New admissions in law colleges of Bihar put on hold by Patna HC
In a case recently heard in Patna High Court (Kunal Kaushal v. The State of Bihar and Ors),27 law institutions of the state were found to have inadequate infrastructure and facilities due to which the High Court decided to put a stay on
Lady Justice Martha Koome appointed as Kenya’s first-ever female Chief Justice
On Wednesday, the Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta confirmed the appointment of Lady Justice Martha Koome as the Country’s inaugural female Chief Justice (CJ) by realizing a special Gazette notification. This appointment marks the first-ever ascension of a female CJ to the judiciary of
“It is not possible to lay an outer limit for cases under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act”: Karnataka HC
An accused under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Acts (UAPA) filed a petition in the Court, demanding expeditious hearing of cases under the act. He urged the Karnataka High Court to issue orders to trial courts asking them to hear the cases daily and
In a major reshuffle in the J&K judiciary, 148 judicial officers transferred
A massive reshuffle of judicial officers took place in the subordinate judiciary of Jammu and Kashmir, following the order of the UT’s High Court demanding the same. The shuffling saw 148 judicial officers being transferred to new places all across the Union Territory
High Court orders report of the magisterial inquiry for Puri custodial death case
Sarat Kumar Rayguru, a Puri-based lawyer filed a petition in court claiming relief in the form of compensation and penal action against police officers allegedly involved in causing custodial death of K.Apana alias Ramesh in Puri on November 18, 2020. The case was
COVID cannot be used to get bail in all cases of arrest: SC
The vacation bench of Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Aniruddha Bose were hearing an appeal against the April order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court denying anticipatory bail to the petitioner. The advocate of the petitioner after keeping thier stand prayed the
CJI SA Bobde Recommends Justice NV Ramana for the post of Chief Justice
The current Chief Justice of India, Justice S.A.Bobde’s retirement comes close on April 23rd 2021. He has recommended Justice Ramana, aged born in an agricultural family in Ponnavaram Village, in Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district as his replacement. There is an absence of a
Bombay HC allows man to turn in evidence against wife’s charge of impotency at the appellate stage
In Borivli Madras, a 38-year-old wife, filed for divorce in a civil court to annul her marriage of one year claiming her husband’s alleged impotency as the ground for the same. The wife’s claim of husband’s impotence was inferred by the Civil Court
“Because of shortcut in filing a petition, sec 97 of the CrPC has become a dead letter”: SC
Section 97 of the Criminal Procedure Code provides that if any District Magistrate, Sub-divisional Magistrate or Magistrate of the first class has reason to believe that any person confined under such circumstances that the confinement amounts to an offence, he may issue a
Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of University Students
While the growing Covid 19 Pandemic is creating an undeniable impact on the lives of the students, the most aggravating impact it seems to have is the psychological one. The last survey to assess the impact of the pandemic revealed that out of
