GENERAL OVERVIEW This judgement is in relation to the case: KM Rachna & Another v. State of Uttar Pradesh & 4 ors. The issue the judges had to tackle were: "Whether a writ of habeas corpus is maintainable against the judicial order passe ..
'Sad Day for Democracy' Says Kejriwal: Rajya Sabha Approves Bill Giving Primacy to Delhi LGOn Wednesday, Parliament approved a Bill giving primacy to Delhiās Lieutenant Governor (LG) over the elected government, with the Rajya Sabha pas ..
OVERVIEWMadras High Court conducted extensive training programmes online on topics such as e-filing, usage of video conferencing, e-court services, e-summons, e-payment, usage of e-Courts mobile app, service delivery at court complexes etc. Such trai ..
OVERVIEWIn an order on the 9th of March, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has allowed the registration of marriage of a couple through video-conferencing. The wife was incapable of attending the registration of the marriage in person, since she is a ..
OVERVIEWIn a case involving the felling of trees for the 'Setu Bharatam' project in West Bengal, a three-judge Bench of the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian suggested that passing an order which w ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has taken suo moto cognizance in the matter of the new WhatsApp privacy policy. The CCI has asked the Director-General (DG) which is an investigation arm of CCI to make a detailed investigation ..
WHAT IS POSCO ACT? In order to deal with child sexual abuse cases, the Government has brought in a special law, namely, The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012. This protective Act has come into force with effect from 14th N ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS The Parliament recently passed a bill called The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 This bill allows legal abortions by raising the limit from 20 weeks to now 24 weeks. The 24 weeks period to terminate pregnancy is ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS The case is in connection with a divorce case filed by the husband in Fangshan District Court situated in Beijing. The court ordered the husband to pay his wife compensation for the household work she did for 5 years during their courts ..
OVERVIEWThe Supreme Court heard a plea filed by the well-known geologist Dr. Sachchida Nand Pandey, by a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan. The plea claims that, "IITs are not following the transparent processes for r ..