Written By – Aishwarya The Division Bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh thus upheld the divorce decree granted to the husband by a Family Court and dismissed the wife’s appeal under Section 19 of the Family Courts Act. The Family Court had returned a finding that the husband was subjected to mental cruelty owing to the fact […]
Written By – Arshita Anand In the plea challenging the Char-Dham Highway expansion project on Thursday, AG K. K. Venugopal raised his contentions. The plea was heard by the bench of Justices D. Y. Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Vikram Nath, “Will the army throw up its hands and say that a landslide will take place and therefore, we will give […]
Written By – Stuti The Delhi High Court bench comprising of C.J. DN Patel and J. Jyoti Singh heard the matter of Mr ABC v BSF & Ors. on Wednesday. The bench issued notice to the Border Security Force (BSF) and Central government on a petition filed by a former BSF constable alleging that he was discharged from service after […]
Written By Aishwarya During the Legal Services Day celebrations Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju highlighted the hard work that goes into being a judge. He took note of comments made recently on social media and other fora, opining that many people do not understand a judge’s responsibility. “In the Court we know what judges do and what is their primary […]
Written By Rajnish Speaking on the occasion of National Legal Services Day on 9th November Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana while appreciating the young law students who chose to join the legal aid movement said “unlike other professions, the legal profession is not about profit maximization, but about service to the society.” NALSA was celebrating its 26th foundation […]
Written By – Aishwarya Justice Najmi Waziri observed that the concretization of the street was unmindful of the directions of the High Court and the NGT. This disregard was shown not only by the Municipal Corporation but also by the road maintaining agency being the Public Works Department. The Court observed that the municipal corporation allowed the callous affair to […]
Written By – Neha Virmani The division bench of Delhi high court while hearing to the plea of interim bail of proclaimed offender (herein Chandra prakash alias pappu) took the route of technology to confirm the presence of applicant, as the bench directed the applicant (offender) to share his location with IO (investigating officer) every alternative day through Google location […]
Written by Dakshita The Supreme Court in the recent case of Irappa Sidappa Murgannavar observed that the low age of the rape victim is not considered as the only or sufficient factor for imposing a death sentence. The bench comprising of Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Sanjiv Khanna and BR Gavai observed thus while commuting death sentence awarded to Irappa Siddappa […]
Written By – Stuti Agarwal The Bombay High Court recently held that services performed by healthcare service providers in lieu of fees/charges would fall within the purview of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 The Bench was adjudicating upon a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition moved by Medicos Legal Action Group, a registered trust in Chandigarh seeking a declaration from the […]
Written by Neha Virmani On Monday division bench of Madras High Court consisting of PD Audikesavalu & Sanjib Banerjee dismissed the PIL petition (R Sivamurugan Athithan v. Union Home Secretary & Ors.) which challenged the state government’s decision which allowed cinema halls to operate with 100% occupancy. The bench while dismissing the plea stated that “the recent statics do not […]