Delhi High Court Refuses a Plea filed by DU Students challenging the decision to hold Offline Exams
Written by: Neha Virmani The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to entertain a petition by a bunch of Delhi University students challenging the university’s decision to conduct semester exams in offline mode.The bench of Justice Rekha Palli said that it is not the right time
Life Imprisonment without remission does not impair the right to seek furlough: SC
Written by Shaurya Mahajan Today, The Supreme Court in the case of Atbir v State of NCT of Delhi decided that even if a person has been sentenced to life imprisonment without the right to seek remission, the right to seek furlough based on good conduct
Women’s character cannot be decided by people with ostrich minds : Chattisgarh HC
Written by Shaurya Mahajan Today, the Chhattisgarh High Court in the case of Deepa Nayak v. Pitamber Nai held that if a wife doesn’t squeeze into the mould as per the desire of husband, it would not be a decisive factor for her to
Include Non – Veg in midday meals and continue functioning of dairy farms in Lakshadweep: SC continues Kerala HC interim order
Written by Shaurya Mahajan Today, the honorable Supreme Court in the case of Ajmal Ahmed versus Union of India and others directed the Lakshadweep administration to continue the application of the interim order passed by the Kerala High Court which directed the administration
Nature declared as ‘Living Being’ : Madras HC
Written by Shaurya Mahajan The Madras High Court in the case of A. Periyakaruppan v. The Principal Secretary to Government and Another invoked the “parens patriae jurisdiction” and declared “Mother Nature” as a “Living Being”, having a legal entity and having the status
Law Presumes in favor of Marriage, against Marriage: Chattisgarh HC
Written by Shaurya Mahajan Yesterday, the Chhattisgarh High Court in the case of Jaanki Yadav v. Gorakhnath Yada, decided, that the law presumes in favour of marriage and is against concubinage. The judgement was given by a division bench of the court, comprising
Customers in brothel can’t be prosecuted for immoral trafficking: Karnataka HC
Written by Shaurya Mahajan Today, the Karnataka High Court in the case of Babu S v. State reiterated that a customer found in a brothel cannot be prosecuted for offences of immoral trafficking. The single bench consisting of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition, observing that the
Passport Rules violative of Article 21: Delhi HC
Written by Shaurya Mahajan Today, the Delhi High court in the case of Lasya Kahli V Union Of India declared that the Passport Rules of 1980 requiring a transgender person to produce certificates of gender reassignment surgery for the issuance of a passport
Consumer Courts have the power to direct builders to give refund and compensation for failure to deliver apartments : SC
Written by Shaurya Mahajan Today, the Supreme Court in the case of Experion Developers Pvt Ltd vs Sushma Ashok Shiroor held that Consumer Courts can grant relief to flatbuyers who are aggrieved with the delay in delivery of the apartment as per the
Supreme Court asks states to comply with earlier order to enhance the pension of retired judges
Written by Shaurya Mahajan The honourable Supreme Court on Tuesday in the case of All India Judges Association And Ors v. Union of India And Ors. directed all States to comply with the direction issued by it in 2012 to enhance the pension of
