Article 14 not applicable to a Will, Genuiness not dependent on fair distribution
Written by Shaurya Mahajan Today, the Supreme Court in the case of Swarnalatha vs Kalavathy noted that the exclusion of one of the natural heirs from the bequest in a Will, cannot by itself be a ground to hold that there are suspicious
Social media platforms should respect Fundamental Rights and taking down the account should be the last resort
Written by Shaurya Mahajan Today, The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) informed the Delhi High Court that action taken by social media platforms against accounts should be proportionate to the offending content and taking down the account itself should be only the last
1,721 law schools in India; more than twice as many private law colleges as government Law colleges
Written by Shaurya Mahajan Today, the Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju revealed in Parliament that a total of 1,721 law colleges and universities are currently operating in the country. CPI(M) Member of Parliament from the Nagapattinam constituency M Selvaraj had asked a question regarding
High Court cannot direct regularisation of temporary employees by creating supernumerary posts
Written by Shaurya Mahajan Today, the Supreme Court in the case of State of Gujarat vs R.J. Pathan observed that a High Court cannot direct regularization of temporary employees by creating supernumerary posts. The court noted – “Such a direction to create supernumerary
Putative father has Rights to visit his minor child: Delhi High Court
Written by Shaurya Mahajan Today, the Delhi High Court in the case of Kinri Dhir v Veer Singh held that a putative father is entitled to visitation rights of a minor child and that while granting such rights, the well-being of a child is of
Traditionally, Women are unsecured, Deprived of Equal Rights, and Tyrants take undue advantage of them: Allahabad HC
Allahabad High Court, with single bench of Justice Vikas Kunvar Srivastav, while hearing Bail Applications moved by Accused u/s 439 of CrPC, in the case related to Gang Rape of Minor girl during an online Court Conference stated that “the Undue advantage of
Section 30 of the Advocates Act will entitle the Advocate to have the right to represent the parties under the tribunal: Delhi HC
Justice Prathiba Singh relied on a division bench judgement of the Kerala High Court and opined that since Section 17 has been declared ultra vires Section 30 of the Advocates Act, 1961, it would obviously mean that an advocate would have the right
Delhi HC seeks response from directors of “Nyay: The Justice” after watching the film
Advocate Harish Salve, representing Krishna Kishore Singh, argued that Lapalap was an obscure website and that releasing the movie here meant that the damage was substantially limited but cautioned that the same must not be allowed to escalate basing his arguments on the
