News Update Supreme court refused to entertain plea asking for protection of lover from forced marriage 15 Mar 2021 On Monday, the Supreme Court rejected a petition filed by a Hindu man in a relationship with a Muslim woman seeking safety in the latter from her family, who were…
News Update Kerala High Court allows admission of transgender person in NCC on the basis of self-perceived gender identity 15 Mar 2021 The Kerala High Court recently ruled that a Transgender person is entitled to be admitted to National Cadet Corps (NCC) in accordance with her self-perceived gender identity. The judgment was…
News Update Petition filed in the Supreme Court by Kapil Mishra 14 Mar 2021 BJP member Kapil Mishra has approached the Supreme Court and filed a petition seeking compensation for a rape accused, Vishnu Tiwari who was recently acquitted by the Allahabad High Court…
News Update Supreme Court Bar Association files a plea against the SOPs released by the Registry 8 Mar 2021 The Supreme Court Bar Association has filed a writ petition, seeking to quash the Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) laid down by the Supreme Court registry for Hybrid Physical Hearing. According…
News Update Maratha Quota case: SC states, Indra Sawhney case will be reconsidered if required 8 Mar 2021 While addressing the Maratha reservation case challenging the Bombay High Court order upholding quotas for Marathas in education and employment under the Maharashtra Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Act, the…
News Update “Objectification of women has to stop:” Bombay High Court pulls up Telugu film producer for picking up image of Sakshi Malik without license 5 Mar 2021 The Bombay High Court reprimanded the producers of the Telugu film "V" in connection with the use of private image of model and Bollywood actor Sakshi Malik while not getting…
News Update Order VII Rule 11 is not Exhaustive – SC 26 Feb 2021 In the case of K. Akbar Ali v. K. Umar Khan (SLP 31844/18), the apex court observed that the order VII and rule 11 which talks about rejection of plaint…
News Update Courts overburdened with dishonest litigants dodging debts by resorting to non-existent, mercy jurisdiction of writ courts: Madras High Court 22 Feb 2021 The Madras High Court recently noted that the courts are often burdened with dishonest petitions filed by litigants who try to dodge debts by resorting to non-existent mercy jurisdiction of…
News Update Delhi court-ordered to return the passports of foreign members of Tablighi Jamaat 22 Feb 2021 The Saket Court Complex, New Delhi, ruled in favor of the Tablighi jamaat members and ordered that the actual passports of 31 members of the Tablighi Jamaat acquitted earlier on 20 December 2020,…
News Update Death row convict Shabnam, convicted of murdering seven family members, files second mercy petition 21 Feb 2021 Shabnam has submitted her second mercy petition to Governor of Uttar Pradesh Anandiben Patel and President of India Ramnath. The Mathura Prison which is the only jail in the country…
