About Justice R F Nariman Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman was a high-profile judge of the Supreme Court. He retired on 12th August 2021 after serving in the Supreme Court for seven years. Before he was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2014, Justice Na ..
FACTUAL BACKGROUND On 27 May 2008, the Petitioner was appointed as a District Judge in the entry level, in the direct recruitment to the Higher Judicial Services in the State of Madhya Pradesh. For the determination of seniority on the basis of point ..
BACKGROUND FACTS Two law students, Anam Kamil and Shrikant Prasad, have alleged that the Indian Penal Code has more woman favoring laws. They have moved to the Supreme Court seeking directions for amending and reconsidering the provisions under the I ..
CASE PROCCEDINGS The upper-limit of amount of gratuity allocated as per Section 4 of the Payment of Gratuity Act 1972 was augmented as Rupees 10 lakhs from Rupees 3.5 lakh, according to the 2010 amendment. The Supreme Court had logically expressed th ..
CASE PROCCEDINGS Under the newly amended IT Rules, the Bombay High Court on Friday gave interim orders. These interim orders were regarding the plea on the supplication testing, as an extensive conversation had resulted on Friday, when a news entry a ..
CASE PERCEPTIONS The Supreme Court remarked while amending a former 'wrong' order it had passed in a transfer petition that the family court could not deal with a criminal complaint for various offences under the Indian Penal Code. The Court ..
CASE BACKGROUND Under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, on Wednesday, the High Court of Kerala held that the State Government, in spite of being a statutory body, can prefer a writ petition by the Enforcement Directorate. This observation was m ..
CASE BACKGROUNDS In an order issued on August 9th 2021, Monday, the Supreme Court noted that the Government not employing Supreme Court judges years after the references and commendations were released had resulted in postponements and delays in reso ..
Allahabad HC: High Court Can Nullify An Order Of Conviction Even After The Revisional StageThe case was of Rishi Mohan Srivastava V. State of UP & Anr. The decision was given by Justice Chandra Dhari Singh. The Court held that High Courts can nul ..
Case Background The residents of the Emalia village had informed the police that five persons were cutting beef for selling purposes. The police raided the house and arrested two persons on the spot. One more person was arrested the next day. These a ..