackers not adhered to in NCR

The National Green Tribunal has recently imposed a "total ban" on sale or use of all kinds of firecrackers in the NCR from November 9 midnight to November 30 midnight…

NGT asks CPCB and DPCC to issue suitable directions for compliance with proposals in 3 plants

Directions have been given to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) for the waste-to-energy plants in Ghazipur, Okhla and Bawana. The court order came following a September 24 report…

Karnataka HC issues directions to extend the duration of 10th Board Exam for a student with chronic illness

16 Nov 202016 Nov 2020

Directions were issued to the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) to not treat his preparatory exam performance as the final one. Board was directed to give the petitioner and…