In a case titled Human Foundation for People and Animals vs Animal Welfare Board of India and others, the Supreme Court on Thursday lifted a stay on the implementation of a Delhi High Court ruling holding that citizens have the right to feed street dogs and issuing directions on how to do so. The stay order issued on March 4, […]
Written by Shaurya Mahajan While setting aside the Delhi government’s scheme for doorstep delivery of ration, the Delhi High Court has observed that the decision of the Council of Ministers headed by Delhi Chief Minister to roll out the said scheme cannot be described as an Executive action taken by, or in the name of the Lieutenant Governor. The Court […]
Written by Shaurya Mahajan Today, the Supreme Court enhanced the sentence of Navjot Singh Sidhu to one year imprisonment in a 1988 road rage accident in which one person by the name of Gurnam Singh had died. The Court allowed had the review petition preferred by the family of victim Gurnam Singh against its 2018 Supreme Court verdict that had […]
AG Perarivalan, a convict in well known case of Rajiv Gandhi Assasination has been released after 32 years of imprisonment by the Supreme court division bench comprising of Justice Nageshwar Rao and BR Gavai while invoking Article 142 of the constitution. While releasing the convict, the court took into consideration the circumstances that caused inordinate delay in deciding Perarivalan’s early […]
Written by Shaurya Mahajan The central government has recently opposed a demand for the livestreaming of proceedings before the Delhi High Court for the case seeking legal recognition of same sex marriages. The government has contended that the matter is neither of national importance and nor does iy affect the majority population of the country. The government further contended that […]
Written by Shaurya Mahajan An appeal has been filed in the honourable Supreme Court against the split verdict delivered by the Delhi High Court in the marital rape case. The case deals with the validity of Exception 2 of Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The case that has been filed as an appeal is Khushboo Saifi vs […]
Maharashtra high court bench denied anticipatory bail to the chairman of an international school, booked for allegedly abetting the suicide of a class 10 student. J.Vinay Joshi while hearing the case said that “teachers can reprimand students but not in a language that could shatter their tender minds.” In the following case the chairman of the school is held because […]
Recently, In a case titled Kunal & Ors v Union of India & Ors, The Supreme Court turned down a petition that sought to lower the qualifying percentile for admission to Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) programmes based on the NEET-BDS 2021 exam. The Supreme Court had already ordered the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to explore lowering […]
Written by Shaurya Mahajan Today, the Supreme Court granted bail to Indrani Mukerjea in the case alleging the murder of her daughter Sheena Bora, considering the fact that she has been under custody for 6.5 years, and that the trial is not likely to complete soon. Apart from the conditions to be imposed by the Trial Court, the Apex Court […]
Written by: Neha Virmani Quorum of two judge bench of Delhi HC comprising of Justices Harishankar and Rajiv Shakdher while hearing a batch of petition over the complicated issue pertaining to Section 375 Exceptions which talk about “Martial Rape”, had a split verdict and thus, they opened the case for appeal to Apex Court on the bases of “involvement of […]
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